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There is nothing like a very tough rally that pushes the limits of man and machine to the extreme. The Dakar Rally held in South America is one of them, the other being the Afriquia Merzouga Rally held in Morocco. T...

Stage 2 of the 9th edition of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally saw the racers cover a distance of 175 km in the region of Erg Chhabbi. At the end of the stage, India’s Sherco TVS Factory Rally team’s Joan Pedrero stood ...

Covering a total distance of 217 km, the first leg of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2018 culminated in Bikaner. Braving the scorching heat of the Thar Desert, the participants battled it out to grab the lead in their r...

After six gruelling days of riding and driving through Peru’s vast sand dunes and having entered the beautiful landscape of Bolivia, the Dakar Rally 2018 is left with 110 bikes, 41 quads, 71 cars and SxS, and 30 tru...

Narsee Monjee, Vile Parle in Mumbai witnessed the national finals of the inaugural edition of Red Bull Desert Wings University Challenge, a thrilling competition for students who are motorsport enthusiasts. At this...

The Sherco TVS Factory Rally team announced its three-rider squad for Dakar 2018. The squad comprises of Joan Pedrero of Spain, Adrien Metge of France and Aravind KP from India. Of the three riders, 39-year-old Joan...

The second edition of the India Baja—an international motorsports event promoted by Northern Motorsports India—will be held from April 7-9, 2017, in the Golden City of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The event this year will ...

Close on the heels of its debut at the Dakar 2017, Hero MotoSports Team Rally, the motorsports team of Hero MotoCorp is gearing up for India Baja 2017 in April this year. This will be the Team’s second rally raid o...

The fastest Indian men on land, APRC Champion and India’s best Cross Country Rally Driver, Gaurav Gill, and India’s most accomplished supercross & rally-raid champion C S Santosh, are experimenting a sea change in t...

Leading passenger vehicle maker, Maruti Suzuki flagged off the Desert Storm from GIP Mall on January 29, 2017. In its 15th edition, the rally will cover a total of 2000 kms over a span of 6 days.

The 6th and final round of the Maruti Suzuki National Super League Championship concluded with the much awaited ‘Rally of Himachal’ in Shimla. Braving the biting cold and steep winding roads covered with snow, Karth...

Sam Sunderland of KTM took his first Dakar win in Buenos Aires after two failed attempts in previous years, ensuring the trophy stays with the official KTM team. Stéphane Peterhansel defended his crown at the wheel ...

Stage 5 of Rally Dakar 2017 saw its share of terrible weather, miscalculations and surprises as KTM Factory Team rider Sam Sunderland (bike category) and Peugeot driver Sébastien Loeb (car category) won the race.

In stage 4 of Rally Dakar 2017, defending motorbike champion Toby Price, KTM’s 2016 winner, exited the race after he broke his femur in a fall.

Joan "Bang Bang" Barreda, one of the youngest and most promising motorcycle athletes to fill the Dakar Rally, left rivals far in the distance to conquer stage 3 and take overall lead in the Rally Dakar 2017.

For the first time in its history, the world’s toughest off road racing championship Dakar is visiting Paraguay and is all set to launch its 2017 edition from its capital Asuncion for a sole and single stage with a ...

Edition 39 of the Dakar (2 – 14 January 2017) will be contested in three countries. A lot of important participants will grace this event.

The 5th leg of Maruti Suzuki National Super League TSD Rally Championship 2016(MS-NStrdRC) – Rally of Arunachal concluded in Dambuk with Jagmeet Gill and Chandan Sen emerging as champions. The duo was driving a Maru...

Polaris India Pvt. Ltd., leader in off-road and all-terrain vehicles is all set to participate in the third edition of Ultimate Desert Offroad 2016.

The much awaited 18thMaruti Suzuki Raid de Himalaya which saw a tragic turn of events with the death of Subhomoy Paul, ace rallyist from Kolkata, finally concluded in Manali, with Suresh Rana and his co-driver Ashwi...

The 2016 edition of Maruti Suzuki Rad de Himalaya came to a tragic halt after one of the participants, 49 years old Subhamoy Paul, who was taking part in the Moto-Quads Xtreme category of the rally, died on the 3rd ...

The 18th edition of Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya was off to a roaring start as over 250 participants set out to battle the extremes in the week-long challenge.

Leading Indian two-wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL) has formed a strategic partnership with Speedbrain GmbH, the German off-road racing specialist. The newly formed ‘Hero MotoSports Team Rally’ will mak...

The 14th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally ended in the Blue City of Jodhpur with Team Maruti Suresh Rana and his navigator Ashwin Naik garnering the first position followed by Amanpreet Ahluwalia and Vire...

The 3rd JK Tyre Arunachal Festival of Speed concluded with Philippos Matthai of Delhi winning the overall title after stringing together consistent performances in the Auto Cross, Hill Climb and Rally Sprint events....

When it comes to tough off-road rallies like the Dakar Rally, once is not enough. Indian off-road racing phenomenon CS Santosh will be participating in the 2016 edition of the Dakar Rally to be held in Argentina-Bol...

