Advance racer-registration closes November 7, pre-running accelerating for next week’s iconic 51st SCORE Baja 1000

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, dominiccnv@aol.com
 
November 3, 2018
 
Nov. 12-18 race week
Advance racer-registration closes November 7, pre-running
accelerating for next week’s iconic 51st SCORE Baja 1000
 
To date, 250 total entries from 38 U.S. States, 1 U.S. Territory and 18 countries part of field;
finale of 4-race 806.76-mile race in Mexico’s Baja California Norte;
online racer registration ends Wednesday at 8 p.m. PT at www.score-international.com;
 
Granddaddy of All Desert Races to be televised as two-hour special on El Rey Network
 
     ENSENADA, Mexico—They come from all walks of life, both male and female, range in age from 16 to 76, journey from all parts of the globe to Mexico, but they share a common dream that binds them into a unique brotherhood/sisterhood. They are all preparing to compete in and finish next month’s 51st annual SCORE Baja 1000, the iconic Granddaddy of All Desert Races.
Racers continue pre-running on their never-ending quest over the rugged race course over the northern part of Mexico’s majestically magnificent Baja California Peninsula.
Advance on-line racer-registration continues until 8 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday (Nov. 7) at www.score-international.com for this year’s legendary competition.
The event and race-week festivities for the season-finale of the four-race 2018 SCORE World Desert Championships will be held Nov. 12-18, starting and finishing in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
51ST BAJA MIL
Over 300 entries, from 36 U.S. States and 20 countries are expected to compete in this year’s 51st anniversary celebration of the SCORE Baja 1000 which is revered worldwide as the Granddaddy of all Desert Races. Race week festivities and the race will be held Nov. 12-18 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
The world’s most iconic, oldest, prestigious and longest continuously held desert race, this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 will be a loop race of 806.76 miles in the northern state of Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula.
With a total time limit of 36 hours in the elapsed-time race, the motorcycle and quad classes will start at 4 a.m. (PT) on Friday, Nov. 16 and the car, truck and UTV classes will follow with their start on at 10:30 a.m. (PT) on Friday, Nov. 16. The fastest finishers are expected to complete the race in approximately 16 hours.
This year’s course map, course notes and GPS files are available on the SCORE website under race info on the SCORE Baja 1000 page at www.SCOREInternational.com.
WHERE THEY’RE FROM
To date for next week’s 51st SCORE Baja 1000, there are 250 total entries with racers from 38 U.S. States and 18 countries officially signed up to compete. In addition to the United States, the U.S. Territory of Guam and host country Mexico, the other countries with racers entered are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, Spain and Sweden.
MORE NUMBERS
Including SCORE Trophy Truck (37), seven total classes already have double figures in terms of entries so far. While several other classes have nearly reached at least 10 entries, the other classes with double figure entries to date are: Trophy Truck Spec (28), Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) (27), Class 10 (17), unlimited Class 1 (14), Pro UTV NA (Naturally Aspirated) (13) and leading the Sportsman classes is SPT M/C with 16 entries so far.
START DRAW
For all the classes except SCORE Trophy Truck, the drawing for starting positions within each class will all entries registered online by by 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7.  Late entries after the drawing cut-off will have to register on-site next Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Entries received after the drawing will be placed by class in the next available starting position following those that entered in time for the random draw.
For racers who competed in September’s Lucerna Hotels & Resorts Tijuana SCORE Desert Challenge, based on their results, those racers will be placed in order of how they placed in Tijuana and a drawing will be held for all of the additional entries in each class to determine the final start order for the 51st SCORE Baja 1000. It will be held after the close of online racer registration on Wednesday (Nov. 7) and published on Friday (Nov. 9).
SALIDA Y LA META
This year’s race will start for the 44th time and finish for the 25th time in Ensenada, Baja California. The start/finish line compound will once again be adjacent to the picturesque Bahia de Todos Santos one side and to the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Blvd. Costero in the heart of Ensenada with the first several spectator-friendly miles running up and back through the Ensenada Arroyo.
PRE-GREEN
