The dust has settled and the 51^st Baja 1000 is in the books – and the truck that crossed the line first didn’t win.

After all hands had crossed the finish line by early Sunday morning and the vehicle tracking devices had been reviewed, Cameron Steele was officially awarded the overall 4-wheel vehicle and SCORE Trophy Truck race victory at the 51st SCORE Baja 1000 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

It was a bit of a surprise to some, as Steele physically finished second behind apparent winner Rob MacCachren. Steele was later awarded the victory after MacCachren was penalized for a course infraction.

The #11 machine of MacCachren actually received two penalties which conspired to scupper his race. The smaller of the two was a 00:02:42 for speeding because, yes, one can get a speeding penalty in the middle of a race. There are fifteen 37mph and seven 60 mph speed zones plus a quintet of 15 mph checkpoint areas on this year’s Baja 1000 course. He was also assessed a brutal 00:15:00 penalty for what’s being listed as ‘unsafe illegal pass on highway’.

With an ambitious goal to ride solo in the Pro Moto Ironman class, SCORE rookie Liz Karcz, 34, a New Jersey transplant who is an ICU nurse at the University of New Mexico Medical Center, made it official as she achieved her goal with time to spare. Through sheer determination and an unrelenting will to survive, Karcz finished in 34:40:14 on her No. 722x Monkey Business Racing Honda CRF450X.

Also, check out this ridiculous close call for Alexander Rossi.

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Still a long way to go for my @hondaoffroadracing boys. But until then…here’s my #ohshit moment of the day. #lol ? x @k_whyle

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Jeez. Here it is again from a different angle.

Fresh pair of pants for the driver of that WJ Grand Cherokee, please.

Another history-making result in this year’s epic event saw Raul Rodriguez Jr guide his old 1/2-1600 class vehicle to the first ever finish by an all-electric car in the history of SCORE and the SCORE Baja 1000. Rodriguez Jr, 26 and his father Raul Sr covered the course in their No. E402 battery-powered Raceco 1600 cc open-wheel desert race car to a record-setting finishing time of 32:57:28.

We’re looking forward to next year already where, for the fourth consecutive year, all events are being held in Baja California, Mexico. The four-race 2019 SCORE World Desert Championship includes the San Felipe 250 in April, the Baja 500 on May 29 – June 2, the inaugural Lucerna SCORE Baja 400 in September, and the mighty Baja 1000 next November.