Season titles on line this week at 55th SCORE Baja 1000

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, Dominic@SCORE-International.com
 
November 14, 2022
 
Presented by 4 Wheel Parts
BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 1000
2022 SCORE World Desert Championship titles on line
At this week’s 828.25-mile Baja California adventure
 
on-site racer registration Tuesday-Thursday in Ensenada at Riviera CC;
Pre-running continues over rugged 828.5-mile course around Baja California;
epic season-finale of four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship;
SCORE Live, vehicle tracking at www.score-international.com, Rat Sult host;
Internationally televised race to air on ESPN2’s World of X Games, #SCOREBaja 1000;
 
NOTE: Race week schedule of events at bottom of text
 
     ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—For many, this week on the Northern part of Mexico’s rugged, mysterious and majestic Baja California peninsula is a sentimental journey down the proverbial ‘memory lane’. For some it will be a first-time odyssey of a lifetime. For the majority however, this week will decide coveted season point championships in Pro and Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads in the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship.
To all, this magnificent, magical one and only motorsports extravaganza is the ‘Granddaddy of All Desert Races’.
     This is the week that many wait for all year long and others wait nearly their entire lives to be a part of….it’s the BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts.
The SCORE Baja 1000 is at the pinnacle of motorsports as the oldest, most iconic, most prestigious, toughest, and longest continuously held desert race in the world.
For all, this week will be a heart-warming, memory-building, risk-taking, energy-draining, emotion-charged very real nostalgic celebration of the world’s most epic desert race.
     SCORE International is well known around the globe as the ‘World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization.’ Celebrating its 49th season in 2022, this race is the flagship event of the SCORE World Desert Championship.
SHOWDOWN
This year’s epic Granddaddy of All Desert Races will be a rugged run of 828.25 masterful miles around the Northern part of Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula, starting and finishing in Ensenada.
BAJA MIL
Most of the world’s best desert racers will be in action at this year’s massive BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts. The 2022 season-finale will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour special on ESPN2’s World of X Games programming.
Race week activities will be held Tuesday through Sunday (Nov. 15-20).
Over 275 vehicles are expected at the start line with racers from nearly 40 U.S. States and as many as 20 countries anticipated. Pro and Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads will be competing in the Granddaddy of All Desert Races.
Ensenada, “The Off-Road Capital of the World” is a coastal city on the Bahia de Todos Santos area of the Pacific Ocean, 80 miles south of the U.S. border at San Diego.
This iconic race will start for the 48th time in Ensenada, finish for the 28th time in Ensenada
This race is annually the grand finale of the SCORE World Desert Championship, which has been held exclusively for the past seven years in Baja California.
AT THE RIVIERA
Pre-race Contingency/Tech will be held (Nov. 16 and 17) along with the start and finish of the race (Nov. 18-20) in the SCORE compound located on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in Ensenada. SCORE Racer and SCORE Media Registration will be held Nov. 15-17 in Salon Rojo at the Riviera.
     SCORE International is well known around the globe as the ‘World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization.’ Celebrating its 49th season in 2022, this race is the flagship event of the SCORE World Desert Championship.
SCORE LIVE
During contingency on Wednesday and Thursday and the race on Friday until the course closes on Sunday early morning, live streaming will be broadcasting race activities and start and finish line interviews as well as live action from Drones, ground cameras and in-car cameras 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 and lead announcer of the expansive SCORE Live streaming. Assisting Sult will be veteran voice Dave Arnold.
Sult and Arnold will be announcing from the SCORE start/finish ramp while the show will also include SCORE studio announcers in El Cajon, Calif., providing live info and updates throughout the race.
SCORE live is being produced again by SCORE Media House, Aaron Laub, producer, Alberto Luna-director.
SCORE live may be launched from the home page of the SCORE website or from the SCORE App.
GREEN FLAG
The SCORE Baja 1000 will be an elapsed-time race with staggered starts as the green flag on Friday, Nov. 18 will drop first for the motorcycles and quads at 2:30 a.m. (PT) and 9:15 a.m. (PT) for the cars, trucks and UTVs. While the fastest vehicles are expected to finish in around 17 hours, all vehicles will have a 36-hour time limit to become official finishers in the iconic race.
THE POINT IS…
While many of the entries are not in the hunt for a class championship but rather to be enraptured by the pure joy, beauty and adrenalin of competing in this legendary race, most of the racers are diligently trying to earn a SCORE season class point title at the SCORE Baja 1000.
