Best in the Desert and Unlimited Off-Road Racing unified in 2026. One points system, one rulebook, one calendar. Here is what the new structure means for the sport and everyone in it.
The series is deep into its 2026 calendar with more than 425 drivers competing across 20 classes. Here is what is on the line as the summer stretch heats up.
Three championship races are done. Two remain. The top-four-of-five scoring format means Vegas to Reno on August 13 is not just the most prestigious race of the season, it is the make-or-break race for anyone chasing a title.
Fifty years of dirt, jumps and short course carnage lands in Michigan's Upper Peninsula August 14 through 16, with organizers promising this anniversary weekend is built for the fans who've been coming since day one.
BILSTEIN is putting real cash behind grassroots UTV classes for the rest of the 2026 American Off-Road Racing Championship season, and any privateer running the right shocks can cash a check.
Bilstein's aftermarket division is now handling shock rebuilds, seal refreshes and custom tuning straight from the factory floor, a move built for racers who can't afford dead suspension mid-season.
Round nine of Champ Off-Road's 2026 season delivered a statement PRO4 win for Jimmy Henderson and a long-awaited first victory for teenager Avery Hemmer at Dirt City Motorplex.
A long desert run tested every team, and the trophy trucks delivered a finish worth the dust.
Forget the desert for a minute. The Dirt City Off-Road National rolls into Lena, Wisconsin this month, and the track just signed a three-year deal to keep it that way.
Rounds seven and eight at Elk River turned into a two-day survival test, and the guys who kept their trucks together came away with the points that matter most.
Ford Racing has come out swinging for the August 12-16 Casey Folks Vegas to Reno, fielding five factory-backed Raptors across multiple classes -- and the race itself is running in reverse for the first time, from Reno toward Las Vegas.
Kristen Matlock trades her SCORE trophy truck for a Bronco Raptor this fall as Ford Racing fields its biggest Rebelle Rally lineup yet, and the whole thing kicks off with tech inspection right here in Las Vegas.
Ford Racing is bringing the purpose-built Raptor T1+ to the 2026 Casey Folks Vegas to Reno. Mitch Guthrie Jr. and Kellon Walch will pilot the Dakar-proven machine across 500-plus miles of Nevada desert for the first time on American soil.
The actor will wave the green flag as Grand Marshal of the reversed 30th Anniversary Casey Folks Vegas to Reno, then climb into a Ford Raptor and take on the same 500-plus miles as everyone else.
The toughest one-day off-road race on the planet just penciled in a three-week takeover of the lakebed, and the desert community is already circling the calendar.
The 2026 American Off-Road Racing Championship comes down to October in Laughlin, Nevada. Here is why this event is unlike any other race on the calendar and what to expect as the season builds toward it.
The 58th SCORE Baja 500 ended with one of the closest Trophy Truck finishes in modern race history. McMillin joins Ivan Stewart, Rob MacCachren, and Robby Gordon in the Baja Triple Crown club.
A rugged Countryman variant and a two-woman crew are about to find out what 1,500 miles of Nevada, California and Utah backcountry really feels like with no GPS to save them.
The World's Greatest Off-Road Race returned to Las Vegas in March with a field of more than 240 desert racers. Brock Heger crossed the line in an unofficial 6:57:56 to become the first UTV driver to finish the Mint 400 in under seven hours. Here is what went down and what it means for the class.
Polaris RZR Factory Racing announced the SCORE Challenge on July 20, a $50,000 purse open to any UTV racer, any manufacturer, who can beat its own five-driver factory lineup for the overall UTV win at September's Baja 400. If nobody claims it there, the money rolls straight into the Baja 1000.
The RZR Factory Racing squad is untouchable in the desert right now, so Polaris did something wild: it's paying anyone who can knock its own drivers off the top step at the Baja 400.
After a long weekend in the dust, your skin takes a beating right along with your truck. Here's a Las Vegas aesthetics studio the desert crowd is checking out.
Two rounds down, two to go in the SCORE World Desert Championship, and the points sheet reads like a photo finish across the board. Here's who's actually in front once you get past the big trucks.
Four rounds, a peninsula-run 60th Baja 1000, and a season opener returning to a city SCORE hasn't raced through since the early '90s. Here's the full 2027 lineup.
For the first time in the race's nearly six-decade history, the Granddaddy of All Off-Road Races will run entirely through Baja California Sur, starting and ending in Los Cabos this November.
SCORE just dropped six years of Baja 400 numbers ahead of the 7th running, and the story is simple: nobody has cracked the code like Bryce Menzies and Alan Ampudia.
It is not about who wins a race, it is about who never misses a mile. Here is where the 2026 Rod Hall SCORE Milestone Award chase stands at the halfway point.
Tight turns, big jumps, and door-to-door racing under the lights made for a loud night on the dirt.
The 106-mile Tonopah desert course delivered one of the tightest finishes of the AORC season so far, with 25 seconds separating first and second after more than five hours of racing.
A Utah builder took the guts of Can-Am's Maverick R and wrapped a purpose-built rally car around them, and three of the machines are set to make their stage debut at Rally Colorado.
The unlimited off-road series lands a fresh backer and a multi-year home at Sturgis Buffalo Chip as its August rock-and-desert showdown grows a bigger footprint.
Cross Bar Ranch hosted the last Joker Race on the 2026 Ultra4 USA calendar, and when the dust cleared, not one driver managed to double up. Here's who came out on top.
Ultra4 Racing is skipping the usual desert and short-course backdrop for its 2026 title decider, building a brand-new East Coast home base in Kentucky and crowning national champions on a course carved into an old mining site.
Four rock crawlers left the desert behind for a paved mountain with no guardrails, and Loren Healy's supercharged Bronco blew the doors off a 15-year-old benchmark.
Smaller machines, big crowds: the UTV class is pulling more racers and fans into desert events.
Off-road life comes with paperwork and the occasional legal headache. Here's a Las Vegas law firm the desert-racing crowd trusts to have their back.
A nationwide crunch on new-standard helmets is squeezing racers right as the reversed, 30th anniversary Vegas to Reno closes in, so Best in the Desert is granting a one-time pass on five older certifications instead of benching teams at tech.
For its 30th anniversary, the Casey Folks Vegas to Reno will run from Reno to Las Vegas instead of the traditional direction, setting up what organizers are calling an entirely new strategic challenge for every class on the course.
America's longest desert point-to-point race hits its 30th anniversary on August 13-16, 2026, with a milestone celebration, new course features, and the unified AORC championship adding real weight to every entry.
Best in the Desert just confirmed the 30th anniversary Vegas to Reno will stream free and worldwide, no paywall, no local blackout, straight from the Nevada dirt.
Before the biggest Vegas to Reno in history drops its flag in August, the Legends Rally sends 400 participants on a guided, non-competitive run down the full desert course. Here is everything you need to know.
Nothing beats a proper burger after a long day chasing the desert. Meet a Las Vegas spot the off-road crowd is happy to put on the map.