Honda Returns To Off-Road Racing With Baja 1000 Entry -

Honda Returns To Off-Road Racing With Baja 1000 Entry

Honda will make its four-wheel off-road factory racing return this November in the SCORE Baja 1000 desert race, with an unlimited off-road race vehicle powered by Honda Performance Development, the racing arm of American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

Honda teased this shot of its latest off-road racer for this year's Baja 1000 (Photo: Honda)
Honda teased this shot of its latest off-road racer for this year’s Baja 1000 (Photo: Honda)

Honda will make its four-wheel off-road factory racing return this November in the SCORE Baja 1000 desert race, with an unlimited off-road race vehicle powered by Honda Performance Development, the racing arm of American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

The manufacturer teased images of its race vehicle that will feature a twin-turbocharged Honda HR35TT V6 engine mated to an Albins ST6 sequential transmission. The vehicle will use Fox racing shocks, and rugged General Grabber tires. Honda said in a press release that more information will be available in the days leading up to the Baja 1000 event in November.

This return to the SCORE Baja 1000 marks Honda’s first four-wheel desert race since the HPD Desert Pilot competed in Class 6 in 2012.

Courtesy Speedville.com.

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