CHAD HALL TIGHTENS GRIP ON CLASS 8100 POINTS LEAD AT ‘LAS VEGAS 300’

Reno, NV - October 12, 2007: Team HUMMER’s Chad
Hall, driving the #8111 H1 Alpha Pickup drove a solid race to
finish second in Best in the Desert’s ‘Las Vegas 300’, on Octo-
ber 6th in Jean, Nevada, 15 miles south of Las Vegas. The finish
extended Team HUMMER’s Class 8100 points lead over Greg
Foutz in the #8102 Ford F-250 who moved up to second in points
after this race. The final event on the Best in the Desert Racing
Schedule is ‘Henderson’s Terrible 400’Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 in Hend-
erson, Nevada. The H1 needs only to finish in Henderson to
clinch the 2007 Class 8100 points championship in Best in the Desert Racing Association’s Silver State
Series. HUMMER halted production of the H1 earlier this year and Henderson will be the final race for
the #8111 H1 Alpha Pickup which will be replaced by the new H2 SUT, scheduled to debut at the SCORE
‘Baja 1000’in November. It is fitting that the H1 Alpha Pickup, the flagship of the HUMMER brand, finish
it’s distinguished racing career as the Class 8100 production class champion.
The #8111 Team HUMMER Pickup was the first Class 8100 truck off the line on the first of three
82 mile loops in the ‘Las Vegas 300’. From the start the rear suspension felt a little off, possibly because
the stiffer spring setup we were using reduced the rear suspension travel by two inches. Nonetheless, the
car was working well but was struggling to keep up with Foutz, in his #8102 Ford F-250, through the rough
terrain and the race was mostly rough terrain. We had some early challenges from Mike Alden in the
#8131 Ford and Dave Morrison in the #8103 Ford but Kreg Donahoe in the #8108 Ford Powerstroke, who
started the race second in the points chase, hit a rock 29 miles into the first lap and broke his transfer case
putting him out of the race. As we came around for the start of the second lap, the #8111 Team HUM-
MER H1 Pickup was running in third, six minutes behind Foutz in the #8102 Ford and one minute behind
Alden, who was in second in the #8131 Ford. By the end of the second lap, we had passed the #8131 Ford
and moved into second but the #8102 Ford was holding on to his lead. On the final lap the H1 broke a heim
joint on the right-rear shock which put an end to any thoughts we
had about taking it to the next level to challenge the #8102 Ford
for the lead. With the third place #8103 truck only 16 minutes
back, Chad was content to maintain his pace and settle for the
second place finish.
This was a positive outcome for the Team HUMMER H1
Alpha Pickup. The second place finish extended our lead for the
Class 8100 points championship from 27 to 50 points and, in spite
of the broken heim joint on the final lap, the truck performed well
all day. Now it’s on to Henderson and Best in the Desert Racing Association’s Silver State Series Class
8100 Points Championship.

A1 boss casts an eye towards F1

October 12, 2007

By Alan Baldwin

London, England - A1GP boss Tony Teixeira is interested in buying into Formula 1 after securing a deal with champion Ferrari to power his own series.

The South African businessman said on Thursday: "I'm looking around. I've been speaking to two or three teams that are maybe for sale.

"If I find the right deal that makes sense and it's the right price and I think that I can get up to the top 10 positions in F1 - I'm not going to do it to come last - then I'll make a deal," he added.

Toro Rosso and Spyker are each Ferrari-powered, although the latter has just been sold for $124-million (about R835-million) to a consortium led by Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya and Dutch entrepreneur Michiel Mol

'If I find the right deal that makes sense and it's the right price - then I'll make a deal'
.

Toro Rosso is half-owned by Austrian energy drink billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, who also owns the Red Bull team, and Austria's former Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger.

It showed its potential when German rookie Sebastian Vettel finished fourth in the Chinese GP on October 7.

Teixeira confirmed that Toro Rosso was a prospect, saying he had stepped aside in favour of Mallya at struggling.

"I want to be as close to the pinnacle of motorsport as I can," he said. "We don't want to be playing with it. If I do get involved with an F1 team, it will be as an insider."

Teixeira said A1, with its emphasis on driver skill rather than technology, would never be a rival to Formula 1 but could become more of a feeder series. - Reuters

Source: http://www.motoring.co.za

Dirtworks Films is for sale

For Immediate Release.

October 12, 2007 Dirtworks Films is for sale. Any and all interested parties (serious only) should contact Bob Bowers for complete details.

