CORR on NBC Sunday

Just a reminder, be sure to tune into NBC this Sunday, May 27th to catch Championship Off Road Racing on national television. The Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup Qualifier races from the LA Fairplex will broadcast from 2 PM to 3 PM/EST (11 AM-12PM/PST).



To those of you in Wisconsin, I have confirmed with WMTV and they will be airing the CORR show this time. We apologize to those of you who missed last months broadcast.

2007 Tecate SCORE Baja 500 - Race Briefing

2007 Tecate SCORE Baja 500 - Race Briefing
1) The Competitors Meeting will be held Friday, June 1 at 7:00pm in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera Convention Center.
2) All competitors are reminded that off road racing is an inherently dangerous activity that can result in serious injury or even
death. YOU MUST BEAR THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY.
3) SCORE cannot regulate the conduct of spectators. Be advised that spectators may engage in malicious activity.
When approaching a group of spectators - SLOW DOWN & BE ALERT!!
4) The roads used for this race course are open to the public. You must expect at all times to encounter oncoming traffic.
You must also expect to encounter cattle roaming freely on and around the race course.
5) The speed limit for all race vehicles on all highway sections is 60 mph. This speed limit will be enforced with the rally logger.
Passing on the highway sections must be made on the left-hand side only, within the 60 MPH speed limit, and by obeying the
highway markings. All participants MUST possess a valid driver license while operating the race vehicle.
6) HIGHWAY SPEED ZONES / There are NINE (9) paved highway sections subject to the 60 mph speed limit:
1 - LEFT ON HWY 3 @ KM 12 (MILE 16.1) to LEFT OFF HWY 3 @ KM 19 (MILE 19.1) à 3.0 MILES.
2 - RIGHT ON OJOS PAVEMENT (MILE 34.3) to CROSS HWY 3 @ KM 39 (MILE 35.4) à 1.1 MILES.
3 - RIGHT ON HWY 3 @ KM 77 (MILE 76.9) to LEFT OFF HWY 3 @ KM 78 (MILE 78.1) à 1.2 MILES.
4 - LEFT ON HWY 3 @ KM 117 (MILE 110.7) to RIGHT OFF HWY 3 @ KM 137 (MILE 122.9) à 12.2 MILES.
5 - RIGHT ON EAST SAN TELMO RD (MILE 156.2) to LEFT OFF SAN TELMO RD (MILE 158.4) à 2.2 MILES.
6 - RIGHT ON WEST SAN TELMO RD (MILE 186.3) to LEFT OFF SAN TELMO RD (MILE 187.0) à 0.7 MILES.
7 - RIGHT ON HWY 1 @ KM 102 (MILE 281.5) to LEFT OFF HWY 1 @ KM 96 (MILE 285.5) à 4.0 MILES.
8 - LEFT ON HWY 1 @ KM 51 (MILE 340.9) to RIGHT OFF HWY 1 @ KM 39 (MILE 348.6) à 7.7 MILES.
9 - LEFT ON HWY 3 @ KM 25 (MILE 398.3) to RIGHT OFF HWY 3 @ KM 12 (MILE 406.3) à 8.0 MILES.
7) All competitors must do their part to protect and preserve the Baja ecological environment. Please instruct your team that it
is very important to properly dispose of all solid and liquid waste. Do not litter, start fires, or deviate from the marked course.
8) The race course is marked with orange/white ribbon, yellow reflective tape, orange directional arrows, green wrong ways, and
mile markers every five miles. SCORE cannot guarantee that course markings will be in place on race day. It is the responsibility
of each competitor to race in a controlled manner and be able to slow down to avoid danger spots.
9) Four-Wheel vehicles that are in a position to pass a motorcycle or atv MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO PASS UNTIL THE RIDER
HAS MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE COURSE. Motorcycles and ATVs must remain aware of approaching traffic and move
over as quickly as possible. Four-Wheel vehicles are ultimately responsible for the safety of passing. USE YOUR HORN!!!
10) SCORE will use 151.625 (Weatherman Relay) for the main race operations radio frequency. Please use this frequency to
