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      <title><![CDATA[Far and Beyond: final part of Russia’s incredible Expedition Trophy]]></title>
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Ever eastwards, day and night. The Ural Mountains came and went. A bright blue sky above a frozen landscape, a snow storm through the night and nearly a week from a bed it all seemed to fade into a blur where all concept of space and time were lost. I looked out at the snow, sky and trees with no idea where I was or even what day it was. 

The Expedition Trophy is so incredibly epic ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/far-and-beyond-final-part-of-russia-s-incredible-expedition-trophy/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Expedition Trophy: hardest, extremist - What word comes next?]]></title>
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If the 1800km drive from Murmansk to Veliky Novgorod on sheet ice and pot-holes wasn't hard enough on its own crews also had to find points scattered along the route. Each was worth 15 points and each is valuable as after each stage the two lowest scoring teams get dropped out. But even with a crazy 50 hour time limit it was so tight that teams had to choose which ones to go ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/expedition-trophy-hardest-extremist-what-word-comes-next/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[World's longest motorsport event starts in the Arctic]]></title>
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The dark snow was only barely discernible from the low black sky and between them only the dimmest blood-red glow from the lights of Murmansk, some 100km to the south. The grim Arctic dawn was straight from the first page of Genesis. No trees here, just endless windswept tundra broken only by bare knuckles of rock breaking up through the surface. I was in a place called Teriberka on ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/world-s-longest-motorsport-event-starts-in-the-arctic/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Slawson: King of the Hammers ]]></title>
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 Seven short years ago this desert in Eastern California saw 13 friends out for a weekend’s ‘crawlin’’. Nobody noticed. But that day an idea was born, one which in just a few years later would come to be one of the world’s biggest and toughest off-road races. What about the Baja 1000 or the Dakar, I hear you ask. Trophy are trucks rear wheel drive and even if one thing like a front ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/slawson-king-of-the-hammers/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jungle Slayer in Malaysian Rainforest Challenge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/jungle-slayer-in-malaysian-rainforest-challenge-430272/</link>
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A 15th birthday of an event is always a big celebration. Only a select few of the world’s extreme 4x4 competitions can mark a decade and a half of existence and to get there they need one thing; legendary status. With years’ worth of stories of survival, unbelievably extreme terrain and conditions, life-long friendship-forming feats of teamwork, incredible recovery situations and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/jungle-slayer-in-malaysian-rainforest-challenge-430272/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nothing easy in Russia’s Pro-X Trophy hunt]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robb Pritchard was not only the reporter, he was also a competitor in the Pro-X Trophy event in Russia which allowed him to add a unique 'insiders' point of view along the demanding route.  

The painfully beautiful song of a nightingale cuts through the
pre-natural light of a northern Russian summer night and I pause
from putting stickers on a 4x4 to listen. It's a well ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/nothing-easy-in-russia-s-pro-x-trophy-hunt/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Infinity Motorsports shows consistency in Traxxas TORC Redbud event]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Buchanan, Mich, -- Infinity Motorsports, backed by LOCTITE and WARN Industries, set out this past Memorial Day weekend at Redbud MX in Buchanan, Michigan, to show the Traxxas TORC series that they could easily be a force to be reckoned with before this season is over.
...it’s starting to all come together.Andy Zipperer

The action was hot both on AND off the track with temperatures ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/infinity-motorsports-shows-consistency-in-traxxas-torc-redbud-event/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ladoga Trophy: A masterpiece in mud]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Normally to start an article I usually have to think about a nice introduction, set the scene, come up with a lead-in etc... but this time I don't. Ladoga Trophy. You've either heard about it or you haven't. If you haven't you’re not a true mud-blooded off-roader yet... If you have... well, the legends are all true, the bogs really do swallow cars whole, the mosquitoes do eat you alive ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/ladoga-trophy-a-masterpiece-in-mud/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Croatia Trophy: Day 8 - Russians triumph in the Croatian forests]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With their superb time on yesterday's big 75km stage, taking nearly
half an hour off Boros Csaba the Russians went into the final day with
a 5 minute advantage, the closest in Croatia Trophy history... and the
advantage was with Alexey Golubev. All he had to do was keep Csaba in
his sights, and then all the Hungarian could do was pull back 2
minutes. It was set to be an all-out fight ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-8-russians-triumph-in-the-croatian-forests/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Croatia Trophy: Day 7 - Changes at the top (unofficially)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The rains came last night and this morning weary drivers trudged
across the morass of the campsite to bow reverentially in front of the
most rare and holy of relics: the score board. For those whose
religion is mud it is a daily ritual to see if the Organiser God's
have provided an updated list for us muddy muddy mortals.