Thank You,
Bob Bowers.
dirtworksfilms@aol.com
702-443-4949

DIXON BROS. WIN CLASS 7100 AT BEST IN THE DESERT’S ‘LAS VEGAS 300’

Jean, NV- October 6, 2007: Aaron Dixon, with Ed Ramirez in
the navigator’s seat, drove the Dixon Bros. Racing #7177 Ford Ranger
to the Class 7100 victory, on October 6th, at Best in the Desert racing
Association’s ‘Las Vegas 300’ in Jean, Nevada. After leading most of
the race the win virtually assures the Dixon Bros. of the 2007 Class
7100 points championship in Best in the Desert’s Silver State Series.
With only one race remaining on the 2007 BitD racing schedule, the
finish gives the Dixon Bros. a commanding lead of 102 points in the
race for the Class 7100 points title. “We had a perfect day,” said team
owner, Aaron Dixon. “I drove the truck about 80% and beat everyone by about 20min. That win also wrapped up the
Class 7100 Championship for us and we only have to start the Henderson race to make it official.”
The Dixon Bros. have had their share of frustrations this year, having overcome problems at the first three races
to record second, third and fourth place finishes while working in their Lompoc, California shop between events to get
their new 2007 Ford Ranger 2WD truck dialed in. The team’s consistency has been the main factor that put them in the
lead for the class points championship and this win assures that they will finish on top. “It looks like we got all of the
little problems fixed”, said Aaron Dixon after the race. “It was great to finally realize our truck’s potential.”
Dixon Bros Racing has been a family effort since the beginning. Brothers Aaron and Ian share the driving duties
while Jim Dixon (father) helps prep the vehicles and support the race team in the pits. The other side of Dixon Bros
Racing would be the Ramirez Family. Manny and Andrea Ramirez,
their Sons Ed and Phil, and grandson Andrew all help out from Codriving
and working on the race truck to firing up the BBQ after a long
day on the course. Racing wouldn’t be possible without the Ramirez’s
support.
We also want to thank our corporate partners, Amsoil Lubricants,
Deaver Spring Company, Ford Truck Motorsports, Goodyear
Tire & Rubber, Premier Racing Products (PRP), Racer-X Motorsports,
Radflo Suspension Technology and Off Road Warehouse (ORW). Without
their help and participation, our success this year would not have been possible.
The last race on the 2007 Dixon Bros. Racing Schedule is Best in the Desert Racing Association’s ‘Henderson’s
Terrible 400’, Nov 30-Dec 2 in Henderson, Nevada. The Dixon Bros.are looking forward to closing out their season
at Henderson and hope to put the #7177 Ford Ranger in the winner’s circle for the second consecutive time.

24 SCORE racers still in hunt for special Toyota Awards

24 SCORE racers still in hunt for special Toyota Awards
Heading into November's 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000

Featuring over 400 entries, season finale of six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series
To be a peninsula run in Mexico, Nov. 11-16


