SUPER-TIGHT CLASS POINTS ENTERING SCORE BAJA 400

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, Dominic@SCORE-International.com
 
September 12, 2022
 
3rd SCORE Baja 400, Presented by VP Racing Fuels
Desert racers from across the USA and around the world
descending on Baja California, Mexico for this week’s race
 
Late, on-site racer registration Tuesday-Friday at Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center;
Pre-running continues on rugged 393.82-mile course around Northern Baja California;
SCORE Live, vehicle tracking at www.score-international.com, Rat Sult host;
Airing on ESPN2 World of X Games-Cameron Steele intro announcer; #SCOREBaja400
 
NOTE: SCORE Baja 400 Race week Schedule of Events; race stats at bottom of text
 
     ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—Featuring astonishing parity among this season’s top point leaders, this week’s 3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels, launches the second half of the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship.
While all racers compete to win their respective classes in a particular race, they are also always eyeing the grand prize at the end of the season—SCORE season class point championships. Racers from 22 U.S. States and 14 countries are registered entering this week’s late, on-site registration.
With 180 entries to date, late, on-site registration will be Tuesday through Friday (Sept. 13-16) in Ensenada.
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 182 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 139 cars, trucks and UTVs entered and 43 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.
SCORE LIVE
During qualifying on Wednesday, contingency on Friday and the race on Saturday, until the course closes on Sunday morning, live streaming will be broadcasting race activities, start and finish line interviews as well as live drone and land coverage from around the race course. Popular Rat Sult, who has been the voice of SCORE over the last seven seasons, will once again serve as host of the SCORE Live streaming. Assisting Sult once again will be veteran voice Dave Arnold.
SCORE live may be launched from the home page of the SCORE website or from the SCORE App.
GREEN FLAG
The SCORE Baja 400 will be an elapsed-time race with staggered starts as the green flag on Saturday will drop first for the motorcycles and quads at 5:30 a.m. (PDT) and 9:15 a.m. (PDT) for the cars, trucks and UTVs. The total distance for the race course is 393.82 miles while the motorcycles and quads will run an abbreviated course of 270 miles for safety reasons.
While the fastest vehicles are expected to finish in around eight and one-half hours, all vehicles will have a 19-hour time limit to become official finishers in the race.
QUALIFYING
     Qualifying (closed to the public) for starting positions will be held on an undisclosed 4.98-mile course on Wednesday (Sept. 14), starting at 7 a.m. PDT. Classes that will be qualifying for start positions within their respective classes for the SCORE Baja 400 are SCORE Trophy Truck, SCORE TT Legend, the unlimited Class 1 and the Trophy Truck Spec classes.
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 28 entries, Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) with 21 entries and Class 10 with 16 entries to date.
TIES & SUPER-TIGHT CLASS BATTLES
Reflecting the intensity of the raging battles in most of the SCORE competition classes, four classes have two racers tied at the top of their respective leaderboards. Further, two classes have first and second separated by three points and four more classes have the top two racers with just four points between each.
The classes tied after two of four 2022 races are Class 7, Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction), Pro Moto  50 (riders 50 years and older) and Pro Moto Ironman (solo riders).
With three points separating the top two leaders are SCORE Trophy Truck and Pro UTV Open while with four points between first and second place so far are Trophy Truck Spec, Class 10, SCORE Lites and Class 1/2-1600.
CPR RACING ON TOP
SoCal’s youthful dynamo Christopher Polvoorde continues to lead the SCORE Overall point standings and the massive Trophy Truck Spec class as well following his stunning season-opening class victory at the King Shocks 35th SCORE San Felipe 250 and a fourth-place class finish in the BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts.
Polvoorde, Hemet, Calif. may be ‘only’ 21 years old, but he has already been racing for over eight years and has evolved quickly into a SCORE Baja racing championship contender.
