HerbstX5 tops new entries for 56th SCORE Baja 1000

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, Dominic@SCORE-International.com
 
October 16, 2023
 
‘Celebrating 50 Years of SCORE Desert Racing Excellence’
Presented by K&N
BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000…
Herbst X5, Montoya, Sizelove, Ebert, Fab Fuentes,
Creemers, Flemate, Alvarez, Naran, Novelo, all
among latest entries for this year’s epic event
 
Starting for first time in La Paz, Baja California Sur, finishing in Ensenada…
SCORE Baja peninsula race to be held Nov. 13-18 UP Baja California, Mexico;
epic event is finale of the four-race 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship;
legendary ‘godfather’ Sal Fish, Grand Marshal for the 2023 SCORE racing season
more info at…
 https://score-international.com/raceinfo/2023-baja-1000-nov-13-18-2023/
 
#SCOREBaja1000
NOTE: Current unofficial media entry list at bottom of text
 
     ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—‘Celebrating 50 Years of SCORE Desert Racing Excellence’ this year, with entries rapidly pouring in from across the USA and around the world, Tim Herbst, Thor Herbst, Riley Herbst, Jano Montoya, Zach Sizelove, Ethan Ebert, Fabricio Fuentes, Robert Creemers, Oliver Flemate, Oscar Alvarez, Ciaran Naran, and Gerardo Novelo, are all among the latest entries for November’s iconic season-ending BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by K&N, the season finale of the four-race 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship.
LA GRAN CARRERA
The Granddaddy of All Desert Races, the SCORE Baja 1000 is at the pinnacle of motorsports as the most iconic, oldest, prestigious, toughest, and longest, continuously held desert race in the world.
 This year, starting for the first time in La Paz, Baja California Sur Mexico, and finishing in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, race-week festivities and the race itself will be held Nov. 13-18.
This year’s race, the 25th Peninsula run in race history, will be a point-to-point race of 1310.94 miles UP Baja California’s majestically masterful peninsula.
ONLINE RACER ENTRY APPLICATIONS
Racer entry applications for Pro and Sportsman cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads are now available at www.SCORE-International.com under Race Info on the SCORE Baja 1000 page. Questions should be directed to SCORE Registration and Membership Director Shannon Lund at 775. 852.8907. Online racer entry applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. PT on Monday, October 30.
The SCORE Ensenada office will accept walk-in entries up to 5 p.m. PT on Thursday, Nov. 2.
THE FIELD
     With over 300 entries anticipated at the start line, as of today 179 total entries have already been received for the Granddaddy of All Desert Races, with racers representing 25 U.S. States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico, and 13 countries. The countries with at least one racer so far are United States, host country Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, and Spain.
LATEST ENTRIES
Among the latest entries for this year’s race are Las Vegas’ Tim Herbst, Pat Dean, and James Dean, in SCORE Trophy Truck, Las Vegas’ Thor Herbst and his brother Pierce Herbst in Trophy Truck Spec, Las Vegas’ EJ Herbst in Trophy Truck Spec, Las Vegas’ Riley Herbst and his father Troy Herbst in Trophy Truck Spec, Jano Montoya, Winter Park, Fla. (Peru), in Pro Moto 30, Zach Sizelove, Hesperia, Calif., in Pro UTV NA, Ethan Ebert, Marana, Ariz., in SCORE Trophy Truck, Bolivia’s Fabricio Fuentes in Pro Moto Ironman, New Zealand’s Robert Creemers in Pro Moto 50, Oscar Alvarez, McAllen, Texas, in SCORE Lites, Ciaran Naran, Huntington Beach, Calif., in Pro Moto Unlimited, and Mexico’s Gerardo Novelo, of Ensenada, in Class 7F.
56th SCORE BAJA 1000
The world’s best desert racers will be in action at this year’s massive BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by K&N. There will be live streaming from two days of pre-race contingency and start-to-finish live coverage on the SCORE website and social media channels.
Race week activities will be held Nov. 13-18.
Over 300 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.
This year’s SCORE Baja 1000 will be a point-to-point race of an exhilaratingly exhausting 1310.94 miles starting for the first time in La Paz, Baja California Sur and finishing for the 29th time in Ensenada, Baja California.
La Paz is the Capital of Baja California Sur, located nearly 1000 miles from the U.S. Border at Calexico, Calif.
Ensenada, “The Off-Road Racing 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 race is annually the finale of the SCORE World Desert Championship, which has been held exclusively for the past eight years in Baja California.
DOUBLE DIGITS
Several classes in this year’s race already have double-digit entries. At the top is the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division with 22 entries so far (including seven in SCORE TT Legend for drivers over 50 years old). Created by former SCORE Hall of Fame owner Sal Fish in 1994, SCORE Trophy Truck is the amazing class for high-tech, 1000-horsepower, unlimited, custom trucks.
