The Rebelle Rally is a 2,500 km race across the harsh Nevada and California deserts with a twist: it’s exclusively open for competition to women. Ford Racing is a familiar face on the off-road circuit, so, naturally, The Blue Oval fields several Rebelle entries every year, putting women behind the wheel of the Ford Bronco Raptor and Ford Ranger Raptor – and the automaker officially dropped its lineup for the 2025 running of the event.
Team 132 will see Bailey Campbell and navigator Sedona Blinson reprise their roles in the 2025 Rebelle Rally, while Melissa Clark and Kathryn Reinhardt make up Team 199. Shelby Hall and Rori Lewis will once again compete together as Team 150. Laura Landlass and Penny Dale will drive on Team 188, and finally, the Karisa Haydon and Trista Smith will make up Team 131.
Three Ford Racing Bronco Raptor teams will compete, along with two Ranger Raptors, although the automaker did not specify which duo would drive which vehicle.
The event runs for eight days, and is not a competition of speed. Rather, it tests the entrants’ ability to navigate without the aid of cell phones or GPS, forcing them to navigate headings, hidden checkpoints, time, and distance using maps, compasses, and roadbooks.
Five Ford Racing teams took on the 2024 Rebelle Rally, too. While The Blue Oval teams didn’t pull off a win, they left the desert with plenty to be proud of. Clark and Reinhardt finished second in the X-Cross class, while the Lewis-Hall duo finished second in their respective division, too. Campbell and Blinson wrapped up a fifth-place result. Haydon and Smith brought their machine home in seventh place.
Prior to the 2024 event, the Ford Racing stable laid down the foundations for a solid reputation at the event. In fact, the automaker claimed a third X-Cross victory in 2022 and a fourth in 2023.
This year’s Rebelle Rally is scheduled for October 8th through 18th, 2025.
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Won't any team be competing in a Bronco Sport this year? I think Ford has had at least 1 Bronco Sport team each prior year of the Rebelle Rally and has taken 1st place in that class more than once.