As nice as it would be, competitive rides don’t grow on trees. Even being a two-time Dakar Rally bike winner doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to have one.

After a successful decade of competing in rally raids on two wheels, wherein he won the 2016 and 2019 Dakar Rallies as well as the 2018 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, Toby Price made the switch to four-wheelers for this year’s race. Although his Ultimate debut ended at the halfway point, he had a solid performance in the Toyota Hilux Overdrive by running as high as fourth.

However, Price is not a factory driver and therefore has yet to confirm if he’ll be at the 2026 Dakar. If anything, he’s having a hard time finding a suitor.

Price had previously been part of Mitsubishi’s factory Triton program when he competed at the Finke Desert Race, winning three in a row in a truck from 2021 to 2023. However, Mitsubishi has no intention of fielding a works team at Dakar and thus released Price from his contract so he could look for an interested four-wheel manufacturer.

He latched on with Overdrive Racing for the 2025 Dakar, where he teamed up with fellow twice Dakar motorcycle champ Sam Sunderland. Although this put him in the same model of Hilux and framework that went on to win with Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Overdrive is a privateer operation.

On Monday, WRC announcer Colin Clark was asked in an Instagram Stories what he would like to see, to which he answered, “My mate @tobyprice87 getting a proper seat for @dakarrally next year!”

Price wrote in response, “Thanks mate. I’m trying but it’s looking tough”.

In the meantime, his focus has been on SCORE International with Team Australia. He and Paul Weel finished fourth overall at the season-opening San Felipe 250, and will now seek to defend their Baja 500 victory in June.

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