What it Takes to Win Mexico's Iconic SCORE Baja 1000 Elana Scherr - Hot Rod
go to original February 28, 2015

Rob MacCachren has raced every SCORE Baja 1000 since 1985, except one, and he only sat that race out because he had a broken bone. He won overall in 2007, and again this past race in 2014. He’s escaped booby traps, bad weather, and even once had an arrow shot at him. It’s not like the Baja 1000 is an easy race under any circumstances, but the 2014 competitors faced the longest route ever from Ensenada, Mexico, down the peninsula to La Paz. Not only was the course long but the 1,275-mile race went right through areas recently ravaged by a massive hurricane. Rob wasn’t even sure they’d be able to run, let alone take a victory.

...Even with modern conveniences, it’s never easy. Staying alert is a challenge. “You get tired, and every cactus starts to look like a person. You’ll think you’re at the finish line, that there are crowds cheering from the hill ahead, and it will be a bunch of bushes, and miles left to go. Animals come out of nowhere. Rocks hide in the fog. I tell my co-driver to imagine it’s a video game, and that anything that can happen, will. It’s fun.”

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