Baja Racing of Texas announces New Off-Road Racing Series. Exciting news from the Lone Star state as a new off-road race series is announced today. Baja Racing of Texas, LLC (BRT) will be launching a new off road racing series for the upcoming 2011 season. The BRT was formed by Chris Leitner (BRT President) and is the next step in the continuing growth of off-road racing in Texas. The goal of the BRT is to provide safe, fun and challenging racing venues for the entire off-road community. In light of the current issues plaguing the southern borders of the US and the on-going changes plaguing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over land use on the west coast, Texas is primed to be the future of off road racing in the United States. Leitner stated “When you look at the states that have the land to hold these type of events the list is very short and the fact that Texas land is privately owned with no BLM interaction, then Texas really is the next step for the off-road community. We plan to offer the ‘Texas Premiere Off-Road Racing Experience’ to the racers, fans and sponsors attending our events”.

Leitner has assembled a large staff to assist him in this project. This group has an impressive 100 plus years of combined experience in organizing, promoting and participating in off-road racing events.

Since all of the land in Texas is privately owned, successful partnerships with Landowners have been established and additional land owners will be on board for the 2012 season. Leitner stated “We are focused on working with new property owners, Texas based businesses, The Texas Motorized Trails Coalition and other race organizations to establish new locations for future events.” The BRT will be running their 2011 off road racing events at Texana Ranch located in Blackwell, TX starting with the Blackwell 250 April 7-10. This 4,682 acre property has been owned by the Beal family since 1979 and offers a variety of terrains not often seen at west coast off-road racing events. Instead of the vast expanses of sand and cactus, the 40+ mile course at Texana Ranch winds through tree-filled areas, dry creek beds and up and down hills.

BRT will be offering familiar race classes, safety guidelines and has established a relationship with the rock crawling community to incorporate 4-wheel drive (Ultra 4) vehicles into the series as well as an endurance Motorcycle race at the October 27-30 event. Chris Leitner stated “We are looking forward to our relationship with Cameron Chin with Krawltex Motorsports and Jeremy Dickinson who will be spearheading our new 4400 race class. We know these guys will bring some great competition and great viewing for the spectators.”

Credits: News release bajaracingtexas dot com

We did a pre-run of the first 20 miles of the racecourse and then came back to town. We noticed during our pre-run that the truck was smoking a bit out of the exhaust. We checked the oil level and found that we were burning oil at a pretty high rate, around 5 quarts for every 50 miles. We did the math and figured we may need up to 105 quarts of oil throughout the race if it didn't get any worse. Normally we run synthetic oil, but if we were going to burn over 25 gallons of oil, we didn't want to use expensive oil. We bought 25 gallons of a thicker oil and distributed the oil among the different chase trucks that would be helping us along the way.

Race day: we got to the starting area around 10 am. We weren't scheduled to start until 11:30, so we were able to get out of the truck, sign some autographs, pose for some pictures and basically just enjoy being able to walk around... we planned on sitting in the truck for the next 20 -24 hours.

The start was good, the truck smoked a lot, but it ran very well. We made our way through Ensenada without any trouble. In the first 30 miles, we had passed one truck and felt like we were running a pretty good pace. In Ojos Negros, we stopped at our pit to have them check the oil. They added 1 gallon and sent us on our way. The next 35 miles were pretty good, a lot of twisty terrain with some rocky areas. (During the Baja 500, this was the section where we got our first flat tire). We made it to our next pit on the highway at km77 and they added another gallon of oil and topped off the gas tank.

The rest of the race is really kind of a blur in my memory. There was a really rough section of the race course south of San Felipe. After going through the rough stuff, our rear shocks were pretty much worn out. We had to take it easy through any big bumps after that.

Somewhere near Coco's Corner, I don't remember if it was before or after (my memory sucks as far as locations on the course), we were in a wash with a lot of water. After hitting a few of the puddles, our radio quit working, we had to turn it off because it was screaming in our ears.

At each pit location, the guys checked the oil and usually added a gallon or two to bring it up to the proper level. At mile 555, the guys told us we were also starting to lose gear oil out of the pinion seal. The next section was going to be about 170 miles without a pit, so they gave me a gallon of oil and a gallon of gear oil to hold on to in case we needed it.

