Young Aussie Victorious at Baja 1000

We ran a story about the young Aussie, Daymon Stokie’s first attempt at the Baja 1000 this time last year. Stokie, survived his first Baja 1000 desert race – but not without incident! Crashing on the first day pre-running and separating his shoulder.

Now a year later Daymon Stokie has claimed an extraordinary team victory at the 49th Baja 1000 off-road desert race held in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Covering over 1287 kms of challenging terrain and racing from 16 – 20 November.

Stokie rode to victory with the OX Motorsports/American Honda team, lead by American rider and four-time Baja 1000 champion Colton Udall. The Baja 1000 is the teams’ premier and final event for the season. The B team bike has the 3x front plate which represents the third placed team from last year’s series. Having ridden in Udall’s team at Baja in 2015, Stokie headed up the B team and placed 4th. Stokie returned this year with the goal to take home the win.

After meeting in 2015 while competing at the Tatts Finke Desert Race; Udall saw Stokie as a worthy addition to his team Ox Motorsports/Honda Squad and made the call to have him venture to the United States to compete.

A step up for Stokie from the Finke circuit; he has become the first ever Australian to ride in a team to victory in the Baja 1000 dessert race.

Celebrating the win and his 26th birthday all in the same night, the Baja 1000 has been an extremely sucessful campaign for Stokie and the team.