Baja 1000

File:Team 12L- 1st TT Legend at the 2017 Baja 1000 finish line.jpg

Team 12L- 1st TT Legend at the 2017 Baja 1000 finish line Mike Coleman, Gus Vildosola, Scott Bailey and Rodrigo Ampudia

The Baja 1000 is an annual Mexican off-road motorsport race held on the Baja California Peninsula, with a course of up to about 850 or more miles. It is one of the most prestigious off-road races in the world, having attracted competitors from six continents.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The race was founded by Ed Pearlman in 1967 and is sanctioned by SCORE International.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" /> The race is the final round of a four-race annual series, which also includes the San Felipe 250, the Baja 400 and the Baja 500. The 2017 Baja 1000 marked the 50th anniversary of the race.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Baja 1000 has various types of classes, including Trophy trucks, Dirtbikes, Truggys, Side-by-sides, Baja Bugs and Buggies,<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" /> all competing at the same time on the same course. The course has remained relatively the same over the years, with about every other event being either a point-to-point race from Ensenada to La Paz or a loop race starting and finishing in Ensenada. The name of the event can be misleading, as the mileage varies for the type of event. A "Loop" can be 600 to 850 miles starting and finishing in Ensenada or "Point to Point", also known as the 900.

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Race history

1962: The first timed run

When Jack McCormack and Walt Fulton of Honda's American subsidiary decided to hold a long-distance run to prove the reliability of the new Honda CL72 Scrambler motorcycle, they approached well-known off-road motorcycle racer and local Triumph and Honda dealer Bud Ekins for suggestions.<ref name="A Ride Down The Peninsula">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Honda's First Four Years in America: and you thought it was easy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="American Honda Motor Company and Honda Motor Company">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ekins suggested the Tijuana to La Paz route (Federal Highway 1), which was Template:Convert of rocks, sand washes, dry lake beds, cattle crossings, and mountain passes, with few paved roads. Ekins declined to undertake the run because of his professional association with Triumph but suggested that his brother Dave Ekins and the son of another Southern California Honda distributor, Billy Robertson Jr., could accomplish the trip for American Honda.<ref name="A Ride Down The Peninsula"/>

After performing an aerial pre-run over the peninsula in Fulton's Cessna 180, Ekins and Robertson began the journey to La Paz just after midnight on March 22, 1962. While being followed by two journalists in an airplane and using telegraph offices at the Mexican border and in La Paz, Dave Ekins recorded the first official timed run in 39 hours 56 minutes (39:56), with a total distance of Template:Convert.<ref name="A Ride Down The Peninsula"/><ref name="Honda's First Four Years in America: and you thought it was easy"/><ref name="American Honda Motor Company and Honda Motor Company"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The event received coverage in the Globe, Argosy, and Cycle World magazines, earning awe and respect for Honda and the Baja run. The Globe and Argosy accounts also included close encounters with death and other dangers, which Ekins claims were "colorful additions".

Four wheels vs two wheels

Wanting to beat the existing motorcycle record and to help fuel sales of the Meyers Manx, Bruce Meyers used his original prototype buggy called "Old Red" for an attempt at breaking the record set by Ekins. After pre-running a course south to La Paz, Ted Mangels and Bruce Meyers started the record-breaking attempt back to Tijuana from La Paz at 10:00 pm on April 19, 1967. With a journalist from Road & Track magazine following the two to witness the attempt, the final official time was 34:45, beating Ekins' run by more than five hours. Upon returning to the United States, the journalist documenting the run sent out press kits with photographs and a news release with the headline "Buggy Beats Bike in Baja" to hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Soon, more stories of adventure, close calls, and broken speed records received media coverage around the world. Following the event, Bruce Meyers and his Meyers Manx became an overnight sensation, and the competition between four wheels and motorcycles for the fastest Baja run began.

In the following months, more attempts at breaking the record would take place. One of the attempts included a multiple vehicle run organized by Ed Pearlman that ended in an official four wheel record being recorded but with the overall time falling short of the record set by Meyers. On July 4, 1967, an American Motors Rambler American sedan would leave Tijuana at 9:00 am to successfully break the record set by Meyers with an overall time of 31 hours.

