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After winning the Sonora Rally's Dakar Dreams challenge, Ryan Nariño will technically run his first W2RC race since 2023 as he enters the Desafío Ruta 40 to earn more points on the Road to Dakar.
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#DR40 #DesafioRuta40 #Dakar2027 #DakarRally #W2RC
A change of plans means instead of running the Desafío Ruta 40, Justin Jumet and Matthew Ransom will use the Rallye du Maroc as their Dakar qualifying race.
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#RdM2026 #RallyeduMaroc #Dakar2027 #DakarRally #W2RC
Federico Buttò, who usually races SSVs in Italy, plans to drive a Mitsubishi Pajero in next January's Dakar Classic.
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The Classic Series Trophy will be awarded for those competing in the 2026 Rallye du Maroc Classic and 2027 Dakar Classic. The RdM Classic will also award a Road to Dakar.
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Driiing! ☎️ The weekend is calling… 💨
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Edward Ruszczyc, who did the Rallye Breslau and Fenix Rally in 2025, will now run the Morocco Desert Challenge as part of his project to get to the 2027 Dakar Rally.
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📣 This is your captain speaking: Truck is ready for takeoff!
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After winning Rally3 in Portugal, Gonçalo Amaral and his brother Salvador hope to be accepted for the 2027 Dakar Rally. To get there, they also plan to run the Rallye du Maroc.
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Aleš Loprais isn't sure if he'll race the 2027 Dakar Rally at the moment as it depends on sponsors. He's also unsure if it'll be in Saudi Arabia due to the war in the region.
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Luís Cidade was routinely the fastest of the five Road to Dakar entrants in Portugal, but a Stage 2 DNF opened the door for Andréa Deldossi to punch his 2027 Dakar Rally ticket.
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After racing the Dakar Rally in 2013 and 2015, reigning South African Rally-Raid T1 champ Johan van Staden has bought a Red-Lined REVO+ with hopes of returning to Dakar.
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Enrique Carreño hopes to make his Dakar Rally debut in 2027, while navigator Diego Freire is going for his second Dakar after last racing in 2014.
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Juraj Varga plans to return to the Dakar Rally in 2027 as an SSV driver. He last raced Dakar in 2024 before the Quad class was dropped.
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After racing a Nissan Terrano at their last Dakar Classic in 2025, brothers Peter and Chris Schey will return in 2027 with an Audi Quattro.
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After winning the Dakar Classic in January, Karolis Raišys hasn't ruled out a return in 2027. However, he also stressed he wants to change things up and "the more drastic, the better."
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DAF de Rooy Classics is looking to add more team members ahead of the 2027 Dakar Classic, where they plan to field "several vintage DAFs" alongside the Bull.
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#Dakar2027 #DakarClassic
Hard enduro e-bike maker STRiX has joined Pedro Bianchi Prata's project of developing a rally raid electric motorcycle for the 2027 Dakar Rally's Mission 1000.
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#Dakar2027 #DakarRally #Mission1000 #DakarFuture
Tatra 815 "P28", which Karel Loprais raced in the 1990 Dakar Rally and Vlastimil Buchtyár rolled two years later, is being restored by Fesh Fesh to its original state for the 2027 Dakar Classic.
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Rebelle Rally regulars Jenna Fribley and Liza Beres will enter the 2027 Dakar Classic in a 1972 Range Rover Classic.
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#Dakar2027 #DakarClassic
While in Prague to receive the Golden Steering Wheel, Jacky Ickx visited President Petr Pavel (whom he first met at last year's Dakar Rally) and Tomáš Vrátný to check out his team's 2027 Dakar Classic Porsche.
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After finishing 75th in this year's Dakar Classic, the Loder brothers are building a second Puch 280GE that'll be available to rent for the 2027 race.
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For the 2027 Dakar Classic, Loprais Team will bring back the Tatra 815 Puma and 815 HAS while also debuting a replica of Karel Loprais' 1988 Dakar winner and the 6×6 815 VD.
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The "Black Pearl", a Tatra 815 6×6 that was built for Thierry Sabine Organization to work the Paris–Dakar Rally, will be used by Fesh Fesh in the 2027 Dakar Classic.
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After finishing 88th overall in their Dakar Classic debut with their Lada Niva, Nicolas Fantin and his son Lucien won't be back in 2027 as they need time to recover their finances.
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Kansas natives and Off Piste Adventure founders Justin Jumet and Matthew Ransom are gunning for their Dakar Rally debuts in 2027.
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According to MARCA, 2018 Dakar bike winner Matthias Walkner is on Ford's radar should Carlos Sainz not return in 2027. If Sainz stays, Walkner can still race as a quasi-privateer.
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Compagnie Saharienne has added a Can-Am Maverick R to their fleet, with plans of competing in the Dakar Rally alongside their usual vintage rally raid operations at the Dakar Classic.
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#DakarRally #W2RC #Dakar2027