Big Shock! Racing’s Dakar driver Martin Macik has won the Golden Steering Wheel award for the second year. Fans and motorsport journalists, who voted in the poll, praised his performance at the 2021 Dakar, where he finished in fourth place overall in the truck category and also managed to win three stages. "I am very

The Big Shock! Racing crew is leaving the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, the second race of the World Rally-Raid Championship, despite a great start. The gearbox betrayed the driver Martin Macik in the dunes in Stage 2. Despite this, the team will bring home valuable experience and some tips for further development of new vehicles.

The Big Shock! Racing team’s mechanics are already in a rented space in Dubai, at the venue of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. They are repairing Charles, Martin Macik’s Dakar truck, and also working on Nicias, the Project 2030 team's car, built in Sedlcany. Both trucks have to be in tip-top shape by Saturday, March

The Big Shock! Racing team is busy preparing for the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, the second event of the World Rally-Raid Championship, after the Dakar Rally. Some of the race trucks have moved from Saudi Arabia to Dubai after the Dakar. And the mechanics from Sedlcany will soon arrive to get the racing specials in

The Big Shock! Racing team took two podium finishes – a second and a third place – during this year's extremely challenging Dakar Rally. The diver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek, and mechanic David Svanda eventually earned seventh place in the overall rankings. The crew from Sedlcany are also in the lead in the T5

The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek, and onboard mechanic David Svanda in Charles, a truck built in Sedlcany, won a great 2nd position in the last stage of the 2022 Dakar Rally. After a thrilling final ride, the Big Shock! Racing finished the rally in 7th place. They managed to earn two podiums during

The penultimate stage of this year's extremely demanding Dakar successfully finished. The driver, Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda from the Big Shock! Racing team dealt with today's 346 sharp and tricky kilometres with surprising calmness. Even though they stopped at one point to pull the Buggyra team's truck out of a

The last quarter of the Dakar Rally started today. The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek, and mechanic David Svanda from the Big Shock! Racing team set off into Stage 10 well-prepared and motivated after yesterday’s third place. Their truck, called Charles, was once again heading for the finish line with confidence. They finished in

It seems this year's Dakar is going to be thrilling until the very end. Tuesday's Stage 9 brought a great finish for the yellow Iveco truck from Sedlcany, manned by the crew consisting of the driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek, and the onboard mechanic David Svanda. The Big Shock! Racing crew managed to squeeze

In Stage 8 of the Dakar Rally, the competitors had to overcome a rough, sandy, 395-kilometre-long track. The Big Shock! Racing team’s truck crew, Martin Macik, Frantisek Tomasek and David Svanda described it as the most challenging stage of this year's rally. The yellow truck from Sedlcany managed to finish the stage in an excellent

The drivers still have the entire second half of this year's extremely challenging Dakar ahead of them. And as the first part of the race has shown, anything can happen during the remaining six stages. On Sunday, after a day off, the trucks set off into the 402-kilometre Stage 7. The Big Shock! Racing team

Martin Soltys, one of the Big Shock! Racing’s drivers, ends his brave journey through the Dakar rally halfway through. The last two unfinished stages and sore back keep him from continuing. Martin Macik's crew, standing strong after so far, will be fighting in the second half of the Dakar and try to achieve the best

This morning, the Dakar Rally competitors were still 348-kilometres away from a well-deserved day off, which is planned for Saturday. The crews of the Big Shock! Racing experienced some more adrenaline moments in today’s stage. Martin Macik's yellow truck, after a pursuit and a jump from a two-metre-high ridge, is doing its best to return

Both Big Shock! Racing crews started Stage 5 with new energy gained from their fans. The yellow truck, Charles, driven by Martin Macik and supported by the navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic by David Svanda, covered 346 sharp kilometres this time on the circuit around Riyadh quite smoothly. Even though the Czech crew started in

In Stage 4, the organisers of the Dakar Rally prepared the longest route of the entire race. It was clear that the 465-kilometre-route would be extremely challenging. For the Big Shock! Racing crews, it was the biggest adrenaline test yet, but in the end, they managed it brilliantly. Thanks to their teamwork, technical skills, and

Tuesday's Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally was dramatic. Both Big Shock! Racing teams experienced some roadbook malfunctions in the early part of the route. Nevertheless, the driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda got to the end of the stage near the village of Al Qaisumah at a decent pace as

There is no shortage of surprises during the Dakar Rally. On Monday, due to torrential rain that also flooded the bivouac, the organizers modified the route of Stage 2, which was originally supposed to be a marathon stage. The competing crews were also allowed to use the help of their mechanics at the finish line.

After a warm-up in the prologue yesterday, the Dakar Rally competitors today enjoyed their first stage of 333 sharp kilometres on the circuit, starting and finishing near the town of Hail. The crew of the yellow Big Shock! Racing team, consisting of Martin Macik, Frantisek Tomasek and David Svanda, fought their way to sixth position

The 2022 Dakar Rally has started. The Czech Big Shock! Racing team had gone through the most thorough preparation in its history. For the first time, it had two truck crews at the start. Both experienced drivers know that the prologue does not win the Dakar, and so they completed the opening nineteen kilometres with

The bivouac in Jeddah is coming to life as the start of the 2022 Dakar Rally approaches. Truck drivers Martin Macik and Martin Soltys from the Big Shock! Racing team have successfully completed the shakedown, the pre-start practice ride during which they tested their trucks. They are satisfied with the result of the test drives