OVERALL POINTS LEADER
SoCal’s youthful dynamo Christopher Polvoorde, 21, 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, a solid fourth-place class finish in the BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts and another surprising first place in the SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels.
Driving the No. 204 CP Racing Optima Batteries Mason Motorsports-Ford, Polvoorde has earned 379 points so far in the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship.
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK LEADER
With the baby-face looks of a movie star and the heart of a lion, San Diego’s third-generation desert racer Luke McMillin, 29, has roared his way to the top of the leaderboard in the SCORE Trophy Truck division. With a first-place finish in the SCORE San Felipe 250, a sixth place in the SCORE Baja 500 and a second-place in the recent SCORE Baja 400, L. McMillin is tied for second in the SCORE Overall point standings.
The youngest of the current active McMillin racers, Luke McMillin leads the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division for high-tech, 1000-horsepower, unlimited custom trucks with 365 points in his McMillin Racing No. 83 4 Wheel Parts All Wheel Drive Chevy 1500 built by Mason Motorsports.
Luke McMillin has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins and will be going for a threepeat in this year’s BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts, with Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren as his second driver. McMillin won last year’s SCORE Baja 1000 as the second driver for MacCachren and in 2020 he won the iconic race with Larry Roeseler as his additional driver.
McMillin has announced that MacCachren will be his second driver in this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 in his No. 83 Chevy truck. Last year, McMillin allowed MacCachren to run his No. 11 on McMillin’s truck and with the victory helped earn MacCachren the 2021 SCORE Trophy Truck season point championship.
TOP FIVE IN OVERALL POINTS
Behind Polvoorde in first and Luke McMillin tied for second, also in the top five SCORE Overall point leaders three quarters of the way through the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship is tied for second place Jorge Sampietro, Ensenada, Mexico, No. 297 Mason-Chevy (Trophy Truck Spec) with 365 points, while fourth place is Rob MacCachren, No. 1 Ford F-150 (Geiser, SCORE Trophy Truck) with 353 points and fifth is Mason Cullen, Long Beach, Calif., No. 207 Geiser-Chevy (Trophy Truck Spec) with 352 points.
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 all three of his first attempts in this legendary class.
Salvatierra, 41, 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.
He capped his incredible 2021 season by riding solo in the 54th SCORE Baja 1000 to a winning tedious time of 34 hours, 39 minutes, 13 seconds over the brutally-tough 1226.35-mile race course.
TIE & SUPER-TIGHT CLASS BATTLES
Helping reflect the intensity of the raging battles in many of the SCORE competition classes, one classhas two racers tied at the top of their leaderboard. Further, one class is separated by one point, two classes have first and second separated by just five points and four more classes have the top two racers with just six points between each heading into the season finale.
The class tied after three of four 2022 races is Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction). That class also has third place just two points back and third place is only four points behind the co-leaders heading into the SCORE Baja 1000.
With one point separating the top two leaders is Class 10 while with five points between first and second place so far are Class 1 and Class 7F while with just six points between the top two racers are Class 7, SCORE Lites, Pro Moto 50 (riders over 50) and Pro Moto Ironman (solo riders).
TIED ON TOP OF ALL UTVs
Tied with 335 points each at the top of all Pro UTV classes as well as their own Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) class are Wes Miller and Edgar Garcia Leon.
Las Vegas’ Miller has consistent finishes of sixth in the SCORE San Felipe 250, fifth in the SCORE Baja 500 and third in the SCORE Baja 400 in his No. 2989 Polaris RZR XP Turbo while Garcia Leon, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., finished second, eighth and seventh in his No. 2987 Can-Am Maverick X3 in the first three races of the year.
Justin Lambert, Bakersfield, Calif., won in San Felipe finished 14th and then ninth in his No. 2918 Polaris RZR XP4 Turbo S and is two points behind the leaders. Just four points behind the co-leaders entering the season finale is Matt Burroughs, Norco, Calif. after finishes of fourth, ninth and fourth in his No. 2948 Can-Am X3.
In San Felipe Pro UTV FI had 29 starters and in Ensenada, the popular UTV class saw 24 vehicles take the green flag in June and then 23 in September.
There were a total of 38 starters in the five UTV classes in the most recent SCORE Baja 400.
