The 2024 Ondo Auto Rally has announced that it will feature the newly commissioned X-kart race series in the country when it flags off on March 29th to 30th in Ilara Mokin in Ondo State.
President of the Work and Play group, Adeoye Ojuoko, said the X-Kart series that started February in Shagamu is a five-prong series that is billed to be concluded later in the year and will feature at the Rally.
According to him; “At this year’s event, we are raising the level of activity with the onboarding of the X-Kart series to the Ondo Auto Race. The race in Ilara-Mokin will be the second in five series of the X-Kart for the year. This is because we are a partner in the series’ development and a frontline promoter of Motorsports.”
The Ilara Mokin racing track is the first off-road track in the country and has hosted three series of off-road races over the years, hence more positioned to feature the growing X-kart racers.
“Most of the set-up of the track in Ilara has been optimised for the demand of the X-Kart Series and we are only waiting to get the races going,“ Ojuoko added.
Participants for this year’s edition have been widened due to the X-Kart inclusion. The regular car races and bike races will still run their course at the Auto Rally.
Racers are expected to turn up from Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Enugu, Nasarawa, Kwara, Osun Kebbi, and Rivers states.
The Ondo Auto Rally is one of the key drivers of tourism to Ondo State with activities that have included on-road races at the state capital in Akure in the past with former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu flagging off races and also test-driving some of the race cars.
The organsiers have assured that apart from the X Kart series, the usual trappings of vintage car exhibitions, bike races, drifting, food exhibitions, and live music shows will all be served at the event.
