{"id":1770,"date":"2026-06-08T11:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2023\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2026-06-27T13:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:09:41","slug":"meet-the-2026-nomad-overland-rally-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/news\/meet-the-2026-nomad-overland-rally-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2026 Nomad Overland Rally Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nomad Teams<\/a> from all over the United States are getting ready for the start of the fifth edition of the Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally on Monday June 8th. The competitors are a diverse group representing ten states and offroad-capable vehicles by a range of manufacturers including Jeep, Toyota, Ford, RAM and GMC. They will be exploring vastly different landscapes as they compete over a ten-week period this summer.<\/p>\n

More than half of the teams are returning for the rally’s fourth year, and while the veterans may have a slight advantage by being familiar with the event format, rookie teams will be able to quickly get up to speed, making for a very equal playing field.<\/p>\n

The Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally is a new and unique challenge that lets participants design their own multi-stage overland route anywhere in the U.S.A., then drive it \u2014 competing \u201cvirtually\u201d online by accumulating specific points while they travel. The teams have ten weeks to plan their route, drive it, and earn points for activities related to driving, navigating and outdoor adventure. Additional points are available as part of a photo quest and weekly online challenges that continue throughout the event.<\/p>\n

Competitors can create their routes near where they live, or travel to more distant areas \u2014 the choice is theirs. And the team \u201cunit\u201d is based on one driver and one vehicle, but has the flexibility to include others, so a competitor can do it on their own, with friends or family or a combination of the three. This year’s teams include solo drivers, buddies, couples and even a few \u201cadventure dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a real variety of experience and expertise within the group \u2014 while a few are relatively new to overland exploration, others are full-time overlanders, seasoned off-road drivers or navigation rally experts. We are very excited to discover where this intrepid group of Nomads take us as they embark on their adventures \u2014 go to the 2026 Teams page<\/a> to learn more about them and be sure to follow along<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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By the end of Week Three the Nomad Teams were navigating unpredictable mountain weather, solving complex navigation challenges and practicing responsible land stewardship…<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Navigators must understand the landscape itself and determine whether the path shown on a screen truly reflects what exists on the ground…<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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As Week Two of the 2026 Nomad Rally unfolded, the true scale of this multi-state adventure came into focus…<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nomad Teams from all over the United States are getting ready for the start of the fifth edition of the Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-week1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14524,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions\/14524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}