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Defending champion Al-Attiyah entered the 2020 edition of the event as the favourite for the win, but sits third in the general classification after Monday’s Al Wajh - Neom test, 6m07s down on leader Orlando Terranova (Mini). The Qatari driver suffered three punctures on the opening day of the rally, before losing further time on Monday with an additional three punctures. Al-Attiyah’s ...Keep reading View the full article

The two-time Formula 1 world champion lost over two hours after damaging his Toyota Hilux's suspension following an accident some 160km into the stage. Alonso and co-driver Marc Coma repaired the damage themselves and managed to cross the finish line 2h34m behind teammate and stage winner Giniel de Villiers. "We collided with something in the dust," said Alonso after the stage. "We don't ...Keep reading View the full article

After picking up his second career win and a deep run in the playoffs, Briscoe earned the series’ rookie of the year honors in 2019 behind 13 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes in 33 races. SHR announced Monday Briscoe would return to the organization this season and make another run at the championship as a development driver with Ford Performance. “This is the first time I’ll be able to ...Keep reading View the full article

Two-time Formula 1 champion Alonso was close to the frontrunners’ pace over the first 160 kilometres of the test, but his Toyota Hilux was then halted after an impact with a rock that left it with wheel and suspension damage. Although Alonso and co-driver Marc Coma attempted repairs on the spot, they have now been resigned to waiting on the stage for Toyota Gazoo’s assistance truck – and ...Keep reading View the full article

Branch, who is tackling his second Dakar riding a privateer KTM, moved to the fore a little over halfway through the 367km stage, as early leader Joan Barreda (Honda) dropped almost four minutes ahead of the 214km mark. The Bostwana-born rider managed to hang on through the latter part of the stage to win by 1m24s ahead of Sunderland, while Pablo Quintanilla completed the top three for ...Keep reading View the full article

The drivers who finished between second, third and fourth on the opening stage of the 2020 Dakar have combined to win nine of the past 10 editions of the marathon, and bagged countless stage wins along the way. Yet on Sunday, be it through navigation or punctures or whatever other reason, Carlos Sainz, Stephane Peterhansel and Nasser Al-Attiyah were all outpaced by the relatively little-known ...Keep reading View the full article

Alonso, who is partnered by co-driver Marc Coma in a Toyota Hilux, finished 11th-fastest on the first 319km stage of the Saudi Arabia-based marathon. He was 10 minutes slower than the leading Toyota of Nasser Al-Attiyah, but outpaced the other Dakar champion in the roster, Giniel de Villiers, who had to do a big chunk of the test on a punctured tyre. “We had a day not without ...Keep reading View the full article

Reigning Dakar champion Price topped the first stage of the 2020 event, the first to be held in Saudi Arabia, narrowly beating Honda rider Ricky Brabec by 2m05s after 319km of running. The Australian trailed early leader Brabec for about first-third of the distance, before surging ahead and retaining the position till the finish line. However, the 32-year-old admitted that it wasn’t all ...Keep reading View the full article

Toyota’s defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for most of the 319km timed special on the coastal stage from Jeddah to Al Wajh that kicked off the first ever Saudi Arabia-based Dakar. But the Qatari suffered three punctures late on, paving the way for an upset. With the X-raid Mini buggies of past rally winners Stephane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz having both lost several ...Keep reading View the full article

Dakar winners in cars by number of victories: Dakar winners by year Year Driver Car 2019 Nasser Al-Attiyah Toyota Hilux 2018 Carlos Sainz Peugeot 3008 DKR Maxi 2017 Stephane Peterhansel Peugeot 3008 ...Keep reading View the full article

The 319km opening stage of the 2020 Dakar Rally was run between Jeddah and Al Wajh. Brabec, who suffered a bike failure from the lead last year, led for about the first 100 kilometres of the stage before Price took over. The American kept the gap close for the whole stage, with Price only able to record the stage win by 2m05s. Both of Price's star teammates Matthias Walkner and Sam ...Keep reading View the full article

Jeep dash lights, Ford Broncos, Gladiators, Tesla trucks or LS swaps? What was the off-road community most excited about in 2019? We compiled a list of our top stories from the last year for you to re-live one (or perhaps a few) more times. Here they are! We got a sneak at what might View the full article