1967: The Mexican 1000

As the timed runs recorded via telegraph became popular, a need for an organized event to compete for the quickest Baja run was starting to grab the attention of other competitors. In response to Meyers' record setting run, Ed Pearlman convinced Dick Cepek, Claude Dozier, Ed Orr, Drino Miller and journalist John Lawlor to make the run to La Paz. In June 1967, Pearlman and group left Tijuana and immediately ran into mechanical troubles. This trip inspired Pearlman to organize an off-road race down the Baja peninsula by creating the National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA).<ref name="A Ride Down The Peninsula"/> After Pete Condos and Pearlman put up the funds to incorporate NORRA, the group announced an official recognition of the previous record setters and created classes that related to the type of vehicle used to break the record. During the later part of summer, NORRA named the event the "Mexican 1000 Rally" and announced the first official race from Tijuana to La Paz was to be held on the peninsula.

The first official race started in Tijuana, Baja California, on October 31, 1967, and was named the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. The course length that year was Template:Convert and ended in La Paz, with the overall winning time of 27 hours 38 minutes (27:38) set by Vic Wilson and Ted Mangels while driving a Meyers Manx buggy. From 1967 to 1972, the race was organized by NORRA and grew in popularity, with ABC's "Wide World of Sports" sending Jim McKay to cover the 1968 event. It attracted new participants like the late Mickey Thompson, Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones, movie actor James Garner, and Mary McGee, the first woman to compete in the event. By 1971, major sponsors such as Olympia Brewing Company and Minolta Cameras began to support Parnelli Jones in his Dick Russell-designed and Bill Stroppe-prepared "Big Oly" Bronco and Larry Minor in a similar Stroppe-prepared Bronco.

1973 oil crisis and SCORE

In October 1973, the price for a barrel of crude oil shot up 70% overnight as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) launched the Arab Oil Embargo. With fear that competitors would abandon the idea of competing and stay home, NORRA cancelled the 1974 Baja race–despite assurances from the Federal government run Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) that fuel prices would remain stable–and announced they would instead hold an event in the state of Arizona.

It was at that time in history that Baja California governor Milton Castellanos handed over sanctioning of the event to a non-profit Mexican corporation called the "Baja Sports Committee" (BSC). BSC renamed the event the "Baja Mil" (Baja 1000) and scheduled the race to run on the original dates chosen by NORRA. Though NORRA held a competing event in the United States that same weekend, BSC successfully ran the race from Ensenada to La Paz as in years prior. Unaware of the challenges, BSC found promoting Baja races more difficult than anticipated.

Instead of giving up the race, the Mexican government requested help from SCORE International in hosting and promoting future Baja races. Through negotiations with Mickey Thompson and his SCORE organization, the Government agreed to give exclusive rights to SCORE to hold Baja races and also reluctantly allowed SCORE to cancel the event for 1974 (a year where motorsport was curtailed in the United States because of the oil crisis). SCORE hired Sal Fish as president and took control of the Baja 1000 from that year on with the Baja 1000 race resuming under new control in 1975.

The 1979 race was notable for Walker Evans’ overall win in a Dodge truck, the first truck to win the overall title of the race.<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" /> In 2012, the racing organization was purchased by Roger Norman and continues to run under his presidency.

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RPM Trophy Truck at the 2015 Baja 1000 qualifying

Vehicles

The Baja 1000 is open to entrants competing in several classes, ranging from dirt bikes, ATVs, side-by-sides, buggies, truggy and custom fabricated race vehicles. Race teams range from factory-supported groups that build custom fabricated vehicles and provide chase vehicles via helicopter to much smaller and less glamorous sportsman teams competing in all-stock vehicles with no chase vehicle support. Stock Volkswagen Type One Beetles modified for use in off-road terrain, known as Baja Bugs, have been a common sight throughout the event duration, but the factory-supported, all-spaceframe Trophy Truck entries are the most visible.

