While Porsche is celebrating the world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week of the new Porsche 911 Dakar, a Honda Ridgeline Baja Race Truck took Class 7 honors for the second consecutive year in the 55th running of the Baja 1000, which ended yesterday.

Welcome to the confusing world of performance truck racing and production truck marketing. There are clear differences in the vehicles, but the promotional aspects are virtually identical.