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Magam Trophy: Polish Trophy returns 1-5 May - actually still 70 competitors. - 08.02.2012

The Polish "Magam Trophy" (01-05 May 2012) is beginning to build up a history. The event was created in 2001 by Wojciech Golebiowski and a group of enthusiasts gathered around him. They were not satisfied with driving off-road cars against the clock. They wanted something more. Vehicles constructed specially for this rally climb almost vertical slopes, wade through water and splash around in st...

Magam Trophy PHOTOS: Impressions from the Magam Trophy in 2011 - 46. - 08.02.2012

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Graphic Car-Skins Competition - Design a "Rally Fighter" for IMTS Chicago - 07.02.2012

In preparation for the building of an automobile on the show floor at IMTS - The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 - show management and Local Motors announce the Feb. 7 start of the IMTS 2012 Rally Fighter Graphic Carskin Competition. IMTS takes place Sept. 10-15 at Chicago's McCormick Place (USA) and features the most advanced manufacturing technology in the world. To highlight...

BITD 2012: Robby Gordon wins BITD-run Casino Parker 425 in Parker Arizona. - 07.02.2012

Robby Gordon returned to the US after a 5th overall finish in the Dakar - to win his first US off-road race of 2012, the "Best In The Desert" series Bluewater Resort & Casino Parker 425 in Parker, Arizona (USA). Gordon switched gears from piloting his trophy truck for this race, instead driving the Speed Energy/Toyo Tires open wheel Class 1500 buggy owned by Clyde Stacey of RPM Offroad. During ...

Italian Baja VIDEO: Some impressions from Italian Baja in 2011 - no comment - 06.02.2012

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Italian Baja: Hungarian Imre Varga the first participant - only 6 weeks to go. - 06.02.2012

"Italian Baja’s" organization (15-18th March 2012) goes on without taking a breath, while registration’s list is becoming longer day by day. The Hungarian driver Imre Varga, who is very well known in Pordenone, won "the challenge" and gained the top position in the on-line registration, just in front of the Italian Paolo Mora, who didn’t miss any edition of the race since 1994. As usua...

King of the Hammers VIDEO: Robby Gordon testing his new TTB Hammers-car - 05.02.2012

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SA-Dakar Rally: Hungarian Szalay Opel Team - a typical semi-team rallystory - 05.02.2012

This was the sixth time for the Hungarians Balázs Szalay and László Bunkoczi to set off on the Dakar Rally together with their "Opel Antara RR" - and both reached the finish. For Szalay’s it was the 11th Dakar Rally, he reached the finish line seven times - what is a Hungarian record. Originally, the Opel Dakar Team’s goal was to get into the Top 10 on the 2012 desert show. Considering ...

Australasian Safari: Entirely new course in 2012, Rally from September 21-29. - 03.02.2012

The "Dakar of Down Under" will continue: The "Australasian Safari Rally" in Australia will take place from 21 to 29 September 2012. "We have an incredible field of competitors this year and I wanted to ensure they have every opportunity to plan for next year’s event and mark it in their calendars" said event-owner Justin Hunt. Hunt was race-director until 2010, then in 2011 he bought the rall...

Africa Eco Race VIDEO: In 22 Minutes - Official Africa Eco Race Movie 2012 - 02.02.2012

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Africa Eco Race: A review - Some words from a happy organizer René Metge. - 02.02.2012

The fourth edition of the Sonangol Africa Eco Race was exceptional in many ways. After celebrating competitors on the banks of Lac Rose on the 8th of January, René Metge, the Sporting Director, comes back on the highlights of the event, and congratulates the winners of each category. A 2012 edition difficult and demanding which saw also great human adventures. The 2012 route, once more created...

King of the Hammers: US-star Robby Gordon partners with Torchmate Racing. - 02.02.2012

Capitalizing on a 10-year relationship with Lincoln Electric, Robby Gordon Motorsports has embraced the new addition to the Lincoln family and welcomed Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems onto Planet Robby. Gordon, who has acquired the Torchmate Racing built TTB car for the upcoming Griffin King of the Hammers event, will begin testing the rebadged #77 car this week and he has tasked rock crawling ch...

Spain 2012: Special offers to enter the Spanish Cross Country Championship. - 30.01.2012

By Pep Cifre: The official start for the Spanish Cross Country Rallies Championship will be on March 17th in the city of Huéscar in Andalucía. To promote the championship the organizers will announce next week the inscription budget for the whole season, but to attract more teams a special offer will be announced as well. The price for the seven races (including Baja Spain) will be 6.3...

White Hills Baja Russia: Season to start in February with new FIA candidate. - 29.01.2012

The 2012 rally-raid season will be starting from 23rd to 26th February 2012, but far from the Dakar sands it is the snow and ice of the FIA World Cup candidate event, the "White Hills Russian Baja", where some of the world’s best off-road drivers will come together to celebrate their need for speed. A 120km long stage (to be run three times) ploughed into the vast and frozen landscape by an a...

Aïcha des Gazelles: US-training for the 2012 womens desert-rally in Morocco. - 26.01.2012

Fourteen women from various countries ranging from the Dominican Republic, the US and the Province of Québec came together this past weekend to take part in an off-road training program taught by legendary off-road racer Rod Hall and winning stock class racer Emily Miller in preparation for the 2012 "Aïcha des Gazelles" women´s marathonrally in Morocco. The women, who traveled to Southern Ca...

NRORC 2012: Interesting field in South Africas Northern Region ORC opener. - 26.01.2012

An interesting field is likely to assemble for the opening round of the South African "Northern Regions Off Road Championship", the "Barberspan 200 Rally", on February 18. Apart from the normal bandits the field is likely to attract a number of ABSA national championship entries. The national competitors will be using the Barberspan event at a shakedown for the opening round of the "ABSA Off Ro...

4Grip Suspension Technology becomes Öhlins Service Center for rallyraid - 22.01.2012

Öhlins shock absorbers are an integral part of motorsport history. Past, present and future. Today, the company enjoys a major market presence in terms of high performance and top quality suspension products for motorcycles, cars, four-wheels and snowmobiles. The Dutch company "4Grip Suspension Technology" is going to focus specially on the rally raid/offroad car segment of Öhlins. Current pr...

Italian Baja: The "Great Return" of T4 Racetrucks in FIA World Cup Opener. - 21.01.2012

The FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallys enriches the competition’s offer with the trucks’ registrations - and the [ ITALIANBAJA.COM ] will be the opener. Italian "Racetruck-Guru" and Dakar’s most representative driver, Giacomo Vismara, promises: "Trucks will guarantee an incredible show." The Italian driver fro...

ABSA 2012: Dakar successes boost for South African ABSA CC, Dates 2012. - 21.01.2012

South African successes on the Dakar Rally in South America will provide this year’s ABSA Off Road Championship with a major boost. Imperial Toyota Hilux pair Giniel de Villiers and German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz, who won the 2009 Dakar Rally, produced a stunning third place finish. Team-mates Duncan Vos and Rob Howie finished 11th at their first attempt on the classic event, with Mark C...

DUTCH ORC: Two new races in the Dutch Offroad Racing Championship 2012. - 19.01.2012

In 2012 two new races are scheduled in the "Dutch Offroad Racing Championship". On March 10-11 an all new beachrace is organized in Ijmuiden. With stages on hard sand, big jumps and tight corners the race will be fast and great to watch. After a mass start, the drivers decide which car has the fastest line and the strongest nerves. The beachrace is unique, breathtaking and the start of a season...