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Miguel Barbosa with JMB Stradale Mitsubishi at Baja Terras D´el Rei.

16.03.2010

The JMB Stradale team will participate in the 2010 Portuguese Cross Country Rally Championship with Miguel Barbosa and Miguel Ramalho. The tandem have entered the Baja which will be held in the Algarve region on March 20th and 21st, with the new 2.0 L Turbo Lancer. After having finished 12th place on the 2010 Dakar, Miguel Barbosa and Miguel Ramalho decided to continue the adventure with JMB Strad...

Northern Forest 2010: Nissan-Overdrive excuses for false Air-Restrictor.

16.03.2010

The Belgian Rally-Team Nissan Overdrive was confused after FIA´s descision, to exclude the Polish Kristof Holowczyc from the "Northern Forest Baja Russia 2010". "We learned this weekend that our car, after winning the recent Baja Russia Northern Forest, has been disqualified from the event's final results" the Team said. The technical department of the FIA found the diameter of the air intake ...

SCORE 2010 TICKER: Official Results are delayed due to Technical Problems

15.03.2010

A compatibility problem between the IRC data and the SCORE review software prevented a complete tracking review from taking place. Starting at the 2009 Baja 500, SCORE promised a complete review of all IRC tracking data in order to achieve official results. This temporary problem will not undermine SCORE's strong commitment to review all tracking data prior to publishing official results. While th...

ABSA 2010: New look to Production Vehicle Category at Adenco 400.

15.03.2010

The Production Vehicle category will have a new feel about it at the Adenco 400, opening round of the South African Absa Off Road Championship, in the Western Cape on Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 March. The Darling-based race sees the debut of the Team Castrol Toyota squad under new team principal Glyn Hall who, over the last decade, engineered the near total SP Class dominance enjoyed by a s...

SCORE San Felipe 250 VIDEO: Robby Gordon preparations before the Rally

14.03.2010

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Northern Forest 2010: Krzystof Holowczyz excluded from the classification.

14.03.2010

Having received a report from the FIA Technical Delegate that at the final scrutineering of the Baja Russia Northern Forest on the 28th of February 2010 the air restrictor of car No.2 (Krzystof Holowczyc) was found to measure 33.6 mm. The maximum permitted air restrictor size is 33 mm without tolerance. This being the case the stewards asked to see the Team Manager and driver of car No.2 to receiv...

Aicha des Gazelles: Dacia with two all-new "Duster 4x4" and two teams.

12.03.2010

Duster, Dacia's new rugged, spacious and affordable off-road vehicle, which is currently on display at the Geneva Motor Show, is to take part in the 20th anniversary Rally Aïcha des Gazelles in Morocco (March 15-28). The sand dunes of the Sahara Desert and the mountainous terrain of the Atlas foothills will provide Dacia Duster with a first class opportunity to showcase its off-road ability, as w...

Aicha des Gazelles: Mercedes to start with two women-teams in Morocco.

12.03.2010

Bettina Singhartinger and Andrea Spielvogel, two female Daimler AG employees, left Stuttgart in their Mercedes-Benz Viano 4matic today to join the official lineup for the Aicha des Gazelles women's rally. After a short sea-crossing from Sete, France to Tangiers, Morocco, followed by the team presentation and technical verification on 18 March, the Aicha des Gazelles Rally will start off and end in...

Italian Baja TICKER: 114 Competitors to start in Italy, Big FIA-T1 Duel

12.03.2010

Registrations closing with an optimal result: 114 competitors. In the past year the rally had 76, therefore the Cross-country vehicle Club 4x4 Pordenone can be certainly satisfied with the number of registrations. Presence will be shown from all "big" of the FIA Worldcup Cup and Italian Cross Country Rallies. A duel between Gadasin and Holowczyc is announced, like in Sankt Petersburg. Regarding...

SCORE 2010: Robby Gordon preparing for SCORE San Felipe 250.

12.03.2010

During a rare off-weekend in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, Robby Gordon will spend his time racing across Mexico's Baja Peninsula as a part of the Tecate SCORE International Off-Road Series. As a two-time class winner, Gordon hopes to improve on his 2009 second-place finish and to bring home a victory for the Monster/Toyo team. In last year's edition of the San Felipe 250, Gordon led t...

Heroes Legend: New tracks, Marreau-Renault 20 and Prologue-Start in Paris.