The top position in the 17th edition of Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya that ended ended in Srinagar was grabbed by Raj Singh Rathore and his co-driver Amber Udasi in their off-road Polaris vehicle. They were followe...

The six-day marathon Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya entered its second day of driving actions amongst the scenic locations of ManalI with Suresh Rana leading the band in Xtreme category second time. After the exc...

The 17th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Raid-De-Himalaya, the world’s highest altitude motoring rally which kicks off on October 9, 2015 from Shimla, the Queen of hills, will see action from the recently launched S-Cr...

Champion TSD rallyists of the country Ajgar Ali of Kolkata with navigator M. Mustafa of Tamilnadu have won the three-day Second Uttarakhand Car Rally, which finished at Dehradun on January 4, 2015. The duo were driv...

The northern state of Uttarakhand, in a bid to promote tourism, has given motor car rallying a new meaning, one that can be enjoyed by the entire family. The second Uttarakhand Adventure Car Rally was flagged off fr...

For the second consecutive year, Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board is co-organising the Uttarakhand Adventure Car Rally which will run from February 1 to 4, 2015. The state of Uttarakhand relies on tourism as it...

The MINI brand has reasons to celebrate big time, It has achieved further success at the Dakar Rally. After covering more than 9,000 kilometres spanning Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, MINI won the world’s toughest ra...

The prestigious and tough Dakar Rally 2015 from January 3 to January 17, 2015 will, for the first time see an Indian participating. Daredevil, adrenaline junkie, star sportsman – words fall short while describing In...

French car maker Peugeot, which once had a presence in India through the Premier group, is competing in the 2015 Dakar Rally hoping to write a new chapter in a remarkable history at the event. Peugeot had entered th...

Chennai based TVS Motor Company is now getting aggressive on the motorsport front. TVS Racing, the racing division of TVS Motor Company and Sherco Motorcycles, a French motorcycle manufacturer, specialising in off-r...

Delhi-based Gagan Sethi and navigator Dhiraj Arora emerged champions among the professionals while local challengers Vizosielie Rupero and Zakiezotuo Lhoungu topped in the amateur category in the JK Tyre Hornbill Mo...

Mohali man Amartej Buwal, driving a Maruti Gypsy, finally won the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya. The Raid raced to a finish at Manali on October 10, 2014 after covering 2,200 kilometers approximately over six ...

Suresh Rana, the nine-time champion of the Raid Xtreme (4X4) category, crashed out of the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya on the fifth day of the rally on October 9, 2014. Celebrity actor Sohail Khan, meanwhile...

The only celebrity in the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya, superstar Salman Khan ’s brother Sohail Khan is in the 13th position at the end of the third day of the rally. He is competing in the Raid Adventure c...

Defending champion Suresh Rana was going strong in the Xtreme category at the end of the first day of the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya rally. Bollywood actor Sohail Khan, who is also the brother of Salman Kha...

Sohail Khan, Bollywood actor and brother of superstar Salman Khan, is among the 236 competitors who took off from Shimla in the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya, one of the top ten toughest motorsport events of t...

In the high-risk, high-speed Xtreme category of the Raid, which takes off on October 5, 2014 women rallyists are driving four out of the total 41 vehicles

Bollywood stars have been endorsing vehicles a lot in the past in fancy advertisements. Very few take out time to participate in a motorsport rally. Things have finally changed with Bollywood producer-director-actor...

On the 4th day of Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare 2014 contestants made their way to the outskirts of Hospet to meet their next challenge. The day’s contest spanned over three stages across two different locations. The f...

Day 3 of the Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare 2014 started from the Vidyanagar township and moved ahead to the Canal stage. Situated right next to the brimming Tungabhadra canal the flat track featured many ditches and pa...

The second day of Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare 2014 saw participants starting from Davangere amidst light shimmers of rain and setting off for Chitradurga. Traversing a total of 475 kms during the day in the Extreme C...

Yokohama India, the 100pc subsidiary of the Yokohama Rubber Co is introducing for the first time Team Yokohama for the Indian Rally Championship (IRC). The rally will be held at Nashik from June 13 to 15, 2014 and w...

Yokohama India, the 100pc subsidiary of the Yokohama Rubber Co is introducing for the first time Team Yokohama for the Indian Rally Championship (IRC). The rally will be held at Nashik from June 13 to 15, 2014 and w...

Santosh, the champion biker who won the top title in Rally Moto at the 12th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm in 2014 will now be heading for the World Cross Country Rally Championship in Abu Dhabi. Santosh had won the Ral...

Ten days ahead of International Women’s Day, a group of feisty women at the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm are redefining woman power by taking on the big boys at what is still primarily a male sport – rallying. The 12t...

India’s longest motorsport extravaganza – The 12th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2014, zooms off from New Delhi on February 22, 2014. APRC champion Gaurav Gill will take on home grown hero Suresh Rana at the Desert Sto...