Around mile 670 or 680, we started to lose oil pressure on the engine. This was a sign that our oil level was getting low. We stopped and I added the gallon of oil that I was holding. It wasn't enough, so I pulled out a gallon of oil that we had tied up behind one of the spare tires. That brought our oil level back to normal.

We got to our next pit, they added more oil, gave me another gallon to hold on to and did a scheduled tire change in the rear. Within 50 miles or so, we got our first and only flat tire of the race. We were very surprised we had made it that far without a flat tire. Back in March, at the San Felipe Baja 250, we got 5 flats during the 242 mile race. We got out to change the tire and had trouble getting one lug nut off with our electric impact wrench. We carry a manual wrench just for this reason, but when I went to get it out of its mount, it was gone. It must have shaken loose somewhere over the last 700 miles or so. I tried an old trick where I took the socket and put it on the lug nut and hit it with a hammer. I'm not sure exactly what this does, but I have seen it work and it worked in this case too. I was able to take the lug nut off with the impact wrench. I finished changing the tire and we got going again.

Around 5am, I was having trouble keeping my eyes open. You would think that in an off-road race, it would be so bumpy that there's no way you could fall asleep, but I was. I told Rob [Rob Bruce, the driver] that he had better find a place to pull over so I could walk around a bit and wake up. He was in pretty much the same situation with trying to stay awake, so we pulled off the course and took a few minutes to walk around, have a snack bar and try to wake up. A few minutes of walking did the trick, we were back in the truck and feeling pretty good.

At 6:30 or 7am we hit fog, a really dense, wet fog. It was very tough to keep the shields on our helmets clear enough to see the course. I think we were in the fog for close to 2 hours.

As we got closer to the finish, I started to get tired again. I started to get distracted, thinking about how good it was going to feel to go to sleep in a nice bed, to eat some good food...

I was distracted to the point I wasn't telling Rob about sharp corners coming up. Luckily, none of them were too dangerous. We didn't fly over any cliffs or hit any big rocks. I could tell that Rob was getting tired again too, because when I wasn't distracted, I called out a few sharp corners and he didn't slow down for them.

We got to the finish around 10:30am, roughly 23 hours after starting the race. Getting out of the truck, both of us had wobbly legs. It felt great to finish such a challenging race, but now we just wanted to find a hotel and grab a shower and go to sleep.

1061 miles, 23 hours, one flat tire, 12 to 15 gallons of engine oil, one broken light, one lost lug wrench, one great accomplishment.

15th place Trophy Truck
26th place overall 4 wheeled vehicle

Credits: Team BMF Racing - for more video footage visit the BMF Racing Team YouTube Chanel. For more Offroad videos visit Offroad Tube

The Monster Energy/BF Goodrich/Terrible Herbst Motorsports Trophy Truck team rebounded from the early exit of one of its two entries to post a solid sixth-place finish in class and seventh overall in the 43rd Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race in Baja California, Mexico, November 16-20. Team members Brian Collins and Troy Herbst came from the middle of the field and drove spectacularly in challenging conditions, and their determination paid off as they completed the 1061.69-mile race distance down the Baja peninsula in 20 hours, 49 minutes and 39 seconds, averaging 50.94 mph over the most treacherous terrain in all of motor racing.With a rich legacy in off-road racing that includes back-to-back Baja 1000 wins in 2004 and 2005, Herbst Motorsports was fully prepared to add another win in the legendary race. The team was under the gun right from the start, however, as unfavorable starting positions meant that the drivers of both entries would have their work cut out for them. The number 49 Monster Energy/BF Goodrich/Terrible Herbst Motorsports Trophy Truck driven by Collins and Troy Herbst started 23rd in the field of 292 entries, while the number 19 driven by Tim Herbst and Larry Roeseler started 25th, one minute behind the 49 truck.
Find more Baja 1000 coverage at Puro Off-Road

Gustavo Vildosola Jr. and Sr. win 2010 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. It took 42 long years before a Mexican national citizen stood atop the podium in a Score Baja 1000 race, but that historic feat was accomplished this morning at the finish line of the 2010 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 when Gustavo Vildosola Jr. and Sr. earned the overall victory in La Paz. After coming in a close second back in 2007 during the last peninsula run for the Baja 1000, the Vildosola family was able to take the monkey off their backs and bring home a Baja 1000 victory to an ecstatic crowd of fans. You could hear the relief in Gustavo Vildosola Sr.’s voice.
(For results as displayed by SCORE in the La Paz media center visit Puro Off-Road - Who won here...)