report an emergency or ask for help. PCI customers may use the PCI customer frequency instead of 151.625.
11) Stub Cans will NOT be used at this race. You are required to enter all four checkpoints in a single file manner and come
to a complete stop at the stop sign. Entering and exiting all checkpoints must be done in a safe and prudent manner in order to
guarantee the safety of checkpoint workers. Checkpoint signage will be placed on the right side of the course.
12) Passing is not permitted 300 feet before a checkpoint. Pitting is not permitted within 300 feet before and 100 feet after a
checkpoint. Pitting is not permitted within 100 feet before or 100 feet after a paved highway crossing. No towing, pushing or
pulling through a checkpoint or greater than 1% of the course, which at this race is 4.2 miles.
13) No towing, pushing or pulling of Four-Wheel vehicles within 1 mile of the finish line. SCORE has created an exception to
this rule and allows pushing across the finish line by wristbanded vehicle occupants only. Vehicle occupants are allowed to push
their disabled race vehicle across the finish line, but only if the vehicle becomes disabled after exiting the Ensenada wash and is
situated on the pavement or dirt hardpack which exists just prior to the finish line at the Softball Stadium.
14) A competitor who is late for his assigned start time will start at the back of the class that is currently starting. The elapsed
time of a late starter begins with his DESIGNATED START TIME, not the late start time.
15) All classes have 20 hours from their designated start time to complete the race, provided that each checkpoint is cleared
within the scheduled closing time.
16) Checkpoint locations and closing times are as follows:
à CHECKPOINT 1 - SANTA CATARINA / MILE 86.3 @ SATURDAY 11:00PM.
à CHECKPOINT 2 - RANCHO BUENA VISTA / MILE 197.1 @ SUNDAY 3:00AM.
à CHECKPOINT 3 - SAN VICENTE VINEYARDS / MILE 286.4 @ SUNDAY 5:00AM.
à CHECKPOINT 4 - WEST OF OJOS NEGROS / MILE 385.4 @ SUNDAY 7:00AM.
à FINISH LINE - SOFTBALL STADIUM / MILE 420.1 @ SUNDAY 8:00AM (approximately).
17) The race will start in front of the Riviera Convention Center on Boulevard Costero. The race will finish at the Campo de
Jose Negro Soto Softball Stadium, which is located at the intersection of 11th Street and Espinoza Avenue.
18) Motorcycles and ATV classes will report to staging at 5:30AM for a 6:00AM start.
One every 15 seconds in the following order: 22, 30, 40, 21, 20, 50, 60, 25, 24, SptMoto>, SptMoto<, SptAtv.
19) There will be a full three hour gap between the last ATV starter and the first Trophy Truck starter. Four-Wheel vehicles
will start NO EARLIER than 10:00AM, and APPROXIMATELY at 10:00AM.
20) The following Four-Wheel classes will start one every 30 seconds in the following order: TT, SIT, 1, 10, SL, 8, PT, 1/2-1600.
21) The remaining Four-Wheel classes will start one every 15 seconds in the following order: 5, 7, 5-1600, 7S, 7SX, SF, SM,
9, 3, JP1, JP3, Sptk, Spbg, 11, Utv.
22) STAGING TIMES - TT(9:30AM), SIT(9:40AM), 1(9:45AM), 10(10:00AM), SL(10:15AM), 8(10:30AM), PT(10:35AM),
1/2-16(10:40AM), 5(10:50AM), 7(10:55AM), 5-1600(11:00AM), 7S(11:05AM), 7SX(11:10AM), SF(11:15AM), SM(11:20AM),
9(11:25AM), 3(11:30AM), JP1(11:35AM), JP3(11:40AM), SPTK(11:45AM), SPBG(11:50AM), 11(11:55AM), UTV(12:00PM).
23) Late registration will open at 5:30AM on Saturday morning at the Riviera Convention Center.
24) A technical protest MUST be filed no later than 30 minutes after the first finisher out of the money in your class.
25) The posting of Unofficial Results will be at 9:00AM Sunday in the lobby of the San Nicolas Hotel.
The Competition Review Board will meet at 10:00AM Sunday at the San Nicolas Hotel.
The Awards Presentation will be held poolside at 11:00AM Sunday at the San Nicolas Hotel.

