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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.
Larry Ragland (born December 22, 1943) is an American professional offroad racing competitor and 5 time SCORE International Baja 1000 Trophy Truck overall winner. "Lightning" Larry Ragland is the second most winning driver in desert racing 's history and a Trophy Truck expert.
A documentary about the 2003 Baja 1000 titled Dust to Glory was released in 2005. [8] A sequel Dust 2 Glory, which covers the 2016 race, came out in 2017. [9] SCORE International lent its name to the 2008 video game SCORE International Baja 1000. It was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. [10]
In 1967 he won the inaugural NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally (the race now known as the SCORE International Baja 1000). He won the overall Baja 1000 race in 1969. [2] As of 2016, Hall was the only racer to have competed in every Baja 1000 in a four-wheeled vehicle. [3] He raced in the first fifty Baja 1000 races with his final start in 2017 when he ...
Roeseler won his first Baja 1000 in 1976 with teammate Mitch Mayes on a Husqvarna. [5] Roeseler was adept at competing in both high speed desert racing as well as relatively slow enduro races. [ 6 ] He represented the United States at the International Six Days Enduro which, is a form of off-road motorcycle Olympics and the oldest annual ...
In 2001 Norman won the SCORE International Baja 1000 with Chad Hall in a factory backed Hummer H-1. He claimed a victory in the Wide Open Baja Challenge in 2004 co-driving with Bob Sutton, Rod Millen and actor Paul Newman. That win was repeated in 2005 with Sutton, Millen and Mike “Mouse” McCoy.
This first event laid the groundwork of vehicle classes and rules that shaped off-road racing in Baja for the next 40 years. The involvement of the Mexican government and other issues eventually lead to NORRA no longer hosting the races and SCORE International took over and the event became the Baja 1000. After that NORRA was defunct for ...
SCORE [1] Class 4 is a limited four-wheel, single or two-seat vehicle class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Baja Sur 500 and the SCORE Desert Challenge. Class 4 was added in 2009. This is an open class and all components will be considered open unless restricted by SCORE ...