This week heralds the start of the Baja 1000, a 1200-mile race through the Baja California peninsula that’s considered one of the most important off-road races in the world. With that kind of ...

Narrator: The 1,000-mile off-road race has claimed dozens of lives since debuting in 1967. Its unforgiving course winds through the scorching hot desert of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.

The Baja 1000 is a Mexican desert race which takes place annually in the Baja California Peninsula. It’s the longest point to point off-road race in the world, that's run in a single day.