International Events

     
  FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies
(includes Cross Country Bajas)

In 2010 the Baja International Cup and CCR World Cup were combined into an eight-event series renamed the World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.
 

  Dakar Series

After the cancellation of the Dakar in 2008 the Central Europe Rally was created by professional event organiser ASO as a replacement.

With the Silk Way Rally and the Pax Rally in Portugal it is part of the three event Dakar Series.
 

  NPO Desert Trophy

The Egypt Sphinx Rally, the Shamrock Rally (Rally of Morocco) and the Tunisia Rally are the three events in the NPO Desert Trophy.
  Africa

The spritual home of cross country rallies. Numerous events traverse the sands of the Sahara.

There is a strong off road racing scene in South Africa.
 

  Australia

Australia has a mixture of off road racing, desert races and cross country rallies.

 
  Banger Rallies

A banger rally is a rally in a scrap or low value car on public roads. 

However, a number of these such as Budapest-Bamako (B2B), Trans Siberia and the Mongol Rally are reasonably serious off road events.
 

  China

A Cross Country Rally Series comprising five events and an 11 event off road racing series are conducted annually in China.

 
  Europe

The home of the world's leading cross country rallyists.
  India

The 2000km Desert Storm, the Raid de Himalaya (the world's highest motorsport event) and the Dakshin Dare are the main Cross Country Rallies in India.

Finding a course of sufficient length is an issue in this crowded part of the world.


 

 

 
Middle East
 
  New Zealand

Between the North and South Island there is a full program of off road racing.

The major event is the Taupo 1000, billed as the longest off road race in the southern hemisphere.
 

  North America

Events in this part of the world are off road races rather than cross country rallies or bajas.

The most notable event is the Baja 1000 in Mexico.
 

  South Africa

The South African Off Road Championship comprises eight events.

The South African Absa Off Road Championship is claimed to be the most competitive national championship in the world.
 

  South America

This continent has had a long tradition of cross country rallies and since 2009 the biggest of them all, Dakar, has been staged there.
  South East Asia

Off Road competitions abound in this region.

The main series is the Asian Cross Country Championships.

     

 

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