09.03.2010

The Recos-team of the "Heroes Legend 2010" is ready to go to Africa to prepare the new route concocted by Stephane Peterhansel and Dominique Rochette, which will bring participants on new tracks far from touristic areas. After the pre start in Paris, the competitors will meet in the south of France for the technical checks of the vehicles and the prologue before to take the boat to Morocco. The...

Italian Baja TICKER: Trucks back again in Italy - Renato Rickler first

08.03.2010

The trucks return to the Italian Baja scene. From 2003 on, they did not participate, when the contest was only valid for the World Cup of Cross Country Rallys. The merit to be the first one is up to Renato Rickler, team manager of Ralliart Division Italy and obviously of it´s Rally-Team. He has placed his entry with Eugene Zeraschi and together they will be taking up the race with an Iveco in T4 ...

Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: Capital´s grand Mosque to Backdrop Rally start.

08.03.2010

The 2010 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (ADDC) will be flagged off after sunset in view of Abu Dhabiâs magnificent Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque with the eventâs entire route providing a destination canvas to Abu Dhabi emirateâs diverse terrain. "The 100-plus competitors will head off towards the Al Dhafrah plateau ready to tackle the Liwa desert, which is considered to be some of the worldâs m...

ABSA 2010: A Touch of local colour at opening round Adenco 400 Rally

07.03.2010

There will be a touch of local colour when Derek du Toit and Adré Rheeder team up at the Adenco 400 Rally, opening round of the South African Absa Off Road Championship 2010, in Darling on March 19 and 20. Cape Town-based du Toit is the reigning Class B drivers champion and will link up with Rheeder for the first time in the Orange Tree BAT. Rheeder is general manager of the Ormonde vineyards in ...

Budapest-Bamako: Waking up from a bad Dream - Rally will return in 2011.

07.03.2010

The 2010 Budapest-Bamako was highly unusual because it ended in Agadir (Morocco) due to a strongly worded terror warning form the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. Since then the new management team has been fired and the founder of the rally, Andrew G. Szabo took control again of the Budapest-Bamako 2011. We talked to Andrew about the future plans for the rally, that has often been hailed as the heir t...

Dakar 2011: Volkswagen "blackmailing" Dakar-Organisation ASO for 2011.

07.03.2010

The ASO - organizer of the Dakar rally - has not yet released a decision on where to take place in 2011 edition of the Dakar. This delay is due to be multiple factors, but recently a succession of events will eventually have complicated the life of Etienne Lavigne and his companions. For some time it was public that there were two hypotheses too strong for the Dakar 2011 - or a return to Africa...

OiLibya Rally of Tunisia: Reconnaissance just finished, renewed Tunisia route.

04.03.2010

The reconnaissance for the Rallye Oilibya of Tunisia 2010 just finished and the 2010 vintage will be a great year. With a renewed route among various tracks, the Rally will take on some 100 percent brand-new stages, with at the end of each day a bivouac in friendly environment - all the ingredients, to surprise the competitor. A Rally to discover or rediscover Tunisia and its treasure between Tuni...

Italian Baja: Less destructive, more compact but beautiful route in 2010.

04.03.2010

The "Off Road Club 4x4 Pordenone" is engaged to finish the track of the Italian Baja 2010 and some innovations that surely will be appreciate from the contenders. No need to renounce the beauty of the passages on the gravel bed of the Tagliamento river, the track 2010 will have a more compact and regular bottom, less destructive for the mechanical parts of the vehicles in race, respecting therefor...

Italian Baja: Suzuki starting with Lorenzo Codecà and Alessio De Angelis.

04.03.2010

Italian Baja 2010 starts setting up the starting grid of competitors, while the countdown for the spring appointment is going on quickly. Official Suzuki Team, the Emmetre Racing of Massimo Nicoletti, has enrolled two big names such as Alessio De Angelis, 2009 vice champion, and Lorenzo Codecà, Italian champion in 2005, 2007 and 2008 editions. Both of them will drive Suzuki Grand Vitara, category...

Dakar 2011: Triple Worldchampion Marc Coma renews contract with KTM.

03.03.2010

The pilot AMV Marc Coma, double winner of the Dakar (2006/2009) and triple Rally World Champion, has started the 2010 season by renewing his contract that binds him as the first pilot to the end of 2012. For now, the pilot AMV lead the Austrian squad that has developed its sporting history and has enjoyed his greatest hits. Without knowing the name of his teammate, Marc Coma immediately will begin...