LOS ANGELES—Heading into November’s season-ending 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in Mexico and following five of six races in the 2007 SCORE Desert Series, 24 of SCORE’s toughest drivers are still in the hunt to earn 2007 SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards. In addition, three of those racers could split this year’s $12,000 SCORE Toyota True Grit Awards.
Open pre-running starting at race-mile 37.67 begins Saturday. Practice on the first section of the course will be allowed Nov. 9 through Nov. 12. This year’s race course will feature 10 outlying checkpoints where each vehicle is required to quickly stop before continuing on.
To be held Nov. 11-16, this year’s historic 40th anniversary odyssey of the world’s most famous desert race will be a grueling and memorable 1,296.39-mile adventure down Mexico’s mysterious Baja California peninsula starting in Ensenada, Baja California and finishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Sur.
An amazing total of 392 vehicles from 40 U.S. States and 13 countries are entered to date and the length of the course is second only to the SCORE Baja 2000, the over 1,700-mile journey that started the new millennium that also was the only other time the race finished in Cabo San Lucas in its storied history.
The four-wheel vehicle classes with the most entries to date are SCORE Trophy-Truck (31), Class 1 (30), Class 5/1600 and Class 1-2/1600 (22 each), Baja Challenge (18), SCORE Lite (17), and Protruck (12).
The motorcycle classes with the most entries so far are: Class 22 (24), Class 40 (16) and Class 30 (11).
Leading the six Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which has 46 entries to date.
This year’s memorable internationally-televised adventure will cover the length 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 and back to the Pacific before hugging the coastline 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 are expected to 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 motorcycle and ATV classes will start their journey at 6:30 a.m. (PST) (Tuesday, Nov. 13) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 11 a.m. (PST), 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 BFGoodrich Tires pit locations, of all vehicles, will be posted there as well to assist in monitoring the race progress.
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.
Toyota is presenting these prestigious awards to the world’s toughest desert racers for the 22nd consecutive year. The Toyota Milestone awards will go to those drivers who finish every required mile of every race in the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series.
“Toyota is proud to honor the world’s best desert racing drivers,” said Les Unger, national motorsports manager at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. “For over two decades, we have had the privilege of presenting the SCORE Toyota True Grit and Milestone Awards to the toughest racers on the planet.”
The $12,000 SCORE Toyota Truce Grit bonus purse will be split among the point champions in the non-factory supported classes of Class 1-2/1600, Class 5, Class 10 and SCORE Lite. A total of nine drivers in three of those four classes are still eligible to receive an equal share of the $12,000 SCORE Toyota True Grit bonus purse for 2007.
After five races over rugged desert terrain in the U.S. and Mexico, 24 total racers in nine classes are still in the hunt for 2007 SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards.
Class 1-2/1600 has six drivers still eligible for 2007 SCORE Toyota Milestone awards while SCORE Trophy-Truck and the unlimited Class 1 each have five heading to Mexico.
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 5:30 p.m. (PST) adjacent to Nico Saad’s 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. (PST) at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer registration will be held at the San Nicolas from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. (PST) on Sunday, Nov. 11 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. (PST) on Monday, Nov. 12.
The post-race Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Award’s Celebration will be held during the SCORE Fiesta at the Playa Cascadas (adjacent to the Villa del Palmar) at noon on Friday, Nov. 16.
2007 SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards
(24 Racers who have completed every required mile after five rounds in the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series--*SCORE Toyota True Grit Classes)

SCORE Trophy-Truck
B.J. Baldwin
Garron Cadiente
Travis Coyne
Mark Post
Larry Ragland
Class 1
Eric Chase
Bill Gasper
Dale Lenk
Dan Myers
Ronny Wilson
Class 1-2/1600*
Dave Caspino
Hiram Duran
Eliseo Garcia
L.J. Kennedy
Daniel McMillin
Arnoldo Ramirez
Class 5*
George Seeley
Class 5/1600
Mario Reynoso
Class 7SX
Rich Severson
Class 8
Nick Vanderwey
SCORE Lite*
David Callaway
Tim Noe
Stan Potter
Stock Full
John Griffin

SCORE International Announces Six-Race Schedule for 2008 SCORE Desert Series

Schedule includes 40th anniversary celebration of increasingly-popular Tecate SCORE Baja 500

