With Kris Meeke unavailable due to a skiing accident, Timo Scheider will race in the Nitro Rallycross finale at Glen Helen in his place at XITE Energy Racing.
TreasuryONE Motorsport and Red-Lined Motorsport both introduced their T1+ trucks to the racing world at the South African Stella 300, where they finished 1–2 with Hennie de Klerk and Chris Visser.
With Nasser Al-Attiyah’s Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1+ too damaged after his Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge wreck, Benediktas Vanagas will provide his Hilux for the Qatar International Baja.
After running a southwest loop in 2022, the 2023 Rallye du Maroc will head eastward from Agair to Merzouga.
In line with the FIM Baja World Cup doing the same, the final races of the FIA’s World and Middle East Cups for Cross-Country Bajas have received new dates. The latter’s Baja Kuwait is now TBA.
As her twin Aliyyah Koloc continues in the World and South Africa Rally-Raid Championships, Yasmeen Koloc will run some Middle East Cross-Country Bajas races as both prepare for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
Multiple frontrunners were knocked out of the Mint 400 Unlimited race, quite literally from the start in some cases, but Eric Hardin pressed on to win for the first time.
A day after Veloce Racing became the 6th different Extreme E team to win a final, Mattias Ekström and Laia Sanz made it 7 for ACCIONA | Sainz in the second Desert X Prix.
Continuing a trend that ruined their 2022 Extreme E championship defence, Rosberg X Racing won the Desert X Prix but got a 136-second speeding penalty that promoted Veloce to the win.
Justin Lofton was the fastest in Mint 400 qualifying for the second year in a row. The same day, Joe Terrana won the Limited race for UTVs and other classes.
Veloce Racing’s Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor led the ten teams in the two Free Practices of the 2023 Extreme E season.
Polaris’ RZR Factory Racing programme will have a trio of young drivers in Brock Heger, Cayden MacCachren, and Austin Weiland.
Arturo Merzario, best known for his cowboy hat and saving Niki Lauda from his 1976 German GP crash, will race in the Dakar Rally’s adjacent Dakar Classic in 2024.
The 3.4-kilometre Extreme E season opener in Saudi Arabia will take competitors down a straight along the Red Sea coastline.
Besides a new driver pairing in RJ Anderson and Amanda Sorensen, Chip Ganassi Racing will feature a new red/grey/black livery for the 2023 Extreme E season.
Argentinian touring car veteran Leonel Larrauri plans to enter the Dakar Rally in 2024 for the first time since 2018, likely once again in an SSV. He will run his home country’s Desafío Ruta 40 beforehand.
After being an Extreme E reserve driver in 2022, Fraser McConnell will join reigning champion X44 for 2023 season alongside the returning Cristina Gutiérrez. Carlin has also partnered with X44.