Also, with double digits so far among 4wheel vehicle classes are Trophy Truck Spec with 23 entries and Class 1/2-1600 with 17 entries.
Among the two-wheel vehicle classes, leading so far with 20 entries is the Pro Moto Ironman class for solo riders.
SEIS ‘LOS TERRIBLES’
One of the most legendary families in all of desert racing, the Herbst family has all its second and third generation as racers on the Terrible Herbst Motorsports Monster Energy team from Las Vegas entered for this year’s SCORE Baja 1000.
Started by family patriarch the late Jerry Herbst back in the 1970s and carrying through until the 2010s with brothers Ed, Tim, and Troy Herbst, and all the third generation of the Herbst boys have taken to desert racing. Six family members are entered in this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 in five trucks.
For this year’s SCORE Baja 1000, Terrible Herbst Motorsports will have four of its Herbst/Smith Fab custom trucks in the starting grid, one in SCORE Trophy Truck and three in Trophy Truck Spec with five Herbst family drivers in the race.
Ed Herbst, the oldest brother at 62, is an additional driver in this year’s race for Las Vegas’ Mark Post, 65, in the No. 3L Riviera Racing Ford F-150 in the SCORE TT Legend class for drivers over 50 years old.
Driver of record in the No. 19 Monster Energy Ford F-150 in SCORE Trophy Truck will be Tim Herbst, 60, who will share driving duties with another celebrated second-gen desert racer from Las Vegas, Pat Dean, 54, and Pat’s son James Dean, 27, also of Las Vegas.
Driver of record in the No. 264 Herbst/Smith-Chevy in Trophy Truck Spec will be Tim Herbst’s oldest son Thor Herbst, 24. Second driver in the No. 264 will be Thor’s younger brother Pierce Herbst, 21. Their third driver for this long race will be Jason Coleman, 39, Huntington Beach, Calif.
The third entry is the No. 263 Herbst/Smith-Chevy in Trophy Truck Spec is EJ Herbst, 22, son of Ed Herbst. His second driver will be New Zealand’s Ryan Millen, 37.
Riley Herbst, 24, a top regular in the NASCAR Xfinity stock car racing series is entered as driver of record in the No. 298 Herbst/Smith-Chevy. With his NASCAR season complete, Riley Herbst will be the DOR for the No. 298 in the 56th SCORE Baja 1000. His second driver will be his multi-time SCORE-champion father Troy Herbst, 59, Las Vegas and Jordan Dean, 25, also of Las Vegas and the son of Pat Dean, who is racing with Tim Herbst in SCORE Trophy Truck.
Riley Herbst finished his fourth season as a regular driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series by finishing 13th in the regular season points, just one place away from making the playoffs. Driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, he has had seven top five finishes and 14 top 10s this season and won his first series race last Saturday (Oct. 14) on his hometown track—the 1.5-mile superspeedway at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was his 139th career NASCAR Xfinity series race.
In this year’s recent SCORE Baja 400 in September, Terrible Herbst Motorsports saw Tim Herbst finish 16th out of 36 starters in SCORE Trophy Truck while in the Trophy Truck Spec class that had 37 starters, EJ Herbst finished 18th with Ryan Millen, and Thor Herbst and his brother Pierce finished third in class.
Three-quarters through the 2023 season, Thor Herbst is second in in the Trophy Truck Spec class points while EJ Herbst is fourth in his class point standings and Tim Herbst is currently ninth in the 2023 SCORE Trophy Truck season point standings.
PERUVIAN MAJESTY
Veteran SCORE motorcycle champion Jano Montoya, 52, enters this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 as the rider of record again with his talented team in the Pro Moto 30 class for riders over 30 years old.
In the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship, Montoya and company won the class in the first three races and finished second in the finale to earn another season point champion.
Montoya, originally from Peru but currently lives in Winter Park, Fla., now has four career SCORE motorcycle season class point titles (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022).
Riding as teammates with Montoya for this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 will be Kyle Tichenor, 31, Mesquite, Nev., David Zarate, 35, La Paz, Mexico, and Ramon Davila, 32, La Paz, Mexico. Montoya, Tichenor, and Zarate rode together to win the Pro Moto 30 class at this year’s SCORE San Felipe 250, this year’s SCORE Baja 500, and this year’s SCORE Baja 400 to lead the point standings in their class.
In the SCORE Baja 1000, Montoya won the Pro Moto 40 class in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
For the SCORE Baja 1000, Montoya and his team will be riding on the No. 300x KTM 450EXC motorcycle.
HONDA OFF-ROAD RACING TEAM
For the 2023 season, team principal and multi-time SCORE race champion Jeff Proctor, Glendora, Calif. has stepped out of the driver’s seat this year for health reasons and is devoting his full-time efforts to managing the Honda Off-Road Racing Team which has two entries in the 2023 SCORE Baja 1000…
-Zach Sizelove
Driving the No. 1925 Honda Talon 1000R in the Pro UTV NA class, Zach Sizelove, 29, Hesperia, Calif., is running a limited SCORE schedule again this year.
