The Baja Rally is a navigation-based rally raid occasion—just like the Dakar Rally—which shall be held within the Mexican state of Baja California from September 27 to October 3, 2026. I am positive you already know this, given you already clicked the hyperlink. However this 12 months, the rally organizers are placing up an enormous money prize for the racer who finishes atop the rostrum within the Rally Professional class.
A money purse of $15,000 USD (mentioned to extend to a most of $30,000) shall be shared among the many prime racers at this 12 months’s occasion, with $10,000 reserved for the first-place finisher within the Rally Professional class.
Moreover, the highest ending beginner racer—these competing in both Rally 1, Rookie, Senior or the Malle Moto class—have the prospect to win a ChampADV-built 450 Rally Trophy Bike based mostly on the wildly profitable Kove 450 Rally. Hell to the yeah.
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In accordance with a Baja Rally press release, “$1,000 from every Rally Professional entry payment is “staked” into the money purse with a assured minimal of $10,000 USD reserved for the highest professional finisher, whereas 2nd and third inserting racers’ proportion of the purse will increase nominally when the sector of Rally Professional entrants will increase previous 10.”
The press launch additionally shared particulars on the Baja Rally Trophy Bike, which shall be awarded to prime beginner racer, stating that “a consortium of collaborators has pledged a purpose-build Kove Rally 450 motorbike because the winner’s trophy for the general prime beginner finisher from any “non-professional” class.” Additionally they famous that the bike may be “simply transformed to and from a journey journey bike full with safety onerous elements and soft-luggage.”
In the identical press launch, Baja Rally Common Director, Mauricio Parra, defined why this custom-built rally bike is so vital – “this trophy has two facets: the fabric worth which is measurable after which you might have the luster of the dignity of it. Each facets converge right into a single showpiece, a timeless image of triumph that the winner will cherish for his or her lifetime.”
The Baja Rally is the longest working rally raid motorsports competitors in North America. Now in its 14th 12 months, the Baja Rally has expanded for 2026 to incorporate rally levels that journey south into Guerrero Negro, a city within the state of Baja California Sur (BCS). For 2026, the rally shall be headquartered on the Lodge Mision Santa Maria in San Quintin, then head south to the desert oasis of Cataviña the place the primary “marathon” stage shall be held. Racers will then journey additional south to Guerrero Negro earlier than returning to San Quintin on October 3. In complete, the Baja Rally will embody six complete levels – to incorporate two marathon levels and one loop stage – and shall be journey between three completely different bivouac places in Baja California and Baja California Sur.
Because the inaugural Baja Rally in September 2013, over 15,000 km of off-road routes have been safely and responsibly raced by greater than 432 opponents over the course of 66 levels throughout a complete of 59 days. The 2026 version hopes to attract extra consideration to the game of rally raid, whereas additionally providing each skilled and beginner racers an opportunity to go dwelling with a large money prize or a custom-built rally bike.
Entry to the 2026 Six Day Baja Rally opens on January 1, 2026.
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