LOS ANGELES—Completing its 34th year as the World’s foremost desert racing sanctioning body, SCORE International officially announced today its six-race schedule for the 2008 SCORE Desert Series.
Keeping the same venues and all but one of the same race weekends for its five open desert races and one stadium-style short-course event as the past three years, the 2008 SCORE Desert Series will again feature three races in Southern Nevada and three in Mexico.
“We have incredible marketing partners on both sides of the border, the world’s greatest desert racers and the world’s toughest race courses, so we will make only minor changes for the 2008 SCORE season,” said Sal Fish, CEO/President of SCORE, which is based in Los Angeles. “Our six-race schedule in both the U.S. and Mexico offers tremendous variety for the racers, sponsors, media and fans. We will have some major news at our season-ending SCORE Awards Night in December regarding our plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500”
“With necessary restrictions in place for spectators in the U.S. still our attendance continues to rise, but in Mexico, it’s absolutely unbelievable. Our crowds for the last six races in Baja California have averaged over 300,000, and SCORE racers are as popular in Baja California as any racing figures in the world. From a participant perspective, there have never been more desert racers and SCORE entries continue to rise at a phenomenal rate of over 25 percent for the last three years.”
The SCORE Desert Series, which features 28 Pro and six Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycle and ATVs, will kick off Jan. 24-27 with the popular 14th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in the Southern Nevada resort city of Laughlin on the banks of the Colorado River. The season will conclude Nov. 19-22 with the 41st Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, the granddaddy of all desert racing.
“The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge is the most unique and increasingly popular desert race in the U.S. and the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is the best known desert race in the world,” added Fish, who has been at the head of SCORE since 1974. “These two races provide wonderful ways to start and finish our SCORE racing season.”
SCORE also announced the SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup IV, will be held July 17-19 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With final negotiations underway, SCORE anticipates the final announcement regarding the 2008 special short-course point’s race for select classes on the Dirt Track at LVMS to be made in late October.
The 2008 SCORE Desert Series will again start with the most unique and the shortest race of the season and finish with the oldest and most recognized desert race in the world. After starting the season in Laughlin, 90 miles south of Las Vegas, it will conclude with the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, which will be is always a unique and memorable special race.
Since its debut in 1995, the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge has helped establish Laughlin as a viable host for special events. Thousands of spectators join over 200 racers and their crews in converging on the city each year to watch the best of the best desert racers compete in a unique-format, two-day race that includes a temporary stadium surrounding the start/finish line area and the main pits.
A total of 18 different Pro and two Sportsman classes for cars and trucks are split into seven groups in Laughlin, each running as part of one of seven races of three to six laps each over the much-abbreviated course each day. The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge also includes a pre-race activity that is not part of any other race on the schedule—the $25,000 Laughlin Leap. The Laughlin Leap is held under the lights on Thursday evening of race week at the Laughlin Events Park.
Round 2 and 3 of the 2008 SCORE Desert Series will both be held in Mexico. The 22nd Tecate SCORE Baja 250 is set for March 14-15, followed by the 40th anniversary of the vastly popular Tecate SCORE Baja 500, May 30-June 1, in Ensenada, Baja California.
SCORE will announce the exact sites in Baja California for both the Tecate SCORE Baja 250 and the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 when final negotiations are complete with the state and local governments involved.
The series returns to Southern Nevada for Round 4 and Round 5. Round 4 will be the special SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup IV short-course event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Round 5 will be the 13th Annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 which will be held Sept. 5-6 in Primm, Nev., 45 miles south of Las Vegas.
SCORE International, founded in 1973 by the late Mickey Thompson and headed by Sal Fish since 1974, continues today as the premier sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. SCORE races feature 18 Pro and three Sportsman classes for cars and trucks in the U.S. with 10 additional Pro and three more Sportsman classes for motorcycles and ATVs competing in the races in Mexico. SCORE races in the U.S. average 200 entries while the average in Mexico, with motorcycle and ATV classes running as well as the cars and trucks is 350.
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, 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 Enthusiast Advertising, 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.
The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge is sponsored by the Laughlin Tourism Committee, the Laughlin Visitors Bureau, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Las Vegas Events.
The SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 is sponsored by Terrible Herbst Inc., Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Additional associate sponsors for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 are Cotuco de Ensenada, Fideicomiso Publio para la Promocion Turistica de Ensenada, the government of Baja California Sur, the State Tourism Department of Baja California Sur and the city tourism fund of Loreto.
For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2008 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.

2008 SCORE Desert Series

2008 SCORE Desert Series
Schedule of Events

Date, Event/Location
Jan. 24-27
14th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge--Laughlin, Nevada

March 14-15
22nd Tecate SCORE Baja 250--Baja California, Mexico

May 30-June 1
40th Tecate SCORE Baja 500--Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

July 17-19*
SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup IV*--Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Sept. 5-6
13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300--Primm, Nevada

Nov. 19-22
41st Tecate SCORE Baja 1000--Baja California, Mexico

*select classes, closed-course event

Subject: 2008 Mint 400 Information & Sponsorship Opportunities

Hi there! Here is the proposal we have put together regarding the 2008 Mint 400... There are many different options in this package for businesses and teams to get your name involved in this historically epic event! We are also working on a national television program as well... I will keep you all updated on that...

See you in the desert!

Jamie Fagan
SNORE Contingency Director
Mint 400 Sponsorship/Media Coordinator
(702) 515-1586 - home
(702) 343-7761 - cell

Foutz Motorsports LV 300

After a few races filled with challenges the Foutz Motorsports team came up winners at the Las Vegas 300. The just under 300 mile course was rough this year which gave Greg Foutz and the team the upper hand. Starting 2nd off the line the truck was in the lead by mile 5 passing the Hummer of Chad Hall and never looked back. This was the first win and the first perfect run, a great race and a big accomplishment with the teams newest truck. "we had a clean perfect run, we didn’t stop for anything but some fuel all day. Not a flat tire or anything" commented Foutz at the finish line. A perfect day in off-road racing is a big deal and very rare.

