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L’Eclaireur du Gâtinais: Vanessa Ruck turns heads as she races through France in the EU Baja Championship

As seen in The L’Eclaireur du Gâtinais: Vanessa Ruck and her newly designed Defender 90 turns heads throughout France as one of the only women drivers in the EU Baja Championship.

The second round of the Bowler Defender Rally Series powered by TATA ELXSI saw Vanessa Ruck head to Gaitanis France to race her Defender 90 known as Big Boy in part of the EU Baja Championship. Her newly designed graphics by AR Signs on the Defender 90 really made head turns throughout the town and drew the crowd’s attention to the realisation that Vanessa Ruck was one of the only women driving. Vanessa Ruck and her presence driving in the area was highly noted and herself and her Defender 90 made the sporting section headlines in the newspaper.

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FFSA: TT Gâtinais Rally: The Bersans / Lefrançois duel continues in the Loiret!

As seen in The FFSA: Separated by three small points, Benoit Bersans and Thomas Lefrancois will once again face’. The fight should be refereed by Stephan Barthe and Vincent Pointelet who will evolve in the same class as the Bearnais.

18th Rallye Terres du Gatinais

Third round of the 2024 French All-Terrain Rally Championship.

Entries: 79 including 33 registered in the French Championship, 21 in the 2WD Challenge, 12 in the SSV Challenge, 13 in the 4×4 Trophy and 3 on the waiting list.

Route: 285 km long including 149 km of ES (12), divided into two stages. Departure from the Sucrerie closed park in Corbeilles, Saturday April 27 at 9:00 a.m. Arrival at the Sucrerie closed park in Corbeilles on Sunday April 28 at 4:14 p.m.

Counts for the French Cross-Country Rally Championship (drivers and co-drivers) (3/11), the 4×4 Rally Trophy (drivers and co-drivers) (3/11), the 2-wheel drive Rally Challenge (drivers and co-drivers) (3 /11), the SSV Challenge (drivers and co-drivers) (3/11).

The main favorites for victory and places of honor

French Championship : Barthe (Nissan Fouquet), Bersans (Nissan Fouquet), Poincelet (BMW Fouquet), Vincent (Caze Mazda), Favy (Porsche Fouquet), Artola (Porsche Rivet), Thion (Nissan Fouquet), etc, Foucart (Rivet Mazda), Bartolin L. (Bartolin Nissan), Leclerc (Fouquet Nissan), Hiatt (Fouquet Nissan), Lefrancois (Rivet Honda), Neighbour (Voisin BMW), Brands (Fouquet BMW), etc, Omnes (Caze Kawasaki), Guillot (Caze Kawasaki).

2WD Challenge : Martins De Sousa (Cledze Suzuki), Incagaray (Cledze Suzuki), Tresarricq (Cledze Hayabusa), Lafleur (Caze Tomahawk), Cottereaux (Rivet Honda), Boucher (Fouquet Honda), Lebret (Rivet Honda), etc, Delean (Rivet Honda), Cassagnau (Delanoe Renault), Macaya M. (Phil’s Car Renault), Vimard (Phil’s Car Renault), Vautier Maxime (Vautier Volkswagen).

SSV Challenge : Noirot (Can Am), Giraud (Can Am), Sarrat (Can Am), Chabarlin (Polaris), Valente (Can Am), Pincel (Can Am).

4×4 Rally Trophy Truck : Bartolin (Nissan Pathfinder), Daigneau (Jeep Grand Cherokee), Deramaix (Suzuki Grand Vitara), Demanneville (Jeep Cherokee), Rey (Nissan Patrol), Beecroft David (Bowler Defender 90), Beecroft Daniel (Bowler Defender 90), Vanessa Ruck (Bowler Defender 90).

The Major Challanges For the French Championship

After his victory at Arzacq and his second place at Labourd, Benoit Bersans arrives in the Loiret with the leading position of the French Championship. With his faithful co-pilot, Cedric Nicolau, he intends to retain the advantage after this test very different from the first two.

For the victory on the rally, we can count on Stephan Barthe who won on the last race with his Fouquet Nissan. Also be careful to Vincent Pointelet who would like to open his victory counter this year, Daniel Favey who was unlucky at Labourd or Gregory Vincent who will launch his new Caze equipped with a rotary engine.

