If you’ve ever thought about racing in Baja and wondered what it would be like, or maybe if you’ve already done it and want to be reminded what a desperate, rock-bashing hellfest it is, spend the next ...

Three driving teams and 14 people in seven chase vehicles guided No. 1137 down the Baja peninsula on an epic adventure. I love two-seater, RWD convertibles and own a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata for pavement ...

SAN DIEGO — An American racer who competed in the Baja 500 has a story to tell. Mike Steel didn’t win the race – his Class 11, Baja bug broke down – but he won in the end. Class 11 Volkswagen bugs are ...

We’re about a week away from the 47th Tecate SCORE International Baja 1000 (Nov. 12-16) and I can’t wait. This will be my first time racing in the No. 1031 Radar Tires Class 10 buggy, but not my first ...

Volkswagen is known for dominating Red Bull Global Rallycross, with the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Team’s highly modified Beetles winning both the driver and manufacturer championships for the ...

A Volkswagen Beetle was made to get down and dirty. Why else would the lovable little craft be used continuously for the last 50 years to blast across the Mexican desert. Well, blast might be a strong ...

Instead of asking, “Would you like to experience Baja 1000-style driving,” the guys at Wide Open Baja should have posed the question thusly; “How would you like to know what repeated piledrivers from ...

Mention the Baja 1000, and you probably imagine million-dollar trophy truck teams bounding through miles of inhospitable desert. Anyone, arguably, could be a contender with practically unlimited ...

El Cajon residents Felipe Mojica and his 15-year-old son Gabriel agreed to speak with me before and throughout the six days (November 19-24) they worked on the annual Baja 1000 off-road race. “The ...

Over the years, the iconic Volkswagen Beetle has served as a platform for very creative automotive projects, having been reimagined into everything from a drag monster or dune buggy to a pickup and ...