This race was very special for the team and special sponsors. OPTIMA Batteries teamed up with the Foutz Motorsports crew to deliver a special prize to the OPTIMA Ultimate Adventure winner at the Best in the Desert Las Vegas 300. Nineteen year old Brittany Burgos was the winner of the contest with OPTIMA and won a ride in the race with Greg for the first lap of the event. She also had an e-ticket ride in the Outdoor channel camera crew helicopter during the event to see the show from the air. The race delivered the ULTIMATE ADVENTURE for Brittany and Greg as the Fabtech Ford F250 Super Duty truck powered into the lead early and set lap pace for the entire class all day. Brittany is a growing driver in the off-road world and has her own truck that she races in other events. Look for her in the winners circle soon.

A special thanks to all of our support and sponsors.

Ford, Fabtech, BF Goodrich, OPTIMA Batteries, Dirt Logic Shocks, San Tan Ford, Lincoln Electric, Deaver Spring, Mc Kenzies Performance, Earls, Hooker, Hella, Valvoline, MasterCraft, Earle M Jorgensen's, Kales Collision Center, Painless Performance, Sign Pros, VP Race Fuel

Look for us next at the final race in the season for the Best in the Desert the Henderson 400 in December.

For more information contact Greg Foutz.

Gregory L. Foutz
President
Foutz Motorsports

Dixon Bros Racing - WINS LV 300!!! and Class Championship!!!

We had a perfect day, drove the truck about 80% and beat everyone by about 20min. That win also wrapped up the class 7100 Championship for us and we only have to start the Henderson race to make it official. Looks like we got all of the little problems fixed and it was great to finally realize our trucks potential.

Aaron

NBC SPORTS EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING THROUGH 2009

NEW YORK – October 1, 2007 - Jon Miller, Executive Vice President, NBC Sports and Jim Baldwin, CORR series owner announce the extension of the network’s partnership with Championship Off Road Racing™ through 2009. Increasing its commitment to CORR by six and a half hours per year, NBC has agreed to air nine, 90-minute programs for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.



“We are extremely pleased with the response from our audience in the first year of NBC Sports’ broadcasts of CORR,” said Miller. “This series is on the rise in popularity, and we are thrilled to extend our partnership in order to help bring this innovative and exiting form of racing to a very enthusiastic motor sports audience.”



“We are pleased to extend our very successful relationship with NBC Sports for two more years,” said CORR series owner Jim Baldwin. “When you see the intensity, brute strength and sheer beauty of these 800 horsepower trucks battling for dominance on some of the most challenging courses in the country, you just may feel you’re strapped into the passenger seat next to these incredibly skilled and talented drivers,” Baldwin adds.



NBC’s veteran motor sports broadcast team, including Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr, and Marty Snider, join longtime CORR pit reporter Kelli Stavast to bring the fender-to-fender action to NBC’s viewers.



The short course action of Championship Off Road Racing™ is where NASCAR stars Jimmy Johnson and Robby Gordon got their starts, CORR brings high action, four-wheel motor sports including 2-wheel drive and 4-wheel drive trucks to the closed course off road arena.



2008 CORR Schedule (NBC dates & times are subject to change)

CORR RACE DATE


NBC AIRDATE


NBC AIRTIME (ET)

May 17 – 18


Sunday, May 25


12:30 - 2 p.m.

June 7 – 8


Sunday, June 15


3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

June 28 – 29


Sunday, July 6


3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

July 19 – 20


Sunday, July 27


3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

August 23 – 24


Sunday, August 31


12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

September 13 – 14


Sunday, September 28


2:30 - 4 p.m.

September 27 – 28


Sunday, October 5


2:30 - 4 p.m.

October 17 – 18


Sunday, October 26


2:30 - 4 p.m.

November 8 – 9


Sunday, November 16


4:30 - 6 p.m.



NBC Sports will broadcast the CORR show one week after the race event for all but one race weekend. The September 13 – 14 races will air on NBC sports two weeks after the race. CORR anticipates announcing race locations within the next two weeks.



For up to date schedules and to see the latest CORR videos please visit www.corracing.com

SCORE releases 1,296.39-mile race course map Saturday

SCORE releases 1,296.39-mile race course map Saturday

At Off-Road Expo for 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000



Racers from 39 States, 13 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—Promising to add even more colorful lore to the already legend-filled desert race, SCORE International released Saturday the official 1,296.39-mile race course map for November’s 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. To be held Nov. 10-16, this year’s historic 40th anniversary odyssey of the world’s most famous desert race 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.

The announcement was made from the SCORE Baja 1000 40th anniversary display at the first day of the massive Off-Road Expo being held through Sunday at the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.

