Race the Baja 1000 With Me via Livestream Right Now
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The Drive's Executive Editor Andrew P. Collins is on a small Baja team this year—come ride along! The post Race the Baja 1000 With Me via Livestream Right Now appeared first on The Drive .
The 2026 Baja 1000 is underway, running a big loop around the southern half of the Mexican peninsula that begins and ends in Cabo. I’m co-driving with a small team for a few sections in a tough little truck with some old and new friends as we prototype the next generation of BajaLite race trucks . We’ve got two vehicles competing, both equipped with satellite internet, beaming in-car footage for anyone who wants to get a taste of what it’s like to race the quintessential Baja truck: rear-drive, simple powerplant, small tires, and a whole lot of grit.
Check out my article contextualizing BajaLite to get a deeper download on what we’re doing here. But the short story is, my longtime friend Ron Stobaugh and his business partner John Slavic are spinning up a program called Desert Race Experience designed to get new people into the sport at a much lower cost than a Trophy Truck, but at a higher commitment level than a one-off, once-in-a-lifetime, arrive-and-drive vacation kind of deal.
This year we’re competing in Class 2—essentially an open, orphan category—as the BajaLite program gets dialed in. We’re racing to finish, flesh out team dynamics, and refine vehicle strategy. As long as satellite internet works, we should be live with an over-the-shoulder camera view on trackracecars.com , where you can actually pop in on a bunch of different competitors if you’re so inclined. I’ll be in car #2085, and our other vehicle is #2096. So if ours glitches, there will still be some action there. We should be off the starting line at about 11:30 a.m., PST, but schedules are dynamic in this sport.
I’ll also put as much as I can on my Instagram ( @andrewatlarge ) as I chase the race around and, hopefully, hop in and out of the race car safely and on schedule.
SCORE (Southern California Off-Road Enthusiasts—the outfit that produces the race), of course, has an official livestream with pro commentary that will bop around to the big guys like Bryce Menzies driving Honda’s Passport-body Trophy Truck, and Andy McMillin, who is stacking wins like crazy this year. You’re going to want to check that feed out for sure; it’ll be a lot more cinematic than our in-car cam, which is still mostly for friends and family (hi, mom). Of course—I like to think of The Drive readers as friends I just haven’t met yet, so I hope our vehicles stay in the race long enough for you to check in with us!
For big action to put up on your TV or big screen, here’s the pro feed:
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