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With 511 official entries to date, new all-time SCORE entry record

May 24, 2007

Over 525 entries now expected
With 511 official entries to date, new all-time SCORE entry record
Guaranteed for next week’s 39th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500

287 cars and trucks, 224 motorcycles and ATVs among entries
From 32 States, 13 countries for June 1-3 race in Ensenada

LOS ANGELES—With late entries accepted until race morning, an all-time entry field is already guaranteed for next weekend’s 39th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500, the second-oldest desert race in the world. As of yesterday’s 5 p.m. cutoff for entries not to be charged a late fee, 511 current official entries had been accepted by the SCORE International office in Los Angeles.
Round 3 of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series, featuring a race-record lineup of nearly 500 entries competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, will be held June 1-3 in Ensenada, Mexico.
The amazing total marks the first time in the 34-year history of the popular desert racing organization that entries have passed the 500 plateau for a SCORE. The growing new total easily eclipses the 469 total entries at the old SCORE Parker 400 in 1998 and the 465 total entries received for this race last year, which was the first time a SCORE race in Mexico ever had over 400 entries.
“It will be cliché to say it, but this is absolutely, unbelievably amazing,” said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO/President since soon after SCORE was founded in 1973. “This race was the first SCORE sanctioned and produced event in Mexico on July 26, 1974 and I was very proud to be part of that pioneering event that had a solid 279 starters. This year, I am extremely humbled to be part of this exciting landmark in the history of SCORE International that will end up having around 500 official starters next Saturday. SCORE and its incredible race staff of over 400 dedicated individuals are honored to help make history with these dynamic adventurers.”
This marks only the fourth time in the over three-decade history of SCORE Baja racing that the entry list has reached more than 400. Last year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500 had 465 entries, last year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 had 449, and this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 250 in March had 423 official entries.
With this year’s entry list already at 511, a new all-time SCORE record is also guaranteed for actual starters. The current overall SCORE record is 452, set at the old SCORE Parker 400 in 1988, and the current SCORE Baja racing record of 438 was set at this race last year. Third on the current all-time SCORE starters list is the 431 that started last year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 peninsula run from Ensenada to La Paz.
A race-record field of 54 unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars are set to attempt to capture the overall 4-wheel vehicle title in this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500, unseating the marquee SCORE Trophy-Trucks, those high-tech, high-budget, 800-horsepower, unlimited production trucks who have won the overall 10 times in their 13-year history. There are also 39 SCORE Trophy-Trucks entered for next weekend’s epic race.
And while the thundering herd of SCORE Trophy-Trucks and Class 1 race cars blast their way around the Northern part of the Baja peninsula, the growing field of motorcycles and ATVs, now at an amazing 224 total entries, will be waging their own special challenge against the elements, the competitors and their own mental and physical strength and stamina.
With late entries accepted up to race morning, nearly 525 entries are expected from 32 U.S. States from Hawaii to Rhode Island as well as Mexico, Austria, Canada, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. The green flag will drop for the race at 6 a.m. on Saturday (June 2) for the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the car and truck classes three hours after the last ATV at approximately 10 a.m. The SCORE Baja race-record 511 vehicles entered to date include 287 cars and trucks and 224 motorcycles and ATVs.
Back to defend their overall 4-wheel vehicle and SCORE Trophy-Truck title is the team of Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz./Brian Collins, Las Vegas, in the No. 12 Collins Motorsports Chevy Silverado. Returning as the overall motorcycle and Class 22 champs is the team of Robby Bell, Murrieta, Calif./Kendall Norman, Santa Barbara, Calif., on the No. 1x Honda CRF450X. Back to defend their overall ATV and Class 25 victory is the team of Danny Prather, Ramona, Calif./Mike Cafro, Carlsbad, Calif., on the No. 1a Honda TRX450R.
For the first time in race history, Volkswagen of America officially entered two of its Dakar Rally factory teams. Driven by American Mark Miller and South African Giniel de Villers, the two turbo-diesel VW Race Touareg SUVs will compete in a special SCORE Int’l Truck class. They will start between SCORE Trophy-Truck and Class 1.
To date, the Pro 4-Wheel vehicles classes with the most entries are: Class 1 (54), SCORE Trophy-Truck (39), SCORE Lite (27), Class 1-2/1600 (26) and Class 5/1600 (20).
Leading the Motorcycle classes in entries so far are Class 22 (25), Class 21 and Class 40 (22 each) and Class 30 (21). Class 25 for open ATVs has 16 entries. Among the Sportsman classes, SPT Motorcycles over 250cc has 58 entries and SPT ATV has 22.
Miller, who has won the SCORE Trophy-Truck class twice in the SCORE Baja 500 (in 2002 with Larry Ragland and in 2003 with Ryan Arciero) was fourth overall in this year’s Dakar Rally while de Villers won four stages in the rally and finished 11th overall.
In SCORE history, this will be the ninth race to have 400 or more starters, with the SCORE Parker 400 having that number six times, the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 twice and the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 once.
Reflecting the continuing popularity of SCORE desert racing, the number of starters in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 has jumped dramatically this decade. Starting with 219 in 2000, the event has increased each year—2001 (249), 2002 (258), 2003 (260), 2004 (300), 2005 (345) and 2006 (438).
The starting line area will once again be in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Boulevard Costero in downtown Ensenada, Mexico. The finish line will be where it was last year--inside the Campo de Softball Jose Negro Soto stadium at 11th Street (Calle Once) and Espinoza Avenue in Ensenada. The stadium is located approximately 1.5 miles east of the start line area. Vehicles will start in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race.
Pre-race festivities at the 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 will include the colorful SCORE Midway and tech inspection adjacent to the San Nicolas Hotel in Ensenada from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday (June 1). Racer registration will be held in the Grand Ballroom at the San Nicolas Hotel from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday (May 31) and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday (June 1).
The mandatory racer’s briefing will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday (June 1) in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center.
At 11 a.m. on Sunday (June 3), the awards celebration will be held poolside at the San Nicolas Hotel.
Starting and finishing in Ensenada on the majestic Baja California peninsula, this year’s tight and technical course will run in a clockwise direction, running East into the middle of the peninsula, then South, followed by a West travel section, turning north, then East, North, Northeast and back West for the final charge back into Ensenada.
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, 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, 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.

SCORE Desert Racing
All-Time Top Race Starters

Year Race, STARTERS (Finishers)
1988 SCORE Parker 400—452 Starters (249 Finishers)
2006 SCORE Baja 500—438 Starters (221 Finishers)
2006 SCORE Baja 1000—431 Starters (234 Finishers)
1980 SCORE Parker 400—421 Starters (225 Finishers)
1987 SCORE Parker 400—419 Starters (199 Finishers)
1986 SCORE Parker 400—415 Starters (215 Finishers)
1989 SCORE Parker 400—403 Starters (221 Finishers)
1981 SCORE Parker 400—400 Starters (197 Finishers)

