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

Everything is going according to plan. The Big Shock! Racing team, along with other Czech competitors, landed in Jeddah shortly after noon today, where the 44th Dakar Rally will start on January 1. The Sedlcany team is prepared better than ever for the most demanding race of the year. This time, two crews will compete

There are only three weeks left until the start of the 2022 Dakar. The Big Shock! Racing team is in the final stages of preparation. The racing trucks and support vehicles have sailed off to Jeddah where the famous race will start with a prologue on January 1, 2022. There is no calm before the

Big Shock! Racing vehicles have successfully passed technical inspections in Marseille. The Dakar Rally organisers have taken over the equipment from the teams and shipped it to Saudi Arabia, where the legendary race starts its 44th year on January 1. Team Big Shock! Racing team is facing one of their biggest Dakar challenges. The Macik

Martin Macik, Sr., head of the Big Shock! Racing team, developed, with his MM Technology crew, five race trucks for the 2022 Dakar Rally. Three of them are brand new and were built within the past 12 months. Two trucks will represent the Big Shock! Racing team: Charles, an Iveco Powerstar driven by Martin Macik,

Big Shock! Racing Team is going to have two racing trucks at the start of the 2022 Dakar Rally. Czech Dakar fans will surely be happy with the crews - old acquaintances will get in the cabs of Sedlcany truck specials. The tried-and-tested Charles will be driven by Martin Macik, for whom this will be

Big Shock! Racing team’s Martin Macik decided on which truck he would race with at the 2022 Dakar. The choice between the tried-and-tested Charles, with which he had already completed two years of the legendary race, and Arnold, an improved special recently completed by team mechanics, was not easy at all. In the end, it

Big Shock! Racing team’s driver Martin Macik with navigator Frantisek Tomasek, mechanic David Svanda, and a new truck named Arnold are currently leading in the truck category at the Rally du Maroc. After the prologue and three stages, they have covered over 1,000 kilometres in challenging terrain full of sand dunes and treacherous stones –

Big Shock! Racing team’s driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek, mechanic David Svanda, and a brand-new racing truck named Arnold will compete on Friday, October 8 in the Rallye du Maroc, the most demanding rally practice before the 2022 Dakar. Depending on the results, the Czech driver will decide whether to choose a new, improved

Dakar driver Martin Macik has a new ‘toy’ – his father, the boss of the Big Shock! Racing team, Martin Macik, Sr. built him a new racing truck. Its name is Arnold, judging from the cabin, it is an Iveco Powerstar, and the special construction bears the 20 years of Martin Macik, Sr.’s experience. Arnold

Dakar Obsessed 2021 Open Air 21/08/2021 from 1:00 PM, racing vehicles area accessible from 11:00 AM. The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek, mechanic David Svanda and Big Shock! Racing team bring you loads of experiences and fun stories from Dakar 2021! Do not miss the third year of the distinctive talk show Dakar Obsessed.

Big Shock! Racing team is celebrating another success – a victory in the truck category of the Baja Aragon rally. The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek, and mechanic David Svanda, the crew competing with a truck built in the team workshops, led the race from the very start of the first stage up until

Big Shock! Racing Team starts a new racing season in Spain. This weekend, July 23 - 24, the crew of Macik, Tomasek, and Svanda will take part in the Baja Aragon long-distance rally. Other races will follow. The planned “Obsessed with Dakar” events will certainly keep the fans entertained as well. At the same time,

The Big Shock! Racing team driver Martin Macik has already achieved a lot this year. In January, he successfully finished the Dakar Rally, winning three stage victories in the legendary race and a valuable fourth overall position. Immediately after returning from Saudi Arabia, he prepared an online show Prologue: Obsessed with Dakar for the fans, based on