SNORE 2010 VIDEO: Desert Assassins - Cameron Steele, Battle at Primm

03.03.2010

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Northern Forest: Pictures on the Podium/Pricegiving in Igora on Sunday (63)

01.03.2010

2010/03/01 | 10:48 CET | Pictures: MR/NF...

Northern Forest VIDEO: Polish driver Kristof Holowczyc on Rally Sunday

01.03.2010

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Northern Forest: Pictures Rally and Rally-Scene Igora Sunday (50)

01.03.2010

2010/03/01 | 10:06 CET | Pictures: MR/NF...

Northern Forest RESULTS: FIA Baja Worldcup Cars after SS6 (FINAL RESULTS)

01.03.2010

Northern Forest: Holowczyc first foreign winner of the Russian Winter Baja.

01.03.2010

Baja Russia Northern Forest 2010 - a round of the International FIA Cup for cross-country bajas - was held in the St. Petersburg region for the 8th time. The Russian drivers won all the previous bajas but this year the Polish driver Krzystof Holowczyc interrupted this series. Before the second day of the competition the Polish driver had 4 minute advantage over Alexander Zheludov. But on Sunday...

Northern Forest: Gadasin - "Not disappointed too much - cars performed well".

01.03.2010

The former Northern-Forest winner and FIA Worldcup holder Boris Gadasin and his Codriver Vladimir Demyanenko finished the Rally as second - they lost time after problems with the brake on Saturday, but fight back and set the fast times in some SS. Gadasin and Demyanenko after the Race: Question to Boris Gadasin: "You had technical problems yesterday and today. What happened indeed?" <...

Northern Forest: Holowczyc - "This rally was beautiful from the Beginning".

01.03.2010

The final press conference of the Baja Russia Northern Forest 2010, the second round of FIA International Cup, was held in Igora. Krzystof Holowczyc, Jean-Marc Fortin, Boris Gadasin, Vladimir Demyanenko, Alexander Zheludov, Viktor Volikov, Anatoliy Volikov answered the questions of the journalists. Herewith the interview with the Winner Krzystof Holowzyc. MR: "Could you expect such a res...

Northern Forest: Last fights on SS6 - Gadasin Stagewin, Holowczyc overall.

01.03.2010

The route of SS6 was divided into six parts and six Checkpoints and it was a "Last Battle" between the Polish Nissan-Pilot Kristof Holowczyc and the FIA Worldcup Winner Boris Gadasin (Nissan/G-Force Proto). To become a silver medal holder of the Baja Boris Gadasin had to take back 3 minutes and 44 seconds. At CP5 Gadasin had 3 minutes and 31 seconds advantage over Alexander Zheludov. But a phon...

Northern Forest Video: Portugal´s Nuno Matos after SS4-SS6 on Sunday

28.02.2010

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Northern Forest: Boris Gadasin´s last Chance to catch Polish Holowczyc.

28.02.2010

This question is frequantly asked by the supporters and journalists on the final day of the Baja. And the nearer finish the more often you can hear it. The leaders of almost all the categories don't manage to stretch their lead and the competitors are closer and closer. Boris Gadasin won the SS having reduced the gap between him and the leaders of the FIA International Cup - Krzystof Holowczyc ...

Northern Forest: Krzystof Holowczyc takes lead in SS4 on Sunday.

28.02.2010

The final day of the Baja "Russia - Northern Forest 2010" started. Half of the rally passed but the struggle is still strong. By the results of the first SS the leaders changed in all categories. The road is still full of difficulties. Riccardo Garosci had problems with his gear box and he had to drive with flash lights to the finish. Having started before him Artem Varentsov lost much time as wel...

Northern Forest VIDEO: Kristof Holowczyc after first stages on Saturday

28.02.2010

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Northern Forest: Pictures Rally and Camp Scene Igora Saturday (37)

28.02.2010

2010/02/28 | 10:48 CET | Pictures: MR/NF...

Northern Forest RESULTS: FIA Baja Worldcup cars SS1-SS3 (Saturday)

27.02.2010

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Northern Forest: Holowczyc and Gadasin fighting for Russian Baja-Win.

27.02.2010

Today (February 27th) was the first "acting day" of the Baja Russia Northern Forest 2010, the second round of FIA International Cup for Bajas, Russian Championship and Latvian Championship. Before a start of any competition, a list of favourites is always discussed. However, fortune often gives us surprises and this day turned out unfavourable to favourites... In this rally, the expected conten...

Northern Forest: Pictures from SS1 - SS3 at Race-Saturday (90)

27.02.2010

2010/02/27 | 19:08 CET | Pictures: MR/NF...

