FIM Sand Races World Championship


The FIM Sand Races World Championship is the world championship series for beach racing, a variant of off-road motorcycle racing.
Rounds of the series are mass-start, mass-participation events taking place on beaches or in other sandy coastal areas.
The series originated as an FIM-sanctioned World Cup, held in 2023 and 2024, before being upgraded to a full FIM World Championship for 2025 onwards. Famous events such as the and the in Argentina have formed part of the series since its inception.

History

In October 2022 the FIM in conjunction with the, Portuguese and Argentinian Motorcycling Federations announced the launch of a new FIM Sand Races World Cup series starting in 2023.

2023

The inaugural season consisted of three events:
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13–5 February

2024

The calendar was expanded to 6 events for 2024:
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12–4 February

2025

Ahead of the 2025 season, the FIM announced that the series would be upgraded to full FIM World Championship status from that season onwards.

Championship

Classes

The FIM Sand Races World Championship includes the following categories and classes:
  • Sand Races World Championship - Motorcycles
  • Sand Races World Cup - Veterans
  • Sand Races World Cup - Women
  • Sand Races World Cup - Junior
  • Sand Races World Cup - Vintage
  • Sand Races World Cup - Quads
  • Sand Races World Cup - Quad Veterans

Format

Rounds of the championship must take place on circuits that are composed of least 90% sand.
Events can be run in two formats:
Endurance on Sand
Sand Cross
  • 2-3 races of a shorter distance, with final classification being determined from these.

Points system

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th+
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