SCORE TT LEGEND
Mexico’s veteran SCORE champion Gustavo Vildosola Sr is leading the points in SCORE TT Legend (drivers over 50 years old) following his three season-opening victories in San Felipe and Ensenada. Vildosola Sr, 68, Mexicali, won the SCORE TT Legend season point championship in 2018 with Scott Bailey as a second driver.
He has won all three races so far this year with help from legendary racer Ricky Johnson, 57, Trabuco Canyon, Calif. who drovs the first half of each race in the Vildosola Racing No. 21L AWD Ford Raptor built by Mason Motorsports.
Vildosola Sr also has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins in his illustrious career in SCORE desert racing.
FIVE CLASS LEADERS IN TOP 25 OVERALL
Including Polvoorde in Trophy Truck Spec, Luke McMillin in SCORE Trophy Truck, Miller and Garcia Leon in Pro UTV FI, five classes have at least one racer in the top 25 SCORE Overall 4-wheel point standings following Round 3 of the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship.
The fourth class is Class 10 where J. David Ruvalcaba, leads his class and is 16th overall after a sixth place in his class of 19 starters in San Felipe and 11th place out of 26 starters in Ensenada in June and winning Class 10 out of 18 starters in Ensenada in September in his No. 1009 Alumi Craft-Honda open-wheel desert race car.
The fifth class with at least one racer in the top 25 in overall points is Mexico’s Gustavo Vildosola Sr who leads the SCORE TT Legend class (SCORE Trophy Truck drivers over 50 years old). Vildosola, with second-driver Ricky Johnson, El Cajon, Calif., have won their class in all three races this year in their No. 21L Ford Raptor (Mason).
The classes among the top 25 in the current 2022 SCORE point leaders are SCORE Trophy Truck (8), Trophy Truck Spec (8), Pro UTV FI (6), Class 10 (2) and SCORE TT Legend (1).
TRIPLE WINS
Besides Salvatierra in Pro Moto Unlimited and Vildosola Sr in SCORE TT Legend, also with three consecutive wins to lead the point standings in their respective classes are three other Motorcycle classes and one Quad class.
With three straight class wins in 2022 also 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) and Faelly Lopez, Puerto Rico (Pro Quad Ironman, No. 83a Honda TRX450R).
MORE PRO CLASS POINT LEADERS
Among the other 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship class point leaders are Miguel Cortez, San Diego with 3-4-1 finishes (SCORE Lites, No. 1205 Curry-VW), Martin Rangel, Surprise, Ariz. with 1-6-2 finishes (Class 1/2-1600, No. 1626 Romo-VW), Ramon Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico with 2-1-1 finishes (Class 5, No. 507 Parker-Chevy), Edward Muncey, San Diego with 2-1-1 finishes (Baja Challenge, No. BC4 BTC-Subaru) and Hector Sarabia, Ensenada, Mexico with 2-2-1 finishes (Class 11, No. 1145 VW Sedan).
With a pair of consistent second-place finishes and one first place so far in 2022, Mike Cafro, Temecula, Calif./Jamie Kirkpatrick, Olympia, Wash. lead the Pro UTV Open class in their No. 1876 Polaris RZR Turbo S.
Joe Bolton, Corona, Calif. leads the Pro UTV NA class in his No. 1957 Polaris RZR XP1000 following their class win in San Felipe and second place finishes in Ensenada in June and again in Ensenada in September.
With 2-1-DNF results, leading the Pro UTV Stock class is Anibal Lopez, Mexicali, Mexico in his No. 3919 Polaris RZR Turbo S.
ANOTHER MILESTONE
When veteran SCORE motorcycle age-group champion racer Jim O’Neal, 75, Simi Valley, Calif., puts his hands on the grips as one of the riders for Giovanni Spinali’s Pro Moto 50 class this year, he will set another SCORE motorcycle record. This will be O’Neal’s 41st consecutive SCORE Baja 1000, the most by any motorcycle racer in history. In the SCORE Baja 1000, O’Neal, the noted apparel manufacturer of the company that bears his name, has 15 career class victories.
The late Hall of Famer Ron Bishop rode in the first 40 straight SCORE Baja 1000 races and the late Hall of Famer Rod Hall has the overall mark in this category, having driven in a truck the first 50 consecutive SCORE Baja 1000 races (1967-2017).
ENTRIES TO DATE
     With over 275 entries anticipated at the start line, entering on-site, late registration, 266 total entries have been received for the Granddaddy of All Desert Races, with racers representing 37 U.S. States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico and 18 countries.
