2022 Roof of Africa – Wade Young Wins a Magnificent Seventh    As the overnight leader in the Gold Class, defending champion Wade Young (Sherco Factory Racing powered by Motul), led from the off today to cross the line in first place and notch up his seventh Roof victory. This was no procession, however, as he was pushed hard the whole way by Mani Lettenbichler (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and for some part of the morning, Travis Teasdale (ASP Rope Mclarens Racing), who finished second and third respectively. 2022 Roof of Africa Gold Podium, Wade Young (centre), Mani...

2022 A CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR FOR KAWASAKI by Motorsport Media - 28 Nov 2022 08:20:00 What GXCC Cross Country Round 8 Race Report Where Carletonville, Gauteng When Saturday 26 November 2022 Community Gauteng Regional Team Green closes fine season with more titles Kawasaki Racing closed its 2022 Cross Country Motorcycle racing season off in championship winning style at the final GXCC Gauteng Cross Country round down Carletonville way on Saturday.   South African National OR1 Cross Country champion Mike Pentecost added one more dominant championship winner’s red...

2022 A CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR FOR KAWASAKI by Motorsport Media - 28 Nov 2022 08:20:00 What GXCC Cross Country Round 8 Race Report Where Carletonville, Gauteng When Saturday 26 November 2022 Community Gauteng Regional Team Green closes fine season with more titles Kawasaki Racing closed its 2022 Cross Country Motorcycle racing season off in championship winning style at the final GXCC Gauteng Cross Country round down Carletonville way on Saturday.   South African National OR1 Cross Country champion Mike Pentecost added one more dominant championship winner’s red...

IT’S LADIES FIRST FOR HONDA’S LEAH   by Motorsport Media - 28 Nov 2022 08:00:00 What GXCC Cross Country Round 8 Race Report Where Carletonville, Gauteng When Saturday 26 November 2022 Community Gauteng Regional Leah’s Ladies title tops fine Honda racing year Honda’s Red Rockets enjoyed a championship winning day at the final round GXCC Gauteng Cross Country championship in Carletonville on Saturday.    Lady racer Leah Heygate topped the Honda headlines with yet another class victory to take the 2022 GXCC Northern Regions Ladies title aboard her...

NASSER STEALS DAKAR DAY 2 by Motorsport Media - 2 Jan 2023 16:30:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 2 Report Where Al'Ula, Saudi Arabia When Monday 2 January 2022 Community International Epic Day 2 delivers a Toyota 1-2 as SA Bikers star The second day of Dakar 2023 proved a thriller with all the ingredients of an epic adventure. Both the car and bike leads changed in the final sector as defending champions Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel’s Gazoo Toyota Hilux overcame Dutchmen Erik Van Loon and Sébastien Delaunay’s similar privateer car for the closest of car...

LATEGAN, BARAGWANATH STAR IN DAKAR DAY 3 DRAMA   by Motorsport Media - 3 Jan 2023 14:20:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 3 Report Where H'ail, Saudi Arabia When Tuesday 3 January 2023 Community International   All-South African crews, Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings’ Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux, and Brian Baragwanath and Leonard Cremer’s Century starred on a tough Dakar Day 3. 2022 winners Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel meanwhile shook off a tough day at the office to move into the car lead in their Proudly South African Gazoo Hilux.   Lategan chased day...

DAKAR’S DAY 4 OF THE LEGENDS   by Motorsport Media - 4 Jan 2023 15:20:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 4 Report Where H'ail, Saudi Arabia When Wednesday 4 January 2023 Community International Loeb beats Peterhansel, Sainz & Al Attiyah on Day 4 Dakar 2023 reached its quarter distance mark after a somewhat less dramatic Day 4 as the legends of the sport fought it out for car victory. Sebastien Loeb ultimately emerged victorious for the troubled Hunter team, mere seconds ahead of Stephane Peterhansel’s Audi, his teammate Carlos Sainz Sr. and Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s...

DAKAR DAY 5: AL ATTIYAH, TOYOTA IN CHARGE What Dakar 2023 Day 5 Report Where H'ail, Saudi Arabia When Thursday 5 January 2023 Community International Overall leader Nasser takes car control, Hondas win Day 5 bikes   Nasser Al Attiyah and Mattieu Baumel powered their Gazoo Toyota Hilux to a crushing Dakar Day 5 victory on Thursday, as they consolidated their overall lead in the race. Honda duo Adrien van Beveren and Jose Cornejo came from behind to take a bike 1-2 in a test of navigation through the soft Arabian Desert sand and camel grass of a second loop around...

DAKAR WEEK 2 BITES HARD!   by Motorsport Media - 10 Jan 2023 13:00:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 9 Report Where Hradh, Saudi Arabia When Tuesday 10 January 2023 Community International Loeb, Benavides top tough day in the desert The second week of Dakar bit hard as crews returned to action on Tuesday. Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb and navigator Fabien Lurquin took their fourth stage win of the race at the top of a Prodrive Hunter 1-2-3. Loeb continues in his relentless pursuit of comfortable overall leader Nasser Al Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel’s...

SOUTH AFRICAN BIKERS, CARS KING AT DAKAR   by Motorsport Media - 11 Jan 2023 15:30:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 10 Report Where Shaybah, Saudi Arabia When Wednesday 11 January 2023 Community International   IIt was a red-letter day 10 for Southern African bikers and cars at Dakar 2023, as Botswana’s Ross Branch scored his second stage win in three days, while SA rider Mike Docherty moved into the rookie bike lead with third overall. He joins compatriot Malle Moto rider Charan Moore in leading his class, while SA cars continue to dominate, leading three of the...

