SLR Honda claim back-to-back wins at the Baja 1000 to seal the 2025 SCORE International Desert Championship.

Putting an exclamation point on what has been an incredible SCORE International Desert Championship, SLR Honda collected the Pro Moto Unlimited win in the 2025 Baja 1000. The victory caps off an undefeated season for the team, earning them the 1X plate for 2026. It was the seventh win for SLR Honda in the legendary event, including the last two in a row and to cap that off Honda claim top 16 overall motorcycle-class finishers on the red machines.

This year’s 854-mile Pro loop course started in Ensenada and followed the Pacific Coast south to San Quintin before crossing the Baja Peninsula and following the Gulf Coast north, then crossing over to finish back in Ensenada.

SLR Honda’s Tyler Lynn left the start line at midnight on Thursday night and proceeded to put in a Herculean effort over the next nine hours, building a lead of 18 minutes while riding the first 450 miles (including six hours at night)!

David Kamo took over and rode to mile 630, and Carter Klein then rode the final 224 miles, finishing with a winning time of 17 hours, 55 minutes, 39 seconds—over two-and-a-half hours ahead of the second-place squad (Hero Racing—another Honda-mounted effort and last year’s SCORE champion).

“Everything was very smooth this year—a little bit of rain, but nothing too bad,” said SLR Honda Team Owner Mark Samuels, himself a seven-times Baja 1000 winner. “In the past, Justin Morgan and I had some great success, and last year was the first time with the younger, up-and-coming guys. That was a big learning year for them and the team, and this time, it was really special to see them put it all together and dominate. They did an awesome job, and I think they're in a good place to have more success.”

Honda’s reputation for reliability surely deserves credit at this gruelling event as the CRF450 is clearly the bike of choice out there. That trend was cemented this year, with red riders taking the top 16 positions in the motorcycle classes’ provisional overall results.

SLR’s latest victory extended a pair of records for Honda over the course of the Baja 1000’s 58-year history: most overall motorcycle wins by a manufacturer (34) and most overall motorcycle wins by a model (18, for the CRF450X).

“Over nearly five decades, Honda has become synonymous with winning in the Baja 1000, and SLR continues to confirm that status,” said Brandon Wilson, Manager of Racing and Advertising at American Honda. “More than most races, this event demands not only speed and talent, but also careful planning and sound judgement, as well as race-machine reliability. From everyone at Honda, congratulations and thank you to Mark and the entire SLR team for continuing to showcase the capabilities of our products.”

Other motorcycle classes that were topped by Honda-mounted teams included Pro Moto 30 (led by Jason Alosi), Pro Moto 40 (Shane Esposito), Pro Moto 50 (Mike Prunty), Pro Moto Limited (Ana Rivas), Pro Moto Ironman (Larry Serna) and Sportsman Moto (Arnaldo Casteneda).

Bajaa 1000 2025 Top 5:

1 TYLER LYNN 17:55:39.008                       

2 ARTURO SALAS 19:29:28.196     

3 ARNALDO CASTENEDA 21:10:03.379      

4 SHANE ESPOSITO 21:12:16.596  

5 GABRIEL VAZQUEZ (Quad) 22:25:00.348

Photo Credit: Honda US