     Polvoorde has raced in many different disciplines including Short Course, Desert Racing, Rally Racing, Midget Racing, Robby Gordon’s Stadium Trucks, Kart Racing and the King of the Hammers where he won his class in 2022.
When he isn’t driving four-wheel race vehicles, he also is an avid mountain bike racer in his limited spare time.
Driving the No. 204 CP Racing Mason Motorsports-Ford, he has earned 255 points so far in the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship.
Polvoorde is also a full-time college student attending the University of San Diego on scholarship seeking a double major in finance and real estate through the USD School of Business.
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK LEADER
Every sport seems to have identified its G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time). In off-road racing, in a class by himself is Las Vegas’ Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Rob MacCachren, who has 314 career race wins in open desert racing, short-course and stadium racing.
Starting the season with a fourth-place finish in the season opener in San Felipe, the perfectly patient MacCachren, 57, strategically stayed the course in Ensenada to capture the overall and SCORE Trophy Truck victory earlier this month at the BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts.
The victory was MacCachren’s SCORE record 19th career SCORE Trophy Truck race win, giving him 246 season points where he is currently tied for third in the 2022 SCORE Overall point standings.
For his SCORE Baja 500 victory this year, MacCachren also earned a US$20,000 contingency bonus from race title sponsor BFGoodrich Tires for his stellar effort in his No. 1 MacCachren Motorsports Ford F-150 built by Geiser Brothers of Phloenix.
TOP FIVE IN OVERALL POINTS
Behind Polvoorde in first and MacCachren in third, also in the top five SCORE Overall point leaders midway through the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship is second place Jorge Sampietro, Ensenada, Mexico, No. 297 Mason-Chevy (Trophy Truck Spec) with 251 points, while tied for third place with MacCachren with 246 points is Mason Cullen, Long Beach, Calif., No. 207 Geiser-Chevy (Trophy Truck Spec) and in fifth is San Diego’s Luke McMillin, No. 83 Chevy 1500 (Mason) with 243 points (SCORE Trophy Truck).
Sampietro and Luke McMillin are second in their respective class points while Cullen is third in points in Trophy Truck Spec after the SCORE San Felipe 250 and the SCORE Baja 500.
SALVATIERRA LEADS PRO MOTO OVERALL
After winning the season point championship for two consecutive years in the brutally tough Pro Moto Ironman class for solo riders, Bolivia’s acclaimed Juan Carlos Salvatierra moved to the Pro Moto Unlimited class this year and has won the fastest class on two wheels in both of his first attempts in this legendary class.
In San Felipe, his co-riders were Mexico’s Arturo Salas Jr, 19, and San Diego’s Shane Logan, 20. For Ensenada, Salvatierra added Argentinian rally racer Diego Llanos to his team for his second straight class win. For the year, Salvatierra now has 215 season points in his No. 10x KTM 450SX-F motorcycle.
At the SCORE Baja 500, Salvatierra and his team gave KTM its first overall moto win in the 54-year history of the iconic race.
Salvatierra, 40, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has raced nine years in the Dakar Rally, also mountain biking and triathlons. Considered the most important athlete in the history of Bolivia, in 2011, Salvatierra became the first athlete from Bolivia to race in the Dakar Rally. He is also a nine-time Bolivian National Motocross champion.
TIED ON TOP OF ALL UTVs
Tied with 229 points each at the top of all Pro UTV classes as well as their own Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) class are Justin Lambert and Edgar Garcia Leon.
Lambert, Bakersfield, Calif., won in San Felipe and finished 14th in Ensenada in his No. 2918 Polaris RZR XP4 Turbo S while Garcia Leon, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., finished second and eighth in Pro UTV FI in the first two races of the year.
In San Felipe Pro UTV FI had 29 starters and in Ensenada, the popular UTV class saw 24 vehicles take the green flag.
There were a total of 50 starters in the five UTV classes in the SCORE Baja 500.
FOUR CLASS LEADERS IN TOP 26 OVERALL
Including Polvoorde in Trophy Truck Spec, MacCachren in SCORE Trophy Truck, Lambert and Garcia Leon in Pro UTV FI, four classes have at lease one racer in the top 25 SCORE Overall 4-wheel point standings following Round 2 of the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship.
