The official map for the 57th BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja 500 was unveiled, the second round of the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship, which will take place from June 4 to 8 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, featuring magical and historic terrains along its 461.03 race course miles. In SCORE International‘s 52nd season, SCORE President and Race Director, Jose A. Grijalva, designed a route that includes many traditional areas of the magical Baja California Peninsula, along with several new natural off-road areas, in collaboration with SCORE Race Co-Director, Rodolfo Fernandez.
For Fernandez, the SCORE Baja 500 race course is very technical, with some new sections that have not been used in any previous SCORE race, “They are existing paths, but new for SCORE. It will be a very fast coastal section, but very technical in the first part of the course.”
“The preliminary track layout work began before the SCORE San Felipe 250. After the race, we went out to inspect the trails to confirm that they were in suitable condition to be part of the route,”.
The race course for the Sportsman classes of motorcycles, trucks cars is 416.43 miles, with a cutoff point in the race course of 50 miles, between mile 200 and mile 259.
THE RACE COURSE
The green flag will be waved on the Bulevar Costero of Ensenada, where race drivers will need to travel at normal traffic speed along the Federal Highway 1, until reaching Rancho Nelson, where the timing for competitors will begin. From there, the race course will continue towards the Piedras Gordas ejido, then to Ojos Negros, and further on to 3 Hermanos. After that, the drivers will exit at kilometer 77 on Federal Highway 1, and enter at kilometer 79, heading towards the Santa Catarina ejido.
Racers will pass the famous Goat Trail, then take the highway to Valle de la Trinidad, heading towards Mike’s Sky ranch. From there, they will proceed to La Jolla ranch, then take the highway to the San Pedro Martir Observatory, reach Santa Cruz ranch, then Valladares ranch, and the race course will descend to the Santo Domingo stream. From there, they will head towards the Vicente Guerrero (Pena Colorada) Colony, reaching San Quintin, then heading north towards the San Quintin volcanoes area, continuing on to the Ejido Zarahemla, Camalu, San Jacinto, 4 Casas, Punta Colonet ejido, San Antonio del Mar, and Cerro Solo.
The journey will then arrive at the Lopez Rayon ejido, passing the San Vicente stream, and offer a view of the Pacific Ocean near the Erendira ejido. From there, it will cross over to Punta Cabras, pass through the Nativos del Valle ejido, and descend to Santo Tomas, taking the Federal Highway 2 until reaching the Uruapan ejido. After passing the famous hills, the race course will head towards Ojos Negros, and later return to Rancho Nelson, where 7 ramps will be set up in a short course area to cut time for all the race teams. Racers will then drive at moderate speeds along the road back to the Bulevar Costero.
Along the race course, racers will pass through 11 washes, making their way step by step to the checkered flag in Ensenada. The time limit for all competitors to finish the race is 18 hours.
This year’s map is available on the SCORE website, under the SCORE Baja 500 logo at www.SCORE-International.com.
