Hyundai plans to announce 2023 line-up next week
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT is expected to announce the 2023 driver line-up next week
2021 JWRC champion Sami Pajari has announced a full-time WRC2 program with Toksport WRT for 2023
The title may be decided, but the excitement is rising as two icons return for the final round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.
Honda Factory Off-Road Racing is selling the 999cc factory crate engine used in their Talon cars that have seen success at King of the Hammers and Baja. It is “for competition use only”.
Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor, who teamed up at JBXE for the Desert X Prix, will reunite for the Energy X Prix and 2023 Extreme E season at Veloce.
Sebastien Loeb Racing allies with Polaris, to field SSV for Xavier de Soultrait at 2023 Dakar Rally
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Sébastien Loeb Racing will enter the 2023 Dakar Rally as part of a new partnership with Polaris, where they will field an SSV for 2016 FIM Bajas World Cup rider Xavier de Soultrait. It will be Soultrait’s first time competing at Dakar on four wheels.
The schedule for the 2023 Rally Sweden is now officially confirmed featuring some new stages and old ones from this year
Hoonigan thought it was a good idea to slap a Honda IndyCar V6 engine onto a 2017 Honda Ridgeline truck. Honda Performance Development was more than happy to help out.
Several sources have now hinted Esapekka Lappi has signed a deal for Hyundai in 2023
In celebration of winning the Rallye du Maroc and Sonora Rally and racing the Dakar Rally, Skyler Howes’ hometown St. George, Utah, has declared 4 November 2022 to be Skyler Howes Day.
With Baja 1000 online registration closed, partnerships continue to be finalised such as Christian Sourapas/Cayden MacCachren and the Honda Factory lineup.
M-Sport has announced the team will withdraw Adrien Fourmaux for the third time this season from a rally, this time the Frenchman will sit out the season-finale in Japan
With Jutta Kleinschmidt still recovering from her Copper X Prix injury, Klara Andersson will remain with ABT CUPRA XE for the Energy X Prix. She scored a podium in her series début in Uruguay.
2022 Dakar Rally SSV and 2× Baja 1000 Trophy Truck Spec winner Austin Jones will return to the 1000 in the Pro UTV FI class with fellow Monster Energy driver Rodrigo Ampudia.
The rally director Andrew Wheatley and his team will be presenting the plans to introduce more manufacturers to WRC in December at the FIA WMCM
Due to supply chain issues, DirtFish reported the Ford Ranger T1+ developed by M-Sport and Neil Woolridge Motorsport will not race the 2023 Dakar Rally. However, work on the truck continues.
While Championship Off-Road returns to the usual five stops for 2023 at Antigo, Bark River, Crandon, Dirt City, and ERX, it will also head to Oklahoma for the first time to close out the season at MidAmerica Outdoors.
