The event was moved from the traditional downtown area of Ensenada to the beautiful resort of Estero Beach who hosted Contingency, Technical Inspection, Drivers Meeting, Awards and Start/Final Line. In the grand stand the fans were able to enjoy watching the vehicles start and finish. This change brought new challenges, mainly, they needed to build …
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San Felipe 250 2017
April 2, 2017 Let me tell you about this race. As soon as we finished the Baja 1000 in November, Dan Chamlee started building a new race truck. He’s been working until between midnight and 1am every day after putting in regular hours at the job that pays the bills. It’s been a big job, …
13th Class 7 Seasons Points Championship
December 5, 2017 It’s awesome to see the results posted. Dan has won his 13th Class 7 points championship with SCORE International. Thanks to those who’ve made it possible BFGoodrich Tires Sunoco Racing The Factory Appliance King Shocks @RodEndSupply @Dan Chamlee
Sneak Peak at the new Truck 2017
2016 Class 7 Season Championship
November 21, 2016 We are so excited to report that we won our 12th Class 7 Points Championship by completely the Baja 1000 with a poduim finish. We are grateful to those who make it happen! BFGoodrich Tires Sunoco Racing, King ShocksThe Factory Appliance SLIME Rod End Supply G-Force OPTIMA Batteries K&N Filters MSD Performance AutoMeter Products, …
Baja 500 2016
June 6, 2016 The Team had the race they’d prepped for and always dream of: Dan never got out of the truck! The truck’s only problems were a switch and circuit breaker so he ran some of the race without all the lights. They had to wait their turn to go up a silt hill …
San Felipe 250 2016
February 28, 2016 It was a long day but we finished! We were leading our class until race mile 142 when we ran out of gas. We managed to get gas and broke the transmission. We got to the BFG pit and replaced: transmission, drive shaft, gears. We got it all back together but the …
Chamlee earns 11th Class 7 Championship
In spite of a very challenging race season, Dan Chamlee with the Factory Racing earned their 11th Class 7 Score International points championship by winning the last race of the 2015 season, the Baja 1000. The 2015 race season began in February in San Felipe, Mexico with a 250-mile race. The team suffered its first …
46th Annual Baja 1000
Dan Chamlee and The Factory Racing conquer grueling 883 mile course of the 45th Annaul Baja 1000 in the Baja desert from Nov 14-17. The team took first in Class 7 completing it in 35:23:27. There were 251 teams that started and only 116 were able to finish in the allotted 36 hours, a 46% …
Chamlee takes on Rough Terrain of Baja
Chamlee takes on Rough Terrain of Baja The Factory Racing traveled to Ensenada to compete in the 45th Baja 500 from May 31- June 2. This year’s course was a very rough 502 mile course. There were 276 teams from 25 countries to take on the challenge with only 162 of them being able to …