The fourth class is Class 10 where Ivan Tagle, Chula Vista, Calif., leads his class and is tied for 24th overall after a third place in his class of 19 starters in San Felipe and eighth place out of 26 starters in Ensenada in his No. 1087 Alumi Craft-Chevy open-wheel desert race car.
The classes among the top 26 in the current 2022 SCORE point leaders are Trophy Truck Spec (10), SCORE Trophy Truck (8), Pro UTV FI (7) and Class 10 (1).
TWIN WINS
Besides Salvatierra in Pro Moto Unlimited, also opening the season with two straight wins to lead the point standings in their respective classes are five other Motorcycle and Quad classes.
With twin wins to start the campaign are Jano Montoya, Winter Garden, Fla. (Peru) (Pro Moto 30, No. 325x KTM 450EXCF), Fernando Beltran, Ensenada, Mexico (Pro Moto Limited, No. 180x Honda CRF450X), Ryan Liebelt, Reedley, Calif. (Pro Moto 40, No. 400x Yamaha WR450F), Faelly Lopez, Puerto Rico (Pro Quad Ironman, No. 83a Honda TRX450R) and Fidel Gonzalez, Vizcaino, Mexico (SPT Quad, No. 111a Honda TRX450R).
TIES AT THE TOP
This season has four classes where two racers in each are tied for the lead in points in their respective classes.
In Class 7 with one race win each, tied are Daniel Chamlee, Montecito, Calif. (No. 700 Ford Ranger) and Scott Brady, Gerber, Calif. (No. 703 Ford Ranger).
In Pro UTV FI with one win and a 14th is Justin Lambert, Bakersfield, Calif. (No. 2918 Polaris RZR XP4 Turbo S) tied with Edgar Garcia Leon, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., with a second and an eighth (No. 2987 Can-Am Maverick X3).
With one race win each and a second in Pro Moto 50, tied are Giovanni Spinali, El Cajon, Calif. (No. 500x Yamaha YZ450FX) and Vance Kennedy, Peoria, Ariz. (No. 522x Husqvarna FX450.
Also with one win and one second place finish each in Pro Moto Ironman, tied are Aaron Richardson, Canada (No. 739x KTM 500EXC-F) and Brandon Wright, Oak Hills, Calif. (No. 750x Husqvarna FE501).
PRE-RUNNING
Official practice, or pre-running, on the official 393.82-mile race course for this year’s 3rd SCORE Baja 400 has been underway since Saturday, Sept. 3, starting at race mile 33.08 and finishing 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.
QUICK HISTORY
Inaugurated in 2019, the SCORE Baja 400 was not held in 2020 because of the global 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). Both are entered again this year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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 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
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico – 393.82 miles
Schedule of Events• (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
7am                        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, September 17, 2022
5am-11pm    SCORE Media Center        Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
START/FINISH: 393.82-mile course Cars/Trucks/UTV; 370-miles-Motos/Quads, next to Riviera CC
5:30am         RACE START: MOTOS/QUADS(subject to change)—
Pro Moto Unltd, Pro Moto 30, Pro Moto Ltd, Pro Moto 50, Pro Moto 40, Pro Moto Ironman, Pro Moto 60, Pro Quad, Pro Quad Ironman, SPT Moto, SPT Quad
(Start Intervals: Pro Moto Unlimited-60 second split, all other classes start one every 30 seconds)
GAP –a minimum of 3 1/2 hour gap between M/C, Quad start and car/truck/utv start
8:30am         Honor Guard and Salute to the Flags Ceremony          Start/Finish line ramp
9:15am         RACE START CARS/TRUCKS/UTVS (subject to change)—
TT/TT Legend, 1, TT Spec, 10, 7, Pro UTV Open, Pro UTV FI, SL, Pro UTV NA, 1/2-1600, PT, Pro UTV Stock, 8, HM, 4700, 3700, 1700, 2700, Hammer Unltd, Hammer Ltd, 5, PT, 3, 5-1600, BC, 7F, 7SX, SF, 3000, Baja-e, 2, 11, SPT Unltd Truck, SPT Ltd Truck, SPT Open-Wheel, SPT UTV Unltd, SPT UTV Stock
(TT/TT Legend one vehicle every 60 seconds. Three-minute gap then all other car/truck classes start one every 30 seconds)
TIME LIMIT: All vehicles will have a 19-hour time limit from the time each vehicle starts
4pm-11pm    Posting of Unofficial Finishers     Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Sunday, September 18, 2022
8:45am         Posting of unofficial results           Online, Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico CC
9:15-10:15am Result inquiry period                   SCORE Office - Ensenada
10:30am-2pm SCORE Media Center Open       Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
11am            Posting of official results              Online, Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico CC
12 Noon        Awards Celebration                      Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
SCORE Baja 400 All-Time Stats
Ensenada, Baja California Mexico
All-Time SCORE Baja 400 Overall Champions (2019 thru 2021)
 