In contrast to the current factory EX supported modern race vehicles that tend to dominate the car and truck classes, Erik Carlsson drove a basically stock front wheel drive Saab 96 V4, finishing third in 1969 and fifth in 1970.

Baja course

• Point-to-point: A point-to-point race is one that starts and ends in two different locations. The start is traditionally held in Ensenada but has been held in Tijuana and Mexicali as well. The course length varies for a point to point but is often over Template:Convert and ends in La Paz.
• Loop race: A loop race is one that starts and finishes in the same location. Traditionally the race starts and ends in Ensenada but has started/finished in Mexicali as well. The course length varies from 600 to 850 miles, depending on the course route.

Qualifying

The starting order is generally determined by a random draw, except when preferential starts are given to those who finished in top positions in the previous race/season, or when qualifying is held. For Trophy Trucks & Class 1 vehicles, qualifying for the Baja 1000 is now held during SEMA at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In popular culture

• In the film Timerider (1982), the hero Swann is competing in the Baja 1000 when he inadvertently stumbles on to a time warp experiment and is sent back to the Old West in the 1870s.
• In the 1980's television action series The Fall Guy, in the 4th season episode "Baja 1000", first aired on 28 November 1984. The series hero, Hollywood stunt man and part-time bounty hunter Colt Seavers (played by Lee Majors), is in the race, competing against villains trying to knock him out of the race in any way they can.
• The documentary Dust to Glory (2005) follows contestants of the 2003 Baja 1000.
• Baja: Edge of Control is a 2008 video game about the Baja 1000 developed by 2XL Games and published by THQ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Overall winners