“Well it’s been a long time that we’ve been planning for this,” Vildosola senior said, while a crowd of fans chanted “Mexico! Mexico!” in the background. “It’s one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done. The Baja 1000, it is the granddaddy, and I’ve been trying to win this for a long time, and today was the day. When asked how it felt to earn the historic win with his son, Sr. was beaming with his response.

“It’s just wonderful,” he said. “It’s hard to explain the feelings because we always spend [time] together pre-running, planning the race, just thinking and talking about it, and it’s just great, which I think is very difficult for a kid his age to spend this much time with his dad, and that’s just very special.”
Gustavo Jr., or “Tavo" explained after the race the team's gameplan.
“We started second off the line, which was an amazing starting position, and we were basically going to just see what Roger’s space was and what his plan was for the day and then go form there,” Tavo said. “He had a pretty aggressive pace off the line, and we decided to just sit back and pressure him.”

The Vildosola team, which had Rodrigo Ampudia on the team as a backup but didn’t need to use him and decided to maintain the rhythm of the father-son duo, was able to get past Roger Norman, who was first off the line, after a few hundred miles of racing. Once out front, the Vildosola team never looked back. The stiffest competition for the team later in the race came from Robby Gordon, who finished in second place 22 minutes, and 18 seconds behind the winners.

“We lost GPS and we were running blind, and I just drove it off the road and into the rocks,” Gordon said. “I thought we were going to pull it off with our very first race with Speed Energy, but we just came up a little bit short.”

Roger Norman, who solo-ed the race for the first time, finished in third place to round out the podium. BJ Baldwin, who co-drove with Chad Ragland, finished less than a minute behind Norman in fourth place. Gary Weyhrich, who stayed in the hunt for most of the race, finished fifth in Trophy Truck.

What’s even more impressive about the Vildosola’s win is they edged out motorcycle winners Kendall Norman and Quinn Cody for the fastest overall time by 1 minutes, 30 seconds. Believe it or not, there was also another Mexican national team that won at the Baja 1000 this year, as the 2a ATV of Felipe Velez earned the win ahead of the 1a vehicle of Wayne Matlock. Velez – who rode with teammates Malio Diaz, Carlos Lopez, Maro Gonzales and Stefano Caputo – finished over an hour and a half in front of Matlock and his team riders Harold Goodman, Josh Caster and Wes Miller.

In Class 1, Steven Appleton dominated the competition this year, finishing in seventh place overall. At one point, Appleton looked to have a serious shot at competing for the overall win, and the first-place finish at the 1000 was certainly an impressive ride.

The 43rd running of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is the 18th time the race has finished in La Paz, and 292 official starters according to SCORE officials, this is the third-most entries when a race has finished in La Paz. Of the 43 years of the SCORE Baja 1000, this is the 11th most entries in the race.

Ever since the first known record run occurred in 1962, by Dave Ekins and Bill Robertson Jr., motorcycles have been at the foundation and the heart of SCORE Baja racing. Next week’s 43rd Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 will showcase over 90 motorcycle teams. Most with an average of three riders each, from all over the world, the field includes nearly 20 racers who will attempt the journey riding solo to earn the glory of the Sal Fish SCORE IronRider Award. The granddaddy of all desert races, which is the season-finale of the five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series will be held on Mexico’s magnificently mysterious Baja California peninsula next Tuesday through Saturday.

Massive crowds reaching nearly 250,000 are anticipated to again be spread out along the rugged course that travels on both sides of the peninsula as the world’s most famous desert race will start in Ensenada, Baja California and finish all the way down the peninsula in La Paz in Baja California Sur.

