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