Year	Route	Four-Wheelers			Motos & Quads
		Drivers	Vehicle	Time	Riders	Vehicle	Time
1967	Tijuana-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Vic Wilson Template:Flagicon Ted Mangels	Meyers Manx VW	27:38	Template:Flagicon J.N. Roberts Template:Flagicon Malcolm Smith	Husqvarna 360 Cross	28:48
1968	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Larry Minor Template:Flagicon Jack Bayer	Ford Bronco	21:11:32	Template:Flagicon Larry Berquist Template:Flagicon Gary Preston	Honda 325cc CL350 Scrambler	20:38:28
1969	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Larry Minor Template:Flagicon Rod Hall	Ford Bronco	20:48:10	Template:Flagicon Gunnar Nilsson Template:Flagicon J.N. Roberts	Husqvarna 500 TWIN	21:35:52
1970	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Drino Miller Template:Flagicon Vic Wilson Miller	VW	16:07	Template:Flagicon Mike Patrick Template:Flagicon Phil Bowers	Yamaha RT1 360	18:31
1971	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Parnelli Jones Template:Flagicon Bill Stroppe	Ford Bronco	14:59	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Smith Template:Flagicon Gunnar Nilsson	Husqvarna 400 Cross	16:51
1972	Mexicali-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Parnelli Jones Template:Flagicon Bill Stroppe	Ford Bronco	16:47	Template:Flagicon Gunnar Nilsson Template:Flagicon Rolf Tibblin	Husqvarna	19:19
1973	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Bobby Ferro Template:Flagicon Johnny Johnson	Funco VW	16:50	Template:Flagicon Mitch Mayes Template:Flagicon A.C. Bakken	Husqvarna	18:42:51
1974	No Race
1975	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Smith Template:Flagicon Dr. Bud Feldkamp	Hi-Jumper VW	18:55:49	Template:Flagicon Al Baker Template:Flagicon Gene Cannady	Honda XL350	18:22:55
1976	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Ivan Stewart	Chenowth VW	12:17:28	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Mitch Mayes	Husqvarna	11:30:47
1977	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Smith Template:Flagicon Dr. Bud Feldkamp	Funco VW	15:10:42	Template:Flagicon Brent Wallingsford Template:Flagicon Scot Harden	Husqvarna	14:37:07
1978	Mexicali-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Mark Stahl	Chenowth VW	12:55:42	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Jack Johnson	Husqvarna	14:37:07
1979	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Walker Evans Template:Flagicon Bruce Florio	Dodge Pickup	20:48:27	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Jack Johnson	Husqvarna 390	19:48:04
1980	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Mark Stahl	Chenowth VW	13:33:55	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Jack Johnson	Yamaha YZ490	12:45:13
1981	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Mark McMillin Template:Flagicon Thomas Hoke	Chenowth VW	20:29:14	Template:Flagicon Scot Harden Template:Flagicon Brent Wallingsford	Husqvarna 430	17:14:05
1982	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Mickey Thompson Template:Flagicon Terry Smith	Raceco VW	19:40:23	Template:Flagicon Al Baker Template:Flagicon Jack Johnson	Honda XR500R	17:25:27
1983	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Mark McMillin Template:Flagicon Ralph Paxton	Chenowth VW	20:29:14	Template:Flagicon Dan Smith Template:Flagicon Dan Ashcraft	Husqvarna 500XC	14:48:10
1984	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Mark McMillin Template:Flagicon Ralph Paxton	Chenowth VW	16:27:09	Template:Flagicon Chuck Miller Template:Flagicon Randy Morales	Honda XR500R	14:34:34
1985	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Steve Sourapas Template:Flagicon Dave Richardson	Raceco VW	17:54:55	Template:Flagicon Randy Morales Template:Flagicon Derrick Paiement	Honda CR500	17:44:42
1986	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Mark McMillin Template:Flagicon Ralph Paxton	Chenowth Porsche	18:26:28	Template:Flagicon Bruce Ogilvie Template:Flagicon Chuck Miller	Honda XR600R	18:05:52
1987	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Bob Gordon Template:Flagicon Malcolm Smith	Chenowth Porsche	13:15:04	Template:Flagicon Dan Ashcraft Template:Flagicon Bruce Ogilvie	Honda XR600R	12:02:14
1988	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Mark McMillin	Chenowth Porsche	18:07:09	Template:Flagicon Paul Krause Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Danny LaPorte	Kawasaki KX500	17:53:16
1989	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon	Ford Pickup	18:04:07	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Danny LaPorte Template:Flagicon Ted Hunnicutt Jr.	Kawasaki KX500	17:53:16
1990	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Bob Gordon Template:Flagicon Robyn Gordon Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon	Chenowth Chevrolet	12:30:45	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Ted Hunnicutt Jr. Template:Flagicon Danny LaPorte	Kawasaki KX500	11:11:45
1991	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Larry Ragland	Chevrolet Pickup	16:37:35	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Ted Hunnicutt Jr. Template:Flagicon Marty Smith	Kawasaki KX500	13:35:25
1992	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Paul Simon Template:Flagicon Dave Simon	Ford Ranger	16:53:02	Template:Flagicon Danny Hamel Template:Flagicon Garth Sweetland Template:Flagicon Paul Ostbo	Kawasaki KX500	16:50:12
1993	Mexicali-Mexicali	Template:Flagicon Ivan Stewart	Toyota SR5	13:29:11	Template:Flagicon Danny Hamel Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Ty Davis	Kawasaki KX500	13:57:23
1994	Mexicali-Mexicali	Template:Flagicon Jim Smith	Ford TT	10:28:56	Template:Flagicon Danny Hamel Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Ty Davis	Kawasaki KX500	10:20:47
1995	Tijuana-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Larry Ragland	Chevrolet TT	20:14:12	Template:Flagicon Paul Krause Template:Flagicon Ty Davis Template:Flagicon Ted Hunnicutt Jr.	Kawasaki KX500	19:31:19
1996	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Larry Ragland	Chevrolet TT	14:38:59	Template:Flagicon Paul Krause Template:Flagicon Ty Davis Template:Flagicon Greg Zitterkopf	Kawasaki KX500	14:11:02
1997	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Larry Ragland	Chevrolet TT	13:53:46	Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Tim Staab Template:Flagicon Greg Bringle	Honda XR600R	13:19:59
1998	Santo Tomás-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Ivan Stewart	Toyota	19:08:20	Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Jimmy Lewis	Honda XR600R	18:58:48
