Honda is channeling their successful off-road racing past in their newest promotion for their 2024 TrailSport lineup which includes the 2024 Honda Ridgeline, Passport and Pilot. Honda won the Dakar Rally four times in the late 1980s and the prestigious Baja 1000 classic off-road race 17 years in a row from 1997 to 2013. More […]
The 2023 Dakar Rally is underway – watch Stage One extended highlights as the 2023 Dakar Rally winds its way from the Saudi Arabian coast 30 kilometers inland to Yanbyu and beyond for a course total of 368 kilometers.
Highlights from the Cars category of the recently completed 2022 Dakar Rally…
British rider Sam Sunderland won his second Dakar Rally title in the motorbikes classification on Friday. The Dubai-based Sunderland finished ahead of Honda rider Pablo Quintanilla of Chile and KTM’s Matthias Walkner of Austria. Qatari driver Nasser al-Attiyah held off French nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb to win his fourth cars title.
The simple answer – because he hit his support vehicle during a transit between stages – as shown in the brief video below. The longer answer is more complicated and may involve swear words…
The Dodge Durango of El Martillo racing cartwheeled through a section of the 2015 Dakar Rally this weekend in Bolivia. Driver Matthew Campbell and his navigator were unhurt in the spectacular crash…
As expected, Minis swept the top three podium positions after the 13th and final stage at the 2014 Dakar Rally – and as expected, it was Spain’s Nani Roma in first followed by 11-time Dakar champ Stephane Peterhansel in second and 2011 Dakar champ Nasser Al-Attiyah in third. We knew this would be how it […]
This much we know – Minis will sweep top three podium positions at the 2014 Dakar Rally – what we don’t know after the completion of the 12th stage is if that order will be Spain’s Nani Roma in first or 11-time Dakar champ Stephane Peterhansel in first [we know 2011 Dakar champ Nasser Al-Attiyah […]
It’s looking like a Mini sweep at the 2014 Dakar Rally as Minis continued to hold the top three spots after the 10th stage won by Qatari driver and former Dakar champ [2011] Nasser Al-Attiyah in Chile. Attiyah though, is still a distant third overall – 46 minutes behind current leader Nani Roma of Spain, […]
It’s not likely that a Mini won’t be on top in the auto division at the end of the Dakar Rally – they are in the top four spots after nine stages of the classic race – as Qatari driver and former Dakar champ [2011] Nasser Al-Attiyah claimed the top spot in the eighth stage […]
Minis were all the rage in rally car racing when they were first introduced decades ago and they remain the rage today if the recent results from the Dakar Rally in Bolivia are any indication. After the sixth stage and with today being a rest day, Minis occupy the top three spots as well as […]