G.O.A.T. leading 35 'Monsters' to next week's SCORE Baja 400

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, Dominic@SCORE-International.com
 
September 8, 2022
 
3rd SCORE Baja 400, Presented by VP Racing Fuels
35 ‘Monsters of the Desert’—SCORE Trophy Trucks
Revved to lead over 200 entries next week in Mexico
 
Round 3 of four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship
in Ensenada, Mexico; Airing on ESPN2 World of X Games;
Racer registration, event info at www.SCORE-International.com; #SCOREBaja400
 
NOTE: SCORE Trophy Truck expanded entries, class history, at bottom of text
 
     ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—Envied by some, admired by many more, loathed by a few and respected by all as the ‘Monsters of the Desert’, 35 SCORE Trophy Trucks are revved to roar in next week’s 3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels.
The marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 1000 horsepower, unlimited custom trucks was created by iconic former SCORE owner Sal Fish in 1994 and pre-running continues this week in Mexico’s majestic and mysterious Baja California peninsula for Round 3 of the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship.
FAST FACTS
Round 3 of the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship will be held Sept. 13-18 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, the race will start/finish and colorful pre-race activities are returning for the first time in three years to the heart of Ensenada at the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center and the adjacent fantastically fan-friendly Boulevard Costero.
Ensenada, ‘The Off-Road Capital of the World’, is located 80 miles South of the U.S. Border near San Diego.
With over 200 entries expected, 45 competition classes are offered for Pro and Sportsman cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads. To date, there are 181 total entries from 22 U.S. States, U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico and 14 countries. Joining the USA in the field so far are racers from host country Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, New Zealand, Peru and Venezuela. So far there are 138 cars, trucks and UTVs entered and 42 motorcycles and quads.
Most the world’s best desert racers will be in action at this year’s celebration of one of the newest top motorsports events in the entire world. The race will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour special on the ESPN2 World of X Games programming. It is scheduled to first air at 9 p.m. PT on Sunday, Nov. 6.
The race show on ESPN2 is co-produced by SCORE International and the award-winning BCII TV of Los Angeles. Bud Brutsman is the Executive Producer. Intro announcer for the race show will be Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee and SCORE champion desert racer Cameron Steele who will again pull double duty racing in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck class as well in his No. 16 Desert Assassins Monster Energy Ford Raptor.
All four 2022 SCORE races are being held on Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula for the seventh consecutive year.
SCORE, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization, is celebrating its 49th season in 2022.
DOUBLE DIGITS
Leading the list of entries with double-digit lineups so far are SCORE Trophy Truck with 35 entries (including seven in SCORE TT Legend for drivers over 50 years old), Trophy Truck Spec with 27 entries, Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) with 21 entries and Class 10 with 16 entries to date.
PRE-RUNNING
Official practice, or pre-running, on the official 393.82-mile race course for this year’s 3rd SCORE Baja 400 starts at race mile 33.08 and finishes at race mile 360.82. The first 33.08 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.
     The Racer’s Brief, Penalty Bulletin, Course Notes and GPS files are available on the SCORE website under Race Info for the SCORE Baja 400.
QUALIFYING
     Qualifying for starting positions within their respective classes will be held on Wednesday (Sept. 14), starting at 7 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. Each vehicle will cover individually a special 4.98-mile course to determine the start order in those four classes.
MAGNIFICENT MONSTERS
Roaring through the desert terrain with the grace, beauty and power of the Bolshoi Ballet, the 35- SCORE Trophy Truck field for this year’s SCORE Baja 400 includes 17 racers who have combined to win 78 of the 140 races in the history of the featured class.
Enjoying its 29th season at the forefront of the sport, this year’s field also includes five racers who have combined to win the SCORE Trophy Truck season point championship in 10 of the first 28 campaigns.
Included in that elite group are the season champs of the last four consecutive seasons in the SCORE World Desert Championship.
‘Chairman of the Board’ in SCORE Trophy Truck is Las Vegas’ Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Famer Rob MacCachren, the G.O.A.T of off-road racing, with 19 all-time SCORE Trophy Truck race wins. The ‘Mac Attack’ is the winningest racer in the history of off-road racing with 314 class victories in multiple classes in the desert, short-course and stadium off-road racing, the amiable MacCachren has also won four SCORE Trophy Truck season point titles (1994, 2007-with Mark Post, 2018 and 2021-with Luke McMillin). He drives the No. 1 BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150 (built by Geiser Brothers).