SCORE Desert Racing
All-Time Top Race Finishers

Year Race, FINISHERS (Starters)
1988 SCORE Parker 400—249 Finishers (452 Starters)
2006 SCORE Baja 1000—234 Finishers (431 Starters)
1980 SCORE Parker 400—225 Finishers (421 Starters)
2006 SCORE Baja 500—221 Finishers (438 Starters)
1989 SCORE Parker 400—221 Finishers (403 Starters)
1986 SCORE Parker 400—215 Finishers (415 Starters)
1988 SCORE Baja 500—202 Finishers (332 Starters)
1987 SCORE Parker 400—199 Finishers (419 Starters)
2004 SCORE Baja 1000—198 Finishers (284 Starters)
1981 SCORE Parker 400—197 Finishers (400 Starters)

39th Annual TECATE SCORE BAJA 500
Round 3 of six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series
June 1-3, 2007--Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Total Entries: 511 (as of 5/23/07)

IMPORTANT BORDER CROSSING INFORMATION FOR THE 39th TECATE SCORE BAJA 500

IMPORTANT BORDER CROSSING INFORMATION FOR THE 39th TECATE SCORE BAJA 500
May 18th, 2007
To all participants at the TECATE SCORE BAJA 500 on June 1, 2 and 3, 2007, please be advised:
If you are a participant racer, a race team or pit crew and have a vehic le longer than 18’ (overall length not
counting towing vehicle), such an enclosed trailer, step van, truck or semi trailer, you should obtain a
Temporary Importation Pediment. In order to get one you should follow the steps listed below:
· Prepare a detailed inventory list of what you are bringing (Tools, parts, tires, etc)
Remember: DO NOT BRING RACE FUEL OR USED TIRES WITHOUT WHEELS.
· Contact either one of the following Custom Brokers:
Gutierrez & Gutierrez Customs Brokers.
Otay Mesa, CA at (619) 661-6292 or;
Tijuana, Mexico at (011-52-664) 623-1468
Globe Trade Services, Customs Broker/Freight Forwarder
Otay Mesa, CA at (619) 671-9304 or in Tijuana, Mexico at (011-52-664) 647-5397, and ask for Roberto
Gallegos or Victor Celis.
E-mail: rgallegos@globetradeservices.com
Intercalifornias Forwarding.
Otay Mesa, CA at (619) 661-1129 or 671-0936 and ask for Albert Cruz,
E-mail: intercalifornia@aol.com
www.intercaliforniassc.com
You can use the services of these or any other Customs Broker of your choice if you want.
· The Broker will prepare the necessary paperwork for you to cross the border into Mexico, as well as the
return documents that you should present when leaving the country, to prove that everything that came into
Mexico is returning to the United States, otherwise it will be considered as a Definitive Importation resulting
in having to pay taxes and fines.
· The Temporary Importation Status allows you to bring your equipment to participate in a motorsports
event, without having to pay any tax or duty, the only charge you will pay is the Broker’s processing and
administrative fees.
· Please direct any questions to your Customs Broker, such as where to cross, crossing times, estimated
waiting time, etc.
· If you are going further south of San Quintin or staying in Mexico for more than 72 hours, it is required by
Mexican Immigration Authorities that you obtain a Tourist Visa called DNI, it is a visa that allows you to
travel (not good to work) legally thru the country as a Tourist/Visitor, it is good for a period of 180 days, and
allows you to have multiple entries. The cost to obtain it is $21.00 USD approximately payable at a Bank
near the Immigration office at the Port of Entry in Tijuana, Tecate, Mexicali, and you must show a valid and
current Passport or Original Birth Certificate. Drivers Licenses are not accepted for Immigration purposes
since they are not proof of citizenship.
· Please remember that during your stay in Mexico you should always carry a current and valid Driver License
and a Mexican Insurance Policy while operating any motor vehicle.
· Drugs, firearms, weapons and explosives are forbidden in Mexico. Do not operate any type of vehicle under
the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Best regards.
OSCAR RAMOS, Esq.
Mexican Legal Counsel
SCORE INTERNATIONAL

Dezert People Cinco at the Baja 500

Thursday Night at Papas and Beer

Class 1 stars searching for overall 4-wheel vehicle win

May 22, 2007

SCORE Baja-record field now at 485
Class 1 stars searching for overall 4-wheel vehicle win; Class 22
Aces hunting for overall M/C win at 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500

M/C & ATV racers include Bell/Norman/Hengeveld, Blais/Pearson, Burnett/Childress/Highland, O’Neal, Pfeiffer bros., Harden, Karasawa, Ruvalcaba, Prather/Cafro for June 1-3 race in Ensenada

