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The Baja 500 is a Mexican off-road motorsport race on the Baja California Peninsula that is sanctioned by SCORE International. [1] The course has remained relatively the same over the years with the majority of events being loop races starting and finishing in Ensenada. Race course mileage varies and is usually slightly under 500 miles.
SCORE [1] Class 11 is a stock production Volkswagen Beetle class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series, including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, Baja Sur 500, San Felipe 250 and the SCORE Desert Challenge. Class 11 is the most grueling of all off-road race vehicles as they are pure stock with modifications limited to only safety ...
Baja bugs often race in off-road desert races such as the Baja 1000. There are different classes for bugs, [citation needed] namely class 11, class 5 1600, and class 5 unlimited. According to desert racing association Score International, class 11 is a stock VW beetle with modifications limited to ground clearance and strength. Class 5 1600 ...
The Volkswagen Beetle, or the "Bug" as it is nick-named, was one of the earliest types of vehicles to compete in desert racing, and the heritage of the Bug continues in several different classes. Class 5 was originally the class which allowed the most modification of a stock Volkswagen for racing, and this was given the "unlimited" designation.
She was the first woman to compete in motorcycle road racing and motocross events in the United States, and was the first person -- male or female -- to complete the Baja 500 off-road race in ...
He was a five-time overall winner of the Baja 1000 (two on motorcycles and three on cars); a four-time winner of the Baja 500 (one in motorcycles and three in cars); has twice won the Mint 400 in Nevada and the Roof of Africa Rallye; finished fourth in the 1988 Paris–Dakar Rally on cars; and was the overall winner of the 1987 Atlas Rallye in ...
Authorities are investigating an apparent gunfight at an off-road car rally in Mexico's Baja California state that left 10 people dead and ... about safety in the upcoming Baja 500, a world-famous ...
[1] [9] He also won the Mint 400, the Baja 500 and the Baja 1000 twice each. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Roberts also represented the United States at the 1971 and 1972 International Six Days Trial . [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The International Six Days Trial is a form of off-road motorcycle Olympics that is the oldest annual competition sanctioned by the FIM , dating ...