Sizelove won his class in this year’s SCORE Baja 500.
Sizelove has raced for several years with his family in the SoCal High Desert evening building Class 1/2-1600 cars with his father. In his SCORE debut in San Felipe in 2021, he finished sixth out of 12 starters in his class in his first SCORE Baja race in the Honda Talon.
In the 2022 SCORE Baja 500 he also finished on top of the podium in first place.
In his other SCORE race last year, Sizelove finished second in the Pro UTV NA class in the SCORE Baja 1000 with Ethan Eberts as his second driver.
-Ethan Ebert
After racing last year in the Pro UTV NA class, Ethan Ebert, 17, Marana, Ariz., moved up in class to take over Driver of Record duties for team principal Jeff Proctor in Class 7. Ebert, who has been race short course off-road since he was nine years old, split the driving in the team’s HRD No. 709 Honda Ridgeline with Rich Glasczak, 48, Oceanside, Calif., and won their class in the race.
For this year’s SCORE Baja 1000, Ebert, with Glasczak as his second driver, will debut the new No. 9 Honda Ridgeline twin-turbo in SCORE Trophy Truck. Also expected to drive are veteran SCORE racers Bobby Smith, El Cajon, Calif., and Chip Prescott, Fallbrook, Calif.
A short course veteran who competed successfully in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series and Great American Shortcourse, Ebert became a Honda development driver in 2021 and has spent the last two seasons with the Honda Talon department.
Ebert began competing in SCORE races in 2022 starting with the SCORE Baja 500, where he finished fifth in the Pro UTV Normally Aspirated class. At the SCORE Baja 1000, he teamed up with Honda partner Zach Sizelove to finish in second place.
BOLIVIA’S FAB FUENTES
Still a relative newcomer to SCORE racing, Fabricio Fuentes, 46, is a highly accomplished and well-known motorcycle racer from Villa Montes, Bolivia. The affable Fuentes, known for his trademark special Bolivian Sombrero he wears at the races, is a six-time Dakar Rally veteran. In his last Dakar, he was the 39th overall motorcycle in the legendary Rally.
Fuentes is also a multi-time national motorcycle champion in Bolivia and has remained in the Pro Moto Ironman class for solo riders even though his compatriot Juan Carlos Salvatierra switched last year to the Pro Moto Unlimited class after two years competing in and winning the title in the same class.
Fuentes finished second in the 2021 SCORE Pro Moto Ironman class point standings and was also second to Bolivian teammate Salvatierra in the 2021 SCORE Baja 400.
In the 2023 SCORE 1000, Fuentes will ride the No. 785x Gas Gas EC350F motorcycle.
In 2022, Fuentes was fifth in the Pro Moto Ironman season point standings following a third-place podium finish in San Felipe, a rare did-not-finish (DNF) in the SCORE Baja 500, another third-place finish in the SCORE Baja 400 and a fourth-place finish in the SCORE Baja 1000.
     In San Felipe this year, Fuentes finished ninth out of a race-record 17 starters in Pro Moto Ironman. He then finished fourth in class in the SCORE Baja 500, followed by a podium, third-place finish in this year’s SCORE Baja 400.  He enters the SCORE Baja 1000 in second-place in the Pro Moto Ironman season point standings out of 23 total starters.
CHAMPS X2
Racing together this year are two former SCORE class point champions, Oscar Alvarez and Doug Satterfield are racing together this year in the SCORE Lites class.
Driving Alvarez’s No. 1211 OSO-VW, Alvarez, 46, of McAllen, Texas, and San Diego’s Satterfield, 45, finished third in class in San Felipe this year to start the 2023 season. The pair backed that up by winning their class in the 2023 SCORE Baja 500 to catapult them into the class point lead, and backed that up with another class win in the SCORE Baja 400.
Alvarez has finished second in SCORE Lites season points the past two years and he won the season class crown in 2018 in Class 1/2-1600.
Satterfield won the SCORE Lite season point title in 2021 in a year that also saw him win two races in his class.
Last year, the Alvarez/Satterfield duo, had a rare did-not-finish in the SCORE Baja 1000 in SCORE Lites.
NEW MOTO MAN
Ciaran Naran, 23, Huntington Beach, Calif., is new as a rider of record, but he is an experienced SCORE Baja motorcycle co-rider. And his team is leading this year’s Pro Moto Unlimited class point standings after the three two races of 2023.
In the season-opening SCORE San Felipe 250, Naran, won the Pro Moto Unlimited class on the No. 3x Husqvarna FE450 with Tucker Hopkins, 28, Venice Beach, Calif. as his second rider.
For this year’s SCORE Baja 500, Naran was joined by Forrest Minchinton, 31, Huntington Beach, Calif., Derek Ausserbauer, 28, Venice Beach, Calif., and Nick Lapaglia, 28, Murrieta, Calif., where they finished third in class.
In this year’s SCORE Baja 400, Naran had the same four-rider team as the SCORE Baja 500 and a fifth-place finish kept him in the lead in Pro Moto Unlimited class point standings by three points over the Juan Carlos Salvatierra team.
Naran will have the same four-rider team for the SCORE Baja 1000 as he did for the SCORE Baja 400.