U.S. States represented in the field of competitors to date are from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
The countries are United States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico, host country Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Peru and Spain.
FEMALE RACERS:
While there are numerous female co-drivers/co-riders, among the female racers entered as driver of record are…
--Kristen Matlock—No. 1954, Pro UTV NA. Husband Wayne Matlock driving No. 1871, Pro UTV Open
--Chelsea Magness—No. 232, Trophy Truck Spec, Her father Gary Magness is driving the No. 45 SCORE Trophy Truck
--Britney Myers—No. 1023, Class 10. Racing with her sister Tamara Myers, her father Steve Myers and Uncles Dan Myers and Andrew Myers are racing together in the No. 65 SCORE Trophy Truck
--Fernanda Montiel—No. 2930, Pro UTV FI. Prominent Mexican racer from Mexicali running in local races, making her SCORE debut
CO-DRIVER:
--Tamara Myers—additional driver, No. 1023, Class 10
DOUBLE DIGITS
Of the 266 entries to date, in the iconic race, 195 are cars, trucks or UTVs and 71 are motorcycles or quads.
Led by the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division with 38 entries (including nine in SCORE TT Legend for drivers over 50 years old), six classes already have double-figure entry totals.
Among 4-wheel classes, besides SCORE Trophy Truck the classes with double-figure entries so far are Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) (27), Trophy Truck Spec (26), Class 10 (20), Pro UTV Stock (11) and Pro UTV Open (nine).
Among the 2-wheel classes, Pro Moto Ironman has 21 official entries, Pro Moto Unlimited has nine and Sportsman Motorcycle has 13.
LA RUTA
Identified, designed, plotted and marked by SCORE President/Race Director Abelardo Grijalva, the 828.25-mile race course for the BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts, runs in a clockwise direction after the first part to and then back from Ojos Negros.
The magnificent course features three physical, full-stop checkpoints and 285 virtual checkpoints. The course also has 18 speed zones for a total of 70.6 race miles.
Checkpoint 1 is at race-mile 200.22 (El Chinero), Checkpoint 2 is at rm 579.98 (Ejido Jaramillo) and Checkpoint 3 is at race-mile 726.57 (El Alamo).
After Ojos Negros, the course goes up and over the Cordillera de Molina to drop into the desert around Rm 115.
After reaching the La Ventana area it will run south to the El Chinero road crossing highway 3 at Km 192 and will keep going south to Matomi Wash. Halfway into Matomi Wash it exits and goes north to Azufre Wash, then to Huatamote wash, Chanate Wash and up to Morelia Junction.
From there the course will exit the desert and go to San Matias Pass road and Mike’s Sky Rancho, down to Rancho La Jolla and will run on the San Pedro Martir road to Meling Ranch. After Meling it will run to the Pacific Coast to Ejido Jaramillo and north to just below San Vicente where it will cross back to Valley de Trinidad then back to Ojos Negros and onto to the finish line in Ensenada.
For safety reasons, all of the Sportsman 4 Wheel Vehicle classes along with Class 11 and Class 7SX will run a reduced course of 695.79 miles and the Sportsman Motorcycle and Quad classes will race on a reduced course of 760.91 miles.
GRAND MARSHAL—SCOT HARDEN
SCORE has announced that the Grand Marshal for the BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts, will be Hall of Fame SCORE motorcycle champion Scot Harden.
Harden, 66, born and raised in Las Vegas and currently living in Menifee, Calif., is a legendary professional desert motorcycle racer with a 50-year career as a world champion racer and motorcycle industry executive.
In his racing career Harden captured two SCORE Baja 1000 overall victories, three SCORE Baja 500 wins, two wins in the SCORE Parker 400, one Mexicali 300 win and he also won the 1979 SCORE Pro Moto Unlimited (Class 22) season point championship. In addition, he has numerous overalls at other major desert events,
In international competition Harden is a three-time International Six-Day Enduro (ISDE) medalist, earning a gold, silver and bronze in the early 1980s.
As a result of his illustrious career, Harden has been inducted into three halls of fame, the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame in 2008, the Trailblazers HOF in 2020 and the Hot Shoe HOF in 2020.
BFGOODRICH TIRES UNMATCHED
BFGoodrich Tires, the official tire of SCORE for 46 years, received two awards for the 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship. BFGoodrich Tires was honored after the 2021 season as the SCORE Contingency Company of the year for the 31st time as well as being voted the SCORE Pit Support Team of the Year for the 33rd time.
