Ticket sales close Friday for SCORE Awards Golden Gala on January 20 at iconic San Diego Air & Space Museum

ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—Culminating the Celebration of 50 Years of SCORE Desert Racing Excellence, online ticket sales close Friday for the 2023 SCORE Awards Golden Gala to be held in San Diego.  SCORE International will celebrate on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024 at the popular San Diego Air & Space Museum at the historic Balboa Park as the event will commemorate the 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship and the first 50 years of the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization.
     At the San Diego Air & Space Museum, nearly 600 SCORE racers, family, friends, crews, sponsors, and media will bask in the sunny Southern California spotlight as the SCORE Awards Golden Gala will honor the history and fame of the name which is the standard for desert racing worldwide while honoring the four-race 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship.
TASTY TICKETS
     Being held in the Pavilion of Flight at the historic museum, tickets priced at $89 per adult, a table for eight at $712, and children under 12 years old at $69, are being sold online at

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or by calling Shannon Lund, SCORE Registration and Membership Director at 775.852.8907.
     Ticket sales will close for the popular evening at 5 p.m. PT on Friday, January 12, 2024. There will be no ticket sales at the door.
     Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. PT for admission into the museum, followed by a pre-awards reception at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and presentations starting at 7:30 p.m.
     This will be the fifth time and second since 2020 that the annual SCORE Awards Night gala will be held at the historic San Diego Air & Space Museum and the 13th time the historic evening will be held in Southern California since 2000, when it was held at Joe’s Garage automotive museum in Tustin, Calif. Because of the international health pandemic, the event was pre-recorded in both the 2020 and 2021 seasons from videos submitted by the award winners.
     The event celebrates the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization that completed its 50th season in November at the BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by K&N.
EARLY ENTRY
     Guests at the event will be allowed to enter the museum at 5:30 p.m. to view the numerous historical displays at the popular facility prior to the start of the reception at 6 p.m.
AWESOME AWARDS
     In addition to the special SCORE Achievement Awards and the Pro and Sportsman classes that qualified racers for class season championships along with four overall point champions who will be honored. Another highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the eight annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Awards.
     Starting with this event, the SCORE Awards trophies for season podium finishers are being exclusively designed and specially produced for the first time by Lasernut, a premiere custom metal fabrication and laser cutting company based in Norco, Calif.
     Individuals as well as manufacturers and organizations are honored through eight distinct SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Awards, whose winners were decided by several thousand SCORE fans through online voting including the entire SCORE membership of more than 2,500. Among the awards to be presented are SCORE Rookie of the year, SCORE Contingency Company of the year, SCORE Pit Support Team of the year, SCORE Mechanic of the year and SCORE Person of the year.
MANUFACTURER POINT CHAMPS
     The 2023 Manufacturer of the Year point champions to be honored as well will be Original Open Wheel Chassis, Engine Builder, Original Truck Chassis, UTV and Motorcycle.
SCORE MILESTONE AWARDS
     Another element of the diverse program for the evening will be the presentation of the 2023 Rod Hall SCORE Milestone Awards, presented by Toyota Escondido.  As it has for 38 years, the coveted SCORE Milestone Awards are presented to those racers who finish every required mile of the 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship. A SCORE-record total of 56 racers completed all 2451.78 required miles in the four-race 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship.
SPECIAL SCORE AWARDS
     Also part of the evening will be the presentation of the SCORE Legacy Award and the SCORE Person of the Year Award.
TRIBUTE
     The evening will include a colorful video/photographic tribute to the 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship and the first 50 Years of SCORE, produced by BCII TV, SCORE Live and GetSomePhoto.
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2024 SCORE SCHEDULE
     Here are the dates for the four-race 2024 SCORE World Desert Championship which will be held in Baja California, Mexico for the ninth consecutive year:
·       King Shocks 37th SCORE San Felipe 250, presented by Baja Vida—
March 20-24, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
·       BFGoodrich Tires 56th SCORE Baja 500—
May 29-June 2, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
·       5th SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels—
September 11-15, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
·       BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000—
November 12-17, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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.