Last year, Minchinton was the Rider of Record and the team finished third in the Pro Moto Unlimited season points which included a second-place finish in the 2022 SCORE Baja 500.
SENIOR STATESMAN
Born in Ensenada, Mexico, prominent businessman, veteran government official, philanthropist, and long-time SCORE supporter, Gerardo Novelo, 58, returns for this year’s BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 500.
Long a champion of SCORE Baja racing, Novelo was one of the key individuals that helped establish the SCORE strategic tourism alliance with the Mexican government in 2019.
Novelo and his team will drive the No. 700F Nissan Hardbody King Cab in Ensenada in Class 7F. Team manager James Murphy, 66, of Lomita, Calif., will share driving duties with Novelo.
Novelo is a three-time SCORE season Class point champion, having won titles in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018 in Class 7SX and last year in Class 7F.
Part of the family that owns the luxurious Estero Beach Resort south of Ensenada, Gerardo Novelo was selected as the 2019 SCORE Person of the Year for his continuing contributions to the welfare of SCORE International in Mexico.
Novelo’s schedule only allowed him to race this year’s SCORE Baja 500, which he and his team earned the victory in Class 7SX.
Novelo also won Class 7SX in the 2019 SCORE Baja 500.
STARTING GRID-SCORE BAJA 1000
The results of the SCORE Baja 400 determined the start order within each class for November’s iconic season-ending BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by K&N.
A special drawing for the remaining starting positions within each class will be held for all the additional entries and the results posted on the SCORE website at 6 p.m. PT on Friday, Nov. 3. All entries received after that date will receive the next available spot within their respective classes.
PRE-RUNNING
Official practice, or pre-running, on the official race course for this year’s BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000 will open in La Paz at 8 a.m. MT on Saturday, Oct. 21.
MAIN COURSE
The race features a course, fully plotted, and soon to marked over the few several weeks by SCORE President/Race Director Jose A. Grijalva, and Assistant Race Director Rodolfo Fernandez, of 1,310.94 miles of rugged Baja California terrain.
The challenging, pre-dominantly up-hill 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 4,000 feet. The course will be another crown jewel reflecting the stark beauty of Baja California.
The 1310.94-mile race course, the longest ever between La Paz and Ensenada for the BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by K&N, runs for the first time from La Paz to Ensenada, up Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula.
The iconic race will start for the first time on the picturesque El Malecon in La Paz along the Sea of Cortez and finish on Boulevard Costero, adjacent to the historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada.
The incredibly beautiful, and ridiculously rugged race course will have 30 Speed Zones, 308 Virtual Check Points, three physical, full-stop Check Points, and feature nine BFGoodrich Tires Pits.
Physical Check Point No. 1 will be a race mile 233.88 (Valle de Santo Domingo), CP 2 will be at RM 599.34 (South of Vizcaino) and CP3 will be at RM 922.25 (South of Catavina).
After leaving El Malecon in La Paz, the course begins its windy road North from the Mexican State of Baja California Sur to the Mexican State of Baja California. The race course will pass near several of the legendary Spanish Missions on its way North.
From RM 50 across Arroyo Seco, the course will run adjacent to the Pacific Ocean for the first time up to RM 220.
At RM 277.46 the course will pass by Mission de San Javier on top of the Sierra de La Giganta and at RM 300.05 for the first time in SCORE history, the race course go through El Malecon in Loreto, again by the Sea of Cortez.
At RM 632.75, the course crosses from Baja California Sur into Baja California for the final half of the race.
At RM 821.35, the course is near the Pacific Ocean for the final time near Bahia Blanco.
While the race course includes numerous Baja washes, at race-mile 1014.24, the course will begin a treacherous trek through six of the gloriously majestic washes around San Felipe: Matomi, Azufre, Boulder Canyon, Huatamote, Chanate, and Amarillas.
At RM 1200.75, the course passes Valle de Trinidad and up the infamous Goat Trail, behind Santa Catarina (RM 1226.36) by Rancho El Mezcal to Ojos Negros (RM 1277.04) and to the finish line in Ensenada.
All the Sportsman classes along with Class 11 and Class 7SX will run a reduced course of 1197.04 miles.
This year’s course map is available on the SCORE website under race info on the SCORE Baja 1000 page at www.SCORE-International.com.
GREEN FLAG
It is an elapsed-time race with staggered starts with the green flag dropping on Thursday (Nov. 16). Motorcycles and Quads will start at 1 a.m. MT, Cars, Trucks, and UTVs will start at 9 a.m. MT.
While the fastest vehicles in the 1310.94-mile race are expected to finish in about 23 hours, the elapsed-time race will have a 50-hour time limit to become an official finisher.
A HAPPENING…