With a fourth-place finish in SCORE Trophy Truck in this year’s SCORE San Felipe 250 and a victory in this year’s SCORE Baja 500, MacCachren leads to SCORE Trophy Truck point standings midway through the 2022 season.
Also entered are two of the four racers tied for second in career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins with 11 victories each are second-generation racer Tim Herbst along with third-generation desert racer Andy McMillin.
Another Las Vegas ORMHOF inductee, Tim Herbst pilots his No. 19 Ford F-150 built by Herbst/Smith Fab. Sharing the driving duties with Herbst will be fellow-Las Vegan Pat Dean who has one career SCORE Trophy Truck race victory
Herbst and his older brother Ed Herbst earned four SCORE Trophy Truck season point crowns over a five-year period (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003).
San Diego’s Andy McMillin, son of former SCORE champion Scott McMillin and grandson of the late Corky McMillin, drives his No. 31 Chevy Silverado built by Mason Motorsports. He won the 2019 SCORE Trophy Truck season point champion while finishing second in the inaugural SCORE Baja 400 in 2019.
MORE STALLIONS
Leading the next wave of SCORE Trophy Truck stallions entered in this race are Bryce Menzies with seven career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins, and Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola Jr with six career race wins, Larry Roeseler with five and Ryan Arciero who has four career SCORE Trophy Truck race victories.
Menzies, of Las Vegas, was the 2011 SCORE Trophy Truck season point champ while also winning the 2011 SCORE Rookie of the Year Award. He pilots the AWD No.7 Ford Raptor built by Mason Motorsports. He won two races last year including the 2nd SCORE Baja 400.
Part of the most prominent Mexican racing team in SCORE, Vildosola Jr, of Mexicali, drives his No. 21 Ford Raptor built by the team’s Vildosola Racing shop.
Dubbed ‘Mr. Baja’ because of his amazing history in SCORE Baja racing both on two-wheels and four-wheels, Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif. will be driving the No. 43 Baja Jerky Toyota Tundra built by ID Designs. A member of both the Off-Road Motorsports and America Motorcycle Association Halls of Fame, Roeseler earned his fifth career SCORE Trophy Truck race win by capturing last year’s SCORE Baja 500 where he now has 12 career overall victories including nine on motorcycles, two in open-wheel desert race cars and one in SCORE Trophy Truck.
Roeseler also won the 2020 SCORE Baja 1000 as the second driver for Luke McMillin.
Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., returns as the inaugural SCORE Baja 400 overall winner in 2019. This year he will be the second driver for Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., in the No. 16 Monster Energy Geiser-built Ford Raptor.
VILDOSOLA SR
Joining his son at the starting line will be Gus Vildosola Sr, Mexicali, who is undefeated with two race wins this year in the SCORE TT Legend class for SCORE Trophy Truck drivers over 50 years old. There are seven entries in his class for this race.
Vildosola Sr has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins. Vildosola Sr will be driver of record in this race in his Mexicana Logistics AWD No. 21L Ford Raptor built by Mason Motorsports. Splitting the driving with him will be AMA Hall of Famer Ricky Johnson, Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
In 2010 Vildosola Sr teamed with his son as the son/father team became the first Mexican nationals to capture the overall and SCORE Trophy Truck victory in the iconic SCORE Baja 1000 peninsula race from Ensenada to La Paz.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
ORMHOF inductee Cameron Steele has earned two career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins.
The popular Steele, San Clemente, Calif. who is also a renown professional action sports TV announce and does the intro and close for the SCORE race TV shows, will be driving his No. 16 Desert Assassins Ford Raptor built by Geiser Brothers. Ryan Arciero is his second driver.
McMANIA
If one McMillin racer wasn’t enough to compete against, the SCORE World Desert Championship includes Andy McMillin’s cousins Daniel McMillin and Luke McMillin.
Carrying the banner of the Big Blue M racing machine, Luke has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins in his No. 83 Chevy 1500 and was the 2020 SCORE Trophy Truck season point champion while Daniel has one career SCORE Trophy Truck race win in his No. 23 Chevy 1500. They both drive AWD trucks built by Mason Motorsports.