1999	Ojos Negros-Ojos Negros	Template:Flagicon Larry Ragland	Chevrolet	14:26:36	Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Tim Staab	Honda XR650R	14:15:42
2000**	Ensenada-Cabo San Lucas	Template:Flagicon Dan Smith Template:Flagicon Dave Ashley	Ford	32:15:39	Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Tim Staab Template:Flagicon Craig Smith Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld	Honda XR650R	30:54:12
2001	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Doug Fortin Template:Flagicon Charlie Townsley	Jimco Chevrolet	14:35:42	Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Tim Staab	Honda XR650R	13:51:40
2002	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Dan Smith Template:Flagicon Dave Ashley	Ford	16:19:03	Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Andy Grider	Honda XR650R	16:17:28
2003	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Doug Fortin Template:Flagicon Charlie Townsley	Jimco Chevrolet	16:24:02	Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell	Honda XR650R	15:39:52
2004	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Troy Herbst Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler	Smithbuilt-Ford	16:18:14	Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman	Honda XR650R	15:57:37
2005	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler Template:Flagicon Troy Herbst	Smithbuilt-Ford	15:06:19	Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell Template:Flagicon Mike Childress	Honda XR650R	14:20:30
2006	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Andy McMillin Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	19:15:17	Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld Template:Flagicon Mike Childress Template:Flagicon Quinn Cody	Honda CRF450X	18:17:50
2007	Ensenada-Cabo San Lucas	Template:Flagicon Mark Post Template:Flagicon Rob MacCachren Template:Flagicon Carl Renezeder	Ford	25:21:25	Template:Flagicon Robby Bell Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell	Honda CRF450X	24:15:50
2008	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Roger Norman Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler	Ford	12:40:33	Template:Flagicon Robby Bell Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman Template:Flagicon Johnny Campbell	Honda CRF450X	12:29:10
2009	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Andy McMillin Template:Flagicon Scott McMillin	Chevrolet	14:19:50	Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman Template:Flagicon Timmy Weigand Template:Flagicon Quinn Cody	Honda CRF450X	13:27:50
2010	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Tavo Vildosola Template:Flagicon Gus Vildosola	Ford F-150 TT	19:00:04	Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman Template:FlagiconQuinn Cody	Honda CRF450X	19:20:52
2011	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Andy McMillin Template:Flagicon Scott McMillin	Ford Raptor TT	14:51:36	Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman Template:Flagicon Quinn Cody Template:Flagicon Logan Holladay	Honda CRF450X	14:14:25
2012	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon BJ Baldwin	Chevrolet TT	20:00:59	Template:Flagicon Colton Udall Template:Flagicon Timmy Weigand Template:Flagicon David Kamo	Honda CRF450X	20:09:30
2013	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon BJ Baldwin	Chevrolet TT	18:36:10	Template:Flagicon Colton Udall Template:Flagicon Timmy Weigand Template:Flagicon David Kamo Template:Flagicon Mark Samuels	Honda CRF450X	18:29:14
2014	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Rob MacCachren Template:Flagicon Andy McMillin Template:Flagicon Jason Voss	Ford TT	22:31:27	Template:Flagicon Ricky Brabec Template:Flagicon Robby Bell Template:Flagicon Steve Hengeveld Template:Flagicon Max Eddy Jr.	Kawasaki KX450F	24:24:01
2015	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Rob MacCachren Template:Flagicon Andy McMillin	Ford TT	15:38:33	Template:Flagicon Colton Udall Template:Flagicon Mark Samuels Template:Flagicon Justin Jones	Honda CRF450X	16:29:08
2016	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Rob MacCachren Template:Flagicon Jason Voss	Ford TT	17:12:58	Template:Flagicon Justin Jones Template:Flagicon David Kamo Template:Flagicon Mark Samuels Template:Flagicon Daymon Stokie Template:Flagicon Colton Udall	Honda CRF450X	18:16:42
2017	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Juan C. Lopez Template:Flagicon Apdaly Lopez	Ford TT	19:53:36	Template:Flagicon Francisco Arredondo Template:Flagicon Shane Esposito Template:Flagicon Justin Morgan Template:Flagicon Max Eddy Jr. Template:Flagicon Ty Davis	Honda CRF450X	21:07:16
2018	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Cameron Steele Template:Flagicon Pat Dean	Ford TT	16:24:02	Template:Flagicon Justin Morgan Template:Flagicon Mark Samuels Template:Flagicon Justin Jones	Honda CRF450X	16:23:26
2019	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Alan Ampudia Template:Flagicon Aaron Ampudia	Ford TT	16:10:35	Template:Flagicon Justin Morgan Template:Flagicon David Kamo Template:Flagicon Max Eddy Jr Template:Flagicon Shane Esposito	Honda CRF450X	17:34:28
2020	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Luke McMillin Template:Flagicon Larry Roeseler	Ford TT	19:10:25	Template:Flagicon Justin Morgan Template:Flagicon Mark Samuels Template:Flagicon Justin Jones	Honda CRF450X	20:50:30
2021	Ensenada-La Paz	Template:Flagicon Luke McMillin Template:Flagicon Rob MacCachren	Chevrolet TT	20:45:59	Template:Flagicon Justin Morgan Template:Flagicon Mark Samuels Template:Flagicon Brandon Prieto Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman	Honda CRF450X	23:07:18
2022	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Luke McMillin Template:Flagicon Rob MacCachren	Chevrolet TT	16:37:45	Template:Flagicon Justin Morgan Template:Flagicon Mark Samuels Template:Flagicon Kendall Norman	Honda CRF450X	18:51:30
2023	La Paz–Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Bryce Menzies Template:Flagicon Andy McMillin Template:Flagicon Tavo Vildósola	Ford TT	22:35:33	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Salvatierra Template:Flagicon Carter Klein Template:Flagicon Diego Llanos Template:Flagicon Shane Logan Template:Flagicon Corbin McPherson	KTM 450SX-F	26:33:41
2024	Ensenada-Ensenada	Template:Flagicon Luke McMillin Template:Flagicon Rob MacCachren	Chevrolet TT	15:54:37	Template:Flagicon Justin Morgan Template:Flagicon Tyler Lynn Template:Flagicon Brandon Prieto Template:Flagicon Ryan Surratt	Honda CRF450X	17:52:33