Two days of the colorful pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway, Contingency and Tech inspection will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov. 14-15) along the captivating El Malecon along the Sea of Cortez in La Paz.
Popular Rat Sult will once again serve as host of the SCORE Live streaming. Assisting Sult will once again be veteran voice Dave Arnold.
Contingency and the race itself will be streamed live, airing via the internet on the SCORE website and SCORE social media channels. 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. There will also be hosts in the SCORE Studio bringing live updates during the race.
CITY EXPRESS…
The City Express Hotel on the Northeast end of El Malecon in La Paz, will host racer registration and media registration on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (Nov. 13-15).
On Monday (Nov. 13), racer registration will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST. On Tuesday (Nov. 14) it will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST, and on Wednesday (Nov. 15) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST.
SCORE Media Registration will be held at the City Express on Monday (Nov. 13) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. MST and from 9 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov. 14-15) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT.
The race will start along the picturesque El Malecon in La Paz.
BFGOODRICH TIRES UNMATCHED
BFGoodrich Tires, the official tire of SCORE for 47 years, was honored after the 2022 season as the SCORE Contingency Company of the year for the 32nd time.
BFGoodrich Tires has been the choice of 35 of the 55 overall winners of the popular SCORE Baja 500 and 34 of the 55 overall winners of the legendary SCORE Baja 1000. BFGoodrich Tires is also the title sponsor of both iconic races again in 2023.
BFGoodrich Tires also has been the choice of 30 of the 36 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 one of the four overall winners in the SCORE Baja 400.
This year’s SCORE San Felipe 250 overall victory by San Diego’s Luke McMillin marked the 103rd SCORE Baja overall race win for BFGoodrich Tires.
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.
US$20,000 PRO MOTO UNLTD PURSE
     Through the coordination and efforts of SCORE Motorcycle liaison, Andy Kirker, a former SCORE motorcycle racer, four companies have combined to put up a special $20,000 bonus purse exclusively for the Pro Moto Unlimited Class, the fastest class on two wheels.
The four companies posting this unprecedented purse for this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 are: Anube, from Spain, Taco Moto Company from Las Vegas, Baja Bound of Mexico, and AHM Factory Services of Yorba Linda, Calif.
This unique payout will be for first through fifth place on the official results: first-$10,000, second-$5,000, third-$3,000, fourth-$1,500 and fifth-$500.
GRANDEST MARSHAL FOR GOLDEN YEAR
Sal Fish, admired as the iconic ‘godfather’ of SCORE desert racing who is a foundational pillar of the organization, is the Grand Marshal of the Year for the entire four-race 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship.
Revered all over Baja California, Fish, who turned 84 in May of this year, is a former publisher of Hot Rod Magazine and a 2006 inductee into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame. He led SCORE for 38 years, from 1974 until he sold the organization on Dec. 20, 2012.
His footprint left an indelible mark on all of desert racing as he was an extraordinary innovator and visionary for SCORE and the entire world of desert racing.
He expanded TV coverage of SCORE races and in 1994 created the SCORE Trophy Truck class, the marquee racing division in the sport of desert racing.
SCORE SPONSORS…
Official SCORE Sponsors: BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire and Race Title Sponsor, Ford-Official Truck and SUV, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber and Race Title Sponsor, Polaris RZR-Official UTV, VP Racing Fuels-Official Fuel and race presenting sponsor, Baja Vida-Official Snacks and race presenting sponsor, Optima Batteries-Official Batteries, Rugged Radios-Official Radio Communications, Wide Open Excursions-Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino.
SCORE Official Partners: The Satellite Phone Store, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance.
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, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Baja California Sur State Secretary of Tourism and Economy, Baja California Sur State Tourism Trust (FITUES), Municipal Government of La Paz, Municipal Government of Comondu, Municipal Government of Loreto, and the Municipal Government of Mulege.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com.
‘Celebrating 50 Years of SCORE Desert Racing Excellence’
BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by K&N
Finale of four-race 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship
Nov. 13-18 – 1310.94 miles – La Paz, Baja California Sur to Ensenada, Baja California
Total Entries: 179 (as of 10/15/23)
(from 25 U.S. States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico, host Mexico,
Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Spain)
 