LOS ANGELES—While it’s very probable that the 39 SCORE Trophy-Trucks will grab much of the spotlight, the unlimited Class 1 cars and Class 22 motorcycle division will provide their own special brilliance during next weekend’s 39th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500, the second-oldest desert race in the world.
Round 3 of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series, featuring a race-record lineup of nearly 500 entries competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, will be held June 1-3 in Ensenada, Mexico.
A race-record field of 53 unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars are set to attempt to capture the overall 4-wheel vehicle title, unseating the marquee SCORE Trophy-Trucks, those high-tech, high-budget, 800-horsepower, unlimited production trucks who have won the overall 10 times in their 13-year history.
And while the thundering herd of SCORE Trophy-Trucks and Class 1 race cars blast their way around the Northern part of the Baja peninsula, the growing field of motorcycles and ATVs, now at an amazing 207 total entries, will be waging their own special challenge against the elements, the competitors and their own mental and physical strength and stamina.
With late entries accepted up to race morning, nearly 500 entries are expected from 32 U.S. States from Hawaii to Rhode Island as well as Mexico, Austria, Canada, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. The green flag will drop for the race at 6 a.m. on Saturday (June 2) for the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the car and truck classes three hours after the last ATV at approximately 10 a.m. The SCORE Baja race-record 485 vehicles entered to date include 278 cars and trucks and 207 motorcycles and ATVs.
Back to defend their overall 4-wheel vehicle and SCORE Trophy-Truck title is the team of Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz./Brian Collins, Las Vegas, in the No. 12 Collins Motorsports Chevy Silverado. Returning as the overall motorcycle and Class 22 champs is the team of Robby Bell, Murrieta, Calif./Kendall Norman, Santa Barbara, Calif., on the No. 1x Honda CRF450X. Back to defend their overall ATV and Class 25 victory is the team of Danny Prather, Ramona, Calif./Mike Cafro, Carlsbad, Calif., on the No. 1a Honda TRX450R.
Added firepower for Bell/Norman in Baja on Team Honda will be Honda desert racing star Steve Hengeveld, Oak Hills, Calif., who sat out the Tecate SCORE Baja 250 while recovering from a seriously broken right arm he injured in mid-January. Hengeveld has six class wins and five overall titles in this race, riding every year for the American Honda factory team. The three-rider team will split the course up in thirds, Bell starting and riding to race-mile 121, Norman will run the second leg to race mile 252 and Hengeveld will ride the rugged final section of the course.
“I guess I hurt my arm pretty good, but I’m back and ready to roll,” said Hengeveld, who has earned five career Class 22 SCORE season point titles. “Robby and Kendall have been a very good team and they earned the 1X they have during last season and they won the first race this year, so we should have a pretty strong threesome for the rest of the season. It’s great to be back in the saddle again.”
This year’s massive field will challenge the very technical and rugged 420.11-mile course. Pre-running, or repeated practice driving and riding the course will be allowed up to the day before the race (Friday, June 1).
And, if anyone is able to cover the rough and tumble, serenely majestic course faster than one of the galaxy of SCORE Trophy-Trucks, their family name will probably be Herbst or McMillin, two of the winningest Class 1 families in all of SCORE Baja racing.
Both with SCORE Baja racing histories dating back to the 1970s, the Herbst family, of Las Vegas, has compiled nine class wins in this race since family patriarch Jerry Herbst won Category 3 in 1970 while the McMillin family, SCORE’s first three-generation race team based in San Diego, has notched 13 class wins since second-generation racer Scott McMillin picked up the first for his family in 1981 in Class 10.
In the hunt for the coveted Overall 4-wheel vehicle title, the Herbsts have two (Troy Herbst-2002, 2003) and the McMillins have four (family patriarch Corky McMillin and his second son Scott-1983, 1986 and Corky’s oldest son Mark McMillin-1988, 2001).
When it comes to Class 1 in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, either a Herbst or a McMillin has won it in 11 of the last 13 years, and 10 of the last 11.
In that incredible string of Class 1 victories, Troy Herbst has captured the checkered flag seven times (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).
Starting this stretch for the McMillins was Corky McMillin, who passed away in September of 2005 at age 76 while still a SCORE regular, and his son Scott in 1994. Mark McMillin picked up two more Class 1 wins in 1997 and 2001. In 2005, Scott McMillin and his son Andy McMillin won Class 1.
This year, Andy and Scott will be drive together in the No. 31 Chevy CK1500 in the SCORE Trophy-Truck division. Mark McMillin, the 2005 SCORE point series Class 1 season champion, will carry the McMillin colors in the No. 144 McMillin Racing Chevy-powered Jimco.
Daniel McMillin, 19, Mark’s son, will be the fourth McMillin competing this year, racing in Class 1-2/1600. The youngest member of McMillin Racing currently competing in SCORE races earned his first career SCORE class win in March at the Tecate SCORE Baja 250.
For the Herbst family, Troy Herbst and his older brothers Ed and Tim, will all be competing.
Troy, the youngest at 40, will split driving with Larry Roeseler, who has an amazing 16 class wins including 11 overall titles in this race. Herbst and Roeseler have teamed up for a rare triple, winning Class 1 in 2002, 2003 and 2004, including the overall the first two years. The will drive the No. 100 Terrible Herbst Motorsports Smithbuilt-Ford.
Ed Herbst, 46, and Tim Herbst, 44, the winningest team in SCORE Trophy-Truck history with 11 class wins and four season point crowns, will split driving in the No. 19 Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck. Ironically, they are still looking for their first win in SCORE Trophy-Truck in this race.
At the top of the list of talented challengers to knock off Troy Herbst and Mark McMillin are Las Vegas’ B.J. Richardson, the current Class 1 point leader, Robert Ross, second in points and John Herder, third in points and who won Class 1 in the season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in January.
Including Bell/Norman, defending class champions in two other motorcycle classes are back this year as well.
Including Prather/Cafro, the top five overall ATV finishers from last year are all entered this year as well.
