The 2017 Honda Ridgeline Scores A Win At The Baja 1000
Earlier this year at SEMA, Honda showed us what its new Ridgeline would look like by unveiling a trophy truck. Under a skin that was inspired by the production-ready Ridgeline, the race vehicle that was shown has little to do with the vehicle you will be able to buy in a dealership. It's built on a tubular chassis, features fiberglass panels and its 3.5-litre V6 shares only its block, crankshaft and heads with the stock unit. For more power, the engine has been fitted with a pair of turbochargers, and now produces 550 horsepower.
Honda announced that it would enter the trophy truck in the legendary Baja 1000. In a recent press release, we learned not only that the truck completed the race, but that it actually won in Class 2, a class that included... no one else.
To complete the Baja 1000, the Ridgeline took 25 hours, 9 minutes and 47 seconds, about 10 hours more than the overall winner.
While the ''class win'' announcement may sound like an empty brag, it is still worth something: the Baja 1000 is one of the hardest automotive races on the planet, and the simple fact that the Ridgeline made it to the finish line is a testament to the quality of its components.
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