SCORE Baja 1000 Drawing Results

Cadiente in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Bell in Motorcycle draw

Pole positions for 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race

Racers from 37 States, 11 countries entered in internationally-televised 40th anniversary of Granddaddy of all desert races;

Peninsula run Nov. 10-16 in Mexico from Ensenada, Baja California to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur





LOS ANGELES—If Saturday's ‘live’ drawing for starting positions is any indication, November's 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race should be another one for the ages. Garron Cadiente in SCORE Trophy-Truck and Robby Bell in Class 22 for open motorcycles drew the pole positions for the legendary granddaddy of all desert races. This year’s odyssey of nearly 1,300 miles will be a grueling and memorable adventure down Mexico’s mysterious Baja California peninsula starting in Ensenada, Baja California and finishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Sur. It will be held Nov. 10-16.

An amazing total of 326 vehicles officially entered in time for Saturday’s live drawing for starting positions, by class, held during the RACEfest at the Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Hotel/Casino and presented by the Cameron Steele’s Desert Assassins race team.

This year’s memorable adventure will cover nearly 1,300 miles of the rugged and tortuous Baja California peninsula, starting on the Pacific Ocean side and stretching across and down the majestic peninsula to the Sea of Cortez side, back to the Pacific before winding down to the finish line on the southernmost tip of Baja.

Over 400 entries from 40 U.S. States and 15 countries, competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs will be part of this year’s 40th anniversary tribute to the world’s richest and most famous desert race. The granddaddy of all desert races is the season-finale of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, the world’s foremost desert racing series.

“The Lake Elsinore Hotel/Casino and the Desert Assassins race team hosted a great event to honor our drawing for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000,” said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO and President. “The place was packed and there was still plenty of food and refreshments to go around. It was a tremendous start for what promises to be another memorable chapter in the history of the world’s greatest desert race.”

With massive crowds reaching over 300,000 anticipated to again be spread out along the point-to-point race course, the race will start for the 33rd time in Ensenada and will finish for only the second time in Cabo San Lucas.

The motorcycle and ATV classes will start their journey at 6:30 a.m. (Tuesday, Nov. 13) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 10:30 a.m., or three hours after the last ATV leaves the line. The starting line will be on Blvd. Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in Ensenada. Vehicles will leave in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race and while the fastest finishers are expected to complete the course in approximately 22 hours.

The finish line area in Cabo San Lucas will be inside the Campos de Futbol “Yenecamu” soccer fields next to the Villa del Palmar Resort, the official SCORE race headquarters. The SCORE Media Center and SCORE Race Operations will both be located at the Villa del Palmar. Passing times from all BFG Tires pit locations, of all vehicles, will be posted there as well to assist in monitoring the race progress.

Cadiente, 31, of Mesa, Ariz., was the 2006 SCORE Rookie of the year and is third in this year’s SCORE Trophy-Truck season point standings after winning the recent SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 in the No. 38 G&R Racing Ford F-150. The drawing featured 32 entries in the SCORE Trophy-Truck, the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 800-horsepower, unlimited production trucks.

Bell, 21, Sun City, Calif., will lead 22 entries (to date) in Class 22 for open motorcycles on the No. 1x American Honda factory Honda XR650R. His talented teammates are Kendall Norman, Santa Barbara, Calif., Johnny Campbell, San Clemente, Calif. and Steve Hengeveld, Hesperia, Calif.

Drawing the first start in the ATV classes was the championship team led by Danny Prather, 27, Ramona, Calif., who will ride the No. 1a American Honda factory Honda TRX450R in Class 25. His teammates are Mike Cafro, Bonsall, Calif., Levi Marana, Ramona, Calif., and Marc Speath, Warner Springs, Calif.

NASCAR Nextel Cup team owner/driver Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C., whose roots are in SCORE desert racing, drew the fourth starting position in SCORE Trophy-Truck in the Team Gordon No. 71 Chevy CK1500. Gordon, , will again pull double-duty, driving the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 before flying to Homestead, Fla., to race in the NASCAR Nextel Cup season finale.

Among the other cross-over racers who are entered so far include World Rally champion Armin Schwarz, former IndyCar star Danny Sullivan and actor/racer Patrick Dempsey, star of the ABC TV hit show ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’

Pre-race festivities on Monday, Nov. 12, for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including tech and contingency and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. adjacent the San Nicolas Hotel, the official SCORE race headquarters in Ensenada. The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer registration will be held at the San Nicolas from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12.

