Showcasing regional rallying in North and Central America since 2008, the FIA NACAM Rally Championship is firmly back on track following the easing of restrictions resulting from the global health pandemic.
The 2023 NACAM calendar is made up of five events in México in addition to a mid-season round in Canada. The fourth event of the year also marks the final gravel event on the schedule with the championship switching to asphalt for the deciding two rounds.
The FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) has been challenging drivers and their teams since its inception in 1984 with events across the region on varied terrain.
As well as traditional desert-based rallies, the MERC includes rounds on gravel and asphalt with high ambient and ground temperatures a constant hurdle to overcome.
The 2023 MERC schedule is made up of six events, which are open to Rally2, Rally3, Rally4 and Rally5 cars, plus Group N4 and R4 cars. T4 Cross-Country cars are also permitted to take part on a non-points-scoring basis and in a separate T4 class.
On a continent where rallying is hugely popular, the FIA CODASUR Rally Championship has provided gravel-based action since 1997. And with COVID-19 restrictions having eased, the series is on the up once again.
Taking its name from the regional governing body, Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana, the CODASUR championship is a truly cross-continental competition with rounds planned in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in 2023.