This year will be the 36th time in the first 43 years of the storied race that it has started in Ensenada and it will be the 18th time in has finished in La Paz.

With over 300 expected entries for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs competing in 33 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs in the internationally televised race, entries have already come from 37 U.S. states and 19 countries.

The race will start on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the picturesque Bahia de Todos Santos in front of the historical Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada at 6:30 a.m. (PST) next Thursday (Nov. 18) with the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed at approximately 11:45 a.m. with the start of the car and truck classes. It will finish on the outskirts of La Paz near the Grand Plaza Hotel, race headquarters for the southern half of the event. Vehicles will start in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race and all vehicles will have a 45-hour time limit to become official finishers. The fastest vehicles are expected to complete the course between 18 and 19 hours.

SCORE Baja racing, with three events held annually In Mexico, offers several motorcycle classes, read more here...

While many superb riders will be competing in the age-group categories, like Jim O’Neal who has nine career SCORE Baja 1000 class wins and leads a Class 50 team that includes 15-time class winning co-rider Craig Adams, along with a Class 30 team that includes Francisco Septien, Brian Pinard, Noe Ibarra and Mike Johnson, a Class 40 team that includes Louie Franco, Jeff Kaplan and Scott Myers and even a Class 60 team that includes seven-time class winner Richard Jackson and six-time winner Bill Nichols, the main spotlight will be on Class 22 for open motorcycles.

In the battle of desert-racing heavyweights, the JCR/Honda team which includes two Honda CRF450X motorcycles filled with champion riders going against the factory-supported Bonanza Plumbing/KTM Off-Road KTM 530XCW. It will be a re-match of June’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500 that saw the Hondas finish one-two, followed closely by the KTM.

While KTM has never won this race, Honda has 20 overall two-wheel wins including the last 13 consecutive years, records that will be hard to stop.

The Johnny Campbell Racing/Honda team is led by legendary SCORE Baja racer Johnny Campbell, although he is no longer a regular rider and is listed as a co-rider, if needed, for this year, Campbell, 39, of San Clemente, Calif., has been a part of 11 overall winning teams for Honda including the last two since he took over operations of the factory-supported team directly from American Honda.

Rider of record for the No. 1x JCR/Honda is Kendall Norman, 26, of Santa Barbara, Calif., while currently leading the SCORE Class 22 season point standings is the No. 8x JCR/Honda team led by rider of record Colton Udall, 24, of San Clemente, Calif. Udall leads Norman by just seven points heading into the 2010 season finale.

In addition to the availability of Campbell in the red corner for this battle of champions, the scheduled co-rider for Norman is regular co-rider Quinn Cody, 34, of Buellton, Calif. Timmy Weigand, Santa Clarita, Calif., is coming back from personnel health issues and is expected to rider for one of the two JCR/Honda teams. The Norman/Cody/Weigand trio won last year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, giving Norman his fourth career overall win in this race, Cody his second and Weigand his first.

Riding with Udall on the 8x will be Jeff Kargola, 27, San Clemente, Calif., and newcomer Justin Imhoff, 17, of Alta Loma, Calif. Udall and Kargola teamed to win this year’s Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in March.

In the orange corner for this heavyweight championship battle will be the talent-rich No. 7x Bonanza Plumbing/KTM Off-Road KTM 530XCW, led by David Pearson, 27, of Panaca, Nev. Joining him in this quest to unseat JCR/Honda will be former Honda factory riders Steve Hengeveld, 34, of Oak Hills, Calif. and Mike Childress, 27, of Wrightwood, Calif., along with age-group winning rider Shane Esposito, 36, of Lake Elsinore, Calif. Hengeveld, is a seven-time overall winner in this race while Childress has won it twice. Joining this quartet as the team’s fifth rider will be budding Mexican star rider Ivan Ramirez, 17, of Ensenada.

As an individual rider, Pearson, part of the KTM Off-Road team, finished third in the final points in this year’s AMA Hare & Hound Championship Series with two race wins. Norman won the title in that series with five race wins riding for the JCR/Honda team.

