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Fox, Jones lead tight battles at NORRA Mexican 1000
With three long days of racing in the record books and three more to go, the 15th running of the rebirthed NORRA Mexican 1000 features a diverse roster of racers from different classes engaged in tight battle for the overall rally victory. With eight completed special stages held over 529.30 miles of highly varied Baja terrain, four-wheel competitors reached the official halfway point of this year’s event in the picturesque oasis town of San Ignacio.
Surrounded by lush palm trees and wet marshlands that springs out of an otherwise arid portion of the Baja desert, San Ignacio was a welcome respite for all. The NORRA Mexican 1000 will complete its 1,133.40-mile journey on Thursday in the historic beach resort town of San Jose del Cabo.
Leading the field for Tuesday’s fourth day of racing will be the No.282 Evolution 6100 class truck of Brent Fox. His Toyo tire-shod Ford built by 1 Nine Industries reached San Ignacio in total time of 9h04m40s. Fox, who hails from Highland, Utah, holds a slim five minute, 11 second lead in the overall standings to Dave Mason Jr. The talented Californian is piloting a strong V8-powered Evolution Unlimited Buggy on Yokohama tires. In third lies rally veteran Greg Distefano in a more vintage Jimco Evolution Unlimited Buggy.
PJ Jones has displayed impressive pace in leading all UTVs at the 2025 NORRA Mexican 1000. Image by NORRA
Based overall speed, however, the first vehicle to depart for today’s fun to Loreto is the iconic No.3 Ford 'Black Diamond' Historic Truck of Las Vegas resident Mark Post. Now holding fourth place overall after a first day time penalty, Post (on BFGoodrich tires) has recruited an all-star group of legendary drivers including Larry Ragland, Rob MacCachren and Robby Gordon – who originally built the truck – is scheduled to share driving duties today.
The current leader in a tightly contested race for a large pack of UTVs is NORRA veteran PJ Jones of Phoenix. The son of American (and Baja) racing legend Parnelli Jones, PJ has kept an incredibly competitive pace to move his PJ’s Performance-prepped Unlimited Production Turbo UTV category Can-Am Mavrick R to a promising eighth place in the overall standings.
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Marty Fiolka
A lifelong enthusiast of off road motorsports, Marty Fiolka raced his first Baja 1000 in 1992 and still enjoys getting behind the wheel via his annual BFG Team Rennsport NORRA Mexican 1000 effort. A graduate of University California at Long Beach, he founded The Rennsport Group in 1995 to execute motorsports public relations programs for Nissan, Infinity, Exxon, Mitsubishi, SCORE International and later became the editorial and marketing director for Dirtsports Magazine. Marty is a current contributor to RACER Magazine and RACER.com as well as operating the promotional agency for Crandon International Raceway and annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup. Fiolka was a 2014 Inductee to the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (ORMHOF) and was instrumental in founding the Wide Open Baja adventure business and Ensenada's Horsepower Ranch. He also served as the associate producer of the original Dust to Glory documentary film and author of two books; 1000 Miles to Glory: The Baja 1000 Story and The Big Blue M: The History of McMillin Racing.
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