When Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus closed its program in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023, the project did not stop. James Glickenhaus had just completed three seasons in the WEC Hypercar category with the SCG 007 LMH, a prototype built by his own team that reached the overall podium at Monza 2021 and finished fourth at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2022. The departure from the championship marked a change of discipline, not the end of development.

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The work that led to the SCG 008

Before leaving WEC's asphalt, the team already had off-road experience. The SCG Boot, inspired by the original Baja Boot from the 1960s, won Class 2 of the Baja 1000 in 2019 and repeated the result in 2020 with direct competition from manufacturers. That program continued to evolve in parallel with the endurance project. From that base comes the SCG 008, a rally raid prototype with a Baja-style philosophy, developed to compete in different environments without relying on a single set of regulations. The goal is to offer a vehicle ready for use in long-distance events with technical support from the team itself.

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What a car like this can do

In modern rally raid, two major technical philosophies coexist: FIA T1 prototypes (including T1.1 and T1.2) and vehicles with SCORE roots, associated with the Baja environment. In the recent Dakar, a clear example of this type of concept was Mathieu Serradori's Century CR7, which finished inside the overall top 10 in 2026, beating factory prototypes from major manufacturers on some stages. That performance serves as a reference for the potential of lightweight architecture buggies on open terrain and long stages. The SCG 008 sits within that conceptual line: a Baja-style vehicle prepared to adapt to international rally raid.

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A single car for events on different continents

The SCG 008 is designed to compete in events such as the Baja 1000, the NORRA 1000, and international rally raids like the Dakar, within categories compatible with Baja-style prototypes or FIA equivalents depending on the entry. The idea is that the same vehicle can participate under different regulations without major structural changes between events, which is common in private projects of this type. The car uses a 6.2-liter LS3 V8 engine with 430 horsepower, a Weddle five-speed sequential transmission, long-travel independent suspension with FOX shocks and Eibach components, 20 inches of suspension travel, and 37-inch tires. Weight is 1,724 kilograms. The entry price is $250,000.

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Fifteen years of activity as the project's foundation

The Glickenhaus team has been involved in endurance and off-road projects for more than a decade, with a presence in multiple long-distance events such as the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and Baja races. During this period, it has accumulated a combination of podiums in different categories and experience both on circuits and in the desert. The SCG 008 will be presented at the NORRA 1000, scheduled from May 1st to 8th, 2026 in Baja California, as one of its first public appearances in competition.