SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, dominic@score-international.com
June 16, 2022
Series Televised on ESPN2

ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—Midway through the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship, 112 of the toughest racers in the world remain in the hunt to earn 2022 Rod Hall SCORE Milestone Awards. The first two races were the SCORE San Felipe 250 in April and the SCORE Baja 500 in June.
SCORE MILESTONE AWARDS
SCORE is presenting these prestigious awards to the world’s toughest desert racers for the 37th consecutive year. The Rod Hall SCORE Milestone awards will be presented to the car, truck, UTV drivers and motorcycle, quad riders who finish every required mile as official finishers in the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship. Racers have been required to cover 740.12 miles in two races so far this season.
NEXT UP
Many of the world's best desert racers will be in action at this year's 3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels. The 2021 season-finale will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour special on ESPN2's World of X Games programming. The event will be held Sept. 13-18 in Ensenada, Mexico.
Over 200 vehicles are expected at the start line with racers from nearly 25 U.S. States and as many as 10 countries anticipated. Pro and Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads will be competing in the youngest of the four current SCORE Baja races.
This year’s SCORE Baja 400 will be a loop race, starting and finishing in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Finishing positions in the SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels, will also determine the starting order within each class for November’s iconic, season-ending BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts.
Ensenada, “The Off-Road Capital of the World” is a coastal port city on the Bahia de Todos Santos area of the Pacific Ocean, 80 miles south of the U.S. border at San Diego.
Pre-race activities and the official start/finish line for the race will be held on Blvd. Costero in the heart of Ensenada at the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center.
Inaugurated in 2019, the SCORE Baja 400 was not held in 2020 because of the international pandemic and in 2021 started and finished without spectators Northeast of the central city.
The two defending overall and SCORE Trophy Truck champions in this new race are Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif. (2019) and Las Vegas’ Bryce Menzies (2021).
TOP CLASSES
The 112 racers who have completed all the required miles thus far are from 27 different SCORE racing classes.
Leading the way in the chase for 2022 Rod Hall SCORE Milestone Awards are 13 superlative stallions in the featured SCORE Trophy Truck division, four in the SCORE TT Legend class, three in the unlimited Class 1, 15 in Trophy Truck Spec, seven in Class 10, 12 in Pro UTV FI (Forced Injection), four in Pro UTV Open, five each in Pro Moto Unlimited, Pro Moto Limited and Pro Moto 40.
SCORE COMMENTS
“SCORE is privileged to honor the world’s best desert racing drivers and riders,” said Jim Ryan, SCORE Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. “For nearly four decades, SCORE has been very humbled to honor racers with the Rod Hall SCORE Milestone Awards. SCORE racers are the toughest, most rugged racers on the planet. This most prestigious award has become iconic in our sport. It is also a distinct privilege for us to continue to honor the memory of one of the greatest desert racers of all time in having Rod Hall’s name on this unique and wonderful award.”
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK
Celebrating its 29th year since it was introduced by SCORE’s then-owner Sal Fish in 1994, SCORE Trophy Truck is the sport’s marquee racing division for high-tech, 1000 horsepower unlimited custom trucks.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCOREInternational.com.