Among the contenders to challenge the factory Honda team in the motorcycle race are the teams led by Chris Blais and Mike Childress.
Blais, Apple Valley, Calif., finished third in this year’s Dakar Rally and will race on the No. 7x Red Bull/KTM motorcycle with Las Vegas’ David Pearson. Childress, who won the overall motorcycle crown in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 in 2005 with Mouse McCoy, will be the third rider this year on a team led by Marc Burnett, Chula Vista, Calif. The third team member is Shawn Highland, Temecula, Calif., a professional Freestyle rider. Burnett, who won Class 21 in this race in 1996, and Highland, finished third in Class 22 on the teams Suzuki RMZ450 in March’s Tecate SCORE Baja 250. Childress finished second in that race with Andy Grider as his co-rider.
Two former overall motorcycle winners, Scot Harden and Kurt Pfeiffer, will race with family efforts this year. Harden, 50, Menifee, Calif., who has four class wins including three overalls (1978, 1985, 1986) in this race, will ride with his son Brent Harden, 23, Sun City, Calif., Mike Lafferty, 31, Temecula, Calif. And Jacob Cornett, 23, La Mesa, Calif., on a KTM 450XC in Class 21. Scot Harden’s overall win in 1985 was with Kurt Pfeiffer.
Lafferty is a 7-time AMA National Enduro champion, Brent Harden was the 2006 AMA District 37 Enduro Series champion, and Cornett is a veteran motocross racer.
Kurt Pfeiffer, 43, Riverside, Calif., who has five class wins including two overalls (1985, 1988) in this race, will ride with his brothers Kent, 45, and Scott, 50, who both live in Costa Mesa, Calif., and who were both also successful SCORE racers in the 1980s. Between them, the Pfeiffer brothers have 14 class wins in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and in 1981 and 1982 the three brothers won two classes. Kurt won Class 20 each year with different riders and Kent and Scott rode together to win Class 21 each of those years. They will be racing in Class 40 (riders over 40 years old) this year on a Yamaha YZ450 sponsored by Beach Yamaha, who was their primary sponsor over 20 years ago.
The race also includes several top motorcycle riders with several in the age-group classes, including: Jim O’Neal, Japan’s Eizaburo Karasawa and Mexico’s Gerardo Rojas and J. David Ruvalcaba.
O’Neal, 60, Chatsworth, Calif., has put together incredible teams that have eight age group class wins in six years in this race, including double class wins in both 2002 and 2006. O’Neal, owner of the noted apparel company that bears his name, has retired his Class 40 Honda XR650R that six consecutive SCORE season point championships from 2001 through 2006. This year, he has put together talented teams in both Class 30 and Class 50. In this year’s motorcycle season opener, his teams won Class 30 and finished second in Class 50.
Karasawa, always a fierce competitor, has three class wins in this race, two in Class 40 and his most recent in Class 50 in 2005.
Rojas won two straight in Class 30 in 2004 and 2005 while Ruvalcaba has three class wins in this race, capturing Class 21 three straight years, from 1999-2001.
All back to attempt to defeat the ATV team led by Danny Prather and Mike Cafro, the second through fifth place finishers in last year’s race are: Wayne Matlock, El Cajon, Calif./Chad Prull, Laveen, Ariz., Francisco Ruano, Tijuana, Mexico, Jeff Hancock, Salome, Ariz., and Josh Frederick, Moapa, Nev.
Led by record-setting Anna Jo Cody, the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 has also attracted several female racers to the motorcycle and ATV classes. Cody, 39, of Simi Valley, Calif., who set a record last November by becoming the first ever female rider to solo and finish within the time limit in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, is entered in Class 21 this year with a three-rider all-female team. Besides herself, racing with Cody will be Jennifer Morton, Escondido, Calif., and Stacy Doerksen, Apple Valley, Calif.
Riding solo in Class 21 will be San Diego County School Principal Jessica McCreary, Ramona, Calif. In the Sportsman Motorcycle Under 250cc class with support from her husband Tim McCreary, who will stay close by while riding solo in the Sportsman Motorcycle Over 250cc class.
Among the other female racers entered in a motorcycle class is Nancy Emde, 51, of Vista, Calif., a regular on the Baja trails as part of the Trail Boss Tours company. Emde was the only female rider on a team led by Charles Snell that won Class 20 in last year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
In the Pro ATV Class 24, Brianna Mancillas, 19, Chula Vista, Calif., is the rider of record with the balance of the team being all male riders that includes her father Carlos Mancillas.
To date, the Pro 4-Wheel vehicles classes with the most entries are: Class 1 (53), SCORE Trophy-Truck (39), SCORE Lite (26), Class 1-2/1600 (24) and Class 5/1600 (19).
Leading the Motorcycle classes in entries so far are Class 22 (24), Class 30 and Class 40 (20 each) and Class 21 (19). Class 25 for open ATVs has 15 entries. Among the Sportsman classes, SPT Motorcycles over 250cc has 53 entries and SPT ATV has 20.
The starting line area will once again be in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Boulevard Costero in downtown Ensenada, Mexico. The finish line will be where it was last year--inside the Campo de Softball Jose Negro Soto stadium at 11th Street (Calle Once) and Espinoza Avenue in Ensenada. The stadium is located approximately 1.5 miles east of the start line area. Vehicles will start in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race.
Pre-race festivities at the 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 will include the colorful SCORE Midway and tech inspection adjacent to the San Nicolas Hotel in Ensenada from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday (June 1). Racer registration will be held in the Grand Ballroom at the San Nicolas Hotel from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday (May 31) and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday (June 1).
The mandatory racer’s briefing will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday (June 1) in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center.
At 11 a.m. on Sunday (June 3), the awards celebration will be held poolside at the San Nicolas Hotel.
Starting and finishing in Ensenada on the majestic Baja California peninsula, this year’s tight and technical course will run in a clockwise direction, running East into the middle of the peninsula, then South, followed by a West travel section, turning north, then East, North, Northeast and back West for the final charge back into Ensenada.
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, 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, 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.