MORE SINGLES
Also part of the field in this race with one career SCORE Trophy Truck race win each are brothers Alan and Aaron Ampudia, Ensenada, Mexico, Rick D. Johnson, Barstow, Calif. and Justin B. Smith, Las Vegas.
The Ampudia brothers will again race together while Johnson will split the driving with Rolf Helland, Morris, Ill., in SCORE TT Legend, and Smith will be the additional driver for Canada’s Tracy Graf in SCORE Trophy Truck.
MAS POSSIBLE
Nothing is for certain in SCORE Baja racing especially when 35 thoroughbreds glide their way over the unforgiving terrain of the Baja peninsula.
While 17 of the 35 entries in the behemoth class have tasted victory in the premier desert racing class, several other contenders will be in contention for coveted spots on the podium.
Youth may be served with the likes of 18-year-old Jax Redline, San Antonio, Texas (second driver for Mike Walser, Comfort, Texas (No. 89 Chevy Silverado-Mason) and 21-year-old Broc Dickerson, Brawley, Calif. (No. 34 Ford Raptor-TSCO), in the starting grid.
Then there are cagey veterans like Justin Lofton, Brawley, Calif. (No. 41 Chevy Silverado-Mason), Dan Myers, Newport Beach, Calif. (No. 6 Toyota Tundra-Brenthel), Mikey Lawrence, Banning, Calif. (No. 85 Ford Raptor-Herbst/Smith), Andrew Myers, San Marcos, Calif. (No. 69 Toyota Tundra-Herbst/Smith), Sam Baldi, Beaumont, Calif. (No. 82 Chevy Silverado-Baldi) and the team of Kevin Thompson, New Braunfels/Harley Letner, Corona, Calif. (No. 70 Chevy Silverado-Herbst/Smith).
Also in the hunt will be the Australian duo making their debut as a team, Paul Weel and Dakar Rally motorcycle champ Toby Price (No. 46 Ford Raptor-Geiser).
Easy to see then, anything is possible when these SCORE ‘Monsters of the Desert’ start their engines.
BAJA RUTA MUY ESPECIAL!
The race features another colorful, challenging course, designed, plotted and marked by SCORE President/Race Director Jose A. Grijalva, of 393.82 miles of rugged Baja California terrain (370 for motorcycles and quads).
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 4,972 feet. The course will be another jewel reflecting the stark beauty of Baja California.
It runs in a clockwise direction from Ensenada and back with two physical, full-stop checkpoints and 170 total virtual checkpoints. The two physical checkpoints will be: Checkpoint 1 at Ejido Jaramillo at race mile 223.64 and Checkpoint 2 will be at Santo Tomas at rm312.63. There are also a total of 15 speed zones for a total of 70.15 miles of the 393.82-mile race course.
Heading East from Ensenada, the course goes through Ojos Negros then South through Rancho El Mezcal, turning East by Tres Hermanos and across to a short pavement section on Highway 3 then up and around in a dog leg by Rancho Las Vaquillas and back to another pavement section on Highway 3 at Heroes de la Independencia.
After another highway stretch to Leyes de Reforma, the course goes East and then South to Ejido Jamau before another highway stretch past Valle de la Trinidad up to the access road to Mike’s Sky Ranch. After the big climb, the course continues South past Rancho La Joya, El Potrero and Rancho Santa Cruz where it turns west through Valladares up through Hacienda Sinaloa and across Highway 1 at Ejido Jaramillo. The course turns North at the Pacific Ocean for a short run up along the coastline, inland through Punta Colonet, looping back towards the Pacific and North through Cerro Solo, looping through Ejido Erendira up to San Vicente, Ejido Nativos del Valle North to Santo Tomas and then Ejido Uruapan.
The course then winds its way Northeast by Rancho Palacios, through Los Encinos, turning North to Ojos Negros and by Las Minitas, Rancho Santa Maria and Rancho El Tule on its way back to the finish in Ensenada.
GREEN FLAG
It is an elapsed-time race with staggered starts with the green flag dropping on Saturday (Sept. 18). Ceremonial start in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center will be 5:30 a.m. PT for Motorcycles and Quads and 9:15 a.m. PT for the Cars, Trucks and UTVs. here will be a minimum of three and one-half hours between the last SPT Quad and the first SCORE Trophy Truck.