Pre-race festivities include two days of Contingency and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway (Wednesday, Nov. 14 & Thursday, Nov. 15) on Boulevard Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Contingency will run each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and pre-race tech will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. On Wednesday (Nov. 14), Contingency will be held for all motorcycles, quads and UTV classes along with several car/truck classes. On Thursday (Nov. 15), Contingency will be held for the balance of the car and truck classes including the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck, SCORE TT Legend, unlimited Class 1, Trophy Truck Spec and Class 10.
The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held on Thursday (Nov. 15) at 7 p.m. PT at the Torre Lucerna Ensenada Hotel & Resort.
Racer registration will be held in the Red Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in Ensenada. Racer registration will be held from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT on Tuesday (Nov. 13), and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT on both Wednesday (Nov. 15) and Thursday (Nov. 15).
Media registration will be held as well in the Red Room at the Riviera from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday (Nov. 13), and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT on both Wednesday (Nov. 14) and Thursday (Nov. 15) and the BFGoodrich Tires/Baja California Secretary of Tourism SCORE Media Center will be open on Friday (Nov. 16) starting at 3:30 a.m. PT through the close of the race course. It will also be open on Sunday (Nov. 18) from 8 a.m. to Noon PT.
SCORE sponsor Monster Energy will host the Monster Energy Papas y Beer SCORE Street Party on Avenida Ruiz in downtown Ensenada from 6 p.m. to midnight PT on Thursday, Nov. 15.
POST GREEN
As the celebration continues Friday (Nov. 16) night to all day and evening on Friday and Saturday until the early hours of Sunday morning (Nov. 18) while official finishers cross the line and tales and epic accomplishments are added to the legacy of the event. The post-race awards fiesta will be held on the start/finish line ramp adjacent to the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center starting at 10 a.m. PT on Sunday (Nov. 18).
 VIVA BAJA!
As it has for over four and a half decades, SCORE has put together another memorable race course for the 51st anniversary, this one a loop race, with all of the foreboding, unforgiving terrain that the northern state of the majestic Baja California peninsula has to offer. SCORE Race Director Jose A. Grijalva has designed and finalized this year’s race course of 806.76 miles. The course has five checkpoints along the way to the finish and 192 virtual checkpoints.
Starting and finishing in the heart of Ensenada in front of the historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, the course travels in a clockwise direction east to Ojos Negros before launching its weaving route around both the east and then the west side of the northern part of the peninsula.
The five checkpoints are located at north of San Felipe (race mile 177.34), before Highway 1 on Chapala Road (rm 378.27), Highway 1 in San Quintin (rm 597.81), end of Vicente Guerrero Wash (rm 633.85) and in Santo Tomas before Highway 1 (rm 733.02).
Because of the horrendous silt beds, Class 11 (stock VW sedans) and all Sportsman 4-wheel vehicles classes will be allowed to eliminate the Cataviña loop, taking pavement from rm 379.22 to rm 478.38.
EL GRAN JEFE—GRAND MARSHAL
For this year’s 51st SCORE Baja 1000, SCORE International has selected Mexico’s beloved tourism official Nico Saad, the only person who has been behind the scenes at all 50 of the previous races, as the Grand Marshal for this year’s anniversary of the world’s most iconic desert race.
Honorably humble, unusually unassuming, famously friendly by nature while constantly and consistently working diligently behind the scenes by choice on behalf of SCORE Baja racing for nearly 45 years, Saad is the revered owner of the San Nicolas Resort and extremely cherished and prolifically productive President of Proturismo de Ensenada. Saad is the only person who has been part of all 50 Baja 1000 events, obviously including the 44 produced and sanctioned by SCORE International.
2018 REMAINING SCHEDULE
51st SCORE Baja 1000, Nov.12-18, Ensenada, Mexico
2019 SCHEDULE
Here is the four-race 2019 SCORE World Desert Championship and for the fourth consecutive year all races are being held in Baja California, Mexico:
33rd SCORE San Felipe 250, April 3-7, San Felipe, Mexico
51st SCORE Baja 500, May 29-June 2, Ensenada, Mexico
Inaugural Lucerna SCORE Baja 400, Sept. 19-23, Ensenada, Mexico
52nd SCORE Baja 1000, Nov.12-17, Ensenada, Mexico
TV TIME
SCORE races are airing domestically on the El Rey Network and outside of the U.S. on ESPN International as well as syndication. The SCORE Baja 1000 race coverage show will be a two-hour special.
El Rey Network is a 24-hour, English-language lifestyle network and is available in 45 million homes across the country through cable and OTT providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 341 and Dish Network Channel 253. For more information on how to watch El Rey visit http://elreynetwork.com.
SCORE SPONSORS…
Official SCORE Sponsors: BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire and official race title sponsor, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Polaris RZR-Official UTV, RACELINE Wheels-Official Wheel, VP Racing Fuels-Official Fuel, Lucerna Hotels & Resorts-Official Hotel and official race title sponsor, Wide Open Excursions-Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino.
