Racer registration open, event schedule now online for 3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels

Third-time race to be held September 13-18 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico;
spectacular event is Round 3 of four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship;
more info at…
 https://score-international.com/raceinfo/2022-baja-400-sept-13-18-2022/
 
NOTE: Current Schedule of Events located at bottom of text
 
     ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—Following a dazzling debut in 2019, no race in 2020 because of the world health pandemic, and a raucous race in 2021, online racer registration is now open for the expected epic 3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels, until August 31, on the SCORE website.
WHEN
The youngest race in the long and storied nearly 50-year history of the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization will be held Sept. 13-18 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
WHO…WHAT
Online racer registration along with a detailed schedule of events both are now available on the SCORE website for Round 3 of the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship. Entries from all across the United States and around the world are anticipated for the upcoming internationally-televised desert race in Mexico’s Baja California.
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).
WHERE
The race and pre-race festivities are scheduled to return to the heart of Ensenada, the seaside port on the Pacific Ocean, 80 miles south of San Diego. All race festivities including racer registration, media registration pre-race contingency and the start/finish line compound will all be held in or adjacent to the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada. Contingency and the start/finish line area will once again be the fantastic, fan-friendly Boulevard Costero.
ONLINE RACER REGISTRATION
Online registration, by class, for Pro and Sportsman cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads, is ongoing through the SCORE website. Information on all SCORE races can be found on the home page under the Race Info tab.
Online racer registration will close at 5 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Aug. 31. In person registration will be held in the SCORE Ensenada office until 5 p.m. PDT on Thursday, Sept. 8.
For more info, visit
https://score-international.com/raceinfo/2022-baja-400-sept-13-18-2022/
GREEN FLAG
It is an elapsed-time race with staggered starts with the green flag dropping on Saturday (Sept. 18). Start times are being finalized, but there will be a minimum of four hours between the last SPT Quad and the first SCORE Trophy Truck. Car, Truck and UTV classes will have a course of approximately 394 miles while motorcycle and quad classes will have a race course of approximately 370 miles.
THE FIELD
Nearly 225 vehicles are expected at the start line for this third-time SCORE race with racers from as many as 20 U.S. States and 10 countries anticipated. Pro and Sportsman Classes are offered for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads.
TV
The race will air domestically on a delayed basis as a one-hour special on the World of X Games program on ESPN2 and will be syndicated internationally to nearly 25 countries in Europe, Latin America, South America and Asia. Co-producing the shows with SCORE is the award-winning BCII TV of Los Angeles led by executive producer Bud Brutsman.
START GRID-SCORE BAJA 1000
The results of the SCORE Baja 400 also will determine the start order within each class for November’s iconic season-ending BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts.
DRAW DEADLINE
The starting order within each class for this race (except for the classes that are qualifying), will be determined by a random drawing for those entries received online and paid in full by 5 p.m. (PDT) on Wednesday, August 31.
No additional online entries will be accepted after 5 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, August 31.
Late, on-site racer registration will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Sept. 13-16).
In person registration will be held in the SCORE Ensenada office until 5 p.m. PDT on Thursday, Sept. 8.
PRE-RUNNING
Official practice, or pre-running, on the official 397.64-miles race course for this year’s 3rd SCORE Baja 400 will open at 8 a.m. PDT on Saturday, Sept. 3. Pre-running will start at race mile 33.14 and finish at race mile 364.12. The first 33.14 miles, which will be used in both directions during the race, will be available for pre-running only on Thursday (Sept. 15) and Friday (Sept. 16) and only in the outbound direction.
QUALIFYING
     Qualifying for starting positions within their respective classes will be held on Wednesday (Sept. 14), starting at 8 a.m. PDT. Classes that will be qualifying for the 3rd SCORE Baja 400 are SCORE Trophy Truck, SCORE TT Legend, the unlimited Class 1 and the Trophy Truck Spec class.
MAIN COURSE
The race will feature a course, when fully plotted and then marked over the next several weeks by SCORE President/Race Director Jose A. Grijalva, of 397.64 miles of rugged Baja California terrain.
The challenging race course will be another memorable example of all that Mexico’s Baja California has to offer, including high-speed dirt trails, sandy, rocky and silty natural terrain, majestic Baja washes and canyons, stretches along the seashore with elevations from sea level to over 3,000 feet. The course will be another jewel reflecting the stark beauty of Baja California.
A HAPPENING…
Colorful race week festivities will start on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to help celebrate this newest SCORE Baja race. They will be held in or adjacent to the landmark Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada.
Chassis inspections and pre-tech/Stella devise check and installation will be held on Wednesday (Sept. 14) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT by appointment and on Thursday (Sept. 15) chassis inspection/pre-tech/Stella bracket check and installation will be held at a location to be determined.
Friday (Sept. 16) will see the colorful day-long, pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and contingency festival in the start finish line area in Ensenada. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT contingency row will be held for all classes. Tech inspection/Transponder checks/Stella/SPICA device pickup will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT on Friday as well at the end of the manufacturer’s row.
