Contingency in Baja is filled with venders, race cars, and tons of people. But one of the coolest things to see is the look on a child's face when a racer agrees to sign an autograph. To the local children, these guys are superstars, and rightly so.
Mark Post in the #3 Trophy Truck was the first four-wheeled vehicle to finish the race by completing the course in a staggering 25 hours, 21 minutes. Motorcycle #1x, ridden by Robby Bell, Steve Hengeveld, Johnny Campbell, and Kendall Norman, was first to cross the finish line with a time of 24 hours, 16 minutes. The first ATV to finish was bike #1a ridden by Danny Prather and Mike Caffron with a time of 29 hours, 49 minutes.
This year's Baja 1000 was about a lot more than just the race to many of the teams. This race marked a huge milestone for Rod Hall and the entire Hall racing family. Rod Hall has raced in all 40 of these races starting back in 1967. Hall is the all-time class champion leader in SCORE racing and with his win this year in Stock Mini, it brings his total up to 19. To add to the excitement, son Chad Hall took the win in Stock Full in the brand-new Hummer H3 Alpha.
There are always so many stories from the racers, the crews, and the fans of the Baja 1000, that we don't have time to tell. To see more, please visit our website at www.off-roadweb.com to see exclusive photos and video from the 40th annual Baja 1000 and please feel free to stop by our forums and add your own stories and photos - we would love to see them!
For more information about SCORE racing, visit: www.score-international.com.
Overall Finishers
1. Mark Post - Trophy Truck #3
2. Gus Vildosola - Trophy Truck #4
3. Larry Roeseler - Class 1 #100
Trophy Truck
1. Mark Post - #3
2. Gus Vildosola - #4
3. Robby Gordon - #71
Class 1 Buggy
1. Larry Roeseler - #100
2. Steve Strobel - #118
3. Ronny Wilson - #114
Stock Full
1. Chad Hall - #863
2. John Griffin - #862
3. Terry Henn - #860
Stock Mini
1. Rod Hall - #760
2. Ryan Millen - #762
3. Dan Fresh - #763
Motorcycle
1. Robby Bell - #1x
2. Tim Morton - #14x
3. Quinn Cody - #9x
To see more complete race results, exclusive photos, videos, and schedules from all of the big sanctioning bodies, click on over to www.off-roadweb.com!
First dirt, the point where the race trucks first hit the dirt in Ensenada, is always a crowd favorite. Here we see young Andy McMillin getting on it on his way to a respectable 16th Place finish in the Trophy Truck class. | 
Before the 40th Baja 1000 shot out of Ensenada, Marty Fiolka and SCORE got some of the original hardcore dirtheads from back in the day together for a ride from the Tijuana Bull Ring to Ensenada. The Tijuana Bull Ring was where the Mexican 1000 was originally run from, and Marty and Sal Fish thought it'd be fun to take a historic tour from old starting point to new starting point with the vintage race vehicles.One of the coolest experiences we've ever had was sharing the road with pieces of off-road racing history like Parnelli Jones' and Dick Russell's Big Oly Bronco, Walker Evans yellow Stepside, and even the Bruce Meyers Manx. | 
Although Trophy Trucks and Class 1 Buggys are the crowd favorites, you can't help but admire the folks running the Stock classes. Last year's winner, Dan Fresh in the DXR Racing Mitsubishi Raider, gave Rod Hall, in the Team Hummer H3, a very good run for his money, but in the end Hall took the win and Fresh had to settle for Third. |