Ford will deal with November’s SCORE Worldwide Baja 1000 race in a specially-equipped Ranger Raptor, a automobile that was teased over the weekend.

Ford Efficiency labored alongside Australia’s Kelly Racing to construct the particular Ranger Raptor whereas Lovell Racing will develop and race the truck through the occasion, kicking off on November 18. The automobile has already been examined extensively in Australia earlier than being despatched over to the U.S. for ultimate improvement and testing.

The one-off Ranger Raptor has been constructed to SCORE’s inventory class. Whereas restricted technical specs have been introduced about it, we all know that it’s going to run on Shell’s one-third mix of biofuel that mixes ethanol and bionaptha.

“Demonstrating low-carbon fuels in efficiency settings just like the Baja 1000 can assist convey biofuels and different clear power applied sciences to scale extra shortly, and assist to make them extra obtainable and inexpensive for everybody,” international director of Sustainability, Compliance and Homologation at Ford, Cynthia Williams mentioned.

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Varied different alterations have been made to the Ranger to get it Baja-ready. These embrace the fitment of a big snorkel, a bespoke entrance fascia will a bull bar and skid plate, a large LED mild bar, and a brand new set of wheels and tires. The mattress has additionally been modified to carry two spare tires and loads of instruments.

“By getting into this occasion, we’re constructing on the a whole bunch of 1000’s of kilometers of improvement testing and pushing the Ranger Raptor to new extremes,” off-road motorsports supervisor of Ford Efficiency Brian Novak added. “The Baja 1000 is a demanding occasion and a well known proving floor for off-road autos. We’re excited to compete on this excessive occasion with Ranger Raptor.” The Baja 1000, held on the Baja California Peninsula, is taken into account one of many world’s most prestigious off-road races, attracting opponents from across the globe wanting to tackle its miles of treacherous desert terrain, steep drops and hard climbs.”

Ford has competed within the Baja 1000 in each the F-150 Raptor and Bronco lately.