**Officially the race was called the Baja 2000 (1726 miles) for the year 2000.

Notable competitors

Most overall car wins

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Most overall motorcycle wins

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• 5: Ty Davis
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Other notable drivers

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• Ron Bishop
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• Pete Brock
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• Erik Carlsson
• Kurt Caselli
• Anna Jo Cody
• Marc Coma
• Justin Davis<ref>Justin Davis and the Green Army Team Win Back-to-Back in SCORE, Class 1 Unlimited</ref>
• Chuck Dempsey
• Patrick Dempsey
• Walker Evans
• Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff
• Elliot Forbes-Robinson<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Tanner Foust
• James Garner<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Brendan Gaughan<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Tony Gera
• Bob Gordon
• Beccy Gordon
• Mike Groff<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Robbie Groff<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Roberto Guerrero<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Rod Hall
• Chris Harris
• Riley Herbst
• Troy Herbst
• Larry Janesky
• Tanner Janesky
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• Ricky Johnson<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Austin Jones
• Parnelli Jones<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• P. J. Jones
• Michel Jourdain Jr.<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Michel Jourdain Sr.
• Danny LaPorte
• Justin Lofton
• Apdaly Lopez
• Kristen Matlock
• Hiro Matsushita
• Mike "Mouse" McCoy
• Mary McGee
• Hershel McGriff<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Corky McMillin
• Steve McQueen<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Chad McQueen<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Casey Mears
• Rick Mears<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Roger Mears<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Bryce Menzies<ref>Bryce Menzies, Andy McMillin renew partnership for Baja 1000</ref>
• Rhys Millen
• Rod Millen
• John Morton
• Michael Nesmith<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Paul Newman<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Gunnar Nilsson<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Bruce Ogilvie
• Danny Ongais<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Cody Parkhouse<ref>Cody Parkhouse</ref>
• Travis Pastrana
• Robbie Pierce
• Christopher Polvoorde
• Toby Price
• Jeff Proctor<ref>Jeff Proctor</ref>
• Don Prudhomme<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• J.N. Roberts
• Alexander Rossi
• Armin Schwarz
• Jim Smith
• Eric Solorzano
• Cameron Steele<ref>Cameron Steele</ref>
• Danny Sullivan<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Mickey Thompson<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Jūgatsu Toi<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Johnny Unser<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Jimmy Vasser<ref name="DesertRacingOctober062005" />
• Frank "Scoop" Vessels
• Gus Vildósola
• Tavo Vildósola
• Paul Weel