Car, Truck and UTV classes will have a course of 393.82 miles while motorcycle and quad classes will have a race course of 370 miles. While the fastest vehicles will finish in a little less than eight hours, all classes will have a time limit of 19 hours from the time each vehicle starters to become an official finisher in the race.
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. Intro host for the broadcast will be Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee and SCORE Trophy Truck racing champion Cameron Steele. The premier airing of the race show is scheduled on ESPN2 for Sunday, Nov. 6 and 12 a.m. ET and 9 p.m. PT.
A HAPPENING…
Colorful race week festivities will start on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to help celebrate this youngest 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.
LeDUC, GRAND MARSHAL
Adding to the glamour of the SCORE Baja 400, Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 inductee Curt LeDuc, and SCORE champion truck racer has been named as the Grand Marshal for this year’s race.
Passionate to a flair with racing champion sons Todd LeDuc and Kyle LeDuc, Curt LeDuc, 67, of Cherry Valley, Calif., has been a winner in desert racing, short course racing, the Dakar Rally, the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb and elder LeDuc is like the energizer bunny…he’s still going, going and going.
LeDuc has had a strong career in SCORE and has four career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins and he won the 1997 SCORE Trophy Truck season point championship driving a factory-sponsored Jeep Cherokee.
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.
SCOREscope
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 are airing on the ESPN family of networks. The four-races are airing 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. Intro announcer for the SCORE race shows is SCORE Trophy Truck champion racer and Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Cameron Steele.
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
Sept. 13-18 – 393.82 miles – Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Total Entries: 181 (as of 9/08/22)
(from 22 U.S. States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico, host Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia,
Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, New Zealand, Peru, Venezuela)
Pro Cars, Trucks & UTVs
(Number, driver/rider of record/additional drivers and/or Navigators/riders, vehicle, engine)
  SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (Unlimited CustomTrucks including Builder)--
(Numerical Order)
1 Rob MacCachren, 57, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Geiser)
6 Dan Myers, 44, Newport Beach, Calif./Jonathan Brenthel, 42, Murrieta, Calif., Toyota Tundra (Brenthel)
7 Bryce Menzies, 35, Las Vegas, Ford Raptor (Mason)
10 Alan Ampudia, 31, Ensenada, Mexico/Aaron Ampudia, 29, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Raptor (ID)
14 Bobby Pecoy, 58, Anaheim, Calif./Mike Byrd, 47, Parker, Ariz., Ford Raptor (Geiser)
16 Cameron Steele, 54, San Clemente, Calif./Ryan Arciero, 47, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser)
18 JP Gomez, 38, Placerville, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser)
19 Tim Herbst, 59, Las Vegas/Pat Dean, 51, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Herbst/Smith)
21 Gustavo Tavo Vildosola, 40, Mexicali, Mexico, Chevy Silverado (Vildosola Racing)
23 Dan McMillin, 34, San Diego, Chevy 1500 (Mason)
26 Dave Taylor, 48, Page, Ariz., Ford Raptor (Geiser)
27 Jonathan Brenthel, 43, La Cresta, Calif./Jordan Brenthel, 36, Murrieta, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Brenthel)
31 Andy McMillin, 35, San Diego, Chevy Silverado (Mason)
34 Broc Dickerson, 21, Brawley, Calif., Ford Raptor (TSCO)
41 Justin Lofton, 36, Brawley, Calif. (Lockney, Texas), Chevy Silverado (Mason)
43 Larry Roeseler, 65, Boulevard, Calif., Toyota Tundra (ID)
46 Paul Weel, 43, Australia/Toby Price, 34, Australia, Ford Raptor (Geiser)
58 Tracy Graf, 59, Canada/Justin B. Smith, 38, Las Vegas/Jake Povey, 36, Whitefish, Mont., Chevy Silverado (Racer)
63 Ruben Torres, 24, San Luis Potosi, Mexico/Gabriel Torres, 29, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Nissan (TSCO)
69 Andrew Myers, 42, San Marcos, Calif., Toyota Tundra (Herbst/Smith)
/70 Kevin Thompson, 49, New Braunfels, Texas/Harley Letner, 39, Corona, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Herbst/Smith)