BFGoodrich Tires has been the choice of 34 of the 54 overall winners of the popular SCORE Baja 500 and 32 of the 54 overall winners of the legendary SCORE Baja 1000. BFGoodrich Tires is also the title sponsor of both of these iconic races again in 2022.
BFGoodrich Tires also has been the choice of 29 of the 35 overall winners of the SCORE San Felipe 250, all three SCORE Desert Challenge races, the lone SCORE Challenge of Champions in San Felipe, the one SCORE Baja Sur 500 and the first of the three SCORE Baja 400 races.
This year’s SCORE San Felipe 250 overall victory by San Diego’s Luke McMillin marked the 100th BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja overall race win.
BFG BIG BONUS
SCORE major sponsor BFGoodrich Tires has posted a US$25,000 contingency bonus for the overall 4-wheel race winner to help commemorate the Granddaddy of All Desert Races.
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Presenting sponsor for this year’s BFGoodrich Tires 5th SCORE Baja 500 is 4 Wheel Parts, the official Off-Road Retailer and Race Presenting Partner of SCORE and the SCORE World Desert Championship.
SCOREscope
2022 FINALE
BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts—
November 15-20, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
2023 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY SCHEDULE
Here are the dates for the four-race 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship Golden Anniversary season, ‘Celebrating 50 Years of Desert Racing Excellence’, which will be held totally in Baja California, Mexico for the eighth consecutive year:
King Shocks 36th SCORE San Felipe 250—
March 29-April 2, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts—
May 31-June 4, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
4th SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels—
September 12-17, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts—
November 13-18, La Paz, Baja California Sur to 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 Europe, 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.
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.
BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000,
presented by 4 Wheel Parts
Nov. 15-20, 2022 – Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Schedule of Events
TUESDAY, Nov. 15--(All times PST)
9a.m. – 5 p.m. – SCORE Chassis Inspections-start/finish area, north of start/finish ramp
9a.m. – 5 p.m. –Stella EVO installations, Bracket Installations, SPICA pickup-north of start/finish ramp
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Media Registration, Salon Rojo-Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center (next to S/F)
2 p.m. - 7 p.m. – Racer Registration, Salon Rojo -Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
                                  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16--(All times PST)                                                                            
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Racer Registration (No new walk-in entries after 4 p.m.), Salon Rojo-Riviera CC
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Media Registration, Salon Rojo-Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
9 a.m. -- 5 p.m. – Contingency Row-All motos, quads, UTVs, some cars/trucks, Boulevard Costero
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Technical Inspection for above classes, End of Contingency Row
6 p.m. – Mandatory Moto/Quad Racer Meeting, Cathedral Room-Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
THURSDAY, Nov. 17--(All Times PST)
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Racer Registration (No new walk-in entries after 3 p.m.), Salon Rojo-Riviera CC
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Media Registration, Salon Rojo-Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
9 a.m. -- 5 p.m. – Contingency Row-Remaining car/truck classes including SCORE Trophy Truck
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Technical Inspection for above classes, End of Contingency Row
11:30 a.m. – SCORE Baja 1000 Media Conference, Cathedral Room-Riviera del Pacifico CC
6 p.m. – Mandatory Aircraft Pilot Meeting, Cathedral Room-Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
7 p.m. – Mandatory Car/Truck/UTV Racer Meeting, Cathedral Room-Riviera del Pacifico CC
FRIDAY, Nov. 18--(All Times PST)
2:15 a.m. to race close - SCORE Media Center—Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
START/FINISH: 828.25-mile course (S/F adjacent to Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center)
NOTE: SPT Moto and Quad Classes-760.91 miles; Classes 7SX, 11, SPT 4WV Classes-- 695.79 miles.
2:30am—RACE START: MOTORCYCLES/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 six-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, 2, 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, 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 36-hour time limit from the time each vehicle starts
SATURDAY, Nov. 19--(All Times PST)
12 a.m. – course close - SCORE Media Center—Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Race in Progress -- Posting of Unofficial Results -- SCORE Media Center, Salon Rojo, Riviera CC
SUNDAY, Nov.  20--(all times PST)
7:30 a.m. – Posting of Results—SCORE Ensenada Office and online
8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Race teams must submit results inquiries at SCORE Ensenada Office
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. -- SCORE Media Center—Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
10 a.m. – Posting of OFFICIAL Results—Online and Salon Rojo, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
12 p.m. – Awards Celebration—Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center