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What's happening in Baja desert racing right now: entry lists, qualifying, race-week schedules, and results as they land.

A blue, red and white No. 11 Trophy Truck kicks up a wall of dust on a desert road under a blue sky

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Ricky Johnson Takes a Hall of Fame Detour on the Way to Cabo

Ricky Johnson goes into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 1 in Las Vegas.

A Trophy Truck throws a tall rooster tail of silt across the desert under a blue sky

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Baja 1000 Course Notes Flag a Silt Party After Checkpoint 4

Around race mile 763, the notes for the 59th Baja 1000 stop being polite.

The No. 2935 Can-Am Maverick R airborne on a dusty dirt road with spectators and tents behind

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Kaden Wells Takes a Perfect Season to the Baja 1000

Three races into the 2026 SCORE World Desert Championship, nobody has beaten Kaden Wells.

The No. 1896 Polaris RZR lifting its front tires off the sand as fans watch from a rooftop stand

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Pro UTV Open Heads to the Baja 1000 in a Dead Heat

Eight points cover the top four in Pro UTV Open, and the top two are tied at 331.

The No. 83 McMillin Trophy Truck airborne over a dirt crest as spectators along the fence raise their phones

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Luke McMillin Is One Race From His Third Trophy Truck Title

Three straight wins, and history says the fourth crowns him.

A dirt bike rider giving a thumbs up at night under a Sylvania Off Road banner at a SCORE race staging area

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SCORE Posts Bob Bower's Baja Warning Before Pre-Running Opens

SCORE just posted Bob Bower's Baja survival letter again.

Trophy Trucks and UTVs lined up along the La Paz malecón by the water, with palm trees and spectators

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Tonight the Baja 1000 Course Finally Shows Its Face

Tonight every Baja 1000 team finally sees the course.

A Rockstar BFGoodrich Trophy Truck kicking up a wall of dust on a desert course

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133 Teams Have Signed Up for the Baja 1000, and the List Keeps Growing

The Baja 1000 entry list nearly doubled in two weeks.

Sal Fish smiling at a SCORE race start area, wearing a Baja 500 shirt, with a red UTV and sponsor banners behind him

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Baja 1000 Registration Is Open in La Paz Through Oct 22

Three days in La Paz, then the desert opens Saturday.

The Fast 'N Dirty UTV parked on pavement, side view of the wrap and front wheel

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Our UTV finishes the NORRA 500, twelfth in Pro SXS

Two days, two runs, one finish line at Estero Beach.

The blue Rubik Racing #18 truck on the Laughlin podium at sunset, with two people in race suits on the roof spraying champagne

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Rubik Racing's #18 Swept Laughlin and Clinched the 2WD Title

Two races, two wins, and a season title for the #18.

Two Fast 'N Dirty crew in the cab of the UTV, one giving a thumbs up, at NORRA 500 tech in Ensenada

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NORRA 500 Tech in Ensenada: Fast 'N Dirty Straps In

The wrap caught the low sun first.

#55 race truck at tech

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Second in points, starting 10th, racing to win

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RECORD Off-Road Series La Raza 200 official race poster.

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Bad draw puts our #55 at the back for La Raza

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The Fast 'N Dirty car on the beach during the La Raza pre-run.

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High tide put our La Raza pre-run in the ocean

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RECORD Off-Road Series La Raza 200 course map and schedule graphic.

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Parker Kaiser takes a 28-point UTV Turbo lead to San Quintín

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Class 7SX desert truck at the start of the 2010 Baja 1000.

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Three points, one weekend: Moreno and Workentine take the Abierta fight to La Raza

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Archival 2008 BITD Vegas to Reno Class 7300 yellow desert truck #730 — not La Raza 2026 race-day — photo by Steven Harrell

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La Raza board hits 146 — five days out

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Archival 2007 SCORE Baja 500 Class 1 Black Hawk still — not La Raza 2026 race-day — photo by LPhillippi

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La Raza board jumps to 133 — seven days out

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Archival Trophy Truck still — not Laughlin 2026 race-day

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Laughlin list hits 124 — and Robby Gordon’s on it

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El Arco sea stacks at Cabo San Lucas — location establishing (not 2026 race-day) — photo by Balou46

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Baja 1000 registration opens Oct. 5 — SCORE lists the Sur towns

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RPM Trophy Truck at Baja qualifying — archival desert Trophy Truck still (not Laughlin 2026 race-day)

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Laughlin’s entry list jumped again — 112 teams, 181 unique

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#55 jump — RECORD La Raza / MWR

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Three points separate first and second into La Raza 200

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2007 Baja 500 Class 1 Chase — archival desert four-wheel (not NORRA 2026 race-day) — photo by LPhillippi