Always in the same class, though, Vincent Foucart love this event, he did not go very far from victory last year, he could play a place on the podium again this year. We will also monitor the performance of’Alexander Thion, Denis Artola, Laurent Bartolin, Jean-Michel Leclerc and Stephen Hiatt’s which will certainly be first-rate sizes this weekend.

In the intermediate class, Thomas Lefrancois, currently second in the Championship, will be the logical favorite with his Rivet Honda. With his co-pilot Jeremy Guerin, it may be penalized by the lack of power against large engines but the agility of the buggy and the talent of the Norman crew could erase this gap. Behind, it will be necessary to count on the BMW Fouquet Jean-Alfred Brands, the Flexcar Honda de Fabrizio Bovio and the BMW Neighbor’Antoine Voisin.

In T1A1, Cyril Omnes should still make sparks with his Caze but be careful to Xavier Gaudemer or yet Mickael Guillot’s and Franck Olivier who will discover their mounts on this fast track.

For the 2WD Challenge

With a large lead in the Challenge Kevin Martins De Sousa will start the event with one goal, victory! Supported for the occasion by Robin Moroch, the Cledze driver will try to increase his lead in order to approach the second part of the season calmly.

In the same class, however, Xabi Incagaray will try to give him the reply with his Cledze just like Vincent Tresaricq who won’t make the trip for nothing. Often at the front, though, Sebastien Lafleur will also aim for a place on the podium with his Tomahawk.

On these extremely fast tracks, Gregory Cottereaux will try to make the most of his Rivet Honda in order to go for the victory just like Gregory Boucher who will return to competition with his Fouquet Honda. Other drivers will be to watch as Denis Lebret’s (Rivet Honda), Florent Delean’s (Rivet Honda) and Maxime Vautier (Vautier Volkswagen). The buggies of the “Legend Group” will be well represented with Jordan Cassanau, which, let us remember, occupies the second provisional place of the Challenge 2RM 2024 with its Delanoe Renault.

For the SSV Challenge

As since the start of the season, we should witness a high-level fight between Valentin Giraud, current leader of the 2024 SSV Challenge and Guillaume Noirot, recent winner of the category on the Labourd rally. Eric Sarrat should once again aim for the small step of the podium but he will have to come up against the Can Am of the formidable Antonio Valente and Mickael Pinçon and the Polaris of Rémy Chabarlin.

For the 4×4 Trophy

On the side of the 4×4, the tray is rather supplied with no less than 13 vehicles. The norman, Bruno Bartolin will be the favorite of the category with its Nissan Pathfinder. The resistance should come from the British 7 engaged with their Bowler Defender 90 with as leaders, David and Daniel Beecroft or the female pilot Vanessa Ruck. Also pay attention to the usual ones Fabien Daigneau (Jeep Grand Cherokee), Dominique Deramaix (Suzuki Grand Vitara), Thomas Demanneville (Jeep Cherokee) and Bruno Rey’s (Nissan Patrol).

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This is Oxfordshire: Motorcyclist Vanessa Ruck Inspires Future Generation

As seen in This is Oxfordshire: A motorcycle adventurer has visited a primary school near Kidlington in the hope of inspiring future generations with her story.

A motorcycle adventurer has visited a primary school near Kidlington in the hope of inspiring future generations with her story.

Vanessa Ruck, known as ‘The Girl on a Bike’, discovered her passion for motorcycling after surviving a car accident that required years of recuperation and a reconstructed hip and shoulder.

She became the first British woman to finish the Africa Eco Race in January after covering 6,000 kilometres in 13 days.

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She paid a visit to William Fletcher Primary School to inspire the youngsters.

She drove her Defender 90 into the playground, explaining to the pupils the modifications made to make it ready for her African adventure.

She said: “The squeals and excitement from the kids fills me with so much happiness and motivates me to keep going.

“My accident is the worst thing that has ever happened to me, but somehow it’s also quite possibly the best thing to happen to me for what it’s taught me and the new path in life it threw me into.

“I hope my story can bring energy to others.”

She shares her adventures across her social media channels and in free school visits.

She has spoken to more than 20,000 school children through her schools programme running under the hashtag ‘BecauseICan’.

She challenges students to come up with their own #BecauseICan goals.

She has collaborated with Oxfordshire business FCLG, whereby used business laptops were donated for educational use at the school.

