Category: SPORT
HISTORIC SEASON FOR YAMAHA
Yamaha Racing’s Dustin Nelson capped his record fifth QuadX Series Championship at Glen Helen Raceway in Southern California last Saturday, dominating the track and winning both of the final two Pro 450 Production motos.
EPIC IN COMPARISON
The bleached, lunar sterility of the Eastern Sahara is a perfect place to run the penultimate round of the FIA World Cup, the Pharaons Rally, a six day, 3000km blast to test man and machine to the absolute limit.
UNLEASHED!
RFC’S TAPROBANA 4X4 CHALLENGE 2011 The recently concluded Taprobana 4×4 Challenge 2011 (T4X4C) in Sri Lanka which comes under the global RFC series for the first time this year; saw an invasion of foreign participants. The event was held from 8th to 14th October attracting international 4×4 communities to witness the showdown of well prepared […]
HOMEGROWN WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORIES
The Australasian Safari has been won by Todd Smith (moto), Steve Riley and co-driver John Doble (auto) and John Maragozidis (quad), each managing to push through seven days of incredibly challenging terrain and distances testing their mental and physical stamina.
BATTLE OF THE GROUND ANCHORS IN SANYA
It was a BIG SPASH of water, water and water everywhere on 18 August. The opening ceremony at Shuijiao county, Fenghuang Town in Sanya had to be delayed. The rain came down in buckets and strong wind blowing furiously, it was a logistical nightmare to get everything going. From the supply trucks for the show […]
THAI VICTORY IN THE LAND OF KHMERS
When the Asia Cross Country Rally, also known as AXCR, first started the organiser‘s intention was to launch a premium event, the Dakar Rally of Asia. However at the 15th edition of the AXCR only the number of participants reminded us of the jubilee.
MUDFIGHTERS OF CHINA
The China Dongchuan Sports Off-road 2011, one of the best mixed style offroad – cross country event was hosted by local government and China Dongchuan Auto Sports about 150 km north-east from Kunming, at the Xiao Jiang river.
3-TIME DAKAR WINNER GOES OUTBACK
Three-time winner of Dakar, Frenchman Cyril Despres, will make his Australian debut at this year’s Australasian Safari. Despres is currently the most accomplished long distance off-road motorbike rider in the world and has finished on the Dakar podium an incredible seven times in the last eight years. Despres said he was looking forward to the challenge of the Australasian Safari: “Australia is […]
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
The Silk Way Rally proudly proclaims itself to be part of the Dakar series, and with 105 cars taking the start took a step away from being a giant Volkswagen PR exercise to become an enthralling battle between old masters, ascending champions and young heroes through the heartlands of Russia.
OFF-ROAD IN NORTH-WEST VIETNAM
National trunk road Number 6 leads to the historic masterpiece battle of Dien Bien Phu, a strategic victory of 1954 by the Vietnamese over the French forces; a must visit whenever you are in this north western part of Vietnam. For 4×4 enthusiasts, however, Moc Chau is a must stop if you wish to combine a […]