Year—DRIVERS/RIDERS, VEHICLE
2019—Ryan Arciero, Ford
Justin Morgan/Mark Samuels/Ricky Dietrich, Honda
2021—Bryce Menzies, Ford
Shane Redline/Chris Phillips/Phillip Herrera/Larry Serna/Carlos Pardini/Brandon Prieto, Honda
SCORE Baja 400 Overall Champions
 
Racers
Cars & Trucks
1
Ryan Arciero
Bryce Menzies
Motorcycles
1
Ricky Dietrich
Phillip Herrera
Justin Morgan
Carlos Pardini
Chris Phillips
Brandon Prieto
Shane Redline
Mark Samuels
Larry Serna
Manufacturers
Overall 4wheel Vehicle Trucks/SUVs*
2
Ford
Overall Engine Winners
Cars & Trucks*
2
Ford
 
Motorcycles
2
Honda
Tires
4wheel vehicles
1
BFGoodrich Tires
Toyo Tires
SCORE Baja 400 (All-Time Starters, Finishers, Race Sites)
 
2019
390.0 miles, Ensenada to Ensenada
Total Starters: 189, Total Finishers: 146
2021
400.0 miles, Ensenada to Ensenada
Total Starters: 193, Total Finishers: 151
All-Time SCORE Baja 400 Pro Class Champs
(thru 2021)
 
DRIVER OF RECORD (Total, Years)
2--
Greg Bardonnex—2019, 2021
Daniel Chamlee—2019, 2021
Shane Esposito—2019, 2021
Ryan Liebelt—2019, 2021
Edward Muncey—2019, 2021
Roger Norman—2019, 2021
Giovanni Spinali—2019, 2021
Kaden Wells—2019, 2021
1--
Adolfo Arambula—2019
Rodrigo Ampudia—2019
Ryan Arciero—2019
Adolfo Arrellano—2019
Tyler Backus—2021
Mike Cafro—2021
Dave Cole—2019
Jose Contreras—2019
Hiram Duran—2019
Justin Elenburg—2021
Alex Gonzalez—2021
Chad Gould—2021
Mike Hales—2019
Rolf Helland—2021
David Heredia—2019
Rick D. Johnson—2021
Mike Leslie—2019
Scott McIntosh—2021
Justin Morgan—2019
Jesus Mendez Jr—2019
Bryce Menzies—2021
Wes Miller—2019
Justin Park—2021
Brian Parkhouse—2021
Cody Parkhouse—2021
Marco Pena—2019
Brandon Prieto—2021
Shane Redline—2021
Juan Carlos Salvatiera—2021
Jorge Sampietro—2019
Mark Samuels—2019
Kevin Sanchez—2021
Doug Satterfield—2021
James Justin Shultz—2021
Francisco Septien—2019
Dario Serrano—2021
Michael Skurkis—2019
Greg Sullivan—2021
Jason Trubey—2019
Nick Vanderwey—2019
Mario Vazquez—2019
Felipe Velez—2021
Jose Luis Velez—2021
Roberto Villalobos—2019
Austin Weiland—2021
Don Whittington—2021
Freddie Willert­—2019
SCORE Baja 400 All-Time Yearly Pro Class Champions
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
 