Ms Ruck added: “Today’s youth face some of the most challenging times, especially post covid and for me the day I read the newspaper headline ‘Covid generations lives are ruined’ I knew I had to do something about it.

“Belief is everything and I hope my energy can give the minds of our future a little more energy and drive for life.

“I might not be changing the world, but I hope one session at a time, I can help inspire some of our future generations to set their sights on the stars. Anything is possible.”

Headteacher Claire Martin said: “Vanessa’s visit was inspiring.

“The assembly was brilliantly motivating and linked to our own school values.

“Sharing your inspirational story and journey had a huge impact on the children, and made it very relatable to how students can use mindset to achieve goals.

“I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the time and energy that you gave to the students.

“Vanessa’s obvious enthusiasm for life and powerful messages connected with students and helped them to think about their own life goals and barriers to success.”

For the rest of The This is Oxfordshire article see here.

For the rest of The Oxford Mail article see here.

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Land Rover Monthly: Defender Rally Series launches

As seen in The Land Rover Monthly: The Defender (not Land Rover…) has revealed a bold new livery and the driver line-up for the 2024 Rally Series UK.

2024 to be the biggest and most competitive season yet

Each of the specially prepared Defender 90s in this year’s championship will feature a distinctive version of the exterior design, with a signature colour chosen by the teams. The seven-event season comprises gravel and hill rallies in Wales, Scotland, England and the Republic of Ireland and aims to build the rallying skills of the drivers with a view to upgrade to competitor rally licences and progress to the European Baja Championship and other one-off international events.

With up to 16 driver and co-driver pairings contesting each works-supported event, it is the largest competitive field the championship has yet seen. Applications are open – and in demand – for 2025.

Drivers have diverse motorsport backgrounds, from novices and trackday enthusiasts to experienced circuit and off-road racers, so if you fancy a go visit bowlermotors.com. You may even be rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous with 2024’s competitors including former Boyzone member Shane Lynch, and Vanessa Ruck, an adventure motorcycle racer and online content creator.

2024 Defender Rally Series UK Championship Calendar

• Round 2: Rally Nuts Severn Valley Stages, Builth Wells 12-13 April
• Round 3: Summer Scottish Hill Rally 31 May-2 June
• Round 4: Nicky Grist Stages, Builth Wells 12-13 July
• Round 5: Yorkshire Hill Rally 13-15 September
• Round 6: Clare Forest Rally Ireland 4-6 October
• Round 7: Scottish Borders Hill Rally 15-17 November

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The Worcester News: World’s Biggest Adventure Motorcycle Festival to Return

As seen in The Worcester News: The biggest adventure motorcycle festival in the world is set to return to Ragley Hall this summer.

The Adventure Bike Rider Festival is set for Friday 28 to Sunday, June 30.

The festival, renowned for showcasing its 40 kilometres of continuous purpose-built trails, will offer adrenaline-seeking guests more attractions than ever.

Attendees of all abilities are invited to try their hand at off-road riding on the Bridgestone Trail, a 30 kilometre course that boasts open grassland, tight wooded sections, and a series of craters.

Beginners are also catered for.

A Beginner’s Loop offers an easy-to-ride trail where new riders can safely experience off-road motorcycling.

More experienced riders in search of a challenge can face the eight kilometre TRF Trail, which provides tricky terrains such as climbs, descents, and water crossways.

For those keen on riding but unable to bring their own motorcycle, the festival offers daily demo rides.

29 leading motorcycle manufacturers will give participants the chance to test ride their 2024 model ranges.

With over 140 brands, stands and traders, festival goers will find a range of products to explore and purchase.

High-quality food, drink and coffee vendors will also be in attendance.

Aside from a variety of riding opportunities and stands, the festival will feature over 60 speaker sessions across four stages.

Among the line-up are renowned speakers such as Vanessa Ruck, also known as The Girl On A Bike, and globe-trotting motorcyclists Simon and Lisa Thomas.

The festival atmosphere is further enhanced by a schedule of live music, including a line-up of tribute and party bands.

Festival goers can also expect a range of alternative entertainment, such as choirs, DJs, string quartets, and a Brazilian dance troupe.

Festival chairman, Alun Davies, said: “This is our fifth Adventure Bike Rider Festival at the magnificent Ragley Hall, and I can’t wait to open the gates and welcome our 15,000 guests, many of whom are returning for the fourth time.”