Team Durka Drivers - Loose Boy Racing take 3rd

May 19, 2007

Phoenix, AZ

Preparing for the 25 hours du le Thunderhill:

Loooseboyracing.com in its sophomore race, enters the annual 90 minute night endurance race hosted by Club Racing AZ and NASA Pro Racing, at Firebird raceway.

Drivers for LBR, Dan and Jeff Sturla, along with long time driving partner and friend Mervin Tan, team up as co-drivers for this long and hot event.

Prep work was limited to just some night time driving rally lights from KC and the guys at Desert Rat Motor-sports. Fresh Toyo rubber with endurance brakes and the car was pretty much set up. FIR raceway is notorious for its very long drag strip that is incorporated into the road track, and this long and tire cooling stretch that makes it a little tricky getting tire pressures dialed in.

Driver Mervin Tan enters race practice with zero laps under his belt in the car. The car is set up very neutral, and Tan has no problem adjusting back to his FF roots. Ten practice laps later, Tan jumps out and D. Sturla gets into the car for a 20 minute qualifying race before the enduro. Tire pressures were difficult to dial in, as the rear pressures never moved. LBR figures out to just set them where they wanted them and this is only change made before qualifying.

Gridded P23 out of 23, D. Sturla takes a 4 car jump at the start, and drives well to the finishes. Passing 14 cars, D. Sturla brings the LBR Honda to P-9th. Qualifying position is determined and no changes made to car after qualifying. D. Sturla says, “CAR IS RACE READY!”

Rookie driver, Tan, gets suited up and ready for his stint behind the wheel. Decided previously, driving stints would be 35/35/20 mintues, with Jeff driving second, and qualifier Dan batting cleanup. 11:00pm and the flag drops, Tan holds onto position through T1-4 and survives the start. Radio problems prevented the team from communicating with the drivers, but a dry erase board in the pits with large print fixed the communication problem. Lap after lap, M. Tan’s experience at his home track pay off. His lap times are consistently within a tenth of each other. 20 minutes into the race, a 993 cup car spins in a blind tower turn. Tan gets around it no problem, as the team was holding its’ breath. At the 33 min mark, PIT IN is displayed, and driver stop 1 is underway.

Special guest, Matt KARTOZIAN plays re-fueler for the Loooseboys. Tan quickly jumps out of the car and Kartozian dumps in the petrol. J. Sturla hops in and takes off at the 36 minute mark. Zero laps were driven by J. Sturla before the start, with emphasis on seat time given to rookie M. Tan before the race. Strategy was to drive smooth and not to break anything, “I’m just going to stay out of trouble!” says Jeff. At the 60 min mark, the LBR crew, Chris Schwartz and M. Kartozian, look at a more than full fuel jug, and decide that there can’t enough fuel in the car. Schwartz makes the executive decision to pull J. Sturla in 8 minutes early. Not a lap too soon, as J. Sturla gets out, he yells to Kartozian to dump all we have left, “This thing is dangerous low on fuel”.

Batting clean up, D. Sturla, suited up again jumps in and takes off for the final stint. In the Honda Challenge field of drivers, the 2nd place driver pits in at 85 minutes when it runs out of fuel. Moving up to the 2nd position Honda, D. Sturla drives the last few laps to finish. At 89 minutes, D. Sturla passing under a waiving white flag- LAST LAP.

Hazards quickly flash as the car passes under the flag. No radio contact and the team watches their stop watch anxiously, waiting for the car to come around the last turn.

The car never makes it. A thrown rod halfway through the last lap, keeps the car from completing lap 62.

A tough finish for a very tired team, but experience is won. A third place finish in Honda Challenge, the team is pleased. Goals were to finish the race, and the finish was close enough. Data from the race goes towards preparing for the December endurance race at Thunder Hill.

