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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sergei Khalzev's total off-roader]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-sergei-khalzev-s-total-off-roader/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[With unlimited resources and years of off-roading experience in some
of the world's toughest competitions behind him, has Sergei Khalzev of
Honduras Motorsport managed to create the world's ultimate 4x4?

It seems the way that extreme off-road machines evolve to suit their
environments follows the principles of Darwinism. The Trophy Trucks of
America, insanely powerful and with massive ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-sergei-khalzev-s-total-off-roader/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bogs, Trees and Vodka - Ladoga Trophy-Raid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/bogs-trees-and-vodka-ladoga-trophy-raid/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[4th – 12th June, 2011 - St Petersburg, Russia
It’s in the eyes… that’s how you can tell who has done the Ladoga
Trophy before and who is a swamp virgin. Wondering around the start
line in the shadow of the magnificent St Isaac’s cathedral in the
center of St Petersburg those looking at all the cars with wide-eyed
innocence are obviously first-timers… and others with a calm yet
slightly ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/bogs-trees-and-vodka-ladoga-trophy-raid/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marsden wins the Croatia Trophy 2011 battle ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/marsden-wins-the-croatia-trophy-2011-battle/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Croatia Trophy 2011: The View From The Inside

A man walks alone through the darkness, every step an unseen struggle over the slippery ground until he drops to his knees at the foot of a tree. He can just about make out the marks on it that tell him others have been here before and have performed the same ritual. In his hands he holds a hook and the rope it's attached to runs back down ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/marsden-wins-the-croatia-trophy-2011-battle/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ladoga Trophy: A masterpiece in mud]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/ladoga-trophy-a-masterpiece-in-mud/</link>
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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: 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[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 7 - Changes at the top (unofficially)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-7-changes-at-the-top-unofficially/</link>
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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[Slawson: King of the Hammers ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/slawson-king-of-the-hammers/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[
 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[Croatia Trophy: Midway – The survivors hope to finish ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-midway-the-survivors-hope-to-finish/</link>
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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 8 - Russians triumph in the Croatian forests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-8-russians-triumph-in-the-croatian-forests/</link>
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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 4 - Battle at the top heats up!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/croatia-trophy-day-4-battle-at-the-top-heats-up/</link>
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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[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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      <description><![CDATA[


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[Hardcore Hedgehog - Evgeni’s IZH]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-hardcore-hedgehog/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Once upon a time in the Soviet Union when the world was at the height
of the Cold War someone in the city of Izhevsk, the capital of the
Russian Republic of Udmurt, decided that it would be a good idea to
start producing a cheap, functional, mass produced car in the
Kalashnikov rifle factory. It seemed like a solid business plan as
Russia was (and still pretty much is) full of people ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-hardcore-hedgehog/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[In the deep end at Russia's Pro-X Trophy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/in-at-the-deep-end-at-russia-s-pro-x-trophy/</link>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/in-at-the-deep-end-at-russia-s-pro-x-trophy/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Diehard Brits tackle one of the world's toughest 4x4 events; Russia's massive Pro-X Trophy
Worldwide Trophy events are keen to attract supurlitves to them. I've seen adverts that proclaim the competition to be the biggest, the most extreme, most internationally represented etc, but which one could ever hope to call itself the most perfect? What would it take to warrant such a claim and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/in-at-the-deep-end-at-russia-s-pro-x-trophy/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:40:34 +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>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/prologue-teams-prepare-to-take-on-croatia-trophy-challenge/</guid>
      <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>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/valley-of-the-kings-full-report-of-the-king-of-the-hammers-417042/</guid>
      <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[Nothing easy in Russia’s Pro-X Trophy hunt]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/nothing-easy-in-russia-s-pro-x-trophy-hunt/</link>
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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[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[Enter Sandman - Project X Motorsports]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-enter-sandman/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Green-laning, Pay and Play sites, Comp-Safaris and winch challenges.... we all know where to go when we feel the need to get our 4x4s dirty... but what happens if the nearest piece of mud is somewhere across the Gulf of Aden in the mountains of Iran?? Well... if you live in the United Arab Emirates, where the desert only ends when it reaches the sea, then you have no choice but to turn ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/offroad/news/offroad-enter-sandman/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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