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NORRA 500 hits Ensenada in three weeks — 107 on the board

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RPM Trophy Truck qualifying — archival desert Unlimited truck (not Laughlin 2026 race-day) — photo by Hkanderson

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Laughlin’s entry list just jumped — 106 teams and counting

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Trophy Truck on the Malecón — Baja 1000 archival — photo by Andy Blackledge

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Next up: Baja 1000 starts and finishes in Los Cabos

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Luke McMillin and Jason Duncan #83 Mason Motorsports Trophy Truck at SCORE Baja 400 awards — GetSome / SCORE

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McMillin’s Grand Slam is official — and Matlock banks the $50k

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Wayne Matlock #1871 Pro UTV Open

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PRELIMINARY: Matlock #1871 is on a path to Polaris’s $50k SCORE Challenge — if it holds

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Wayne Matlock #1871 Pro UTV Open

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PRELIMINARY: SCORE’s 4-wheel penalty sheet is up — and Pro UTV Open just reshuffled

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Justin Lofton #41 at Mike's Sky Rancho

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PRELIMINARY: They finished anyway — Baja 400 grit on the SCORE board

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Christopher Polvoorde #94 Trophy Truck

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PRELIMINARY: Baja 400 hard luck — pole, family day, and the ones that didn’t finish

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Luke McMillin #83 Trophy Truck

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PRELIMINARY: SCORE times are in — Luke McMillin wins the Baja 400 overall

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Apdaly Lopez #273 Brenthel Trophy Truck Spec

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PRELIMINARY: Lopez #273 leads Spec GPS 1-2-3 at the Baja 400 — Marsal #236, Davis #285

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Brad Wilson #138 Wilson Motorsports Class 1

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PRELIMINARY: Brad Wilson wins Class 1 at the Baja 400 — Cody Parkhouse second

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Brock Heger #1896 yellow/black RZR Factory Racing

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PRELIMINARY: Brock Heger wins Pro UTV Open at the Baja 400

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Gustavo Vildósola Sr. Vildósola Racing #1L

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PRELIMINARY: Gustavo Vildósola Sr. wins Trophy Truck Legend at the Baja 400

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Brock Heger #1896 yellow/black RZR Factory Racing

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Brock Heger is out front in Pro UTV Open late at the Baja 400

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Archival Chad Ragland Trophy Truck, 2007 SCORE Baja 1000 — Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA / GFDL — not 2026 action / not McMillin #83

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PRELIMINARY: Luke McMillin wins the Baja 400 — Bryce Menzies second

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Archival SCORE Class 10 Baja still — Wikimedia Commons public domain — not 2026 action / not Vildósola #1L

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At 73, Gustavo Vildósola Sr. is leading Trophy Truck Legend mid-race

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Archival SCORE Trophy Truck still — Wikimedia Commons public domain — not 2026 action / not Menzies #7

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Bryce Menzies is out front mid-race at the Baja 400 — for now

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SCORE M-Truck at the 2010 Baja 1000 start — photo by LPhillippi (public domain)

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Green flag is up — SCORE Baja 400 is LIVE out of Ensenada

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Class 10 Gator into the Ensenada river at the 2007 Baja 500 start — photo by LPhillippi (public domain)

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Tech and contingency are live on Costero — last stop before Baja 400 green flag

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Black Hawk Class 1 into the Ensenada river at the 2007 Baja 500 start — photo by LPhillippi (public domain)

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Group 1 poles are in — Justin Davis tops Spec while Unlimited Trophy Truck is still live

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Letner Racing Class 1 into the Ensenada river at the 2007 Baja 500 start — photo by LPhillippi (public domain)

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Race week is live — qualifying registration today at the Riviera, Method Qualifying tomorrow

Qualifying registration runs 1–7 p.m. Wednesday in the Riviera's Red Room, with no walk-ins after six.

Baja race traffic on the Malecón / boulevard — photo by Andy Blackledge (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

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Race week opens tomorrow — Method Qualifying sets the Baja 400 grid Thursday

Why start position decides so much over 423 miles, plus the verified Thursday logistics and where to watch.

Ensenada boulevard packed with crowd, race vehicles, palm trees, and contingency tents during 2008 Baja 500 — photo by L Phillippi

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146 already in — Baja 400 week hits Ensenada

SCORE's September 6 field snapshot: 32 Trophy Trucks, 25 in Trophy Truck Spec, 23 states and 12 countries.

Vildósola Racing Trophy Truck #12 jumping during the 2018 Baja 500 — photo by Daniel Curiel

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Race week hits Ensenada — 7th SCORE Baja 400

423.16 miles, a 16-hour limit, and six runnings that have produced only three four-wheel overall winners.