Besides running the JCR/Honda racing program, Johnny Campbell also oversees the JCR/Honda Pits program that offers first-class racing support to Honda mounted riders at every SCORE Baja race in a program first started by American Honda in the 1980s. The program has become an essential component of Honda mounted competitors because the speed and efficiency of a pit stop can make or break your race. The SCORE Baja 1000 requires nearly 20 pits this year, roughly 60 miles apart.

Johnny Campbell, the iconic desert motorcycle racer is profiled in a new feature documentary by Seven Films. Directed by Ryan Ray and narrated by Troy Adamitis, ‘True Champion’ is the story of how Johnny Campbell evolved from the typical southern California adolescent roosting around on a dirt bike to a multi-time desert racing champion with world-wide respect. What isn’t typical is the path Campbell faced in becoming a champion: A tragic turning point effectively ending his youth and presented him with a choice to go “All-In” and chase his dreams to become the winningest rider in the 43-year history of the SCORE Baja 1000.

In addition to the 37 U.S. States, racers have entered from Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa and the US Territory of Guam. With just over one week before the green flag drops next Thursday (Nov. 18), entries will be accepted up to race morning.

Pre-race festivities next Wednesday (Nov. 17), for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including the vastly popular tech and contingency of all vehicles and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Boulevard Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held next Wednesday (Nov. 17) at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer registration will be held at the San Nicolas Resort Hotel from Saturday (Nov. 13) through next Wednesday (Nov. 17). Media registration will be held at the San Nicolas Resort Hotel from Noon to 6 p.m. next Tuesday (Nov. 16) and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. next Wednesday (Nov. 17).

The post-race awards celebration and fiesta will be held on the Malecon in downtown La Paz, starting at 4 p.m. next Saturday (Nov. 20). The entire event will be conducted on Pacific Standard Time.

While entries will be accepted up to race morning, late entries will be assigned the next available number and starting position within each class.

The car and truck classes with the most entries to date are SCORE Trophy-Truck (36), Class 1 (21) and SCORE Lite (15) and Class 1-2/1600 (14).

Among the motorcycle and ATV classes, Class 22 for open motorcycles has the most entries to date with 11.

Leading the seven Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which has 38 entries so far.

In 2010, BFGoodrich Tires is celebrating its 35th year in SCORE Baja racing. In addition to being the official tire of SCORE International for three and a half decades, BFG has been the tire of choice for 23 of the overall 4-wheel vehicle winners in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including 23 of the last 24 years and a record-run of 20 straight from 1986 through 2005.

43rd Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
OFFICIAL ENTRIES
(By Class Starting Order-as of 11/08/10)
PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (Open, 250cc or more)--
2x Gabriel Williams, Provo, Utah, Honda CRF450X
3x A.J. Stewart, Jamul, Calif./Bryce Stavron, Palmdale, Calif./Kevin Johnson, Boulder City, Nev./Jesse Sharpe, Escondido, Calif./Craig Smith, Brawley, Calif., Honda CRF450X
4x Junpei Saito/Kyonari Ohtsukas/Shigeru Kurai, Japan, Honda CRF450X
5x Steve Corrie, Brush Prairie, Wash./Dan Boespflug, Battleground, Wash./Joey Lancaster, Troutdale, Ore./Craig Bowman, Kelso, Wash., Honda CRF450X
1x Kendall Norman, Santa Barbara, Calif./Quinn Cody, Buellton, Calif./Johnny Campbell, San Clemente, Calif., Honda CRF450X
7x David Pearson, Panaca, Nev./Mike Childress, Wrightwood, Calif./Ivan Ramirez, Ensenada, Mexico/Shane Esposito, Lake Elsinore, Calif./Steve Hengeveld, Oak Hills, Calif., KTM 530XCW
8x Colton Udall/Jeff Kargola, San Clemente, Calif./Justin Imhoff, Alta Loma, Calif., Honda CRF450X
9x Francisco Arredondo, Guatemala/James West, Great Britain/Mark Ackerman, South Africa/Sunny Irvine, Ensenada, Mexico, Honda CRF450X
10x Dennis Hannel, Shingle Springs, Calif./Jim Owens/Nick Owens, Scotts Valley, Calif., Brian Lerette, Arnold, Calif., Honda CRF450X
11x Mark Bradford/Stephen Bradford, City of Industry, Calif./Manny Ornellas, Redding, Calif./Kelly Malobovich, Phelan, Calif./Mark Fillerbrown, Allentown, Pa., Honda CRF450X
12x Aaron Lindsey, Macon, Ga., Yamaha YZ450F

