Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver, Mathieu Baumel, successfully defended the Dakar title they won for Toyoya Gazoo Racing in 2022, bringing their GR DKR Hilux T1+ over the finish line of this year's event. The pair lost 5min 41sec to the winners of the rally’s final stage, but sealed the overall victory with a winning margin of 1hr 20min 49sec. Al Attiyah (above right) said, … [Read more...]
Off-Road
Rally North Wales changes tack for 2023
Rally North Wales has secured a new partnership with Trailhead Fine Foods for 2023 which will see the popular loose surface stage event move its base from Dolgellau to Welshpool. The March 25 event will be known as the Get Jerky Rally North Wales, promoting the Welshpool-based company’s leading nutritious, high-protein beef jerky snacks brand. Organised by Wolverhampton and South … [Read more...]
Wales host FIM World Supercross Championship
Wales will host Europe’s first FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) event, which will see some of the globe’s best off-road motorcycle racers compete at the Principality Stadium on Saturday 8 October from 5pm. The Australian-based WSX promoter, SX Global, has chosen the Cardiff venue for Round 1 of the inaugural WSX series, ensuring that the famous Principality Stadium will go down in … [Read more...]
Get a grip on the £225,0000 Landies
The ultimate Land Rover Classic paying tribute to the legacy of global Land Rover expeditions by creating 25 Classic Defender Works V8 Trophy II vehicles are now available from £225,0000. Distinctive adventure inspired camouflage features 23 locations that have played a part in Land Rover’s illustrious off-roading and exploration adventures over more than 70 years. The iconic silhouettes of … [Read more...]
Fan-tastic supercar sets Goodwood record
Former F1 driver Max Chilton driving an innovative Batmobile-like EV equipped with a pair of fans creating 2000kg of downforce, provided an impressive climax to Goodwood’s mid-summer motorsport soiree. Followed by an impressive swirl of dust as it whooshed along, the diminutive Gloucestershire-made car’s stealth-fighter-like profile might look intimidating, with a footprint based on a 1960s F1 … [Read more...]
British Motorsport Day Westminster presentation
Motorsport UK and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Motorsport yesterday presented Our Eclectic Future at British Motorsport Day in the Palace of Westminster to showcase the vision of a world powered by a range of use-appropriate systems and fuels. Fossil-fuels will continue to power existing vehicles around the world for quite some time, and therefore solutions are needed to shift to … [Read more...]
Yamaha Off-Road Experience centre officially opens in Wales
British Superbike champion Tarran Mackenzie has officially opened a new £200,000 Welcome Centre at the Yamaha Off-Road Experience in the Cambrian Mountains near Llanidloes. The business, which attracts around 2,000 visitors annually and generates around £600,000 for the local economy, is run by former 10-time British Enduro champion Geraint Jones, his wife Jane and their sons Rowan and Dylan, who … [Read more...]
StreetCar desire to meet need for motor-sport
Some of the earliest forms of motorsport will be given a new lease of life. Motorsport UK, the national governing body, has launched StreetCar to encourage more people to get behind the wheel and enjoy the sport; overturning the age-old perception that it is out of reach for most people. StreetCar will showcase the existing vibrant grassroots motorsport scene, and demonstrate that the sport is … [Read more...]
Wales debut for new rally series
The 2022 Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge took competitors to Walters Arena, Neath, for an action-packed Championship debut last weekend. The 13 competitors were all introduced to their brand-new Bowler Defender rally cars before a day of familiarisation and the first day of competition in this year’s Challenge championship. Sunday morning kicked off with three-time British Rally and 2018 … [Read more...]
Bowler Defender Challenge for 2022
Bowler Motors, the off-road performance specialist, has revealed the Land Rover Defender rally car that will compete in its own championship in 2022. The Bowler Defender Challenge is based on the Land Rover Defender 90 with a 300PS Ingenium 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine. Bowler uses its long experience of competition to transform it into a rally car with a full roll cage, modified … [Read more...]
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