While entries will be accepted up to race morning (Nov. 13), late entries will be assigned the next available number and starting position within each class.

The post-race Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Survivor’s Celebration will be held during the SCORE Fiesta in at the Playa Cascadas (adjacent to the Villa del Palmar) at noon on Friday, Nov. 16.

Besides the Cadiente and Gordon, other entries in the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck division include Las Vegas brothers Tim and Ed Herbst (No. 19-Ford F-150), B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas (1-Chevy Silverado), Mexico's Gus Vildosola/Gus Vildosola Jr. (4-Ford F-150), Honolulu’s Alan Pflueger/Rick Johnson, Encinitas, Calif. (28-Chevy Silverado), Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz./Brian Collins, Las Vegas (12-Chevy Silverado), Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif. (86-Ford F-150), Mark Post, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas (3-Ford F-150), Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif./Bob Shepard, Phoenix (82-Chevy Silverado), Pete Sohren, Glendale, Ariz. (2-Ford F-150), Chad Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz./Danny Sullivan, Aspen, Colo. (33-Toyota Tundra), Garron Cadiente, Phoenix (38-Ford F-150), Damen Jefferies, Oak Hills, Calif./Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (22-Chevy Silverado), Dave Sykes, Del Mar, Calif./Scott Steinberger, Cypress, Calif. (7-Ford F-150), Jesse Jones, Phoenix (76-Ford F-150), Japan's Ikuo Hanawa (14-Toyota Tundra), Todd Wyllie, New River, Ariz. (85-Chevy Silverado), Travis Coyne, El Centro, Calif. (77-Ford F-150), Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif. (16-Ford F-150), Bobby Baldwin, Las Vegas (96-Chevy Silverado), and brothers David and Matt Scaroni, Heber, Calif. (27-Ford F-150).

In his first full season in the SCORE Desert Series, TV personality Jesse James, of Monster Garage fame, will drive his new No. 54 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy-Truck.

The four-wheel vehicle classes with the most entries in the drawing were SCORE Trophy-Truck (31), Class 1 (28), Class 5/1600 and Baja Challenge (18 each), Class 1-2/1600 (17), SCORE Lite (15), and Protruck (11).

The motorcycle classes with the most entries in the drawing were: Class 22 (22) and Class 40 (11).

Leading the six Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which had a race-record 38 entries in the drawing.

Drawing first start in Class 1 were brothers Gary Weyhrich, 40, and Mark Weyhrich, 37, Troutdale, Ore., in a Jimco-Chevy. Drawing first in Class 5/1600 was Darren Walsh, 39, Long Beach, Calif., in a VW Baja Bug while first off in the special Baja Challenge class will be Mark Zajec, 40, Rocklin, Calif., in a Subaru-powered Baja touring car.

First start in Class 1-2/1600 will be Sparky Wilbur, 51, Huntington Beach, Calif., Jimco-VW, while first start in SCORE Lite went to Craig Brabant, 45, Hesperia, Calif., in a Dunrite-VW. First start in Protruck will be Joe Bednar, 45, Augora Hills, Calif., in a Chevy Silverado.

Sportscaster Cameron Steele, 39, San Clemente, Calif., who hosted the two-day drawing festival, has once again entered in three classes. He will drive the No. 16 Desert Assassins Cadillac Escalade in SCORE Trophy-Truck, the Desert Assassin-VW in SCORE Lite and is also rider of record on the Desert Assassins Honda XR650R in Class 22.

Also among the Class 1 entries is the team of Larry Roeseler, Hesperia, Calif./Troy Herbst, Las Vegas, who will be going for a record fourth consecutive Class 1 victory in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in a Smithbuilt-Ford. They drew the seventh starting position in their class.

Among the other early entries are Rod Hall, Reno, Nev., and Ron Bishop, Escondido, the only two individuals who have raced in all 39 previous Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 races.

The legendary Hall, 69, of Reno, Nev., has a race-record 18 career class wins in this race and is the only driver to have competed every year in a car or truck class. Hall returns this year as the defending season point champion in a Hummer H3 in the Stock Mini class. His son’s Chad and Josh will complete the Team Hummer entry, each driving different Hummers in the Stock Full Class.

Bishop, 64, who will lead a five-rider team as rider of record this year in Class 22, is the only racer who has competed every year on a motorcycle. He will be racing on a KTM 525XC motorcycle.

The Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 race course will be marked and open for pre-running on Saturday, October 13th.

