Alumicraft Sweeps Class 10 at the 2025 SCORE Baja 1000
Baja didn’t take it easy on anyone this year. The 58th SCORE-International Baja 1000 showed up with fresh cakey prime trails with Baja blue sunshine and switched it up for soak city. An already brutal race was turned into a full-blown endurance challenge of survival on a time limit. Late in the race, rain hammered the region. Silty hill climbs swallowed trucks, and the famous Baja brown mud was so slick it was like driving on ice. But through all of it, one thing stayed consistent: Alumicraft buggies kept moving forward at speed.
Leading that charge was Stan Potter in the No. 1006 Alumicraft, who backed up last year’s win with another Class 10 victory, this time finishing 24th overall after nearly 20 hours of non-stop chaos. 835.52 miles of rugged, storm-damaged terrain was completed in 19 hours 52 seconds, and 28.928 minutes. Potter, starting the race second in season points, handed off to Matias Arjona IV and Freddie Willert, and the trio never flinched. They kept the pace honest, survived the weather, avoided the trouble, and stretched a late-race lead to almost 25 minutes.
A BAJA 1000 THAT FOUGHT BACK
The 2025 course was supposed to be 854 miles. Instead, storms forced a reroute to 835.52 miles, but the shorter distance didn’t make anything easier. Out of 233 starters, only 124 officially finished after penalties. That tells the story.
Through it all, Alumicraft vehicles remained steady, predictable, and composed, reflecting decades of engineering refinement and the brand’s mastery of lightweight chassis design, geometry balance, and long-distance durability. In Class 10, that advantage proved decisive.
CLASS 10 WINNER - STAN POTTER #1006
Potter’s Class 10 run was one of the cleanest of the weekend. Even with the weather throwing everything it could at the field, the team stayed out of trouble and kept the car in fighting shape.
MATIAS ARJONA IV (No. 1006 Co-Driver):
“ Nineteen and a half hours of racing. We had a really clean day. I did two sections, Cataviña and San Matías to the finish. I crashed once early, but after that we just kept the plan. We won last year and we won this year, so we're very happy to be here. No problem with the car until half a mile before reaching the finish line, the car turns off completely, battery issue. Switched to both and got it across. Good scare, but we made it.”
Two straight Baja 1000 wins for Potter and the 1006 crew. That’s a statement.
P2 - ELIOTT WATSON #1033
Eliott Watson and the No. 1033 Alumi Craft snagged second in Class 10 after a wild opening section full of stuck trucks and blown-out lines. Watson kept the car alive through the mayhem, handed it off in good shape, and took it to the finish late at night with rain pouring down.
“It was fun and wet. The start was gnarly, guys stuck everywhere. After RM100 things settled down. Zero flats all day. We just kept chugging and made it back to Ensenada.”
Already a Baja 500 winner in 2025, Watson wrapped the season proving he and his team are always a threat.
A CLEAN SWEEP: EVERY ALUMICRAFT 10 CAR FINISHES
Alumicraft race Hiram Duran in the No. 1016 rounded out the Class 10 podium with a third place finish.
Of the nine Class 10 starters, only five finished, and all five were Alumicraft race cars. Alumicraft’s finishing rate in Class 10 reinforces the brand’s long-standing engineering philosophy: Lightweight durable performance designed into every race car component.
CODY REID FINISHES STRONG IN CLASS 1
Alumicraft also applauds Cody Reid (#168), who capped off a rock-solid season with a third-place finish in Class 1 at this year’s Baja 1000. Reid came into the race carrying the division points lead, earned through a consistent and hard-charging 2025 campaign. A win at the San Felipe 250, a second-place finish at the Baja 500, and a top-five run at the Baja 400 put him in a commanding position heading into Baja’s biggest showdown.
Reid, is a two-time Class 10 Baja 1000 winner and the 2023 SCORE Class 1 Champion. The experience was again demonstrated with patience, racecraft, and mechanical sympathy that the Baja 1000 demands. The No. 168 Alumicraft AWD Class 1 car handled the weather, the deep desert, and the night traffic with the composure of a championship-caliber platform, rounding out the season with another podium and proving once again why Alumicraft continues to be a force in the premier buggy class.
A RECORD OF EXCELLENCE CONTINUES
With back-to-back Baja 1000 Class 10 victories, multiple podium finishes across the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship, and a clean sweep of finishers in Class 10 at the sport’s most unforgiving event, Alumicraft Race Cars closes out the season with momentum, pride, and deep respect for the teams who trust our platforms to carry them across the Baja peninsula.
For more information on Alumicraft Race Cars and their winning performances, visit Alumicraft's official website, DriveAlumicraft.com, to learn more about our race products and services.
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