SCORE Official Partners: PCI Race Radios, 4 Wheel Parts, The Satellite Phone Store, Satellite Del Norte.
Additional SCORE Associate Partners: Proturismo Ensenada, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, Mexicali Ayuntamiento, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Corporate Helicopters, McKenzie’s Performance Products, Advanced Color Graphics.
Lucerna Hotels & Resorts 22nd Tijuana SCORE Desert Challenge Special Partners: XXII Ayuntamiento de Tijuana, Baja California State Secretary of Tourism, Comite de Turismo and Convenciones, Comite de Marcadotecnia Turistica, Lucerna Hotels and Resorts, Asociacion de Hoteles del Noroeste.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCOREInternational.com.
51st annual SCORE Baja 1000
Nov. 12-18, 2018—806.76 miles–Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Total Entries: 249 (as of 11/3/18)
(from 38 U.S. States, U.S. Territory-Guam, Host Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
Chile, Costa Rica, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, Spain, Sweden)
(Numerical order, by class)
Pro Cars/Trucks/UTVs
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (37)
1 Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez
4 Justin Matney
*5L Clyde Stacy
6 Larry Connor
7 Bryce Menzies
10 Alan Ampudia
11 Rob MacCachren
*12L Gustavo Vildosola Sr
15 Billy Wilson
16 Cameron Steele
19 Tim Herbst
20 Robbie Pierce
23 Dan McMillin
26 Dave Taylor
31 Andy McMillin
32 Ryan Arciero
33 Todd Tuls
*37L Rolf Helland
40 Chris Miller
45 Gary Magness
50 Zak Langley
54 Troy Herbst
57 Mike Palmer
60 Cole Potts
61 Richard Armstrong
62 Mike Cook
66 Harry Hepler
70 Kevin Thompson
72 Aaron Ciliceo
*72L Rob Reinertson
77 Robby Gordon
*81L David Westhem
83 Luke McMillin
85 Mike Lawrence
86 Joe Bacal
88 Mike Walser
97 B.J. Baldwin
*SCORE TT LEGEND
CLASS 1 (14)
100 Brian Wilson
101 Wayne Schlosser
105 Mason Cullen
106 Derek Fletcher
129 Brandon Bailey
139 Jeff Sanca
149 Sam Berri
150 Morgan Langley
151 John Ramirez
153 Brad Wilson
168 Shelby Reid
185 Justin Davis
188 Sergio Salgado
189 Jon Walker
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (28)
200 Elias Hanna
202 Chad Broughton
204 Sara Price
207 Steve Kovach
208 Andrew Entwistle
210 Ted Moncure
211 Pat Sims
218 Chad Dohrman
221 Michael Pyle
225 Brian Trotter
230 Chad Hall
232 Chelsea Magness
233 Karl Williams
235 Derek Hunter
240 Robert Patton
242 Bryce Swaim
250 John Langley
251 Joe Lombardo
252 Gonzalo Pirron
257 Shane Redline
265 Craig McCarthy
266 Scott Biernot
267 Hammond Meredith
273 Jordan Brenthel
276 Gerardo Iribe
277 Rod Lewis
295 William Hedrick Jr
299 Charles Dorrance
CLASS 10 (17)
1002 Clay Lawrence
1013 Harley Meservey
1016 Hiram Duran
1018 Miguel Tornel Z-A
1020 Carlos Albanez
1023 Broc Dickerson
1030 Jim Anderson
1048 Kevin Price
1049 Ty Godde
1059 Brady Richard
1062 J.J. Schnarr
1063 Ruben Torres
1068 Cody Reid
1070 John Gilleland
1072 Karl Ebdrup
1075 Eliseo Garcia
1081 Todd Winslow
HAMMER TRUCK UNLTD (2)
4405 Shannon Campbell
4422 Casey Currie
CLASS 8 (1)
827 Roger Malcolm
CLASS 1/2-1600 (6)
1603 Oscar Alvarez
1605 Miguel Cortez
1613 Dana Jussila
1614 Bruce Yee
1621 Christopher Sanchez- RS
1678 Gustavo Avina-RS
SCORE LITES (8)
1206 Freddie Willert
1208 Rich Roberts
1210 Luis Barragan
1240 Miguel Bonilla
1247 Wes McKenzie
1250 Cesar Vela
1255 Darren Walsh
1258 Jeremy Davis
CLASS 7 (3)
700 Dan Chamlee
709 Jeff Proctor
711 Carlos Diaz
CLASS 5 (2)
524 Ben Swift
507 Greg Sullivan-RS
HEAVY METAL (2)
869 Juan Carlos Calderon
894 Vince Munoz
PRO UTV FI (27)
2902 Jason Stewart
2904 Cory Sappington
2907 Robby Gordon
2910 Scott Trafton
2912 Tony Riggs
2917 Derek Murray
2918 Justin Lambert
2919 Brandon Schueler
2921 Brett Comiskey
2927 Justin Smith
2930 Sean Cook
2931 Craig Scanlon
2939 Jason LaFortune
2937 Alex Nicholas
2940 Erick Kozin
2948 Matthew Burroughs
2949 Alonso Lopez
2966 Rhys Millen
2968 Christine Giampaoli Zonca
2971 Wayne Matlock
2977 Justin Elenburg
2981 Jesse Combs
2984 Kristopher McCoy
2987 Edgar Garcia
2989 Wes Miller
2995 Daniel Parker
2900 Marc Burnett-RS
PRO UTV (13)
1902 Tyler Backus
1913 Dean Acton
1914 Nick Schuft
1924 Miguel Garcia-Galeana
1944 Christopher Boyle
1950 J.T. Holmes
1954 Kristen Matlock
1955 Paul Champion
1959 James Posegate
1995 Kaden Wells
1977 Todd Romano
1979 Todd Katanchik
1994 Ryan Peacock
PRO UTV UNL (3)
1857 Al McBeth
1888 Earl Berg
1899 Kris Werth
CLASS 5-1600 (4)
553 Cesar Iniguez
569 Ruben Garcia
577 Luis Herrera
595 Matt Barnes-RS
CLASS 3000
3022 Pete Sohren
BAJA-e (1)
E402 Raul Rodriguez Jr
BAJA CHALLENGE (8)
BC1 Larry McRae
BC2 Mary Scheible
BC3 Will Turner
BC4 Roger Norman
BC5 David Payne
BC6 Bud Pecoy
BC7 Richard Spillman
BC8 Stephen Goodrick
CLASS 3 (1)
302 Donald Moss
PROTRUCK (1)
1350 Cody Swanty
STOCK FULL (1)
8155 Mark Van Tassell
CLASS 7SX (3)
745 Jason Babcock
750 Sean Whalen
740 Gerardo Novelo-RS
VINTAGE TRAILBLAZER (1)
VXX Craig Christy
CLASS 11 (7)
1100 Dennis Hollenbeck
1104 Viry Felix
1106 Michael Kay
1111 Eric Solorzano
1113 Mario Vazquez
1156 Art Penner
1149 Victor Esparza-RS
SPT BUGGY (2)
1512 Henry Simpson
1577 Diane Giannelli
SPT UTV UNLIMITED (1)
1818 Jessalyn Sells
SPT UTV STOCK NA (1)