Credits: SCORE Intl - press release

More pre-race Baja 1000 information leading up to the racing at SCORE Baja 1000 and live webcast of the race at Baja 1000 Live. Finish line coverage with the Puro Off-Road folks in La Paz at the scene.

Imagine if you took an armored four-door SUV and outfitted it with a semitruck engine, chassis, and suspension. That's pretty much the principle Oshkosh used to build its M-ATV. This four-wheel-drive multi-purpose all-terrain vehicle (M-ATV) is based on the six-wheel-drive Oshkosh MTVR ("7-Ton 6x6) chassis and includes Oshkosh's TAK-4 independent suspension. In an effort to shield the soilders inside, the M-ATV is heavily protected and weighs almost five times more than the Humvee. The Israeli defense company, Plasan, built the armored body in conjunction with BAE Systems. To get this mass moving, Oshkosh selected a 370hp Caterpillar C7 diesel engine.
Is that the new Baja 1000 M-Truck vehicle?? or more like the lighter ""Sandcat", a Oshkosh Tactical Protector vehicle??

Starting sequence at this years Tecate SCORE Baja 1000: SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (35)
8 Roger Norman, 21 Gus Vildosola Jr., 97 B.J. Baldwin, 31 Andy McMillin, 84 Nick Vanderwey, 71 Rick D. Johnson, 9 Mark Weyhrich, 23 Mark McMillin, 59 Craig Potts, 1 Robby Gordon, 35 Jason Voss, 74 Rob Bruce, 2 Pete Sohren, 47 James Bult, 16 Cameron Steele, 3 Mark Post, 94 Steve Strobel, 22 Damen Jefferies, 13 Ed Stout, 61 Josh Hall, 24 Adam Householder, 45 Gary Magness, 49 Troy Herbst, 88 Jerry Whelchel, 19 Tim Herbst, 54 Jesse James, 7 Scott Steinberger, 48 Jimmy Nuckles, 27 Dave Crinklaw, 73 John Harrah, 86 Mike Jenkins, 20 Rob MacCachren, 76 Jesse Jones, 30 Robbie Pierce, 95 Scott Whipple

CLASS 1 (17)
101 Steve Appleton
102 Kory Halopoff
103 Daniel McMillin
104 Josh Rigsby
105 Cameron Thieriot
106 Dale Lenk
107 Dan Martin
108 Armin Schwarz
109 Eric Chase
110 Juan C. Flores
111 David Greenhill
112 Armin Kremer
113 Rudy Cortez
114 Todd Romano
115 Paul Keller
116 Conan Barker
117 Ikuo Hanawa

CLASS 1-2/1600 (8)
1601 Jay Reichert
1602 Wes McKenzie
1603 Harry Curtin
1604 Arturo Velazco
1600 Hiram Duran
1647 Arnoldo Ramirez
1648 Luke McMillin
1649 Daniel Lopez

CLASS 3 (1)
301 David Moore

CLASS 5 (5)
501 Cody Kellogg
500 Kevin Carr
503 Drew Belk
518 Vince Wavra
519 Tom Bird

CLASS 5/1600 (4)
551 Dennis Webb
552 Trevor Anderson
553 Sergio Moreno
579 Enrique Zazueta Jr.