An amazing total of 377 vehicles are entered to date and the length of the course is second only to the SCORE Baja 2000, the over 1,700-mile journey that started the new millennium that also was the only other time the race finished in Cabo San Lucas in its storied history.

This year’s memorable internationally-televised adventure will cover the length 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 and back to the Pacific before hugging the coastline 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 are expected to 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.

“There are a couple of sections that have never been run before in the history of this great race and another section that was used only in 2000 so this will be a course for the ages,” said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO and President since soon after the Los Angeles-based SCORE International was founded in 1973. “Picture an artist’s canvas and imagine painting every type of terrain from petrified rocks to silty sand to high-speed trails to tight-twisty mountain passes and you’ll begin to capture the essence of what this incredible 40th anniversary race course will be like. Without a doubt, history will be made on a course that promises a thousand more SCORE Baja memories.”

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

Open pre-running starting at race-mile 37.67 begins next Saturday (Oct. 13). Practice on the first section of the course will be allowed Nov. 9 through Nov. 12.

The motorcycle and ATV classes will start their journey at 6:30 a.m. (PST) (Tuesday, Nov. 13) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 11 a.m. (PST), 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 BFGoodrich Tires pit locations, of all vehicles, will be posted there as well to assist in monitoring the race progress.

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 5:30 p.m. (PST) adjacent to Nico Saad’s 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. (PST) at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer registration will be held at the San Nicolas from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. (PST) on Sunday, Nov. 11 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. (PST) on Monday, Nov. 12.

The post-race Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Award’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.

The four-wheel vehicle classes with the most entries to date are SCORE Trophy-Truck (32), Class 1 (29), Class 5/1600 (22), Class 1-2/1600 (21), Baja Challenge (18), SCORE Lite (15), and Protruck (12).

The motorcycle classes with the most entries in the drawing were: Class 22 (22), Class 40 (16) and Class 30 (11).

Leading the six Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which has 45 entries to date.

This year’s race course will feature 10 outlying checkpoints where each vehicle is required to quickly stop before continuing on. The checkpoints will be located as follows: Checkpoint No. 1--Santa Catarina (race mile 85.05), No. 2--San Telmo Road (rm 177.71), No. 3--El Rosario Wash (rm 306.21), No. 4—Coco’s Corner (rm 441.97), No. 5—Bahia de Los Angeles (rm 519.09), No. 6—San Ignacio (rm 695.15), No. 7—Loreto (rm 867.59), No. 8—Insurgentes Crosssing @ KM 30 (rm 1,015.03), No. 9—Rancho Santa Fe (rm 1,120.38) and No. 10—El Refugio (rm 1,243.47)

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.

Also scheduled to return to their racing roots are NASCAR Truck Series regular Brendan Gaughan, Las Vegas, and NASCAR Grand National West Series regular Brian Ickler, Poway, Calif.

Among the other cross-over racers who are entered to date include World Rally champion Armin Schwarz, NASCAR Nextel Cup racer Boris Said, former IndyCar star Danny Sullivan, former NASCAR and open-wheel racer turned TV commentator Wally Dallenbach, actor/racer Patrick Dempsey, star of the ABC TV hit show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, former IndyCar racer Scott Atchison, Supercross motorcycle legends Jeremy McGrath and Ricky Johnson, Freestyle Motorcross superstar Mike Metzger, father and son Pike’s Peak Hill Climb champions Rod and Rhys Millen, Snowmobile racers Paul Thacker and Chris Burandt, Snowboarder Luke Trembath, Rally racer Ken Block, TV show creator/producer Bud Brutsman, and BMX racer/TV personality Dave Mirra.

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.

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.

Garron Cadiente in SCORE Trophy-Truck and Richard Lancaster in Class 22 for open motorcycles drew the pole positions for the 40th anniversary of the desert racing classic at a ‘live’ drawing for starting positions at the Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Casino on Sept. 22.

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 September’s SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 in the No. 38 G&R Racing Ford F-150. There are 32 entries so far in the SCORE Trophy-Truck, the marquee SCORE racing division for 800-horsepower, high-tech, unlimited production trucks.

Lancaster, 29, Santa Margarita, Calif., will lead 21 entries (to date) in Class 22 for open motorcycles on the No. 2x Honda XR650R. His additional riders are Peter Hardy, Pozo, Calif., John Kaisersatt, Los Osos, Calif., Fred Jowett, Atascadero, Calif., and Chris Whalley, Topanga, 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.

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.

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.

The race will also include the special $40,000 cash contingency purse provided by Volkswagen of America.

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, 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.