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For off-road automobile racing events including Baja 1000, Baja 500 and Baja 400 organised with no affiliation to international motorsport governing bodies, see SCORE International.

A Baja is an off-road motorsport event conducted by both automobiles and motorcycles. The international governing body for automobile sport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), define baja as a type of cross-country rally alongside the similar rally raid.[1] In motorcycle sport, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) define baja as a form of off-road racing, meanwhile only rally raid is a form of cross-country rally.

Automobile baja

The route of a typical baja has a competitive length of 200 to 600 kilometres and the event can last from one to four days.

The Baja Aragón is an example of a cross-country baja with the Baja Russia Northern Forest taking place entirely in snow.

The FIA organise the World Baja Cup, European Baja Cup and Middle East Baja Cup.[2] The regulations are similar to the FIA Rally Raid cups and championships, however Group T5 trucks cannot score in the FIA baja cups.

References

  1. ^ "New terminology of FIA cross-country rallying disciplines to be used from 2024". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  2. ^ Nguyen, Justin (2023-10-19). "FIA rally raid categories, Bajas Cups renamed for 2024". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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