It’s the oldest and most well known of all desert races, and it remains as the single most appealing accomplishment to a driver. Since 1967, the mother of all desert races has been run over the mysterious Baja California peninsula.

This year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour NBC Sports special for the fourth consecutive year, airing on Dec. 30 on the NBC Television Network. It will also air on a delayed basis outside of the U.S. on ESPN International.

In addition to the ‘live’ SCORE race drawing, other activities in the two-day RACEfest included a Freestyle Motocross Demonstration, a SCORE Pit Crew Challenge, a Texas Hold ‘em Poker Tournament, Pool Party, the Blue C Trophy-Lite Challenge, a Silent Auction and live music. Proceeds from the two-day SCORE Fiesta are going to the Chris Ackerman Foundation.

In addition to appearances by several of SCORE’s top drivers and riders and their incredible desert-racing machines, the festivities started on Friday night with the Unbound energy drink Freestyle MX show, presented by Quality Toyota of Corona, Calif., silent auction, and live music. Appearing at the Freestyle show were and Brian Deegan’s Metal Mulisha team and Kyle Loza’s Riders for Christ.

Saturday’s activities started with Kettle One/ Lake Elsinore Casino sponsored brunch and continued with the Blue C Enthusiast Advertising Champion’s Challenge where more than a dozen top SCORE desert racers raced individually, one lap, for times. The afternoon included the Yokohama Pit Crew Challenge.

During the drawing there was a luncheon for racers and their families catered by Wahoo’s Fish Tacos.

The live SCORE drawing, which featured the second-most entries in race history, was presented by Lucas Oil.

Five full entries into this year’s 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 were given away on Saturday, courtesy of Blue C Enthusiast Advertising (Mike Childress-Protruck), Yokohama Tire (Cameron Steele-SCORE Lite), Lake Elsinore Casino (Pete Sohren-SCORE Trophy-Truck), baja.net (Scott Bloom-Class 22) and Lucas Oil Products (Ed Stout-SCORE Trophy-Truck. The winners had to be present and already entered in the race.

Additional sponsors providing product and prizes on Saturday are Bosch Power Tools, American Racing ATX Wheels, Camburg Engineering and Wahoo’s Fish Tacos.

The top driver in the Poker Tournament was Pete Sohren while winning the Blue C Champion’s Challenge was Mike Childress (29.15 seconds) with Harley Letner second (29.97) and Darren Hardesty third (30.00). On the podium in the Yokohama SCORE Pit Crew Challenge were the teams led by the winning Cameron Steele (5 minutes, 26 seconds) and runner-up Matt Scaroni (6 minutes, 34 seconds).

Ruben Gutierrez, who races in Class 5/1600, won a random drawing for a $3,000 product package from Camburg Engineering.

The 2007 SCORE Desert Series also includes the chase for the $75,000 Kartek Off-Road contingency bonus to be awarded to several 2007 SCORE Class point champions along with the run for the $12,000 Toyota True Grit and Toyota Milestone Awards.

Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Sunoco Race Fuels/Bryant Petroleum-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Volkswagen-official vehicle, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, American Racing ATX Series-official wheel, Slime-official tire sealant, Airstar America-official space lighting provider, Red Bull--official energy drink and Bosch Power Tools-official power tool. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Communications, Kartek Off-Road, Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Bendix, American Suzuki, NAPA Chassis, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.

For more information regarding the series, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.



40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000

Nov. 10-16, 2007—Final round of six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series

Ensenada, Baja California, to Cabo San Lucas, BC Sur, Mexico

Live Start Draw Results held Sept. 22 at Lake Elsinore Casino

Total Entries: 326 (as of 9/22/07)



PRO CARS & TRUCKS

SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (31)

38 Garron Cadiente

28 Alan Pflueger

3 Mark Post

71 Robby Gordon

1 B.J. Baldwin

12 Larry Ragland

27 David Scaroni

86 Josh Baldwin

4 Gus Vildosola

85 Todd Wyllie

77 Travis Coyne

82 Ryan Arciero

22 Damen Jefferies

49 Valerio Gonzalez

8 Roger Norman

2 Pete Sohren

33 Chad Ragland

16 Cameron Steele

19 Tim Herbst

31 Andy McMillin

76 Jesse Jones

54 Jesse James

67 Mark Newhan

7 Dave Sykes

96 Bobby Baldwin

69 Francisco Cervantes

13 Ed Stout

14 Ikuo Hanawa

29 Stephen Jangaard

25 Ted Hunnicutt Jr.

73 Jose Flores



CLASS 1 (28)

