Rumble in the California Hills

Photo courtesy of Baja ETS racing team.

The dust has settled & the results are in for the first race of the 2024 SAE International Baja competition!

In a four-day challenge held April 25-28th in Lebec, California, 61 teams from universities in the United States, Canada, & Mexico put their vehicles to the test on the rugged track of Quail Hollow Motocross.

This annual Baja competition, hosted by SAE International, challenges engineering students to design & build a single-seat, all-terrain sporting vehicle that can withstand the harshest conditions. Students competed for top honors across several events, including overall design, acceleration, maneuverability, suspension, hill climb, endurance and more.

GMN Bearing USA is a proud sponsor of several SAE Baja motorsports teams, offering our precision sprag clutches for use in their 4WD systems. And this year’s teams did not disappoint, putting GMN parts through their paces!