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Bryce Menzies in his Toyo Tires equipped Trophy Truck took the overall win at the recent SCORE Baja 400 desert race, for the fourth time in a row since 2021. The Toyo team captured four of the top five spots using Toyo Open Country M/T-R tyres with Bryce finishing first, Alan Ampudia second, Christopher Polvoorde fourth, and Tavo Vildósola fifth overall. In addition, Gustavo Vildósola Sr. won the Trophy Truck Legends class, achieving his 11th consecutive win. Rounding out the victories, Rodrigo Ampudia won the SCORE Pro UTV Forced Induction class on Open Country tyres.

Held between September 11th -15th, the Baja 400 is a 434 mile (699km) race, the newest round of the SCORE four race World Desert Championship. This year's edition, taking palce in the Baja peninsula, California, is the 9th edition of the Baja 400.

Bryce Menzies clocked in a winning drive with an official time of 7 hours, 53 minutes, and 57 seconds, relying on his championship-winning Toyo Open Country M/T-R tyres to get to the finish line. Menzies has won four of the last six races in the SCORE series, dating back to last year’s Baja 500 victory. Menzies and Team Toyo will now prepare for the upcoming Baja 1000 race in November.

“Winning four Baja 400 races in a row is something special,” said Bryce Menzies. “I’ve done a lot in my career, but nothing like this. The Baja 400 is the most technical race of the year, and I feel like it suits my driving style. I couldn’t have accomplished this without Toyo tyres keeping me moving all day long.”

In addition to Bryce Menzies’ fourth straight SCORE Baja 400 win (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Team Toyo drivers have also won  the SCORE Baja 1000 five times: Robby Gordon (2006), BJ Baldwin (2012 and 2013), Alan Ampudia in (2019), and Bryce Menzies (2023); the Baja 500 five times: Robby Gordon (2013), Tavo Vildósola (2016), Andy McMillin (2017 and 2019), and Bryce Menzies (2023); and the SCORE San Felipe 250 three times: Ampudia (2024), Bryce Menzies (2021), and Andy McMillin (2019); Menzies has also won the following races with Toyo Tires: the NORRA Mexican 1000 (2022, 2023, 2024), the BITD Vegas to Reno (2020), and the Toyo Tires Desert Challenge at King of the Hammers (2020 and 2021).