Motor Sports

A year after winning the Baja 1000 together, Bryce Menzies and Tavo Vildósola are now rivals fighting for the SCORE Trophy Truck championship and separated by 5 points. Alan Ampudia hopes to be a third-party spoiler to their duel as he is tied with Menzies in the standings with one race to go.

Toby Price and Sam Sunderland will bring a combined four Dakar Rally bike victories to the 2025 edition, where they will share a Toyota Hilux Overdrive in their 4-wheel Dakar début.

Franck Lagorce, an Andros Trophy regular who finished 2nd in LMP1 at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans and has a pair of F1 starts to his name, will work alongside Africa Eco Race organisers at the 2025 edition.

Kuldar Sikk broke his spine and underwent emergency surgery after an accident while supporting Ott Tänak’s gravel crew during last Friday’s Central European Rally. It is unknown if he can heal up in time to be Benediktas Vanagas’ co-driver for the 2025 Dakar Rally.

When the Baja Portalegre 500 went by the Campo Militar Santa Margarida, the Portuguese Army’s Brigada Mecanizada gave fans and soldiers a special vantage point to watch: atop a Leopard 2A6 tank, an M109 howitzer, and an M113 armored personnel carrier.