DAKAR RALLY DAY 11: LOEB HUNTS NASSER   by Motorsport Media - 12 Jan 2023 13:00:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 11 Report Where Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia When Thursday 12 January 2023 Community International   Dakar 2023 continued to deliver epic action as competitors fought on through the Arabian Desert on Thursday. 9-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb continued to pile on the pressure through Day 11 as he took his fourth stage win on the trot. Car leader Nasser Al Attiyah however held strong up front as South African cars dominate. It was a game of cat...

DAKAR DAY 12: LOEB FLIES, NASSER IN CONTROL   by Motorsport Media - 13 Jan 2023 12:30:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 12 Report Where Shaybah, Saudi Arabia When Friday 13 January 2023 Community International A shakeup in the cars, bikers duke it out in the desert Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb’s ruthless pressure paid off as his fifth straight stage win on Friday moved him up to second overall, an hour and a half behind overall leader Nasser Al-Attiyah’s made in South Africa Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux. In a busy day among the cars, the bike race remains...

DAKAR DAY 13: BITTERSWEET STING IN THE TAIL   by Motorsport Media - 14 Jan 2023 12:45:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 13 Report Where Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia When Saturday 14 January 2023 Community International Drama all round, Attiyah ‘s Toyota on the brink of car win Saturday’s 154-kilometre stage through the dunes to Al Hofuf would prove a dramatic dream breaker for some. South African T1.2 leaders Brian Baragwanath and Leonard Cremer, who suffered a hard landing, flipped, and damaged their Factory Century. The car was towed out of the stage. Another Century...

DAKAR 2023 SHINES ON SOUTH AFRICAN STARS by Motorsport Media - 15 Jan 2023 13:15:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 14 & Final Report Where Damman, Saudi Arabia When Sunday 15 January 2023 Community South Africa National SA success as Al Attiyah’s Toyota, Benavides’ KTM win Dakar 2023 proved a stunning success for South Africa. Nasser Al Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel’s GR Hilux DKR T1+ stormed to their third Dakar victory for Toyota Gazoo Racing on Sunday as SA cars starred, taking the overall and two class wins.    South Africans also starred on two wheels, as...

KAWASAKI READY FOR VICTORY, FUN IN ‘23   by Motorsport Media  Multiple championship winning Pepson Plastics Factory Kawasaki Racing with Motul, Gilbert Mining, Scottish Cables, Michelin, Acerbis, Renthal, DID and Arai, is limbering up to a fresh season of Cross Country Racing in South Africa. The team has assembled a strong team of riders and machinery across the classes to chase fun and victory in 2023.   The biggest 2023 Kawasaki Cross Country news sees 2022 South African National High School champion Wian Wentzel stepping up to the 250cc OR3 class. The fast and...

PEPSON PLASTICS KAWASAKI SET FOR FAST, FUN SEASON What SA Cross Country Motorcycle Championship Preview Where Legends Farm, Pretoria When Saturday 4 March 2023 Community South Africa National Pepson Plastics Factory Kawasaki Racing ready for National season Pepson Plastics Factory Kawasaki Racing with Motul, Gilbert Mining, Scottish Cables, Michelin, Acerbis, Renthal, DID and Arai, is ready to race in the 2023 Trademore South African Cross Country Championship. The action starts with the opening round at Legends outside Pretoria on Saturday 4 March.   The team has...

COCKER TAKES EPIC LEGENDS WIN   by Motorsport Media - 5 Mar 2023 19:00:00 What SA Cross Country Motorcycle Championship Round 1 Report Where Legends Farm, Pretoria When Saturday 4 March 2023 Community South Africa National   Factory Husqvarna OR2 rider Davin Cocker made the 2023 Trademore South African Cross Country Championship season opener his own at Legends Park outside Pretoria on Saturday. Cocker took an early lead and managed it throughout, to take the day from KTM trio Kerim Seniors winner Fitz-Gerald in second, OR1 winner Bradley Cox and second...

by Motorsport Media - 16 Apr 2023 15:00:00 What Trademore Feeds SA Cross Country Round 2 Report Where Jolivet, KZN When Saturday 15 April 2023 Community South Africa National It was a case of veni, vidi, vici as South African international hard enduro legend Wade Young and his factory Sherco came, saw, and conquered a fast and dusty second round of the Trademore South African Cross Country Championship at Jolivet in KwaZulu Natal on Saturday. Not even a runaway bush fire halting the race, could prevent Young from taking a minute and 36 second victory over the best...

by Motorsport Media - 14 Jun 2023 10:00:00 What South African Cross Country Moto Round 3 Preview Where Ganyesa, Northwest Province When Saturday 17 June 2023 Community South Africa National Cross Country Nationals head for Ganyesa It’s all to play for as the Trademore South African Cross Country Championship limbers up to its annual desert race at Excelsior Farm at Ganyesa north of Vryburg this weekend. Davin Cocker’s OR2 Husqvarna and OR1 KTM rider Bradley Cox arrive in the Northwest tied in the championship lead, but under pressure from Seniors’ sensation Kerim...

by Motorsport Media - 19 Jun 2023 14:00:00 What Trademore Feeds SA Cross Country Round 3 Report Where Ganyesa, Northwest Province When 16-17 June 2023 Community South Africa National Pieter Holl clinches South African Cross Country Masters title Pepson Plastics Scottish Cables Motul Factory Kawasaki Racing sent a small, sharp team up to the of the 2023 Trademore South African Cross Country Racing championship’s desert double header at Ganyesa over the weekend. The team not only returned with a trio of race wins under its belt, but also a new South African title...