During the race on Saturday, Sept. 17 until the course closes on Sunday morning, Sept. 18, the start/finish line compound will include the massive double-sided SCOREvision LED screen broadcasting race festivities, the start, live race action from around the course and finish line interviews.
Popular Rat Sult will once again serve as host of the SCORE Live streaming. Assisting Sult will be veteran voice Dave Arnold.
Contingency and the race itself will be streamed live, airing via the internet on the SCORE website. Included in the exclusive race coverage, along with vehicle tracking, will be live drone and in-car camera footage from various locations around the race course.
AT THE RIVIERA…
The historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, in the heart of Ensenada, will again be the site of many of the activities surrounding the 3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels. Racer registration and media registration will both be held in Salon Rojo on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Sept. 13-16).
On Tuesday (Sept. 13 for qualifying teams only) racer registration will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. PDT. On Wednesday (Sept. 14) it will run from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. PDT, Thursday (Sept. 15) it will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT and on Friday (Sept. 16) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, no new entries will be accepted after 7 p.m. PDT, on Thursday after 4 p.m. PDT and on Friday, no new entries will be accepted after 3 p.m. PDT.
SCORE Media Registration will be held in Salon Rojo at the Riviera on Tuesday and Wednesday (Sept. 13-14) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. PDT and on Thursday and Friday (Sept. 15-16) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT.
The start/finish line for the race will once again be adjacent to the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Blvd. Costero.
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2022 SCHEDULE
Here are the remaining two dates in the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship which is being held exclusively in Baja California, Mexico for the seventh consecutive year:
3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels—
September 13-18, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts—
November 15-20, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
ESPN TV NETWORKS AGAIN IN 2022
For the fourth straight year, the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship races will air on the ESPN family of networks. The four-races will air as specials on the World of X Games program on ESPN2.
ABC first covered the 1967 and 1968 Baja 1000 races on the old ABC Wide World of Sports show with Jim McKay and again in the late 1980s with veteran motorsports journalists Sam Posey and Jack Arute.
All of the SCORE race coverage shows also continue to air internationally in nearly 25 countries in Euro/pe, Asia, Latin America and South America via syndication and ESPN International. The shows are co-produced by SCORE International and SoCal’s award-winning BCII TV. Bud Brutsman is the Executive Producer.
SCORE SPONSORS…
Official SCORE Sponsors: BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire and Race Title Sponsor, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, 4 Wheel Parts-Official Off-Road Retailer and Race Presenting Partner, Ford-Official Truck and SUV, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber and Race Title Sponsor, Polaris RZR-Official UTV, RACELINE Wheels-Official Wheel, VP Racing Fuels-Official Fuel and race presenting sponsor, Optima Batteries-Official Batteries, Wide Open Excursions-Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino and PCI Race Radios.
SCORE Official Partners: The Satellite Phone Store, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, Lucerna Hotel.
Additional SCORE Associate Partners: Baja California Secretary of Tourism, MEXICO Secretary of Tourism, San Felipe Foundational Municipal Council, Ensenada Municipal Government, San Felipe Marketing Tourism Committee, Ensenada Marketing Tourism Committee, Ensenada Hotel and Motel Association, Proturismo Ensenada and Cruz Roja Mexicana.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com.
3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels
Round 3 of four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico – 397.64 miles
Schedule of Events• (as of 7/27/22) (all times PDT)
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
1pm-5pm                   Media Registration              Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
2pm-8pm                   Racer Registration               Qualifying Classes only—Salon Rojo, Riviera CC
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
8am                            Qualifying                              SCORE Trophy Truck, SCORE TT Legend, Class 1,
Trophy Truck Spec
9am-5pm                   Chassis Inspection/Stella device check & install—By Appointment
Noon-8pm                 Racer Registration               Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
No new entries after 7 p.m.
1pm-5pm                   Media Registration              Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Thursday, September 15, 2022
9am-5pm                   Chassis Inspection/Stella Bracket Check & Install—Location TBA
9am-5pm                   Racer Registration               Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
No new entries after 4 p.m.
9am-5pm                   Media Registration              Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Friday, September 16, 2022
8am-4pm                   Racer Registration -             Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
No New Entries after 3 p.m.
8am-5pm                   Contingency Row                Blvd Costero, adjacent to Riviera del Pacifico CC
8am-6pm                   Tech/Transponder Check/Stella/SPICA device pick up—end of contingency row
9am-5pm                   Media Registration              Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
6pm                            Mandatory Aircraft Pilot Meeting—Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico CC
7pm                            Mandatory Driver/Rider Meeting—Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico CC
Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 18
     NOTE: The SCORE Baja 400 race course is being finalized. The Saturday and Sunday schedules will be updated with details for race days and results/awards day as soon as the SCORE Baja 400 Course is finalized.