CLASS 6 (5)
601 JT Taylor
602 Marc Burnett
603 Fernando Manzo
600 Heidi Steele
619 Dave Caspino

CLASS 7 (2)
701 Jackie Husmann
700 Dan Chamlee

CLASS 7SX (1)
741 Norman Turley

CLASS 8 (4)
800 Clyde Stacy
801 Sam Stahl
802 Noah Ostanik
839 Francisco Monroy

CLASS 10 (5)
1001 Peter Hajas
1002 Lars Ferry
1003 Jesus Gonzalez
1004 Sergio Salgado
1005 Jon Walker

SCORE LITE (10)
1201 Justin Davis
1202 Perry McNeil
1203 Zack Langley
1204 Samuel Araiza
1205 Jose Cervantes Jr.
1206 Lee Banning
1207 John Padgett
1208 Dave Wert
1209 James Marquez
1200 Brent Parkhouse

CLASS 11 (2)
1101 Alfonso Lacarra
1100 Eric Solorzano

STOCK FULL (2)
861 Sam Edgar
879 Joe Bacal

STOCK MINI (2)
778 Ivan Stewart
760 Gavin Skilton

PROTRUCK (4)
1360 Nils Castillo
1340 Chelsea Magness
1313 Paul Perrizo
1301 Troy Vest

CLASS 17 (3)
1700 Mike Shaffer
1701 Eric Filar
1702 Perry Coan

BAJA CHALLENGE (7)
BC1 Mike Cassling
BC2 John McInnis III
BC3 Dr. Steven Funk
BC4 Christian Hammarskjold
BC5 Bud Brutsman
BC6 Brian Valentine
BC19 Nick Baldwin

CLASS 2 (2)
201 James Kirby
202 Mark Stevens

CLASS 4 (1)
401 John Langley

CLASS 7-2 (2)
721 Fawn Finchum
722 Reid Rutherford

M-TRUCK (3)
M1 Glenn Harris
M2 Donald Verhoff
M3 James McAvoy

PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (8)
2x Gabriel Williams-S
3x A.J. Stewart
4x Junpei Saito
5x Steve Corrie
1x Kendall Norman
7x David Pearson
8x Colton Udall
9x Francisco Arredondo

CLASS 21 (2)
101x Sol Saltzman
102x Adam Neuwirth

CLASS 20 (1)
151x Jason Trubey

CLASS 30 (6)
301x Javier Henandez
302x Steve Garnett
303x Jonathan Jessy
304x Markus Saarinen
305x Ace Nilson
306x Francisco Septien

CLASS 40 (7)
401x Tom Vogt
402x Lloyd Andrew
403x Boo Custer
404x Louie Franco
405x Mike Prunty
406x Andrew Wilkins
449x Terry Peregoodoff-S

CLASS 50 (2)
501x Jim Dizney
500x Jim O’Neal

CLASS 60 (2)
600x Donald E. Lewis
619x Bill Nichols

PRO ATVS
CLASS 25 (4)
2a Felipe Velez
3a Scott Chandler
1a Wayne Matlock
5a Josh Edwards

CLASS 24 (4)
101a Shawn Robins
102a Brandon Brown
103a Tom Wright
104a Natanael Morron

CLASS 26 (1)
201a Reid Rutherford

SPORTSMAN
SPT CAR (2)
1401 Dan Kolenich
1400 Peter Lang

SPT TRUCK (2)
1501 Randy Swink
1502 Bill Wolford

SPT UTV (3)
1800 Thomas Graves
1801 Kevin Fuller
1802 Chris Koch

SPT M/C 250< (5) 201x Edd Price 202x Michele Bergman 203x Matt Ladendorf 204x Greg Willitts 205x Fred Sobke SPT M/C 250> (32)
251x Tom Lajoie
252x Don Gentry
253x Mike Frick
254x Mike Mensinger
255x Barry Van Fossan
256x Oscar Fazz
257x Donald Hatton
258x Lance Kane-S
259x Carl Westphal
260x John Legate
261x David Smoljan-S
262x Craig Anstine
263x Yoshiyuki Imai
264x Peter Hardy-S
265x Chuck Shortt
266x Tibi Imbuzan-S
267x Tom Buikema
268x Nobuyuki Oguri
269x Go Onodera
270x Makoto Mitsuki
271x Anthony Nicodemo
272x Paul Lopez
273x Ulises Fierro
274x Salvador Sainz
275x Michael Korenwinder
276x Sanjay Shanbhag
277x James Avery
278x Tomoki Hayashi
279x Timothy Schimke
280x Andrew Tweedle
281x Keith Ciampa
282x Thierry Mas-S

SPT ATV (1)
99a Gustavo Ameca
S-Indicates Solo Rider

Round 3 of the five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series, the World's Foremost Desert Racing Series, will feature over 300 entries from over 30 US States and over 10 countries, competing in 28 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, will be held June 3-6 2010 in Ensenada, Mexico.

