Tony's talented team began with a SCORE-legal Class 5 Baja Bug chassis equipped with a chromoly ... The car has two race-certified fuel tanks, which required top-mounted supply and return lines ...

To compete in an event as punishing and exhausting as the SCORE Baja 1000, you need a vehicle that’s as rugged and robust as it is powerful and capable. Something like… a 1970 VW Beetle?

Eleven months later, he fielded a car in the 2007 Baja 1000. The 1969 VW Beetle is mostly stock. The team has boosted the compression on the stock 1600cc engine to run 110-octane race fuel ...

Gone is the stock fuel tank ... on the gruelling Baja terrain. Speaking of gruelling, the cabin is a stripped-back affair with no glass or upholstery. Then again, no Beetle is luxurious, right?