3975 Torey Rush
Pro Motorcycles
PRO MOTO UNLIMITED (8)
1x Shane Esposito
4x Santiago Creel
7x Justin Morgan
9x Eddie Brown
12x Webster Whinery Jr
25x Massimo Mangini
55x Steve Hatch
66x Santiago Creel

PRO MOTO LIMITED (2)

100x Santiago Creel
125x Fernando Beltran

PRO MOTO 30 (8)

300x Ryan Liebelt
303x Luis M. Gomez
305x William St. Laurent
310x Enrique Fuhrken
323x Mike Mettler
333x Chad Thornton
360x Santiago Creel
365x Nick Lanning

PRO MOTO 40 (4)

400x Jano Montoya
408x Stephen Berger
427x Salvador Sainz
437x Mauricio Santana

PRO MOTO 50 (2)

510x Giovanni Spinali
524x Mike Frick
PRO MOTO IRONMAN (9)
714x Lawrence Janesky
722x Liz Karcz
726x Ernie Vigil
730x Francisco Septien
739x Aaron Richardson
744x Tony Luksa
747x Lloyd Andrew
756x John Hodel
757x Rick Thornton
PRO MOTO 60 (1)
649x Guy Laycraft
Pro Quads
Pro Quad (2)
1a Said Sanchez
2a Don Higbee
SPT QUAD (3)
102a Kristin Dietrich
126a Manuel Mayoral
148a Alejandro Amador
SPT M/C (16)
200x Miguel Pena
201x R. Hank Salyer
202x Javier Perez
213x Bradley Loveday
216x Luke Berlet
224x Fabrice Le Det
228x Scott McIntosh
238x Rolando Cabrera
245x George Radysh
247x Michael Boge
252x Matt Woody
254x Tyler Harvey
259x Mike Kaplan
260x Mark Lucke
277x Stephen Gholson
284x Shane Schorno