![]() For us to have a chance in finishing the race, however, almost the whole car had to be rebuilt. The only modifications allowed for 11s are for safety, ground clearance, and reinforcement. The Baja 1000 demands a higher level of preparation to handle some of the most challenging terrain on the planet, and the bug was almost unrecognizable after the final preparations were made.Ĭlass 11 vehicles are stock, Type 1 Volkswagen Beetles with a 1600cc motor. We had dialed this little machine for desert driving with the intention of running the Baja in it, but the modifications we made didn’t bring the car close to functioning at the rate it would need to in order to complete the race. ![]() We had purchased our race car almost two years ago - a Class 11 bug built for short course racing, like the Mint 400. ![]() Shortly after completing the Peking to Paris rally in 2019, we set our eyes on a different type of endurance race. It was an intense three days, and a rollercoaster of drama. This famously dangerous race is a hallmark in vintage racing, and completing it took a team of twenty and months of planning. This year, the nonstop, flat-out race took drivers from Ensenada to La Paz, a grueling one thousand, two hundred and twenty seven miles, and one of the longest Baja runs in history. On November 20th, the Fourtillfour team completed one of the toughest off-road races in the world: the Score International Baja 1000.
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