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British Rallycross Championship
British Rallycross Championship (5 Nations BRX / 5 Nations Trophy): UK national rallycross series promoted by Lydden Hill Race Circuit under Motorsport UK rules, running Supercar, Swift Sport, Junior, Cross Car, Retro, and RX150 classes on a 2026 calendar including Lydden Hill, Mondello Park, Loheac, Valkenswaard, and Pembrey. Distinct from the British Rally Championship and the BRCA radio-controlled series.
Burt Jenner
Burt Jenner, eldest son of Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner and Chrystie Scott, is an American racing driver; Stadium Super Trucks race winner (2015 St. Petersburg, Belle Isle, 2016 Adelaide) and Baja 1000 competitor.
Camel Trophy
Camel Trophy (1980-2000), annual Camel-sponsored, Land Rover-equipped amateur off-road expedition competition, the "Olympics of 4x4"; began on Brazil's Transamazonica with Jeeps, ended with the waterborne Tonga-Samoa 2000 event.
Canadian Rally Championship
The Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) is Canada's national performance rally series, sanctioned by the Canadian Association of Rallysport (CARS), with national rounds qualifying for the North American Rally Cup.
Carlos Sainz Sr.
Carlos Sainz Sr. (born 1962, Madrid), Spanish rally driver, two-time WRC champion (1990, 1992) and four-time Dakar Rally winner (2010, 2018, 2020, 2024), first to win the Dakar in a hybrid car; father of F1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr.
Carrera Panamericana
La Carrera Panamericana, the Mexican road race first held in 1950 over ~3,000 km of the Pan-American Highway, run 1950–1954, suspended after 26 deaths, and revived as a classic-car rally in 1988; source of Porsche's Carrera and TAG Heuer's Carrera names.
Catie Munnings
Catie Munnings, British rally and Extreme E driver; won the 2016 FIA ERC Ladies Trophy at 18 in her first competitive year, the first Briton to take a European rally title in nearly 50 years.
Co-driver (rallying)
A co-driver in rallying is the second crew member who reads pace notes to the driver on special stages and manages timing, paperwork, and road logistics.
Colin McRae
Colin McRae (Colin Steele McRae) was a Scottish rally driver who won the 1995 World Rally Championship with Subaru, the first British champion, dying in a helicopter crash in 2007.
Craig Breen
Craig Breen (1990–2023), Irish WRC rally driver from Waterford; 2011 WRC Academy and 2012 SWRC champion; 82 WRC starts, nine podiums, no wins for Citroën, Ford, Hyundai; died in Croatian testing accident.
Cupra Racing
Cupra Racing, formerly SEAT Sport (founded 1985), is the motorsport division of the Spanish carmaker Cupra, based at Martorell, Spain, and known for TCR touring cars and electric racing.
Cyril Despres
Cyril Despres (born 1974, Fontainebleau) is a French rally raid racer, five-time Dakar Rally motorcycle champion (2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013) with KTM, later a Peugeot car-class driver with a 2017 Dakar podium.
Czech Rally Championship
Czech Rally Championship (MČR v rallye), the Czech national rally series run by Autoklub ČR; six 2026 rounds from Rallye Šumava Klatovy to Rally Pačejov, headed by ERC round Barum Czech Rally Zlín, with RC car classes and a second-tier rallysprint series.
Dakar Rally
Dakar Rally (Rallye Dakar, formerly Paris-Dakar): annual rally raid founded by Thierry Sabine, first run 1978-79 Paris to Dakar; Africa 1979-2007, South America 2009-2019, Saudi Arabia since 2020; ASO-organised, W2RC round.
Dakar Rally fatal accidents
Dakar Rally fatal accidents: deaths of competitors, spectators, and staff since 1979, totaling 77 by 2023, including the 1986 helicopter crash that killed founder Thierry Sabine and four others.
Dakar Rally in Africa (1979–2007)
The African-era Dakar Rally, founded as the Paris–Dakar in 1979, crossed Europe and the Sahara to Dakar until security threats moved it to South America in 2009.
Dave Mirra
Dave Mirra (1974–2016), American BMX freestyle rider from Chittenango, New York; won 24 X Games medals (14 gold), landed the first competition double backflip in 2000, founded MirraCo, raced for Subaru, first action sports athlete diagnosed with CTE.
Dimi Mavropoulos
Dimi (Dimis) Mavropoulos, Ντίμης Μαυρόπουλος, 1949–2026, Cypriot rally driver from Limassol; Cyprus champion 1986, 1988, 1990; won all seven 1990 events; founded Cyprus Historic & Classic Motor Museum; died off Cape Greco.
Esapekka Lappi
Esapekka Lappi, born 1991, is a Finnish rally driver who won the 2016 WRC2 title and two WRC rounds, Rally Finland 2017 and Sweden 2024.
Estering
Estering, also Estering Buxtehude, is a 952 m rallycross circuit in Buxtehude, Germany, opened 21 May 1972 with Germany's first rallycross race; it hosted World RX 2014–2018 and 2023 and holds an FIA Grade 6R licence.
European Rally Championship
FIA European Rally Championship (ERC): FIA's continental rally series, founded 1953, oldest international rally championship. 2026: seven rounds, five asphalt two gravel, Sierra Morena opener, Rally Hungary dropped, best six of seven scoring.
Extreme E
Extreme E is an FIA-sanctioned off-road racing series with male and female drivers in identical electric SUVs, founded by Alejandro Agag and raced from 2021.
Extreme H
Extreme H, the FIA Extreme H World Cup, is the world's first hydrogen-powered off-road racing event, held annually at Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia, using the Symbio fuel cell Pioneer 25 car with male and female driver pairs.
FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup
The FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup was a companion championship to the World Rally Championship from 1993 to 1999 for two-liter front-wheel-drive Kit Cars, with SEAT champion from 1996 to 1998.
FIA European Rallycross Championship
The FIA European Rallycross Championship, known as Euro RX, is the FIA's continental rallycross title, first contested in 1973 and the senior rallycross championship in Europe.
FIA World Rallycross Championship
FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX), FIA world championship for rallycross founded 2014 from the European Rallycross Championship; six-round 2025 calendar, FIA direct investment, Kristoffersson's record eighth title, replaced by Euro RX and a Rallycross World Cup from 2026.
Finnish Rally Championship
The Finnish Rally Championship, also known as Rallin SM or FRC, is Finland's national rally championship, organized since 1959 by AKK Sports Ltd, which also runs Secto Rally Finland.
French Rally Championship
The Championnat de France des Rallyes is France's national rally championship, organized by the FFSA since 1967, awarding separate asphalt and gravel titles and producing drivers like Sébastien Loeb.
Group A
Group A: FIA rally classification for modified production cars, homologation basis 5,000 road units; WRC's top category 1987-1996 after Group B's ban, succeeded by World Rally Car rules in 1997; iconic cars include the Lancia Delta Integrale and Subaru Impreza.
Group B
Group B was the FIA rally regulation category used in the World Rally Championship from 1982 to 1986, known for four-wheel-drive turbocharged cars with over 500 bhp, 200-car homologation, and its ban after the 1986 Toivonen and Portugal fatalities.