Tickets for the entire weekend are available for £159.

Additional Thursday VIP tickets, as well as Friday and Saturday day tickets, are also available.

For further information, visit www.abrfestival.com.

For the rest of The Worcester News article see here.

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CarAndDriver: Michèle Mouton, Joyrides, and Fire-Resistant Underpants at the 2024 Dirtfish Women in Motorsports Summit

As seen in The CarAndDriver: For all would-be racers, the yearly Dirtfish WIM event is both entertainment and education.

The most important conversation I had during the 2024 Women in Motorsports (WIM) Summit at Dirtfish Rally School in Snoqualmie, Washington, was not with guest of honor Michèle Mouton about her incredible Pikes Peak triumph in 1985, or how she doesn’t drink alcohol unless it’s champagne.

Nor was it with WRC commentator Becs Williams about how she discovered motorsports at a relatively late age and made a stunning career out of reporting on it. The conversation that really stuck with me was about underpants. Don’t get weird about it.

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Dirtfish Rally School is famous for its dirt-clod-flinging driving classes and founder Steve Rimmer’s envy-inducing Group B Rally car collection, but the company also promotes rally racing with a team of photographers and writers and hosts a yearly meet-up to celebrate and support women in racing. The WIM event was Josie Rimmer’s idea. Dirtfish’s head of strategy, she felt that while there were plenty of women involved in rally racing, they weren’t often in spotlight.

“I’d grown up around rally and have seen countless women in the service park occupying all sorts of roles,” she said. “It became quite clear quite quickly that those women weren’t being written about or invited to sit on podcasts. No one was shouting their names from the rooftop the way they should have been.

We wanted to be the ones shouting from the rooftops, ‘Hey! You really can do this too!'” Rimmer thought it might appeal to a few folks if she put together a panel of speakers and some hot-lap ride-alongs and invited some local women-run companies to get together at Dirtfish for a day-long event.

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In 2022, Dirtfish hosted around 100 rally fans (men and women) to talk about racing and listen to Rhianon Gelsomino, Lia and Lucy Block, Emma Gilmour, and Sara Price talk about their experiences behind the wheel or in the co-drivers seat. In 2023, Rimmer brought even more women to the table, including the only female driver to win a World Rally Car victory, Michèle Mouton.

Some 400 people attended that year, including me, and despite being nearly struck mute with hero worship (Mouton is . . . wow), I noticed how the audience responded, eager to hear the details of these women’s experiences and to ask questions about starting their own motorsports journeys.

For 2023, Mouton returned, along with Pernilla Solberg, recently named president of the World Rally Championship Commission, and journalist Becs Williams, as well as a trio of younger racers, FIA Top Fuel dragster driver Jndia Erbacher, Trans Am Mustang driver Michele Abbate, and motorcycle endurance rider Vanessa Ruck. It was at dinner with these three that conversation turned to the subject of skivvies.

They were chatting about crashes and fires and all the things race-car drivers casually talk about while the rest of us think about how the height of our own bravery was removing the gopher that the dog brought in and put on the couch. (Hey, it was not initially clear that it was dead, so I do think I deserve a medal.)

Unlike me, race-car drivers are actually brave, and they do dangerous things, like deal with brake failure at high speed in a road race or engine explosions in nitro dragsters. Both of those things came up as Erbacher and Abbate shared stories with Ruck. When Abbate got to the part in her tale of a 2023 crash at Road America where the car caught on fire and the suppression system didn’t work, Erbacher and Ruck were all sympathy and no small amount of horror.

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This led to a discussion about fireproof underlayers, which caught Ruck’s attention. As a motorcyclist who recently has been exploring four-wheel motorsports as a Bowler Works driver in the U.K. Defender Rally series, she was less familiar with the options for women’s safety gear—bike riders generally worrying less about fire than impact. “I had no idea there were fireproof sports bras and knickers,” she said. “Oh, it’s really new,” Erbacher told her, describing the somewhat itchy process of developing a workable sports bra with her safety gear sponsor.

Abbate and I jumped in with horror stories of what synthetic fibers and underwires can do in a fire (you do not want hot metal and melted plastic next to your skin). Ruck was taking notes, and not even a week later posted on her Instagram account about being fitted with new fire-resistant layers.

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Free Car Mag: Defender Rally Series

As seen in The Free Car Mag: This year’s Defender Rally Series UK will have the largest competitive field in the championship’s history, with up to 16 driver and co-driver pairings contesting each event.