Current and past classes

Four-Wheelers

• SCORE Trophy Truck: Open Production Unlimited Trucks.
• SCORE Trophy Truck Spec: Open Production stock engine Trucks.
• SCORE Class 1: Unlimited open-wheel single-or two-seaters.
• SCORE Class 1/2-1600: open-wheel single-or two-seaters to 1600cc.
• SCORE Class 2: Unlimited 2.2-liter buggy.
• SCORE Class 3: Short wheelbase 4x4.
• SCORE Class 4: Unlimited 2.2-liter open wheel.
• SCORE Class 5: Unlimited Baja Bugs.
• SCORE Class 5-1600: 1600cc Baja Bugs.
• SCORE Class 6: V6 powered tube chassis trucks
• SCORE Class 7: Open mini trucks.
• SCORE Class 7S: Stock mini trucks. (3000cc)
• SCORE Class 7SX: Modified mini trucks. (4000cc)
• SCORE Class 8: Full-sized two-wheel drive trucks.
• SCORE Class 9: Short wheelbase, open-wheel single- or two-seaters.
• SCORE Class 10: Open-wheel single or two-seaters to 2000cc.
• SCORE Class 11: Stock VW Sedans.
• SCORE Lites Class 12: VW limited open-wheel single-(1776cc) or two-seaters(1835cc).
• SCORE Class 17: Jeepspeed
• SCORE Stock Full: Stock full-sized trucks.
• SCORE Stock Mini: Stock mini trucks. (4300cc)
• SCORE Class M-Truck: Utility vehicle
• SCORE Baja Challenge: Limited, identical open-wheel Baja touring cars.
• SCORE Sportsman Buggy:
• SCORE Sportsman Truck:
• SCORE Sportsman UTV:
• ProTruck: Limited Production Trucks governed by the Baja ProTruck Off-Road Race Series

Motorcycles

• SCORE Class 20: 125cc or smaller two-stroke and 250cc or smaller four-stroke motorcycles.
• SCORE Class 21: 126cc to 250cc.
• SCORE Class 22: 250cc or more.
• SCORE Class 30: Riders over 30 years old.
• SCORE Class 40: Riders over 40 years old.
• SCORE Class 50: Riders over 50 years old.
• SCORE Class 60: Riders over 65 years old.
• SCORE Sportsman MC > 250cc: Sportsman riders 250cc (2-stroke) or 450cc (4-stroke) or greater.
• SCORE Sportsman MC < 250cc: Sportsman riders 250cc (2-stroke) or 450cc (4-stroke) or less.

ATVs

• SCORE Class 21: Honda.
• SCORE Class 25: 251cc or more.

See also

• San Felipe 250
• Baja 500
• Baja 400
• Dust to Glory, Documentary about the 2003 race
• Mini-Baja
• Timerider

References

• Fiolka, Marty (2005). 1000 Miles to Glory. Arizona: David Bull Publishing. Template:ISBN.
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• SCORE International (2006). "2006–2010 Off-Road Racing Rules and Regulations".
• SCORE International. "2009 New Classes & Existing Class Rule Amendments
• 2009 Baja 1000 Press Release

External links

• Official SCORE International website