TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA – The Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (SAMF) has announced the entry list for the Tabuk Toyota Rally 2024, round two of the Saudi Toyota Championship, on May 8–11.
The three-day event has drawn 35 cars, 18 motorcycles and eight quads, who face a Prologue, two special stages and about 419 competitive kilometres in an 807km route.
Round one winners in Ha’il, Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk, head the field with Dania Akeel and Stéphane Duplé in two Overdrive Racing Toyota Hiluxes in Ultimate P. They face 11 Saudi rivals in Nissans in the Ultimate section, led by Abdulaziz Al-Yaeesh, Faris Al-Moshna and Khalid Abdullah Al-Shammeri.
Six entrants contest Challenger. Top seed Saleh Al-Saif and Qatari co-driver Nasser Al-Kuwari finished fifth overall in Ha’il in their Dark Horse OT3 with maximum class points. They face five Can-Am Mavericks for Germany’s Annett Quandt and Saudis Hamad Al-Harbi, Maha Al-Hameli, Hamza Bakhashab and Abdullah Al-Haydan.
Moaaz Hariri heads the SSV section against Shegawi Racing’s Esraa Al-Dkheil and Abdullah Al-Shegawi, Dark Horse team-mate Waleed Al-Dakheel and R-X Sport’s Orjwan Ammar, all in Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RRs. Eleven crews contest Stock for series-production vehicles, led by Muneef Al-Shammeri, Sufian Al-Omer and round one winner Majed Al-Thunayyan in Nissan Patrols.
Bikes and quads
Ha’il winner Mohammed Al-Balooshi of MX Ride Dubai leads 16 riders in the up-to-450cc class, including Kuwaiti rival Abdullah Al-Shatti and Abdulhalim Al-Mogheera, third in Ha’il. Also entered are Saudis Hamdan Al-Ali and Mishal Al-Ghuneim, Bahrain’s Salman Farhan, Ehab Al-Hakeem and Al-Balooshi’s brother Sultan, while Philip Horlemann and Hassan Al-Sulaiti ride in the over-450cc class.
Ha’il quad winner Haitham Al-Tuwaijri tops the eight-rider field on his Yamaha Raptor ahead of rivals Hani Al-Noumesi, Abdulaziz Al-Shayban and Abdulaziz Al-Atawi. The first three return straight from the Baja TT Dehesa Extremadura in Spain, round two of the FIM Bajas World Cup, where Al-Shayban won the class from Al-Noumesi. Abdulrahman Abdullatif, Abdulaziz Al-Shammeri, Osama Abdulkareem and Mohammed Al-Name complete the list.
The service park near the Grand Millennium Hotel in Tabuk opens on Tuesday, with administrative checks and scrutineering on Wednesday ahead of the 19:00 pre-event press conference.