Baja 1000 Winners

2004 Winners... 1016.3 miles at 63.5mph!

• 1st Overall => Steve Hengeveld, Johnny Campbell & Kendall Norman - Honda XR650R - 15:57:37
• 2nd motorcycle => Andy Grider, Chris Blais, Kellon Walch & Scott Harden - KTM 700LC4 - 16:21:??
• 3rd motorcycle => Jim Oneal, Tim Withers & Jeff Kaplan - Honda
• 4th motorcycle => Sergio Vega & Vincent Guerrero - Honda
• 5th motorcycle => Lukas Lundmark & P.G. Lundmark - Honda

2000 Winners...

• Class 12 -- Bruce Conrad -- 44 hours non-stop

1992 Winners...

Danny Hamel

1991 Winners...

Larry Roeseler & Marty Smith, Kawasaki, 13:55

1990 Winners...

Larry Roeseler, Danny LaPorte & Ted Hunnicut, Jr., Kawasaki, 11:11

1989 Winners...

Larry Roeseler, Danny LaPorte & Ted Hunnicut, Jr., Kawasaki, 17:53

1988 Winners...

Paul Krause, Larry Roeseler & Danny LaPorte. Kawasaki, 11:33

1987 Winners...

Dan Ashcraft, Honda, 12:02

1986 Winners...

Bruce Ogilvie & Chuck Miller, Honda, 18:05

1985 Winners...

Randy Morales & Derrick Paiemant, Honda, 17:44

1984 Winners...

Chuck Miller & Randy Morales, Honda, 14:34

1983 Winners...

Dan Smith & Dan Ashcraft, Husky, 14:48

1982 Winners...

Al Baker & Jack Johnson, Honda, 17:25

1981 Winners...

Brent Wallingsford & Scott Hardin, Husky, 17:14

1980 Winners...

Larry Roeseler & Jack Johnson, Yamaha, 12:45

1979 Winners...

Larry Roeseler & Jack Johnson, Husky, 19:48

1978 Winners...

Larry Roeseler & Jack Johnson, Husky, 10:23

1977 Winners...

Brent Wallingsford & Scott Hardin, Husky, 14:37

1976 Winners...

Larry Roeseler & Mitch Mayes, Husky, 11:30

1975 Winners... 801 miles of Rocks & Cactus

• 1st Overall => Al Baker & Gene Cannady - 410 Honda 18:22
• 2- Howard Utsey & Larry Roeseler - 360 Husky - 19:43
• 3- Mitch Mayes & AC Bakken - 360 Husky - 21:44
• 4- Duncan Hatden & Gary Drean - 400 Husky - 22:01
• 5- Carl Cranke & Eric Jensen - 125 Penton - 22:48
• 6- Gene Dempsey & Sam Dempsey - 750 Triumph -23:02
• 7-Dick Hansen & Dick Vick - 340 Rokon - 23:33
• 8- Billy Uhl & Dick Miller - 125 Honda - 24:19
• 9-Bruce Ogilvie & Bob Rutten - 250 Harley - 24:35
• 10- Ron Bishop & Bill Friant - 340 Rokon - 25:03

  1974 No Race...

  1973 Winners...

  Mitch Mayes & AC Bakken, Husky, 18:43

1972 Winners... Photo

• 1st Overall => Parnelli Jones - Ford Bronco, 16:50
• 3rd Overall => Rolf Tibblin & Gunnar Nillson - Husqvarna, 16:51
• ** Ron Bishop, Don Bohannon
• ** Bruce Dunford, Quade
• 1st 125 => Steve Hurd, Eric Jensen

1971 Winners...

Malcolm Smith & Gunnar Nilsson, Husqvarna, 16:51

1970 Winners...

Mike Patrick & Bill Bowers, Yamaha, 18:31

1969 Winners...

1st => Gunnar Nilsson & JN Roberts on a 500cc Husqvarna Twin! in 21:36
2nd => Larry Bergquist & Gary Preston on a 360 Bultaco El Bandido

At various times during the race, Larry Bergquist & Gary Preston were leading the race on time, but a new yet dirty on the inside fiberglass tank installed at the start line gave them fits with clogged fuel filters. Many stops to clean out the filters cost them

precious time. At the first gas check, the first bike came in, the Gunnar or JN on a Husky. But the Husky pit crew was nowhere to be found! This was in the days of no real money to be had for winning. The Fergus/Griffin/Bultaco pit crew gassed up the Husky and away he went, eventually winning the race. In todays big money sponsorships, etc. I doubt if a pit crew would gas up a competitors bike? So the "what if's" have it that, if the darn tank hadn't been dirty, and if the Bultaco pits hadn't gassed the Husky... Bergquist & Preston would have repeated their previous years win!

1968 Winners...

• Overall Winners => Bergquist/Preston
• Distance => 832 miles
• Time => 20 hrs and 38 min
• Average => 40.3 mph
• Prize => $1200
• Entries => 254 (23 motorcyclists)
• Finishers => 112 (16 motorcyclists)

• Class 8 => Motorcycles over 250cc (Day-Night)
  • 1. Larry Bergquist-Gary Preston, Honda 350cc twin
  • 2. Al Rogers-Don Bohannon, 650cc Triumph
  • 3. Bob Ewing-Mike Konie, BSA
  • 4. Max Switzer- Paul Hunt, Harley-Davidson
  • 5. Doug Douglas-Bill Vdiando, Ducati

• Class 7 => Motorcycles up to 250cc (Day-Night)
  • 1. Steve Holladay-James Martino, Husqvarna
  • 2. Gail Ferrell-Jack Froelich, Honda (twin cylinder)
  • 3. George Zuber-Ron Bishop, Yamaha
  • 4. Dunford-Muto, Husqvarna
  • 5. Steve Scott-Doyle Fields, Bultaco

1967 Highlights...

Malcom Smith completed his run into El Arco in 9 hours and 35 minutes, then JN Roberts took over, but got lost, fell down and blew out the head light. Fearing he'd run out of gas, JN parked the bike and slept until morning. Later he said: "That was the longest, blackest night I ever saw! In twenty years I'll never see another night so long." Even with all these delays, JN and Malcolm still finished first bike in 28 hours and 48 minutes, only an hour or so behind the overall winnersVic Wilson & Gene Mangels in a Manx Myers.

1962 -- First Record Run... PICS

In 1962, Dave Ekins and Bill Robertson Jr. timed their trip from Tijuana to La Paz on Honda 250 motorcycles. Ekins made it in 39 hours, 54 minutes, Robertson in less than an hour slower. There were no official timers, so they time-stamped a sheet of paper in the Tijuana telegraph office, then time-stamped it again when they arrived in La Paz.