SAN DIEGO — An American racer who competed in the Baja 500 has a story to tell. Mike Steel didn’t win the race – his Class 11, Baja bug broke down – but he won in the end. Class 11 Volkswagen bugs are ...

Eric Solorzano’s garage is a working race shop that feels more like a church. Speed is worshipped here. So is cold beer, loud Santana, the love of friends and family, and the famously rough city of ...

If you’ve ever thought about racing in Baja and wondered what it would be like, or maybe if you’ve already done it and want to be reminded what a desperate, rock-bashing hellfest it is, spend the next ...

A Volkswagen Beetle was made to get down and dirty. Why else would the lovable little craft be used continuously for the last 50 years to blast across the Mexican desert. Well, blast might be a strong ...

Instead of asking, “Would you like to experience Baja 1000-style driving,” the guys at Wide Open Baja should have posed the question thusly; “How would you like to know what repeated piledrivers from ...

Three driving teams and 14 people in seven chase vehicles guided No. 1137 down the Baja peninsula on an epic adventure. I love two-seater, RWD convertibles and own a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata for pavement ...

Mention the Baja 1000, and you probably imagine million-dollar trophy truck teams bounding through miles of inhospitable desert. Anyone, arguably, could be a contender with practically unlimited ...