(Numerical order, by class)
Pro Cars/Trucks/UTVs

SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (22*)

1 Luke McMillin

*1L Gustavo Vildosola Sr

*3L Mark Post

6 Dan Myers

7 Bryce Menzies

9 Ethan Ebert

10 Alan Ampudia

19 Tim Herbst

23 Dan McMillin

26 Dave Taylor

33 Roberto Romo Jr

43 Larry Roeseler

45 Gary Magness

*52L John Shenouda-2nd RS

*55L Jose Flores

60 Cole Potts

69 Andrew Myers

*72L Rob Reinertson-1st RS

82 Sam Baldi

*85L Clay Lawrence

*86L Marc Martinez-3rd RS

89 Mike Walser

*SCORE TT LEGEND

CLASS 1 (6)

100 Kyle Quinn

125 Butch Jensen

127 Cody Parkhouse

144 Mario Hernandez

153 Brad Wilson

168 Cody Reid

TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (23)

206 Joshua Cobb

207 Mason Cullen

211 Pat Sims

219 Thor Herbst

231 Carlos Ramos

233 Stephen Gidman

235 Zach Lumsden-1st RS

236 Michael Marsal

240 Chris Miller

241 Stephen Beal

244 Oliver Flemate

260 Santiago Creel

263 EJ Herbst

266 David Ziegler

270 Jimmy Diaz

277 Travis Williams

279 Guillermo Barreda

280 Bryan Scheible

282 Brent Fox

294 Vincent Munoz

295 William Hedrick Jr

298 Riley Herbst

299 Charles Dorrance

CLASS 10 (3)

1002 Matias Arjona IV

1023 Britney Myers-1st RS

1044 Jason Shipman

PRO UTV OPEN (9)

1821 Cayden MacCachren

1831 Craig Scanlon

1841 Dylan Schmoke

1854 Kristen Matlock

1896 Brock Heger

1869 Justin Lambert

1871 Wayne Matlock

1885 Tyler Backus

1895 Kaden Wells

PRO UTV UNLTD (1)