Inaugural SCORE Baja 400
Sept. 21-22, 2019
Total Starters: 189 Total Finishers: 146
Pro Cars, Trucks & UTVs
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK—Ryan Arciero
SCORE TT LEGEND—Nick Vanderwey
CLASS 1—Cody Parkhouse/Brian Parkhouse
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC—Jorge Sampietro
HAMMER TRUCK UNLIMITED—Mike Hales
CLASS 10—Hiram Duran
CLASS 7—Daniel Chamlee
CLASS 5—No Finishers
PRO UTV FI—Wes Miller
SCORE LITES—Freddie Willert
PRO UTV NA—Kaden Wells
CLASS 1/2-1600—Adolfo Arambula
PRO UTV UNLTD—Jesus Mendez Jr
PRO UTV STOCK—Rodrigo Ampudia
CLASS 8—Jose Contreras
CLASS 3—No Finishers
BAJA CHALLENGE—Edward Muncey/Roger Norman
CLASS 5-1600—David Heredia
CLASS 7F—Dave Cole
CLASS 7SX—Mike Leslie
CLASS 11—Mario Vazquez
Pro Motorcycles
PRO MOTO UNLIMITED—Justin Morgan, El Cajon, Calif./Mark Samuels/Ricky Dietrich
PRO MOTO LIMITED—Marco Pena
PRO MOTO 40—Jason Trubey/Chad Thornton/Paul Luce
PRO MOTO 30—Francisco Septien/Shane Esposito/Roberto Villalobos
PRO IRONMAN—Michael Skurkis
PRO MOTO 50—Giovanni Spinali/Troy Pearce/John Griffin
Pro Quads
PRO QUAD—Adolfo Arrellano/Francisco Vera
2nd SCORE Baja 400, Presented by VP Racing Fuels
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico   Sept. 18-19, 2021
Total Starters: 193    Total Finishers: 151 (400.00 miles)
Pro Cars, Trucks & UTVs
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK—Bryce Menzies
SCORE TT LEGEND—Rolf Helland/Rick D. Johnson
CLASS 1—Cody Parkhouse/Brian Parkhouse
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC—Jason McNeil/
CLASS 10—Ethan Hagle/Ben Hagle
CLASS 7—Daniel Chamlee
PRO UTV FI—Austin Weiland
SCORE LITES—Doug Satterfield
PRO UTV NA—Kaden Wells
CLASS 1/2-1600—Kevin Sanchez
PRO UTV STOCK—Mike Cafro
PRO UTV OPEN—Justin Elenburg
CLASS 5—Greg Sullivan
CLASS 3—No Finishers
CLASS 5-1600—David Heredia
BAJA CHALLENGE—Edward Muncey/Roger Norman
CLASS 7F—Justin Park
CLASS 7SX—Dario Serrano
CLASS 11—Alex Gonzales
Pro Motorcycles
PRO MOTO UNLIMITED—Shane Redline/Chris Phillips/Phillip Herrera/Larry Serna/Carlos Pardina/Brandon Prieto
PRO MOTO 30—Greg Bardonnex/James Justin Shultz/Ryan Liebelt/Shane Esposito/Shane Schorno
PRO MOTO LIMITED—Fernando Beltran/Luis Floris/Arturo Salas
PRO MOTO 40—Ryan Liebelt/Steve Tichner/Greg Bardonnex
PRO MOTO 50—Giovanni Spinali/John Griffin
PRO IRONMAN—Juan Carlos Salvatierra
PRO MOTO 60—Scott McIntosh/Don Whittington/Bob Kimber
Pro Quads
PRO QUAD—Jose Luis Velez/Felipe V