Looooseboyracing.com would like to thank:

Durka Durka Digital Media - Matt Kartozian

Crew Chiefs- Chris Schwarts and Tim Flahart (Team Durka Desert Racer and Crew)

Durkee Racing- Kenton Durkee

Desert Rat Motorspots- Tim

Club Racing Arizona- Jason Boles

SCORE News Flashes…Bosch Power Tools joins returning Suzuki and NAPA Chassis

May 21, 2007

SCORE News Flashes…
Bosch Power Tools joins returning Suzuki and NAPA Chassis
As part of the SCORE International desert racing sponsor family

Nearly 500 entries expected from 32 States, 13 countries
At 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500, June 1-3 in Mexico

LOS ANGELES—Sal Fish, SCORE International CEO/President announced today that the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation has joined the SCORE family of sponsor partners for the first time and he also confirmed that American Suzuki and NAPA Chassis have returned as associate sponsors.
Bosch Power Tools will be the official power tools of next month’s 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and November’s 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. This will be Suzuki’s third year as an associate sponsor of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series and and NAPA’s second as an associate sponsor for the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
“SCORE has a long history of having great sponsor partners and adding Bosch is very special and having Suzuki and NAPA return to our series is a distinct honor,” said Fish, who has led SCORE since soon after it was founded in 1973. “We welcome all three companies to our SCORE family of sponsor partners and look forward to helping them achieve their marketing objectives through SCORE desert racing.”
All three companies will have a significant presence at the upcoming 39th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500. Round 3 of the six-race SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series, will be held June 1-3 in Ensenada, Mexico. Nearly 500 entries are expected to compete in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs.
Current SCORE official sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Sunoco Race Fuels/Bryant Petroleum-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, 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.
More information on SCORE International is available by calling 818.225.8402 or on the official website of the 2007 SCORE Desert Series—www.score-international.com.

Bosch Power Tools
Bosch USA, a regional branch of the Bosch Group, has agreed to be the SORE Official Power Tool for both of this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 mega-desert races.
Bosch is one of the world’s largest private industrial corporation’s world wide, with 261,300 associates and annual sale of 54.5 billion. In North America, the Bosch Group has nearly 24,750 associates, and in 2006 achieved total consolidated sales of $8.8 billion.
“The relationship with SOCRE was an easy decision for Bosch,” said Mark Fishburn, Key account manager for the Western United States. “Bosch customers not only work hard, but play hard. Bosch wanted to recognize this by supporting SCORE in our customers playground-Baja. The toughness and grit of the SCORE Baja races is synonymous with the quality and toughness of Bosch Power Tools.”
Bosch Power Tools has three partners this racing season.
Besides SCORE, Bosch is partnering with The Milwaukee Mile racing complex for three major event weekends. One will be for an IRL race, one will have both NASCAR Busch and NASCAR Truck Series races, and the third will be an ARCA RE/MAX event.
Bosch is also a sponsor of the No. 18 Dodge driven by veteran Ken Schrader in the NASCAR Truck Series.
As part of its agreement with SCORE International, Bosch is developing a special contingency program for racers in the 40th anniversary of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in November.

American Suzuki
American Suzuki has again agreed to present a special award for the 2007 SCORE Rookie of the Year as well as a unique program to help enhance the extensive SCORE Medical operations for the upcoming 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
Suzuki will provide the 2007 SCORE Rookie of the Year with a choice of either a Suzuki RM-Z450 Motocross Motorcycle or a Suzuki QuadRacer™ LT-R450 ATV. The inaugural winner of the Suzuki award was SCORE Trophy-Truck racer Garron Cadiente.
Further, Suzuki has donated to SCORE an additional Suzuki QuadRacer™ LT-R450 ATV for the distinct purpose of being raffled off with all proceeds going to expand the resources, equipment and overall operations of the highly-regarded SCORE Medical and Rescue team for November’s granddaddy of all desert races. This year’s season finale of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series will be an intense endurance race down the Baja California peninsula, With a ceremonial start in Tijuana, the historic event will start in Ensenada and finish for only the second time in race history in Cabo San Lucas. It will be held Nov. 10-16.
The Motorcycle/ATV Division of American Suzuki Motor Corporation, Brea, Calif., was founded in 1963 by Suzuki Motor Corporations. ASMC markets motorcycles and ATVs via an extensive dealer network throughout 49 states. ASMC’s parent company, Suzuki Motor Corporation, based in Hamamatsu, Japan, is a diversified worldwide manufacturer of motorcycles, ATVs, scooters, automobiles and marine engines. Founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1920, it has 120 distributors in 191 countries.
The Suzuki RM-Z450 Motocross Motorcycle won the 2006 AMA National Motorcross and Supercross championships and the Suzuki QuadRacer™ LT-R450 ATV captured the 2006 WPSA ATV Series crown.

NAPA Chassis
NAPA CHASSIS has expanded its relationship with SCORE International, for races in 2007.
NAPA CHASSIS is now an associate sponsor of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, and the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
“We’re very pleased with our relationship with SCORE, and the opportunity to become associate sponsors of their two highest profile races is something we couldn’t pass up,” said Jesus Rico, NAPA CHASSIS marketing manager. “The fast action of SCORE racing is a perfect fit for NAPA CHASSIS Precision Engineered parts. If our parts can stand up in this rough terrain — imagine how they can stand up in your vehicle.”
NAPA CHASSIS’ involvement with SCORE International is one component of its Extreme campaign that kicked off in 2006. The Extreme campaign, a multi-tiered initiative, highlights components such as training, testing and engineering, all of which go into manufacturing and installing chassis parts that far outperform the competition.
NAPA CHASSIS is a leading supplier of chassis system components supplying the automotive Aftermarket, The brand is available at the more than 6,000 NAPA AUTO PARTS Stores nationwide.