101 Gary Weyhrich

102 Luis Ramirez Jr.

103 B.J. Richardson

104 Armin Schwarz

105 Bill Gasper

106 Max Thieriot

100 Larry Roeseler

108 Brad Etter

109 Richard Boyle

110 Steve Barry

111 John Harrah

112 Rob Bruce

113 Mark McMillin

114 Ronny Wilson

115 Troy Johnson

116 Jay Manning

117 Charlie Wilson

118 Steve Strobel

119 Brendan Gaughan

120 Jason Shipman

121 Robert Ross

122 Dale Lenk

123 Dan Moore

124 Eric Chase

125 Greg Hukari

126 Dan Myers

127 Juan Flores

149 Mark Steele



CLASS 1-2/1600 (17)

1601 Sparky Wilbur

1602 Ramsey ElWardani

1603 Victor Barreda

1604 Hiram Duran

1605 Ray Files

1606 Jesus Manriquez

1607 Chris Langmayer

1608 Arturo Velazco

1609 Daniel McMillin

1610 Layton Bowles

1611 Juan Gallo

1612 David Caspino

1645 Eliseo Garcia

1646 Adam Aschcraft

1647 Arnoldo Ramirez

1648 Wyatt Radke

1649 L.J. Kennedy



CLASS 3 (4)

301 Daniel Wright

302 John Maine

303 Gale Pike

304 Gerardo Barragan



CLASS 5 (8)

501 Danny Wyrick

502 Juan De Jesus

503 Luivan Voelker

504 Drew Belk

500 George Seeley

506 Chris Bowman

518 Kevin Carr

519 Vince Wavra



CLASS 5/1600 (18)

551 Darren Walsh

552 Oscar Venegas

553 Gregorio Villarino

554 Mario Reynoso

555 Jerry Hill

556 Dan Edwards

557 Johnathon Knight

558 Gerardo Rubio

559 Adolfo Aguilar Jr.

571 Jay Silver

572 Art Savedra

573 Glenn Kirby

574 Ruben Gutierrez

575 Tom Bird

576 Julian Patron

577 Fernando Montijo

578 Enrique Zazueta Jr.

579 Alonso Angulo



CLASS 7 (5)

701 Barry Karakas

702 David Binns

700 Dan Chamlee

704 Oscar Salazar

719 Rick Battey



CLASS 7S (1)

739 Aaron Dodson



CLASS 7SX (9)

741 Noe Sierra

742 Norman Turley

743 Heidi Steele

744 Blake Henn

745 Alberto Iriarte

746 Rich Severson

747 Jason Hutter

758 Ted Moncure

759 Jim Hinesley



CLASS 8 (8)

801 Tom Bradley

802 Greg Adler

803 Stan Burns

804 Rodimiro Amaya

805 Sam Stahl

800 Nick Vanderwey

807 Noan Ostanik

839 Chad Ulansky



CLASS 9 (2)

901 Mark McIntyre

902 Sigal Greenberg



CLASS 10 (5)

1001 Mike Lawrence

1002 Jay Culbertson

1003 Matt Cullen

1004 Rudy Cortez

1005 Lobsam Yee



SCORE LITE (15)

1201 Craig Brabant

1202 Matt Drever

1203 Michael Bennett

1204 Guy Cordon

1205 Jeff Kawell

1206 David Callaway

1200 Tim Noe

1208 Luis Cabello

1209 James Marquez

1210 Jose Cervantes

1211 Dwayne Reinert

1212 Dan Martin

1213 Francisco Villagomez

1214 Cameron Steele

1215 Stan Potter



CLASS 11 (4)

1100 Eric Solorzano

1101 Robert Johnson

1148 Mike Urbano

1149 Jake Mueller



STOCK FULL (10)

861 Loren Worthington

862 John Griffin

863 Chad Hall

860 Terry Henn

865 Jerry Zaiden

876 Brett Garland

867 Josh Hall

877 Justin Matney

878 Clyde Stacy

879 Pedro Vargas



STOCK MINI (3)

760 Rod Hall

778 Steve Kovach

779 Gavin Skilton



PROTRUCK (11)

299 Joe Bednar

Ken Losch

236 Rick L. Johnson

200 Gus Vildosola Jr.

213 Dave Westhem

235 Jason Voss

260 Kevin McGillivray

203 Dave Creagan

250 Gary Magness

226 Al Hogan

240 Rob Kittleson



CLASS 17 (1)

1701 Scott Watkins



JEEPSPEED (1)

