Category: Short Course
One of the greatest achievements in the history of off-road racing will occur on Friday, May 23 when the Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS series competes on the world’s most famous race track – the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Menards at the Brickyard Formula Off-Road by TRAXXAS race will take place on Coors Light Carb [...]
TORC: The Off-Road Championship Presented by AMSOIL, the nation’s premiere short-course, off-road racing series, has announced that Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has joined the series as the Official Heavy Equipment Partner for the 2014 TORC season. Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines [...]
When you ride on FOX, you get access to comprehensive, world-class support to keep your suspension performing at its best. As an additional reward, FOX offers one of the industry’s largest contingency payout programs. In an effort to support more winning teams, FOX has completely revamped our sponsorship program and vastly expanded our contingency support. The goal of this restructuring is to reward [...]
After some bad luck in Rounds 1 and 2 in Primm, NV, Shawn Morris and team were looking for redemption in Charlotte. “We knew we had a much better truck than what the results showed from Primm. Making the trek across the country we needed to make sure the results and points showed the quality [...]
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Fans of TORC: The Off-Road Championship Presented by AMSOIL will see all the action from The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway Thursday, May 1st, at 10:30 p.m. EST (7:30PM PST) on the NBC Sports Network. The Husqvarna Showdown in Charlotte raised the short-course racing bar with battles by the top stars in all three [...]
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Kyle LeDuc led the Rigid Industries Torture Team to Back to Back victories under the lights at the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series rounds 3 and 4 in Lake Elsinore, Ca. His two Pro-4 victories make it three wins in only four rounds this year establishing him as the pro-4 driver to beat in 2014. Ricky Johnson had high [...]
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A near-capacity crowd at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway watched an epic battle between Scott Douglas and Adrian Cenni Saturday night that resulted in Douglas earning his first TORC: The Off-Road Championship Presented by AMSOIL PRO 4 victory since Joliet in 2012. CJ Greaves broke out the broom, sweeping both PRO 2 races [...]
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After a wild night here at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park last night, the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, presented by GEICO, was back at it again here tonight for Round 4 of the 2014 championship. We certainly had some scary moments, most notably the crashes of Travis Pastrana and Eric Barron, and while [...]
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After the season got underway in sunny Arizona last month, the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, presented by GEICO, now enters its second weekend of competition for the 2014 season. Here at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park, most people probably expected to find similar, warm and bright conditions like those we had in Chandler, [...]
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Pro 2 Brian Deegan Robby Woods Carl Renezeder Greg Adler Jeremy McGrath RJ Anderson Rodrigo Ampudia Marty Hart Trevor Cooper Bryce Menzies Patrick Clark Jeff Seifert Tanner Foust Myan Spaccarelli Rob MacCachren Travis Pastrana PRO 4 Kyle LeDuc Rob MacCachren Greg Adler Todd LeDuc Brandon Bailey Jerry Daugherty Carl Renezeder Ricky Johnson Corry Weller Eric [...]
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Last Leg! Early Thursday morning competitors left the start line one last time for the final Leg of the rally. While the distances were shorter, the landscape was more variable, alternating between wide plains and steep valleys. In the distance the “Grand M’daouer” cliffs created one of the most beautiful backdrops in the world. [...]
2014 Rallye Aicha des Gazelles Rankings
Winners of the 24th edition of the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc 4WD Class 1st – Team 161 (Jeanette James and Anne-Marie Borg – VOLKSWAGEN VEHICULES UTILITAIRES) – France/UK - 59.24 penalty points. 2nd – Team 160 (Elisabete Jacinto and Valérie Dot – VOLKSWAGEN VEHICULES UTILITAIRES) – France/Portugal - 65.10 points 3rd – Team 118 (Catherine Houlès and Mélanie Suchet [...]
Gazelles: Another long Marathon leg – Day 2
At 6 a.m., the first teams check off CP6 before heading in the direction of the remaining 8 checkpoints along today’s route, always with the goal of driving the shortest distance possible. They have two options for reaching CP7: drive a straight line across a chaotic zone of sand and rocks, or go down into Oued Draa and zig-zag along the dried river [...]
LEG 4 – First marathon: charged with emotion
Day 1 There is never a dull moment at the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles. The much-anticipated (or dreaded!) leg in the dunes was followed by the first of two marathon legs: two days of complete autonomy in the desert with no bivouac and no nighttime mechanical assistance. Relieved at having survived the dunes, the novices were now wondering what to expect, alone [...]
12 cities in Argentina, Chile* and Bolivia will play host to the 13 stages of the Dakar 2015 next January, for 14 days of sport in total. For the first time, whilst the competitors in some categories will be resting, the others will continue racing… The Dakar organisers have devoted their week to a first [...]
X-Raid MINI’s DOMINATE Dakar 2014
The Monster Energy X-raid Team and Team X-raid performed a true feat, this year: all the 11 MINI ALL4 Racing that started into the 2014 Dakar in Rosario, Argentina, also crossed the finish line on 18th January in Valparaiso, Chile. First of all, the Spanish-French pairing Nani Roma / Michel Périn who secured the win, [...]
The MINI ALL4 Racing dominates the 2014 Dakar Rally
• Nani Roma und Michel Périn win the legendary desert rally • Three MINI ALL4 Racing on the podium 13 stages, more than 13,000 kilometres, one of the most gruelling Dakars ever – and in the end, the conclusion has to be: the MINI ALL4 Racing dominated the 2014 Dakar in unique style! For the [...]
Peterhansel gives the Monster Energy X-raid Team its seventh stage win
• Fourth stage win for the Frenchman in the 2014 Dakar • Nine of the top-12 positions in the overall rankings held by MINI ALL4 Racing The French pairing Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret in the black MINI ALL4 Racing proved to be the quickest in the 350-kilometre special stage from El Salvador to La [...]
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