The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda from the Big Shock! Racing team won three stage victories and a final 4th place at the 2021 Dakar. They wanted long and technically and navigationally difficult stages and they got exactly what they had wished for. In the end, this year's demanding nature

The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda from the private Sedlcany Big Shock! Racing team won the last stage of the Dakar, adding one more stage victory to the previous two and finished Dakar in the excellent 4th place. At the same time, Martin Macik is happy to match the best

Two previous stage victories of the private Sedlcany Big Shock! Racing team have confirmed that a well-organized group of die-hards, the ability to cope under any circumstances and experience of the 19 previous Dakar rallies have a chance to beat factory crews with incomparably larger facilities and higher budgets. In today's, eleventh stage, Martin Macik,

The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda won the truck category in the tenth Dakar stage. After yesterday's victory, the Sedlcany special of the Big Shock! Racing team was the first to cross the finish line again and proved that the dreaded Russian trucks can be defeated. The work of the

The driver Martin Macik, supported by navigator Frantisek Tomasek and by mechanic David Svanda, won the ninth stage of Dakar and holds 5th position in the overall ranking. The team truck, Charles, went through a thorough service overnight, which from which it was released in perfect condition and ready for everything. Therefore, the crew started

Monday's eighth stage, the second part of the marathon stage, was for the Big Shock! Racing team so far the biggest challenge of this year's Dakar. Nevertheless, the driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda defended the 5th overall position when they finished the stage in the 8th place. After yesterday's arrival

On Sunday, after a day off, the Dakar set off into the seventh, marathon stage. The crew of the Big Shock! Racing team managed to defend the 5th overall place, after being the 10th fastest at the finish of the stage. A lot was going on from the very beginning. After about 500 meters from

On Saturday, the Dakar caravan parked near the Saudi city of Ha´il for the well-deserved day off. However, you wouldn’t find anyone resting in the bivouac of the Big Shock! Racing team. Although the crew of Martin Macik has done really well so far and currently hold the 4th place in the overall ranking, it

The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda from the Big Shock! Racing team reached a great 4th overall place after the sixth stage of Dakar that they finished in the 7th place. The crew of the yellow Iveco special gradually managed to push forward and overtake their opponents on a demanding,

The Martin Macik with navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda finished the fifth stage of the Dakar in the 9th place and are in the excellent 3rd position in the overall ranking. Their yellow truck, Charles, took the lead from the beginning and left behind even the Russian and Belarusian drivers for a great

In the fourth stage of the Dakar, the driver Martin Macik with navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda won an excellent 4th place and moved to the valuable 2nd position in the overall ranking in the truck category. In total, the first four trucks reached the finish line only 22 seconds apart. After a

The third stage of Dakar was a success for the crew of the Sedlany Big Shock! Racing team. They reached the finish an excellent 4th place and also hold the 4th position in the overall ranking. The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda did great again in the no. 503 Iveco

The Big Shock! Racing team reached an excellent fifth place in the second demanding stage of the Dakar and holds the 4th position in the overall ranking. This time, too, there was no shortage of adventures. The crew of the yellow truck consisting of Macik, Tomasek and Svanda drove 457 kilometres in a vibrating truck.

In the first sharp stage of this year's Dakar leading from Jeddah to Bisha, the Big Shock! Racing team kept pace and after a thrilling fight for the top positions in the truck category, reached the finish line in an excellent 5th place and holds the same position in the overall ranking. The crew managed

The Big Shock! Racing team’s yellow truck with the number 503 passed the technical inspections smoothly in the morning and a few hours later reached the finish line of the 2021 Dakar prologue in the 3rd place. The driver Martin Macik, navigator Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda, the crew that managed to win the

“The first small victory of this year's Dakar! We all tested negative, so we can go. It will be a piece of cake from now on," the head of the Big Shock! Racing team Martin Macik, Sr. sighed with relief when all members of the Sedlcany team received negative PCR test results, which gives them

"Hooray, we're here," Martin Macik announced on Monday morning when the Big Shock! Racing team, together with other Czech competitors, landed in Jeddah, the venue of the 43rd Dakar Rally. The great adventure will start on Saturday, January 2, eagerly awaited by millions of fans around the world. Truck driver Martin Macik is looking forward

Dakar 2021 is becoming a reality. Part of the port of Marseille has just turned into one of the most interesting car parks in Europe. Racing teams are gathering there to hand over their vehicles to the organizers of the Dakar rally for a transfer to Jeddah, where the 43rdyear of the legendary race will