You've Heard of the Baja 1000, But There's an Even Crazier Race You Probably Haven't Andrew P Collins - Truck Yeah
go to original November 27, 2016

You've heard of the Baja 1000, but there's an even crazier race called the Mexico 1000 that's as much a giant party as it is a race. Lifted trucks, buggies, and old American muscle cars race down the peninsula. (Jalopnik)

The film Dust To Glory captures the fierce competition of the high-stakes Baja 1000 desert race. But there’s another amazing event that runs down the peninsula every year: the NORRA Mexican 1000. We tagged along to shoot this video and show you why it’s called “a high-horsepower conga line to the finish.”

The National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) was basically the first outfit to do big time racing in Baja back in the 1960s. After a long hiatus they’re at it again, with some of the wildest drivers and weirdest vehicles in competitive off-road racing.

Plenty of people race cars, trucks, and buggies in Baja but what makes the Mexican 1000 unique is the attitude. Every day’s a hard fought battle against the elements, but every night’s a party and everybody involved does everything they can to get each other to the finish line together.

It’s a kind of camaraderie you just don’t see at most other racing events, to say nothing of the batshit machines that line up at the start of stages every day.

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