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They Dreamt, They Dared & They Lived It at Dakar

They Dreamt, They Dared & They Lived It at Dakar

Jan 21 2018

Let us not just hail the winners in each of the categories of the 40th edition of Dakar Rally in 2018, whether it is Matthias Walkner of Red Bull KTM Factory Team in the bike section, or Ignacio Casale of Casale Rac...

Sherco TVS rider Joan Pedrero finishes 8th, Oriol Mena of Hero MotorSports 9th

Sherco TVS rider Joan Pedrero finishes 8th, Oriol Mena of Hero MotorSports 9th

Jan 18 2018

The eleventh stage of the Dakar 2018, from Belén to Fiambala, spanned across 485 kilometers with a ‘special’ of 280 kilometers. Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team’s Joan Pedrero finished the stage at 8th position and now...

Hero MotoSports’ Oriol Mena finishes 4th in Dakar Rally 2018

Hero MotoSports’ Oriol Mena finishes 4th in Dakar Rally 2018

Jan 17 2018

Both the two riders of Hero MotoSports Rally Team -- Oriol Mena and CS Santosh--and the sole rider of Sherco TVS Rally Factory Juan Pedrero Garcia have sailed past the 10th stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally being held...

Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports ahead of Juan Pedrero Garcia of Sherco TVS

Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports ahead of Juan Pedrero Garcia of Sherco TVS

Jan 15 2018

Now that a very tough Stage 8 is over, rookie Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports came in a respectable 14th. He now has an overall standing of 18 after 8 stages. Across the cam, at TVS Sherco Rally Factory, their sole ri...

Sole Sherco TVS rider, 2 from Hero MotoSports clear Stage 7 of Dakar

Sole Sherco TVS rider, 2 from Hero MotoSports clear Stage 7 of Dakar

Jan 14 2018

The massive sand dunes of Peru are far behind and now the riders at the Dakar Rally 2018, with their recalibrated vehicles are experiencing a different terrain completely. After the much deserved rest day at La Paz,...

After six days, time to rest, eat and repair at Dakar

After six days, time to rest, eat and repair at Dakar

Jan 12 2018

After six gruelling days of riding and driving through Peru’s vast sand dunes and having entered the beautiful landscape of Bolivia, the Dakar Rally 2018 is left with 110 bikes, 41 quads, 71 cars and SxS, and 30 tru...

Pedrero of Sherco TVS finishes stage 6 at 16th position in Dakar

Pedrero of Sherco TVS finishes stage 6 at 16th position in Dakar

Jan 12 2018

With two of their fine riders retired hurt, the fate of Sherco TVS Rally team rests on one rider, Joan Pedrero. The sixth stage of Dakar 2018 saw the teams leave behind the treacherous deserts of Peru and scale the ...

With 2 riders, Hero Motosports Team Rally reaches half way mark in Dakar

With 2 riders, Hero Motosports Team Rally reaches half way mark in Dakar

Jan 12 2018

Every time the Dakar Rally hits the Bolivian leg, there are always chances of the weather and climate playing the spoilsport. Staying true to that tradition, the first part of the 6th stage of the Dakar Rally from A...

5 stages over as heartburns, casualties & exits continue at Dakar Rally 2018

5 stages over as heartburns, casualties & exits continue at Dakar Rally 2018

Jan 11 2018

The 40th edition of the Dakar Rally continues to challenge man and machine as it progresses beyond the 5th stage to complete its 14 stages spread over 9000 km. This is the 10th Dakar to be held in South America . Th...

Aravind KP of Sherco TVS crashes out in Stage 5 of Dakar rally; Juan 15th

Aravind KP of Sherco TVS crashes out in Stage 5 of Dakar rally; Juan 15th

Jan 11 2018

Aravind Prabhakar (KP) of Sherco TVS Rally Team crashed out of the gruelling Dakar Rally 2018. No official statement has been released by the company or the organisers but highly placed sources confirmed to Motown I...

Aravind is 33rd, Juan Pedero is 17th for Sherco TVS Rally Team after stage 4

Aravind is 33rd, Juan Pedero is 17th for Sherco TVS Rally Team after stage 4

Jan 10 2018

After the 4th stage of the tough Dakar Rally 2018, riders representing Indian motorcycle companies have done relatively well with Juan Pedrero Garcia of Sherco TVS Rally factory coming in 17th overall. His teammate ...

