Honda is going all-in on Trophy Truck racing. Honda Racing Corporation USA announced Tuesday that it will debut an all-new Honda Passport Baja Spec, a purpose-built Trophy Truck developed to compete in the premier class of the 2027 SCORE World Desert Championship. The 1,300-horsepower machine will be piloted by two-time Baja 1000 winner Bryce Menzies. The new truck represents one of Honda’s most ambitious entries yet into four-wheel desert racing, combining technology and experience from across the company’s global motorsports programs including Formula 1, IndyCar and IMSA with the brutal demands of SCORE’s Baja racing.
The move puts Honda directly into the heavyweight battle of SCORE Trophy Truck racing. While the new Trophy Truck is a major step forward, Honda’s connection to Baja racing stretches back more than six decades. In 1962, Honda dealers and desert-racing pioneers Dave Ekins and Bill Robertson Jr. rode a pair of Honda CL72 motorcycles from Tijuana to La Paz in just 39 hours and 56 minutes. The historic run helped establish a benchmark for Baja competition and preceded the creation of the first official Baja 1000 in 1967. Honda has since become the winningest motorcycle manufacturer in Baja history, with 22 overall victories along with numerous class wins. Its four-wheel off-road program has also collected 17 class victories since 2015, including four Baja 1000 wins and five Baja 500 victories.