Northern Forest VIDEO: Portugal´s Nuno Matos and Isuzu D-Max in Day 1

27.02.2010

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Northern Forest: First stage win for Boris Gadasin and G-Force in SS3.

27.02.2010

Krzystof Holowczyc feels quite comfortable in first place as Boris Gadasin lost a lot of time on SS2. But nevertheless the crews are still pushing for victory. The struggle for the lead is still fierce as Boris clawed back 9 seconds from the Polish driver, who finished as second in SS3. Third place went to Alexander Zheludov, who is still leading the Russian Championship, although he was almost th...

Northern Forest: Gadasin problems, Holowczyc still leading after SS2.

27.02.2010

The participants of the Olympic Games in Vancouver are complaining of a lack snow...but there are no such complaints in the St. Petersburg region! There is certainly enough snow for everyone here... SS2 provided a lot of news, but unfortunately not all of it was pleasant. First of all there are changes in the leaders' group - five crews dropped out of the Top 10! The first bad luck fell to las...

Northern Forest: Before the Start and Technical Scrutineering (30)

27.02.2010

2010/02/27 | 14:17 CET | Pictures: MR/NF...

Northern Forest: Quotes after SS2 - "Too much snow - but is´s great!".

27.02.2010

The snow is already heavy this year in the Forests of North-Western Russia. The competitors are still fighting and told there highlights after SS2. The Hungarian Balacz Szalay (Opel Antara RR) was too fast, slipped out of the road at lost a lot of time to get out. The leading polish driver Kristof Holowczyc (Nissan Navara Overdrive) said "the road is hard, ometimes difficulties arise, but we have ...

Northern Forest: Short report after SS1 of Saturday - Holowczyc leading.

27.02.2010

In Gromovo on the SSS in the group of leaders there are the crews having had the experience of rally participation. The debutant of the Baja Krzystof Holowczyc finished the first. The Pole took advantage of his experience - he has won the European Rally Championship and several starts of the World Rally Championship's rounds. The main favorite and last year winner Boris Gadasin showed the secon...

Northern Forest: Interviews after the opening Press Conference

27.02.2010

Question to Svetlana Shakhova of the Organizing Comitee: What is new this year? What changes are made to the route, and what is similar to the 2009 edition? Svetlana Shakhova: It's not a secret for anybody that this year the Baja is run in tight economic conditions, therefore all changes made are closely connected with this fact. We did our best to make the event as convinient for parti...

Northern Forest VIDEO: Testing Session of Polish Orlen Team in Russia

27.02.2010

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Lennson CC: New rally raid kit-car based on Mercedes G from Germany.

26.02.2010

A Bowler from Germany? Not really, the constructor of the new "Lennson CC" said itâs the German answer to the Bowler. The "Lennson CC" is a tubular chassis with 90% Mercedes production parts and can be used for FIA sectioned events as well for amateur sport. This is not the future, this is reality, two of those vehicles are nearly completed and the planning is to start at the BAJA SAXONIA com...

Northern Forest 2010: Rally to start today in Igora near St. Petersburg.

26.02.2010

Today, 26 February, is the first day of Baja "Russia - Northern Forest 2010" holding in the suburbs of St-Petersburg. The second round of the International FIA Baja Cup, the first round of the Russian Championship and the second round of the Latvian Championship are the part of the only snow and ice rally-raid in the world supported by consulting agency "Kiparise". Supporters who havenât come...

ABSA 2010: Family affair at Adenco 400 Rally, and schools to profit.

25.02.2010

The Adenco 400 in the Western Cape on March 19 and 20, round one of the South African Absa Off Road Championship, will again have a family flavour with schools in the Darling area also set to benefit financially from the event. Bes Bezuidenhout, a co-founder of the Sponsor "Adenco", will not be competing in the race this year â but his three sons will keep the family flag flying. And the MSA Off...

Northern Forest 2010 RESULTS: Entry List Participants FIA Baja Worldcup

25.02.2010

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Northern Forest 2010: 44 crews from 9 countries ready to start in Russia.

25.02.2010

Acceptance of entries for the "Baja Russia - Northern Forest 2010" closed last week. The only snow and ice rally-raid, to be held in the Saint-Petersburg region, will be a round of three off-road series: The FIA International Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, the Russian Cross-Country Championship and the Latvian Rally-Raid Championship. The Entry List for all three classifications estimates 44 cre...

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