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The 2024 schedule includes four European events and four Middle Eastern rounds. The season kicks off in early February with the Saudi Baja in the An-Nafud desert near Hail. It then moves to Europe, where Greece, Spain, Poland, and Portugal host rounds in May, July, August, and October.
FIA World Baja Cup Current season The FIA World Baja Cup , formerly known as the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas , is a baja rally series organized by the FIA , culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team across each category.
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 849 miles (1,366 km) 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 .
He finished in the 8th position, his best finish in this race. His current trophy truck sponsor is Speed Energy and drove his Monster Energy truck in the 2007 Baja 500 with a second overall finish. Gordon's sisters Beccy Gordon and Robyn Gordon competed in the 2006 Baja 1000 on the all-woman team All-American Girl Racing.
During the 2020 season, MacCachren finished second at the Baja 1000. In 2021, he won the Baja 1000 (with Luke McMillin) and the Mint 400 (with his son Cayden). The driver won the 2022 Baja 500. MacCachren, paired with Luke McMillin, won the 2024 Baja 1000. The 2024 win marks his seventh overall win. [23]
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 ...
In 2023 he finished second in the Baja 500. He then won the Baja 1000 in November 2024, in the Pro UTV N/A class. The race was 1311 miles. Larry is one of only a handful of racers who have finished the longest non-stop race in the world, the Baja 1000, on two wheels and four wheels. In 2024 Larry entered the San Felipe 250 solo on a motorcycle ...
The series runs concurrent with the FIA World Baja Cup and FIM Bajas World Cup, alongside the World Rally-Raid Championship and FIA Middle East Baja Cup. Started in 2021, the series was designed to attract new entrants to rally raid and allow them to run for an official FIA title. [1] It was renamed to the European Baja Cup in 2024. [2]