Traditionally one of the most popular events on the SCORE schedule, over 100,000 spectators are expected to enjoy the world's best desert racers in action at this year's Tecate SCORE Baja 500. The finalized course is expected to be approximately 430 miles.
The much celebrated SCORE, Baja 500 - this year the 42nd Tecate SCORE Baja 500 - has a long and colorful history. The course wanders back and forth across northern Baja Mexico giving each participant a little taste of everything that the peninsula has to offer. From the start in metropolitan Ensenada, across dry lake beds, through canyons, over mountains and along the coast the challenges and sights are never disappointing. Some sections have been raced on for years and yet, there is always an uneasy feeling in the minds of the racers who are familiar with the un-expected character of Baja.
Find the Google Baja 500 race map here and visit the live Baja 500 webcast here.

ANDY McMILLIN Trophy Truck #31 (First in TT class and first overall four-wheel vehicle. Andy started and drove to race mile 206. His father, Scott, drove to RM 500 and Andy drove the final leg.)

Andy said: "I started the race and I think we started 17th on the road. The plan was just to kind of take it easy and kind of let the race come to us. Sal (Fish) laid out a really rough, tough course this year. We knew that it was going to take one trip that didn’t have any problems to get the win. That was our plan all day – stay smooth and not have any downtime, no flat tires. I gave my dad the truck at mile 206 and I think we were seventh on the road and pretty close on the overall lead. My dad drove the San Felipe loop and the Mike’s loop. By the time he got to San Felipe, he was the first truck on the road. My dad handed me a helluva lead, so it was pretty easy. It was kind of just stay on the racecourse and you won’t get in trouble, so that was our plan and we followed it and let the race come to us, really."

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BFGoodrich Tires is preparing for its 23rd victory in 24 attempts at the granddaddy of off-road races, the SCORE Baja 1000. The 42nd running of the most well known of all desert races will begin on Friday, November 20 and end on Saturday, November 21 in Ensenada, Mexico. More than 325 racers will attempt to master the rugged terrain and dethrone last year’s Baja 1000 champions and BFGoodrich Tires’ drivers Roger Norman and Larry Roeseler by taking home the overall title.

The Cerveza con Caracter sponsors the race with character. Could not find a better match! As fan of many sports events one can see that Tecate has developed an aggressive multi-platform campaign to further connect with adult consumers through a relevant medium and raise awareness at a multitude of larger sport events like the upcoming Tecate Baja 1000 2009. This race creates a great opportunity for Tecate to reinforce it's sponsorship prominence within the motors sport and strengthens it's
connection with Hispanic and international adult consumers by tapping into their passion for racing. For many years, Tecate has sponsored some of the most
important baja racing events. Additional buzz and excitement in the days leading up to the 2009 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 will be opportunity to see the popular "Chicas Tecate". Can a Baja Race be more exciting for the racing fan??

This years Baja 1000 will be live webcast at Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 with support by the only english language off-road and Baja Racing web eZine from Baja California, Mexico - Puro Off-Road

The Baja 1000 2009 will be LIVE! Webcast on score-baja-1000.com on November 19-22. Nrought to you by the The LEADER in LIVE Baja Racing News and Information from Baja California. This Baja Race inspired Puro Off-Road to open extra for the 2009 edition of the Baja 1000 to open a domain a few days before the event.

1000 grueling miles marked by desolate terrain, stark mountains and stunning coastline. Along the route, racers will be cheered on by excited bystanders, SCORE groupies and others. SCORE's Baja 1000 is an annual event that includes a variety of vehicles: motorcycles, buggies, jeeps, trucks and custom off-roaders. Again, this year, the race will take place from November 19-22, leaving from Ensenada.