In a ritual nearly as old as the sport itself, off-road racers from around the world will begin final preparations for June’s historic 50th running of the BFGoodrich SCORE Baja 500 as pre-running opens this weekend in the vast desert terrain of Northern Baja, Mexico.Round 2 of the four-race 2018...

After Tuesday's unforgiving day a number of broken riders and drivers turned up for the start line of the 174-mile 'Super Fiambalá' special stage from Belen to Chilecito.The stage proved largely uneventful for many of the leading contenders in the car category but plenty of drama unfolded elsewhere.Thursday is the...

Today's Stage 8 was the second part of the "marathon stage" that left the competitors without assistance overnight. With 309 miles of racing, it was also the longest daily distance to be raced in this 2018 Dakar Rally. Add high dunes 11,480ft above sea level and you're left with a...

Tuesday's 205-mile special stage pushed the Dakar Rally racers and their machines to the limit on the route around San Juan de Marcona in Peru.In the toughest physical day of the rally so far, the leaderboard was shaken with many pre-race favorites coming into difficulty.Wednesday sees bikes and quads take...

America's Bryce Menzies became one of the first major casualties of the 2018 Dakar Rally by crashing his Mini just a few miles into the 166-mile special stage around Pisco, Peru.Both Menzies and his co-driver Peter Mortensen escaped without serious injuries, but the damage to the car means their debut...

Sebastien Loeb has been forced to retire from the Silk Way Rally lead after badly damaging the front of his DKR Maxi – the car Peugeot was testing for next year's Dakar Rally.Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena had a healthy lead of more than an hour heading into the ninth...

Dakar legend Stephane Peterhansel faced one of the toughest challenges of his long career in the marathon event at this year's two-week rally raid through South America in having rallying legend Sebastien Loeb as a teammate, but the Frenchman proved up to the challenge. The defending champion finished second to...

As the Dakar Rally resumed on Thursday following Stage 9's cancellation, a collision between 12-time Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel and KTM rider Simon Marcic looked to give Sebastien Loeb the stage win until organizers reversed the decision.Peterhansel was leading the race – which resumed with a 280-mile stage from Chilecito...

Peugeot's Sebastien Loeb edged teammate Stephane Peterhansel to pick up his third stage win and take the overall lead of the Dakar Rally after Stage 8.The stage, which left the plains of Uyuni and moved toward Argentina, was again affected by weather as previous rain caused rivers to flood, forcing...

With the Dakar Rally competitors taking a welcome rest break at the halfway point in this year's marathon raid through South America, Peugeot drivers Stephane Peterhansel, Sebastien Loeb and Cyril Despres hold the top three positions overall with their Peugeot 3008DKR entries. The fight at the front remains close in...