Racing Classes
Pick a category to see its classes and drivers.
Trophy Truck
The fastest, most advanced vehicles in desert racing: long-travel race trucks with a production-style body over a full-tube chassis. SCORE created the class in 1994 and has since added Spec (2014), Legends (2017) and 2WD (2025).
Truck Classes
Production-based racing, from near-stock mid-size pickups to V8 desert trucks, Jeepspeed Jeeps and Hammer Trucks. Class 8 was home to full-size trucks long before Trophy Trucks existed.
Buggy Classes
Desert racing in its purest form: light, open-wheel tube-chassis cars. From unlimited Class 1, among the quickest vehicles in any SCORE race, to VW-powered classes and the electric Baja E.
UTV Classes
The fastest-growing part of desert racing, from factory-stock side-by-sides to one-off prototypes. SCORE added Pro UTV in 2013.
Moto Classes
Motorcycles and quads racing the same Baja courses, often on their own routes. Classes include Pro Unlimited, age-group classes and Ironman, for riders who race the whole distance alone.
Baja Challenge
Arrive-and-drive racing in identical buggies prepared by Wide Open. With equal cars, results come down to the drivers.
Class 5 & 11
Baja's heritage classes, built around the VW Beetle. The first Baja Bug raced in the 1968 Mexican 1000, and finishing in near-stock Class 11 is still one of the toughest feats in Baja.