The Baja 500 is a Mexican
off-road motorsport race on the
Baja California Peninsula that is sanctioned by
SCORE International
SCORE International (Southern California Off Road Enthusiasts) is an off-road racing sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. Founded by Mickey Thompson in 1973, SCORE International was purchased from Sal Fish in late 2012. and is run b ...
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The course has remained relatively the same over the years with the majority of events being a loop race starting and finishing in
Ensenada. Race course mileage varies and is usually slightly under 500 miles.
The event includes various types of vehicle classes such as
Trophy truck
A trophy truck, also known as a Baja truck or trick truck, is a vehicle used in high-speed off-road racing. This is an open production class and all components are considered legal unless specifically restricted.
Although any truck that meets t ...
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Dirtbikes
The six main types of motorcycles are generally recognized as ''standard'', ''cruiser'', ''touring'', ''sports'', ''off-road'', and ''dual-purpose''. ''Sport touring'' is sometimes recognized as a seventh category or integrated with the ''touring' ...
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Truggy
A truggy is a type of high performance off-road racing vehicle that combines features from two older existing categories of off-road racing vehicles, trucks and buggies. The first truggies were built for racing in the SCORE and BITD off-road de ...
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Baja Bugs,
Buggies and custom fabricated race vehicles.
Current and past classes
Cars and Trucks
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SCORE Trophy Truck
A trophy truck, also known as a Baja truck or trick truck, is a vehicle used in high-speed off-road racing. This is an open production class and all components are considered legal unless specifically restricted.
Although any truck that meets t ...
: Open Production Unlimited Trucks.
*SCORE Trophy Truck Legends: Open Production Unlimited Trucks ford Drivers 50 years and older.
*SCORE Trophy Truck Spec: Open Production Unlimited Trucks with stock / sealed V-8 Engines / 2wd.
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SCORE Class 1
SCORE Class 1 is an open-wheel unlimited-class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250 and the SCORE Desert Challenge. Class 1 is defined as an unlimited four-wheel single and two-sea ...
: Unlimited open-wheel single-or two-seaters.
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SCORE Class 1/2-1600
SCORE Class 1/2-1600 is an Open Wheel restricted suspension, limited Volkswagen motor 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. No produ ...
: Limited suspension. open-wheel single-or two-seaters. (1600cc)
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SCORE Class 2
SCORE Class 2 is an unlimited four wheel single & two-seat vehicle class. The maximum engine size is a 3.5 liter, six cylinder forced air induction engine. Engines must have no more than six cylinders but forced induction is open to both turbo an ...
: Limited 2.2 liter buggy.
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SCORE Class 3
SCORE Class 3 is production short wheelbase 4x4 class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series races including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Baja Sur 500 and the SCORE Desert Challenge.
Vehicle description
Vehicles must be a four ...
: Production short wheelbase 4x4 Jeeps.
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SCORE Class 4 SCORE 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 ...
: Unlimited 2.2 liter open wheel.
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SCORE Class 5: Unlimited Baja Bugs.
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SCORE Class 5-1600: Baja Bugs. (1600cc)
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SCORE Class 6: V6 powered tube chassis trucks
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SCORE Class 7: Open mini trucks.
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SCORE Class 7S: Stock mini trucks. (3000cc)
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SCORE Class 7SX: Modified mini trucks. (4000cc)
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SCORE Class 8: Full-sized two-wheel drive trucks.
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SCORE Class 9: Short wheelbase, open-wheel. single-or two-seaters. (1600cc)
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SCORE Class 10: Open-wheel single or two-seaters. (2000cc)
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SCORE Class 11: Stock VW Sedans. (1600cc)
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SCORE Lites Class 12: VW limited open-wheel. single seat (1776cc) or two-seaters (1835cc).
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SCORE Class 17: Production short wheelbase 4x4 Modified Jeeps.
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SCORE Stock Full: Stock full-sized trucks.
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SCORE Stock Mini: Stock mini trucks. (4300cc)
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SCORE Baja Challenge: Limited, identical open-wheel Baja touring cars.
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SCORE Sportsman Buggy:
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SCORE Sportsman Truck:
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SCORE Sportsman UTV: 660cc, 4-wheel utility vehicle.
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ProTruck: Limited Production Trucks governed by the Baja ProTruck Off-Road Race Series
Motorcycles
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SCORE Class 20: 125cc or smaller two-stroke and 250cc or smaller four-stroke motorcycles.
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SCORE Class 21
Score or scorer may refer to:
*Test score, the result of an exam or test
Business
* Score Digital, now part of Bauer Radio
* Score Entertainment, a former American trading card design and manufacturing company
* Score Media, a former Canadian m ...
: 126cc to 250cc.
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SCORE Class 22: 250cc or more.
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SCORE Class 30: Riders over 30 years old.
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SCORE Class 40: Riders over 40 years old.
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SCORE Class 50: Riders over 50 years old.
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SCORE Class 60: Riders over 60 years old.
ATVs
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SCORE Class 24: 250cc or less.
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SCORE Class 25: 251cc or more.
Overall winners
See also
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SCORE International
SCORE International (Southern California Off Road Enthusiasts) is an off-road racing sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. Founded by Mickey Thompson in 1973, SCORE International was purchased from Sal Fish in late 2012. and is run b ...
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Baja 1000
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Baja 400
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San Felipe 250
References
*SCORE International (2011). "2011-2015 Off-Road Racing Rules and Regulations".
*SCORE International.
2009 New Classes & Existing Class Rule Amendments
External links
Official SCORE International websiteOfficial SCORE International JournalOfficial SCORE International Carbon TV channel
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