The 2025 edition of desert racing’s oldest, toughest and most prestigious event once again proved that winning the annual SCORE Baja 1000 has morphed into a virtual sprint race with little margin for error. 

With co-driver Mike Kim calling out perfect qualifying notes shared live on the RACER Network, Christopher Polvoorde piloted his No. 94 Red Bull Optima Battery all-wheel drive Ford Trophy Truck to the pole.

It’s safe to say that BFGoodrich’s worldwide success in producing some of the industry’s best off-road tires is firmly grounded in the rugged Baja peninsula. As racers from around the globe prepare for this week’s 58th BFGoodrich SCORE Baja 1000, the Michelin-owned brand will celebrate its golden anniversary as part...

Overcoming an unexpectedly stacked field and one of the most unusual environments in off-road racing history, Bryce Menzies claimed the 2020 Best In The Desert series Maxxis Vegas to Reno off-road race last weekend.Driving the No.7 Red Bull/AMSOIL/Toyo Tire-sponsored all-wheel drive unlimited truck, Menzies repeated his 2019 performance with a...

With no major Baja off-road races yet held in 2020, it looks like some of the sport's biggest stars are working on new ways to satisfy both fans and sponsors.2019 SCORE Baja 1000 champion Alan Ampudia is no exception. Taking a page from fellow Toyo Tires athlete B.J. Baldwin and...

If you’ve been around the racetrack, you’re familiar with Toyo Tires. Toyo produces a robust lineup of popular, proven, DOT-approved R-compound competition tires under the Proxes name. Toyo’s R888, R888R, RA1 and RR tires each serve a specific purpose, but only the RR specializes in on-track performance in dry conditions....

The 2019 Spirit of Mazda award recipient will receive not only the accolade, but a scholarship valued at $2,500. Meet the 6 finalists... Over the years, some outstanding representatives of the Spirit of Mazda have been chosen as recipients of the monthly award. The award, however, has transitioned into an...

Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announced its Proxes RR DOT competition tire has been selected as the specified tire for the newly announced Mazda Spec MX-5 Challenge Racing Series, and Toyo Tires is to be named the presenting partner. This new series creates a single spec applying to multiple sanctioning bodies...

Kyle LeDuc drives the No. 99 Monster Energy/Toyo Tires Pro 4. He scored victory No. 98 in the final round of Pro 4 -- winning the championship in the process – on Saturday afternoon. So, clearly, getting his 99th win in the Lucas Oil Challenge Cup that evening was destiny.The...

Off-road racing’s biggest melting pot is in full swing this week on a distant and wind-swept Southern California lakebed. If you know, you know. If you don’t, you are missing one of the motorsport’s world’s most eclectic and successful instances of cultural appropriation.The 13th annual Nitto King of the Hammers...