3985 Josh Smith

PRO UTV FI (5)

2911 Aaron Aguilar

2915 Rickey Arslanian

2929 Damian Velasco

2948 Matt Burroughs

2951 Austin Johnson

CLASS 7 (1)

710 Mike Shaffer

SCORE LITES (5)

1200 Miguel Cortez

1211 Oscar R. Alvarez

1221 Scott Wisdom

1234 Todd Katanchik

1248 Jeremy Sundt

PRO UTV NA (2)

1925 Zach Sizelove

1957 Joe Bolton

CLASS 1/2-1600 (17)

1603 Victor Barreda

1606 Matt Willert-4th RS

1610 Jordan Souza Price

1612 Juan Sanchez

1617 Francisco Escareno

1624 Emilio Estrada

1625 Eric Pavolka

1628 Leonel Orozco

1644 Roman Pereya

1650 Silvestre Arce

1656 Raul Ojeda-2nd RS

1669 Mark Winston

1670 Jaime Avalos

1675 Emilio Salcido-3rd RS

1679 Enrique Zazueta Jr

1686 Juan Pinales Jr-1st RS

1698 David Winkel

PRO UTV STOCK (6)

3901 JD Daniels

3920 Cecilia Alvarez

3933 Randy Emberton

3943 Dennis Romero

3953 Nick Bruce

3959 Antonio Mendez

CLASS 8 (2)

810 Henk Theunisssen

852 Spencer Morgan

HEAVY METAL (2)

8008 Rob White

8021 Jose Norman Cesena

CLASS 5 (3)

501 William Hernquist

512 Mike Belk

523 Don Chase

CLASS 3 (1)

303 Dave Sykes

CLASS 5/1600 (1)

598 Jorge Gutierrez

BAJA CHALLENGE (3)

BC2 Michael Brodeur

BC4 Edward Muncey

BC6 Joshua Strebel

CLASS 7F (3)

700F Gerardo Novelo

714F Justin Park

719F Cesar Gutierrez

CLASS 7SX (1)

758 Willy Valdez

CLASS 11 (3)

1111 Eric Solorzano

1121 Dennis Hollenbeck

1143 Eric Brandt

Sportsman

SPT TRUCK (4)

1416 Jorge Guerrero

1435 Chris Greenwood

1440 David Lawler

1491 Nathan Sumrall

Pro Motorcycles

PRO MOTO UNLIMITED (5)

1x Juan Carlos Salvatierra

3x Ciaran Naran

9x Austin Eddy

13x Adrian Ortiz

18x Aaron Volle

PRO MOTO 30 (7)

300x Jano Montoya

301x Corin Fator

308x James Justin Shultz

313x Nicola Dutto

319x David Smith

324x Edgar Najar

338x Levi Gill

PRO MOTO LIMITED (7)

102x Steven Abrams

103x Giovanni Aviles

107x Luis Esquivel

110x Erick Gonzalez

114x Ely Ramirez

129x Austin Miller

186x Nathan DiAngelo

PRO MOTO 50 (3)

500x Giovanni Spinali

501x Robert Creemers

550x Scott Rattray

PRO MOTO 40 (4)

400x Ryan Liebelt

402x Patrick Meade

441x Alirio Amado

447x Todd Wallace

PRO MOTO IRONMAN (20)

700x Brandon Wright

703x Tibi Imbuzan

706x Kevin Daniels

710x Alex Ohman-2nd RS

718x Kurt Steever

727x Luke Burlet

729x Robert Longhurst

733x Paul Hart

734x Scott Purcell

735x Dustin Ashe-Everest

751x David Harris-1st RS

761x Steven Coulsen

762x Brian Englund

763x Kellen Davies

764x Mark Burke

785x Fabricio Fuentes

787x Chance Blackwell

791x Stefano Pagliani

797x Kevin Clyde

798x Reed Christensen

PRO MOTO 60 (2)

628x Scott McIntosh

644x Kevin Ward

Pro Quads

Pro Quad (2)

1a Nicolas Velez

21a Jose Castro

Pro Quad Ironman (1)

83a Faelly Lopez

Sportsman

SPT M/C (2)

239x Kuzunari Iriki

254x Kenji Oikawa

SPT QUAD (3)

105a Francisco Valle

123a Eva Hernandez

138a Jose Hernandez