1. How will Alonso fare on his debut? Let’s face it – the main draw for most casual observers in this particular Dakar will be to observe how a certain Fernando Alonso fares on his debut. And the message from the Spaniard in the build-up to the event has been clear: Don’t expect too much of me. Rally director David Castera might have tipped Alonso to win a stage, but the reality is ...Keep reading View the full article

X-raid’s assault in the 2020 edition of the event will be fronted by Stephane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz Sr in a pair of Mini JCW Buggies, Cyril Despres having left the team. This puts the German outfit on a weaker footing against its principal rival Toyota, which will field a quartet of factory-supported Hilux pick-ups for Fernando Alonso, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Giniel de Villiers and Bernhard ...Keep reading View the full article

Dakar legend Peterhansel was due to take part in the 2020 edition of the event in one of the X-raid squad's Mini JCW Buggies with his wife Andrea, after the two won last year's FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies as a pair. However, Andrea was forced to drop out of the rally at the last minute after medical tests revealed a problem with one of her arteries. Fiuza, who joined Peterhansel ...Keep reading View the full article

After being dumped by Citroen midway through the 2018 season, Meeke was signed by Toyota for 2019, only to be let go by the Japanese marque at the end of the campaign. This week's confirmation that Citroen outcast Esapekka Lappi is replacing Elfyn Evans at M-Sport Ford in 2020 leaves no more seats free at the highest level. Following Toyota's decision to drop both Meeke and Jari-Matti ...Keep reading View the full article

The two-time Formula 1 champion and Le Mans 24 Hours winner will make his first start in the legendary cross-country event at the wheel of a factory-supported Toyota Hilux, after months of preparations with the Japanese manufacturer. He goes into the Dakar boosted by a podium finish in the recent Ula-Neom Rally, which followed more troubled outings in the Lichtenburg 400 and the Morocco ...Keep reading View the full article

Overland Expo East 2019 was one for the books with a record-breaking 12,500 attendees, 1,000 adventure vehicles, 188 exhibitors, and 55 media outlets. The event found a new home for 2019 at Infinity Downs in Arrington, Virginia, a change from its usual locale some 300 miles to the south. With its rolling hills, beginnings of View the full article

Kyle Busch won his second NASCAR championship less than six weeks ago and is already back in a car View the full article

Most people that build a truck of this high caliber have had past experiences with custom trucks and companies prior to their build. Gary Brewer and his wife, Molly, own a daycare business in Zephyrhills, Florida, just outside of Orlando and have never completed a truck build anything like this. Originally, Gary grew up in View the full article

Jeep and FCA are using the 2020 CES show in Las Vegas to showcase their newest technology and electrification efforts. CES (Consumer Electronic Show) is the premiere trade show to showcase these advances in technology. The Jeep brand will showcase three plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Jeep says this is the first step in the plan View the full article

What is a Baja Runner? Designed to be a rolling showcase of the brands Mule Expedition Outfitters offers and the work the company performs, the Baja Runner started life as a Hemi-powered Ram 2500 Tradesman and was outfitted with a Norweld tray bed, Four Wheel Campers Hawk pop-up camper, AEV suspension, bumpers, and wheels, 40-inch View the full article

Castera told Motorsport.com that feedback from the drivers after the Morocco Rally, which is also organised by the ASO and served as a test bench for the new roadbook philosophy, has led him to apply some tweaks to the navigation system. The Frenchman acknowledged that the delivery of the roadbook to competitors in "at least four" of the rally's 12 stages shortly before the start of the stage ...Keep reading View the full article

Some of you may remember a few years back when we dragged this beaten-down 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat out of the parking lot and gave it a new life. The truck is significant because it’s the actual truck that Ford delivered to MotorTrend magazine back in 1996 for testing. This truck won the coveted Truck View the full article

There are certain advantages to being friends with someone high up in the industry in which you are involved. For Keith Federspiel of Denver, Colorado, he has a good friend TJ Hill who runs the company FiveR Trucks out of Colorado. FiveR Trucks was using their builds on a current TV show called “The Lifted View the full article