[{"id":15663,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2026\/06\/08\/luke-mcmillin-captures-first-score-baja-500-overall-victory\/","title":"Luke McMillin Captures First SCORE Baja 500 Overall Victory","content":"Luke McMillin finally added one of the biggest missing pieces to his desert racing r\u00e9sum\u00e9, capturing his first overall victory at the 58th SCORE Baja 500 in Ensenada and completing the prestigious SCORE Baja Triple Crown. The 33-year-old San Diego driver piloted his No. 83 McMillin Racing AWD Mason Ford Raptor to victory in the grueling 468.7-mile race, finishing in 9 hours, 10 minutes, and 54 seconds with an average speed of 51.05 mph. The win marks McMillin\u2019s second consecutive victory in the 2026 SCORE World Desert Championship season and his seventh career SCORE Trophy Truck triumph. Defending Baja 500 champion Alan Ampudia of Ensenada pushed McMillin to the finish, ending the race just one minute behind in his No. 1 Team Papas & Beer Mason Ford Raptor.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_15666\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"640\"]\"\" Cameron Steele brought home a win in the SCORE Trophy Truck 2-wheel drive division. Photo: Dave Arnold\/DirtSportsWorld[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn SCORE Trophy Truck 2WD, Cameron Steele and Dave Mason Jr. delivered a repeat victory for the Desert Assassins team, completing the course in 10:06:24 aboard their Geiser Ford F-150.Las Vegas racer Brendan Gaughan continued his dominance in Class 1, teaming with Tim Wilson to earn a third consecutive class victory. The pair completed the course in 10:32:53 in their HMS-Chevy. Gustavo Vildosola Sr. returned to the top of the SCORE Trophy Truck Legend podium alongside Ricky Johnson, while Trey Gibbs celebrated the first SCORE race victory of his career by winning the highly competitive Trophy Truck Spec class.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_15665\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"640\"]\"\" The Slam Life Racing Honda Team captured another Baja victory winning overall in the two-wheel class at the SCORE Baja 500. Photo: Dave Arnold\/DirtSportsWorld[\/caption]\r\n\r\nPolaris RZR claimed three class victories during the event, with Branden Sims winning Pro UTV Open, Joe Bolton taking top honors in Pro UTV Naturally Aspirated, and Craig Scanlon securing the Pro Stock UTV victory. Tyler Lynn, Carter Klein, and Sam Pretscherer captured the overall motorcycle victory for the SLR Honda team aboard the 1x.","excerpt":"

