Luke McMillin Is 965 Miles From a Perfect SCORE Season

Three races into 2026, Luke McMillin has not lost one.

A year ago he could not find a win. He went through all of 2025 without one, and the closest he came was second at San Felipe and second at the Baja 1000.

Then this season started. He won the San Felipe 250 overall in March in the No. 83 McMillin Racing Ford Raptor, over 281.5 miles of Sea of Cortez desert. Tavo Vildosola was second, 2 minutes 59 seconds back. In June he won the Baja 500 overall, and Alan Ampudia, last year's winner, crossed the line 12.5 seconds behind him after 468.70 miles. In September he won the Baja 400 overall, 2 minutes 32 seconds ahead of Bryce Menzies, with Jason Duncan navigating.

That is three for three. One more win makes it a perfect season.

The Baja 400 win also completed his SCORE Baja Grand Slam: career overall wins at San Felipe, the Baja 500, the Baja 400 and the Baja 1000. Only Menzies and Ampudia had done that before him.

He leads SCORE Trophy Truck with 335 points. Menzies is second at 309 after three straight podiums, and Ampudia is third at 296. Four drivers before him won the first three rounds of a season: Robby Gordon in 1996, Curt LeDuc in 1997, Menzies in 2023 and Ampudia in 2025. All four took the title.

The last round is the longest. The 59th Baja 1000 leaves Boulevard Centenario in San José del Cabo at 9 a.m. MST Friday for 965 miles, the first time the race has run entirely inside Baja California Sur. Menzies will share the No. 7 with Andy McMillin, Luke's cousin.

Luke has Rob MacCachren listed with him on the No. 83. The last time Luke won the Baja 1000, in 2024, MacCachren was in that truck too.

If you were at one of his three wins this year, what did you see from the fence line?