82 Sam Baldi, 57, Beaumont, Calif./Jake Johnson, 44, Yucaipa, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Baldi)
83 Luke McMillin, 29, San Diego, Chevy 1500 (Mason)
85 Mikey Lawrence, 34, Banning, Calif., Ford Raptor (Herbst/Smith)
89 Mike Walser, 55, Comfort, Texas/Jax Redline, 22, Amarillo, Texas, Chevy Silverado (Mason)
90 Raul Gomez, 43, Placerville, Calif./Sergio Garcia, Chino Hills, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser)
92 Paul Nauleau, 25, Los Gatos, Calif. (France)/Johnny Bickel, 25, Fort Worth, Texas, Chevy Silverado (Brenthel)
98 Jose Mendez, 34, Guadalajara, Mexico/Danny Lopez, Guadalajara, Mexico, Ford Raptor (Geiser)
  SCORE TT LEGEND (Unlimited Custom Trucks, including builder, Drivers over 50 years old)--
20L Bobby Patton, 59, Fort Worth, Texas/Robbie Pierce, 60, Alpine, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Jimco)
21L Gustavo Vildosola Sr, 69, Mexicali, Mexico/Ricky Johnson, 58, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., Ford Raptor (Mason)
25L Mark Winkelman, 63, Cedar Hill, Texas/Daniel Gonzalez, 60, Ensenada, Mexico/Rudy Iribe, 54, Chula Vista, Calif./Charles Manchester, 59, Lake Tahoe, Nev./Ted Moncure, 53, Long Beach, Calif., Ford F-150 (Master Design)
37L Rolf Helland, 62, Morris, Ill./Rick D. Johnson, 56, Barstow, Calif., Ford Raptor (Mason)
53L Wade Porter, 55, Durham, Calif., Ford Raptor (Brenthel)
61L David Payne, 61, St. Louis, Mo./Damon Bradshaw, 50, Peoria, Ariz., Chevy Silverado (Brenthel)
85L Clay Lawrence, 60, Banning, Calif., Herbst/Smith-Chevy
SCORE Baja 400 SCORE Trophy Truck & Overall Winners
2019—Ryan Arciero
2021—Bryce Menzies
SCORE Trophy Truck®
(debuted in 1994, for 1000 horsepower unlimited custom trucks-140 total Desert races, 3 Stadium-short course)

All-Time SCORE Trophy Truck Race Winners (1994 through SCORE Baja 500 2022)

Wins  Driver(s), Years

19        Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1994, 1996 (2), 2003 (w/ G. Vildosola), 2007(3) (w/M. Post), 2011 (2), 2012(2), 2014 (w/A.McMillin/J.Voss), 2015 (w/A. McMillin), 2016 (w/J. Voss), 2017, 2018 (2), 2021 (w/L. McMillin), 2022
11        Robby Gordon, Mooresville, N.C., Ford F-150, 1996(4), Chevy CK1500, 2005, 2006*(2)(one w/A. McMillin), 2009(2), 2013
Ed/Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1997, 1998, 1999(3), 2000(2), 2001, 2002, 2003(2)
Andy McMillin, San Diego, Chevy Silverado, 2006 (w/R. Gordon), 2009 (w/S. McMillin), 2010 (2) (one w/S. McMillin), 2011
(w/S. McMillin), 2014 (2) (1 w/MacCachren), 2015 (w/MacCachren), 2017, 2019(2)
Larry Ragland, Phoenix, Chevy, 1995(2), 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 (w/ Mark Miller), 2005
-2006-2007 (w/B.Collins)
9          Dan Smith/David Ashley, Riverside, Calif., Ford F-150, 1998(2), 2000, 2001(3), 2002(3)
Ivan Stewart, Alpine, Calif., Toyota SR5, 1994(3), 1995(2), 1997, 1998(2), 1999
7          Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 2011 (2), 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021 (2)
Mark Post, Laguna Beach,CA, Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/J. Whelchel), 2007(3) (w/R. MacCachren)
6          B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012(2), 2013
Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 2001, 2005-2006-2007 (w/L. Ragland), 2008, 2009
Gustavo Vildosola Jr., Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor, 2010, 2013 (w/ Gus Vildosola Sr.), 2014, 2015 (2), 2016
5          Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif., Chevy K1500/Toyota Tundra, 1999, 2008 (2) (w/R. Norman), 2020 (w/L. McMillin), 2021
4          Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 2003(2), 2004 (w/ M. Miller), 2019
Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Jeep Grand Cherokee, 1995, 1997(3)
Mark Miller, Cave Creek, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 2002 (w/ Larry Ragland), 2003(2), 2004 (w/ R. Arciero)
Paul/Dave Simon, Fallbrook, Calif., Ford F-150, 1994(2), 1995(2)
Jerry Whelchel, Portola Hills, Calif., Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/M. Post)
3          Luke McMillin, San Diego, Ford F-150, 2020 (w/Roeseler), 2021 (w/MacCachren), 2022
Scott McMillin, San Diego, Chevy Silverado, 2009 (w/A. McMillin), 2010 (w/A. McMillin), 2011 (w/A. McMillin)
Gus Vildosola Sr., Mexicali, Mexico, Ford F-150, 2003 (w/ Rob MacCachren), 2010, 2013 (w/ Gus Vildosola Jr.)