Luke McMillin finally added one of the biggest missing pieces to his desert racing r\u00e9sum\u00e9, capturing his first overall victory …<\/p>","date":"June 8, 2026 08:51","categories":[{"id":25047610,"title":"Desert Racing","slug":"desert-racing"},{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"tags":[{"id":25047701,"title":"baja","slug":"baja"},{"id":25047759,"title":"baja 500","slug":"baja-500"},{"id":25047737,"title":"branden sims","slug":"branden-sims"},{"id":25047673,"title":"cameron steele","slug":"cameron-steele"},{"id":25049904,"title":"Carter Klein","slug":"carter-klein"},{"id":25048092,"title":"dave mason jr","slug":"dave-mason-jr"},{"id":25049902,"title":"Desert Assassins","slug":"desert-assassins"},{"id":25047659,"title":"desert racing","slug":"desert-racing"},{"id":25047768,"title":"ensenada","slug":"ensenada"},{"id":25047733,"title":"luke mcmillin","slug":"luke-mcmillin"},{"id":25049903,"title":"McMillin Racing","slug":"mcmillin-racing"},{"id":25047736,"title":"off-road racing","slug":"off-road-racing"},{"id":25049905,"title":"Sam Pretscherer","slug":"sam-pretscherer"},{"id":25047700,"title":"score","slug":"score"},{"id":25047699,"title":"score international","slug":"score-international"},{"id":25048666,"title":"slr racing","slug":"slr-racing"},{"id":25049695,"title":"Tyler Lynn","slug":"tyler-lynn"}]},{"id":407,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2020\/02\/07\/a-new-king-is-crowned-at-the-2020-king-of-the-hammers\/","title":"A New King is Crowned at the 2020 King Of the Hammers","content":"Josh Blyler has been crowned the 2020 King at the King of the Hammers race in Johnson Valley. For years, there have been just a very small handful of racers that continuously won the event over and over. Blyler had the lead at the very end of the race with Hammertown in his sights when he rolled the car on Backdoor. Every second would count. Recovery crews positioned in the canyon had to hook up to the vehicle and get it back on all four wheels. Blyler left his co-driver behind and raced to the finish line with a 20-minute lead on corrected time.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\u201cWe really messed that up. That was really stupid,\u201d said Blyler when asked about the rollover. \u201cWe came to this race four years ago and my goal was to finish,\u201d said Blyler. Finish he did in a Miller Motorsports chassis. Right behind Blyler was Erik Miller who was eventually scored in second place on corrected time.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nJust under one hundred starters took the green flag at the 2020 King of the Hammers race. The day began with a military flyover from the 29 Palms Marine Base. Loren Healy was out front early on in the race. Healy opted to run this year\u2019s King of the Hammers in a single seat race vehicle. That may have been a wrong gamble as he soon began to drop back in the field. Through the dust, Bailey Campbell was leading on her last lap with shot at the title. She would go down with mechanical issues. Cameron Steele was next up in lead as he passed Campbell. It wouldn\u2019t be long before the gremlins struck Steele too. Mechanical issues would end his run. Steele competed Thursday in the T1 Unlimited Desert truck race. Mechanical issues sidelined him there too.\r\n\r\n\"\" \"\"\r\n\r\nA potential bottleneck in Chocolate Thunder had officials scrambling to discuss a course re-route. As the leaders neared the famous obstacle, Promoter Dave Cole gave the competitors a thumbs up to go through. Crisis averted. Racers will finish throughout the night, accomplishing the impossible. Conquering one of the toughest races on the planet. Full results will be available on www.ultra4racing.com once the course closes.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"","excerpt":"

Josh Blyler has been crowned the 2020 King at the King of the Hammers race in Johnson Valley. For years, …<\/p>","date":"February 7, 2020 16:48","categories":[{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"},{"id":25047611,"title":"Rock Crawling","slug":"rock-crawling"}],"tags":[{"id":25047670,"title":"2020 king of the hammers","slug":"2020-king-of-the-hammers"},{"id":25047674,"title":"bailey campbell","slug":"bailey-campbell"},{"id":25047673,"title":"cameron steele","slug":"cameron-steele"},{"id":25047672,"title":"erik miller","slug":"erik-miller"},{"id":25047658,"title":"johnson valley","slug":"johnson-valley"},{"id":25047671,"title":"josh blyler","slug":"josh-blyler"},{"id":25047654,"title":"King of the Hammers","slug":"king-of-the-hammers"},{"id":25047665,"title":"koh","slug":"koh"},{"id":25047669,"title":"koh2020","slug":"koh2020"},{"id":25047632,"title":"off-road","slug":"off-road"},{"id":25047650,"title":"rockcrawling","slug":"rockcrawling"},{"id":25047648,"title":"ultra4","slug":"ultra4"}]}]{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "user_comment": "This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/cameron-steele/feed/json/ -- and add it your reader.", "home_page_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/cameron-steele/", "feed_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/cameron-steele/feed/json/", "language": "en-US", "title": "cameron steele Archives - DirtSportsWorld", "description": "The Voice of Off-Road Motorsports", "icon": "https://i0.wp.com/dirtsportsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-DSW-Web-Icon.png?fit=59%2C59&ssl=1", "items": [ { "id": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/?p=15663", "url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/2026/06/08/luke-mcmillin-captures-first-score-baja-500-overall-victory/", "title": "Luke McMillin Captures First SCORE Baja 500 Overall Victory", "content_html": "

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