3701 Ted Holt



BAJA CHALLENGE (18)

BC1 Mark Zajec

BC2 Patrick Dempsey

BC3 Madison Autterson

BC4 Mike Brodeur

BC5 Rick Mourhess

BC6 Mark Hall

BC7 Richard M. Sottosanti

BC8 Darby Keen

BC9 Michael Wright

BC10 Michael Cassling

BC11 Jim Sharkey

BC12 David Stone

BC13 Bud Brutsman

BC14 Jody Groce

BC15 John McInnis

BC16 Ken Block

BC17 Jim Christensen

BC18 Nicholas Christifulli



PRO MOTORCYCLES

CLASS 22 (22)

1x Robby Bell

2x Richard Lancaster

3x Mark Simpson

4x Kevin Johnson

5x Joe Desrosiers

7x Jared Johnston

8x Rodney Thornton

9x Quinn Cody

10x Jimmy N. Roberts

11x Luke Dodson

12x Jason Edie

13x Kyle Abney

14x Tim Morton

15x Gabriel Williams

16x Ron Bishop

17x Dan Walsh

18x Kenny Atkins

19x Jesse Sharpe

20x Ned Suesse

21x Scott Bloom

22x Derrick Paiment

23x Cameron Steele



CLASS 21 (5)

101x Carlos Casas

102x Joey Lane

103x Ryan Gustine

104x Chad Erl

105x Jeremiah Kolbensvik



CLASS 20 (2)

151x Ryan Penhall

152x Brett Grimsley



CLASS 30 (7)

301x Jim Thomson

302x Jim O’Neal

303x James Filanc

304x Dan Roush

305x David Potts

306x Scott Hofmann

307x Gerardo Rojas



CLASS 40 (11)

401x Bill Boyer

402x Steve Downey

403x Scott Atchison

404x Ryan Armitage

405x Brett Helm

406x John Hodel

407x David Lunden

408x Richard Deaveau

409x Steve Cole

410x John Carmona

449x Lukas Lundin



CLASS 50 (4)

500x Jim O’Neal

501x Charles Wallace

502x Keith Speir

549x Chris Haines



CLASS 60 (2)

601x Donald E. Lewis

609x Richard Jackson



PRO ATVS

CLASS 25 (8)

1a Danny Prather

2a Josh Row

3a Javier Beltran

4a Jerry Cook

5a Wayne Matlock

6a Cody Mitchell

7a Carmen Cafro

8a Jeff Hancock



CLASS 24 (3)

101a Sergio Alvarado

102a Adolfo Arellano

103a Francisco Servin



SPORTSMAN

SPT CAR (6)

1401 Carl Becker

1402 Peter Lang

1403 Mike Higbee

1404 Patric Bell

1405 George Jackson

1449 Patrick Case



SPT TRUCK (5)

1501 Miguel Jimenz

1546 Billy Bunch

1547 William Wolfard

1548 Scott Edwards

1549 Randy Swink



SPT UTV (2)

1801 Jim Creagan

1802 Sean Creagan



SPT M/C 250< (4)

201x Fred Brown

202x Rey Heredia

204x David Patterson

203x Garrett Tolman



SPT M/C 250> (38)

251x Tibi Imbuzan-S

252x Nick Imbuzan-S

253x Rip Woodard

254x Duncan Ragsdale

255x Byron Kolitz

256x Jesse Beck

257x Joe West

258x Jeffrey Crochiere

259x Jeff Chapman

250x Jeff Leonard

261x Luke Terry

262x Steve Williams

263x Sean Hoernke

264x John Kelly

265x Erik Schroeder

266x Yasuki Nunohiro

267x Javier Hernandez

268x Michael Ott-Eulberg

269x Lyman Scherer

270x Ray Grupp

271x Michael Kay

272x Erik Litzenberg

273x Mark Fishburn

274x Jeff Johnson

275x Rene Lorentz

276x Mike Gilbert

277x Beau James

278x Brandt Anderson

279x Kevin Kosiorek

280x Brandon Baker

281x Todd Harrison

282x Chad Thornton

283x Bill Eddings

284x Kiyonari Otsuka

285x Kevin Cheney

297x Petrus Uys

298x Steve Hansen

299x Andrew Vela



SPT ATV (9)

51a Anthony Baker

52a Reid Rutherford

53a Craig Christy

54a John Corwley

55a Mike Penland

56a JV Lattimore

97a Shawn Robins

98a Mark Lindsay

99a Joao de Barros