Yesterday's stage was a brutal one and 20 of the 50 cars still ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-7-changes-at-the-top-unofficially/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Croatia Trophy: Midway – The survivors hope to finish ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Press Point for today's 51km stage was a long way down a rough
track and as my car is a bit big and a bit too expensive to scratch
(next week I'll take it to London to drive Sasha Baron Cohen to the
premier of his new film. I don't want to think what The Dictator would
do to me if his Kombat was covered in Croatia thorn marks on the red
carpet). So I decided to have an easy day and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-midway-the-survivors-hope-to-finish/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Croatia Trophy: Day 5 - Shortest stage claims biggest victim]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-5-shortest-stage-claims-biggest-victim/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today in Croatia it's a national holiday so they ran the Circuit Race
for the spectators to have something spectacular to see... and they
weren't disappointed... if the no-quarter given racing wasn't enough
the event's shortest stage claimed the biggest victim!

The Croatia Trophy is not about throwing cars into big pits of mud and
seeing them winch out, there are 40km roadbook stages ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-5-shortest-stage-claims-biggest-victim/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Croatia Trophy: Day 4 - Battle at the top heats up!]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The start was delayed for a while and it was great to sit among the
Drivers in the camp, listening to them thank each other for help on the last stage
or for lending spare parts. Bog Brotherhood. The smiles
and banter only lasted until the start marshal shouted, “Two
minutes,” and then, for the front runners at least, it was all
seriousness again.

A massive roar from behind signaled ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-4-battle-at-the-top-heats-up/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Croatia Trophy:  Challenges continue both on and off the route!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-challenges-continue-both-on-and-off-the-route/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seeing monster 4x4s race in places it's hard to even walk is
impressive enough, but last night the campsite was busy with another
type of race. Sparks flew, welders flashed and hammers were wielded as
teams worked through the night to fix their cars. Yorkshire guys Karl
Frost and David Needham were helping their Norwegian friends to repair
their winch (I've never seen a Gigglepin ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-challenges-continue-both-on-and-off-the-route/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Croatia Trophy: Second day starts the real test ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-second-day-starts-the-real-test/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yesterday it was all smiles and laughter, but today it was all mud, 
sweat, and tears as the real competition got under way with a 53km
monster.

The gentle shimmer of the new leaves on the trees was gradually
drowned out by the short stabs of powerful engines and the
unmistakable chatter of a Gigglepin winch and then like a rally-raid
car at full tilt Jim Marsden came tearing up the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-second-day-starts-the-real-test/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prologue: Teams prepare to take on Croatia Trophy challenge ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/prologue-teams-prepare-to-take-on-croatia-trophy-challenge/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[	
These Balkan hills have seen their fair share of battles and the
abandoned houses tell the silent story of the war that raged here
barely a generation ago. Today, though, the trees echo with the sounds
of a different type of fight; Europe's, if not the world's, biggest
hardcore 4x4 event... the one and only Croatia Trophy. 18
nationalities have come to this remote part of Croatia ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/prologue-teams-prepare-to-take-on-croatia-trophy-challenge/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Valley of the Kings - full report of the King of the Hammers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/valley-of-the-kings-full-report-of-the-king-of-the-hammers-417042/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Looking out over the vast tent and trailer city set up in the eastern Californian desert it's hard to believe that only 6 short years ago this massive event consisted of just a few friends out for a fun weekend's 'trailin'. From such humble beginnings it has turned into a week-long festival with 150 vehicles in the main race, a separate event for more 'stock' trucks, as well as one for ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/valley-of-the-kings-full-report-of-the-king-of-the-hammers-417042/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2011 Malaysian Rainforest Challenge - Hell and High Water]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-2011-malaysian-rainforest-challenge-hell-and-high-water/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rainforest Challenge: 3rd - 12th December

I push the dense, dripping foliage away and try to free my feet from
the clinging, clay-rich mud. This is an extreme environment. The
undergrowth is full of things that prick, sting, bite and suck. In
all it's brutal beauty this is a place David Attenbourough would love
as he searched for a wild and untamed beast known to science as
nullus-via ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-2011-malaysian-rainforest-challenge-hell-and-high-water/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wet and Wild at the Rainforest Challenge]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Malaysian Rainforest Challenge 2011

Clear skies on a mid-winter morning... Maybe that brings to mind
images of mist and a touch of frost and gentle trails of log-fire
smoke? Not for me, the sweat runs in rivulets run down my back and
chest and in the infrequent drafts of not so hot air I can feel that
the back of my shirt is drenched. This is Malaysia in the middle of
the monsoon ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-wet-and-wild-at-the-rainforest-challenge/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ready to rumble for 2011 Baja 1000]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/score-ready-to-rumble-for-2011-baja-1000/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Baja 1000, Ensenada, Mexico. 17th - 20th November, 2011

I am in the friendly town of Ensenada ready for my first taste of the legendary motorsport event known as the Baja 1000 but I’m  a little at a loss to describe it properly. Coming from Europe I am used to the strict FIA regulations of the Cross Country World Cup which I was comparing this to, so the no-limit, anything-goes ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/score-ready-to-rumble-for-2011-baja-1000/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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