Baja Germany
| Baja Germany | |
|---|---|
 2017
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| Vehicle type | Prototypes |
| Country or region | International |
| Current name | Baja Germany |
| Previous names | Baja Central Germany BAJA300 POWERDAYS Germany Baja Saxonia |
| First season | 2001 |
| Official website | baja-deutschland.de |
The Baja Germany was an international license-free rally raid that took place annually until 2017 near Hohenmölsen in an approximately 300 hectare brown coal mining site. After a fresh start in 2009, it counted as Europe's largest off-road rally raid.
history
From 2001 to 2003 events were held under the name Baja Germany, which were planned as a run to the FIA Marathon World Cup . Well-known participants at the time included Jutta Kleinschmidt in a works VW, Luc Alphand in an X-raid BMW X5CC and the then Mitsubishi works driver Andrea Mayer . After a few events, Baja Germany was discontinued.
In 2008 the Baja Saxonia and in 2009 the BAJA300 POWERDAYS Germany were organized in the style of the Baja 1000 . One of the initiators of the BAJA300 was Armin Schwarz . After a change of organizer and venue, the Baja has been taking place in an open-cast mine near Hohenmölsen since 2012 and is organized by the 4 × 4 Club Leipzig. In 2013 it took place as Baja Mitteldeutschland in cooperation with Baboons Endurance Day . There were 339 teams and around 1500 drivers at the start.
Well-known participants in recent years have been Jesse G. James , Cyril Despres , Paulo Gonçalves , Gerard de Rooy and other participants in the Dakar Rally . The winner of the Baja Germany in 2013 in the truck class was Gerard de Rooy, he was also fastest in all classes.
A partnership with the Wroclaw Rally has existed since 2012 and points for the German Offroad Masters DMV Rally Raid Championship have been earned since 2013 . 131 rally cars, 114 motorcycles, 26 rally trucks, 28 side-by-side buggies and 9 quads were registered for Baja Germany 2014.
Baja Germany took place for the last time in 2017 due to the expansion of production in the Profen open-cast lignite mine. The follow-up event in the format of a weekend event was the Breslau 500 in 2018 . Since 2019 only the Wroclaw Rally, which has been shortened to five days, has existed .
Web links
- official website
- Baja 300 Central Germany Mud? Mud? Fun! Report of auto motor und sport from 2013