Indian biking teams improve overall standings after Stage 3 Dakar

Indian biking teams improve overall standings after Stage 3 Dakar

Jan 09 2018

For riders representing Indian teams, it was an eventful Stage 3 at the Dakar Rally 2018 with Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports Team Rally coming in 12 during stage 3 and now standing 19 th overall after three stages. H...

Dakar debutant Oriol Mena in top 20 for Hero MotoSports Team Rally

Dakar debutant Oriol Mena in top 20 for Hero MotoSports Team Rally

Jan 09 2018

With the third stage of the Dakar Rally moving from Pisco to a very windy and dusty San Juan De Marcona, Spanish debutant rider Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports Team Rally overcame tough navigation to clock-in a fast t...

Peugeot takes back control on Stage 2

Peugeot takes back control on Stage 2

Jan 08 2018

After a short appetiser on Saturday, the competitors faced the full might of the dunes of Ica near Pisco on Sunday January 7, 2018. The second stage in Peru was 90% off the track. The 267 km challenge required some ...

Joaquim Rodrigues  crashes out; Mixed fortunes for Hero MotoSports Team Rally

Joaquim Rodrigues crashes out; Mixed fortunes for Hero MotoSports Team Rally

Jan 07 2018

The most gruelling race on the planet, the Dakar Rally, flagged off its 40th edition in Lima, the capital city of Peru on January 6, 2018. This edition of Dakar Rally marks the 2nd year of participation for India’s ...

Hero MotoSports showcases new RR 450 Rally bike

Hero MotoSports showcases new RR 450 Rally bike

Dec 14 2017

Hero MotoSports Team Rally showcased their new RR 450 rally bike for the first time in the country. The motorsport division of Hero also announced its team for the Dakar Rally 2018 which will comprise of Joaquim Rod...

Joaquim Rodrigues of Hero wins India Baja 2017; Arvind of Sherco TVS is 2nd

Joaquim Rodrigues of Hero wins India Baja 2017; Arvind of Sherco TVS is 2nd

Apr 09 2017

Participating in his first rally on Indian soil, Hero MotoSports Team Rally’s Joaquim Rodrigues won the India Baja 2017. Popularly called JRod, he blazed through the second leg of the India Baja rally to finish in f...

2nd edition of India Baja from April 7-9, 2017 in Jaisalmer

2nd edition of India Baja from April 7-9, 2017 in Jaisalmer

Apr 05 2017

The second edition of the India Baja—an international motorsports event promoted by Northern Motorsports India—will be held from April 7-9, 2017, in the Golden City of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The event this year will ...

Joaquim Rodrigues to ride for Hero Motosports in India Baja 2017

Joaquim Rodrigues to ride for Hero Motosports in India Baja 2017

Mar 30 2017

Close on the heels of its debut at the Dakar 2017, Hero MotoSports Team Rally, the motorsports team of Hero MotoCorp is gearing up for India Baja 2017 in April this year. This will be the Team’s second rally raid o...

Benavides wins Merzouga Rally;  Mission accomplished for Hero MotoSports

Benavides wins Merzouga Rally; Mission accomplished for Hero MotoSports

May 27 2016

Finally after several days of gruelling ride across the Moroccan desert, the Afriquia Merzouga Rally saw Kevin Benavides (Honda) winning the rally followed by Stefan Svitko (KTM), second and Adrien Van Beveren (Yama...

Merzouga Rally 2016 - Stage 4- Hero team still in contention

Merzouga Rally 2016 - Stage 4- Hero team still in contention

May 26 2016

After having spent a night in the High Atlas, the competitors took an early start for the 4th stage of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally in Morocco. This was the fastest one of this rally on off road tracks crossing all k...

Desert storm disrupts stage three of Afriquia  Merzouga Rally

Desert storm disrupts stage three of Afriquia Merzouga Rally

May 25 2016

As temperatures in the desert climbed to 40 degrees celsius and more on Wednesday May 25, 2016, a desert storm made things complicated for the competitors of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally in Morocco. Originally the fo...

Hero MotoSports Team Rally in Top 15 in Prologue

Hero MotoSports Team Rally in Top 15 in Prologue

May 22 2016

On Sunday (May 23, 2016) evening it was heartening to see among the sea of KTM, Yamaha, Honda and Husqvarna motorcycles, two participants from Hero Motorsports Team Rally making their debut in one of the toughest ra...

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