2          Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2006, 2007
Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2010 (2)
Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Rally Truck, 2015, 2017(w/Juan C. Lopez)
Juan C. Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Silverado, 2016, 2017 (w/Apdaly)
Roger Norman, Reno, Nev., Ford F-150, 2008 (2) (w/L. Roeseler)
Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado, 2004(2)
Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy CK1500, 2005, 2006
Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Ford Raptor, 2018(2) (one with Dean)
Jason Voss, Gilroy, Calif., Ford F-150, 2014 (w/MacCachren, A. McMillin), 2016 (w/MacCachren)
1          Aaron Ampudia, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Raptor, 2019
Alan Ampudia, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Raptor, 2019
Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150, 2005
Brian Coats, Huntington Beach, Calif., Chevy C1500, 1997
Marty Coyne, El Centro, Calif., Ford F-150, 2005*
Josh Daniel, Vista, Calif., Chevy R-6, 2017
Pat Dean, Las Vegas, Ford Raptor, 2018 (w/Steele)
Gary Dircks, Anthem, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2004
Dale Dondel, Hemet, Calif, Chevy Silverado, 2005
Steven Eugenio, El Centro, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 2014
Juan C. Ibarra, Ensenada, Mexico, Chevy C1500, 1998
Rick D. Johnson, Barstow, Calif., Ford F-150, 2009
Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico, Chevy Silverado, 2015
Dan McMillin, San Diego, Chevy C 1500, 2020 (w/J. Smith)
Carl Renezeder, Lake Forest, Calif., Ford F-150, 2007
Rich Ronco, Peoria, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 2008
Jim Smith, Orange, Calif., Ford F-150, 1994
Justin B. Smith, Las Vegas, Chevy C1500, 2020 (w/D. McMillin)
Billy Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas, Chevy Silverado, 2016
  *non-points stadium-short course race
28 Years of SCORE Trophy Truck Season Point Champions
1994--Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
1995--Ivan Stewart, Alpine, Calif., Toyota SR5
1996--Robby Gordon, Orange, Calif., Ford F-150
1997--Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Jeep Grand Cherokee
1998--David Ashley/Dan Smith, Riverside, Calif., Ford F-150
1999--Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2000--Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2001--David Ashley/Dan Smith, Riverside, Calif., Ford F-150
2002--Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2003--Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2004--Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150
2005--Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy CK1500
2006--B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
2007--Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2008--B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
2009--Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C., Chevy CK1500
2010--Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Ford F-150
2011--Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2012--B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
2013--B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
2014--Steven Eugenio, El Centro, Calif., Chevy Silverado
2015--Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Silverado
2016--Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Silverado
2017--Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Silverado
2018--Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2019--Andy McMillin, San Diego, Chevy Silverado
2020--Luke McMillin, San Diego, Ford F-150
2021--Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150(3 races)/Chevy Silverado(1 race)
     MULTIPLE SCORE TROPHY TRUCK SEASON POINT CHAMPS: 4—Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003), B.J. Baldwin (2006, 2008, 2012, 2013) and Rob MacCachren (1994, 2007, 2018, 2021); 3—Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez (2015, 2016, 2017); 2—Dave Ashley/Dan Smith (1998, 2001) and Robby Gordon (1996, 2009)
SCORE TT Legend Season Point Champions
(SCORE Trophy Truck drivers 50 years and older)
2017--Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Armin Schwarz, Germany, Chevy Silverado
2018--Gus Vildosola Sr, Mexicali, Mexico/Scott Bailey, Riverside, Calif., Ford Raptor
2019--Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado
2020--Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado
2021--Rolf Helland, Morris, Ill./Rick D. Johnson, Barstow, Calif., Ford Raptor