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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Australia Australia has a mixture of off road racing, desert races and cross country rallies. |
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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. |
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China A Cross Country Rally Series comprising five events and an 11 event off road racing series are conducted annually in China. |
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Europe The home of the world's leading cross country rallyists. |
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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.
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Middle East |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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South East Asia Off Road competitions abound in this region. The main series is the Asian Cross Country Championships. |
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