Mexicali, BC - #21
Finished #168 Overall in 08:47:18 Hours
Finished #6 Overall in 04:01:36 Hours
Make: Mason Motorsport Model: Mason AWD Engine: Dougans Engines Engine Builder: Chassis: Mason Motorsports Transmission: none
Fresh off consecutive overall podium finishes at both the 2024 SCORE Baja 500 and Baja 1000, Tavo Vildosola has cemented his position among SCORE's elite competitors. The 43-year-old Mexicali native delivered back-to-back second-place overall finishes in 2024, demonstrating the consistency and speed that defines championship-caliber racing in the world's most demanding desert competitions.
Vildosola's recent success builds upon an already impressive SCORE legacy that includes his historic 2016 SCORE Baja 500 overall victory, which secured his place in the exclusive SCORE Baja Triple Crown club alongside legends like Ivan Stewart, Larry Ragland, and Rob MacCachren. This elite group represents racers who have conquered all three major SCORE Baja races with overall victories.
His championship pedigree includes SCORE Trophy Truck Legends class titles at both the 2017 Baja 1000 and 2018 Baja 500, proving his versatility across different competitive platforms. Beginning his racing journey at age three on motorcycles under his father's guidance, Vildosola developed through grassroots desert racing, learning crucial momentum and terrain-reading skills in 1600 buggies before ascending to SCORE's premier Trophy Truck division.
His consistent podium performances and championship victories have established him as one of Mexico's most accomplished desert racing ambassadors.
There’s perhaps no more important Qualifying session than the Method Race Wheels Qualifier for the SCORE San Felipe 250. Since this race is typically the shortest distance competition in the SCORE World Desert Championship, (250.6 miles in this year’s race) a good starting position can put a team in a strategic location on the course to charge for the win. Read More
No SCORE race is ever without any challenges, but along with a grueling 263.80- mile loop course, the SCORE Trophy Truck racers were poised to go all out for the win. After Qualifying, Toby Price and Paul Weel were fastest, followed by Tavo Vildosola, Bryce Menzies, and Luke McMillin, who rounded out the top four in the class. Read More
A peninsula run from Ensenada to La Paz, Mexico only happens every few years, and for many of the SCORE Trophy Truck racers, they had been waiting since 2017 for another. This year, teams took no chances and many partnered with some of the best racers in both 2WD and AWD vehicles, trying to stack the odds in their favor.. Read More
It was perhaps one of the most dramatic endings to a SCORE Baja 500 in recent history, when a joint decision from SCORE and the Competition Review Board (CRB) brought down the gauntlet on the first two finishers of the SCORE Trophy Truck class. The race started like all the others, with Bryce Menzies leading the field after his win at the SCORE San Felipe 250, but he was followed by two of the most skilled SCORE Trophy Truck racers in modern times, Luke McMillin and Andy McMillin. Read More
The record-setting field of 31 SCORE Trophy Trucks roared into the San Felipe desert at full-throttle to take on the 280.2-mile course. After qualifying, Bryce Menzies, Andy McMillin, Luke McMillin, Gus Vildosola and Alan Ampudia were the first to start the race for the field. The McMillin cousins continued a relentless pace chasing Menzies in the #7 AWD Red Bull truck, each trying to avoid any potentially time soaking mistake that would slow them down and cost them the win. Read More
While the world is focused on the COVID-19 outbreak, we checked in on many SCORE racers during this downtime, to see how they are doing and how they are preparing for when life and SCORE racing returns to normal. Here are just a few of the responses we received from a variety of racers. Read More
Telcel, Eibach, Howe, Method Race Wheels, Borla, King Shocks, Baja Designs, Freightliner, Mastercraft, Toyo Tires, Interproteccion, Branix, Mexicana Logistics,
#168 Overall and #15 in SCORE Trophy Truck
#6 Overall and #6 in SCORE Trophy Truck
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#132 Overall and #28 in SCORE Trophy Truck
#54 Overall and #12 in SCORE Trophy Truck
#5 Overall and #5 in SCORE Trophy Truck
#20 Overall and #13 in SCORE Trophy Truck
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#2 Overall and #2 in SCORE Trophy Truck
#9 Overall and #9 in SCORE Trophy Truck
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#9 Overall and #9 in SCORE Trophy Truck
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#3 Overall and #3 in SCORE Trophy Truck
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DNF in SCORE Trophy Truck
#39 Overall and #1 in SCORE TT Legends
#33 Overall and #2 in SCORE TT Legends
#17 Overall and #1 in SCORE TT Legends
DNF in SCORE Trophy Truck