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Bold look: Defender reveals bold new livery and driver line-up for the 2024 Defender Rally Series UK on the eve of the new season, beginning on 2 March
Signature statement:Each of the 16 vehicles in this year’s championship will feature a distinct version of the livery, with a signature colour chosen by the teams
Growing competition: Defender 90-based rally series is limited to 16 driver and co-driver pairings in 2024, the largest entry list yet
Unique challenge: Thrilling, tough seven-event season comprises gravel and hill rallies in Wales, Scotland, England and the Republic of Ireland
Driver development: Defender Rally Series provides a driver progression journey, building rallying skills with a view to upgrading competitor rally licences
Works support: Novice and experienced rally drivers compete in specially prepared 300PS Defender 90s with dedicated works-level race support from Bowler crew
International opportunities: Competitors can progress to the European Baja Championship and other one-off international events

It brings novice and experienced drivers together to compete in the UK’s premier one-make off-road motorsport championship. Applications are already open – and in demand – for 2025.

This season’s drivers have diverse motorsport backgrounds, from novices and track-day enthusiasts to experienced circuit and off-road racers. All of them will benefit from expert driver coaching and works support across the season.

Each of the specially prepared Defender 90s will feature a unique take on the new 2024 championship livery, customised to suit each competitor with a statement colour behind a signature black pattern.

Mark Cameron, Defender and Discovery Managing Director, said: “The Defender Rally Series showcases our highly capable all-terrain vehicles in the toughest environments. In true heroic spirit competitors take a new Defender 90 and, with only the lightest of specialist rally preparation, embark on a series of punishing challenges to test the durability of vehicle and crew. The Defender Rally Series is inspired by the adventure in the DNA of the brand and we are proud to be pioneers in this gruelling but exhilarating off-road championship”.

The rally-ready Defenders campaigned in the series are closely related to P300 production models with added safety features, including race-specification seats, FIA-approved roll cage and fire extinguishers. They use the same powerful 300PS Ingenium petrol engine, responsive eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox and advanced All-Wheel Drive system as showroom models, with all mechanical enhancements, rally support, competition entries and vehicle logistics taken care of by an expert team from Bowler.

The third annual Defender Rally Series features seven rounds and begins with a bespoke Defender event at Walters Arena in Wales (2-3 March). Every round is designed to challenge and thrill in equal measure, allowing competitors to develop their skills in a close and competitive field – whether they are new to rallying or seasoned drivers looking to develop and progress towards higher-level competitions.

Calum McKechnie, General Manager, Bowler Motors, said: “The 2024 Defender Rally Series is our biggest yet, and will give every participant the opportunity to experience Defender at its very best, taking on some of the UK’s toughest, high-speed rally terrain. Combining the engineering integrity of showroom models with Bowler expertise and support provides the ultimate off-road racing package, allowing the drivers to simply arrive and drive. Every Defender 90 is prepared to the very highest standard, and we are thrilled to start a new UK season, as well as a growing number of international events.”

Competitors who will be living Defender’s ‘embrace the impossible’ ethos in the 2024 Defender Rally Series include former Boyzone member Shane Lynch, and Vanessa Ruck, an adventure motorcycle racer and online content creator. She finished fourth in the 2023 UK Championship with multiple podiums to her name, and will also contest the European Baja Championship this year.

2024 Defender Rally Series UK Championship Calendar

Round 1	Walters Arena	2-3 March
Round 2	Rally Nuts Severn Valley Stages, Builth Wells	12-13 April
Round 3	Summer Scottish Hill Rally	31 May-2 June
Round 4	Nicky Grist Stages, Builth Wells	12-13 July
Round 5	Yorkshire Hill Rally	13-15 September
Round 6	Clare Forest Rally Ireland	4-6 October
Round 7	Scottish Borders Hill Rally	15-17 November

As well as the Defender Rally Series UK, participants have the option to embark on specially curated international events throughout 2024. The Defender Rally Series European Baja Championship comprises four events, the first in Wales followed by France, Spain and Iceland, with some intended for those in their second year of the Series with the required rally licence. The one-off Balkan Rally-Raid Experience individual race event takes place in September, with more than 500km of competitive driving.

For pricing and information and to register for the 2025 season, visit bowlermotors.com.

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