Post/MacCachren looking to repeat as pre-running starts Saturday for 22nd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250

Round 2, SCORE Desert Series
Post/MacCachren looking to repeat as pre-running starts
Saturday for 22nd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250

Over 250 cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs from 20 States, six countries expected in March 15 desert race in Mexico

LOS ANGELES—As pre-running starts Saturday for next month’s 22nd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, veteran desert racers Mark Post and Rob MacCachren are finalizing plans to repeat as overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck winners of the popular spring race. With nine class wins between them in this event, Post, Laguna Beach, Calif. and MacCachren, Las Vegas, are the defending SCORE Trophy-Truck and SCORE Overall season point champions in the No. 1 Riviera Racing Ford F-150.
Round 2 of the 2008 SCORE Desert Series will be held March 15 in Mexico’s quaint and picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez.
With over 250 entries from 20 states and six countries expected to compete in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes in the 232-mile race, the green flag will drop at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed three hours later by the car and truck classes at approximately 10 a.m. The start line for the race will once again be the landmark San Felipe Arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. The race will finish just south of the Arches, directly behind the Tecate building. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race, with a 10-hour time limit to become an official finisher.
Following January’s season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, America’s Foremost Desert Racing Series will visit Mexico for the first of three races in 2008.
“I just recently returned from finalizing the race course for the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, and I'm pleased to report that we have 232 miles of what the sunny side of Baja is all about…moguls, more moguls, sand, silt, canyons, washes, rocks, and a few graded roads,” said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO/President since soon after it started in 1973.
“After the start, the race will proceed north towards Zoo Road. San Felipe’s new delegate, Hazael Sierra Castillo, is blading the area approaching the Zoo Road Crossing, which will make it a safer approach than in the past. The area will be fenced and patrolled so that spectators can watch the action but not put themselves in way of the action. I really believe racers are really going to enjoy this course. It has everything that makes SCORE desert racing in Baja so challenging and memorable.”
This will be the first time that SCORE will run through the majestic Matomi Wash at the start of the race instead of near the end. After Matomi, the challenging course will run through two more of the infamous Baja washes—Azufre and Huatomote before heading back Northwest for the final 19.6 miles to the finish line.
"Desert racing is like nothing else in life,” said Post, 50, a top Southern California entrepreneur.
“Sometimes you face incredibly difficult challenges that test you both physically and mentally and put you on the edge…there is nothing better. Heading to San Felipe with the opportunity to put the No. 1 SCORE Trophy-Truck in victory circle is always exciting. Of course, this is one of my favorite races of all time and we’ve been very good here in the past. SCORE racing in Baja is something very special to Riviera Racing and this year I am very proud to introduce the third generation of Riviera Racing drivers. My son, Max (Post, 17), will debut his Riviera Racing Protruck and we are excited to turn him loose.”
Arizona veteran desert racer Pete Sohren and Southern California’s rising star Robby Bell received the pole positions for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles in the computerized drawing for starting positions. Sohren races in the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division while Bell competes in Class 22 for open motorcycles.
Drawing the first starting slot for the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars is defending season point champion Billy Gasper, Chino Hills, Calif. Riding the first ATV off the line will be defending SCORE Overall ATV and Class 25 point Champion Danny Prather, Ramona, Calif.
Sohren, 43, of Glendale, Ariz., is a veteran SCORE desert racer who has won Class 5 (unlimited VW Baja Bugs) twice in this race (1997 and 2001). He now drives the No. 2 Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck, finishing eighth in season points last year after a solid fourth-place finish in the 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
With 20 entries so far in the class for 800 horsepower, unlimited production trucks, Sohren will lead a strong field in SCORE Trophy-Truck that features many of the world’s top desert racers.
Bell, 22, of Sun City, Calif., who has won the overall and Class 22 title in this race the past two years will team with legendary SCORE Baja racer Johnny Campbell, 37, San Clemente, Calif., riding the No. 1x Johnny Campbell Racing Honda CRF450X.
To date, Class 1-2/600 has the most entries with 25 followed by SCORE Trophy-Truck with 20, Class 1 with 19, SCORE Lite with 15 and Class 5/1600 with 10. Late registration will be accepted up until race morning and as many as 50 additional late entries are still expected.
Among the Pro Motorcycle classes, Class 22 (open) has 12 entries and Class 30 (riders 30 years and over) has eight. Leading the Pro ATV entries so far is Class 25 (open) with 12.
Gasper, 40, who won last season’s SCORE Class 1 season point championship with his brother Dave, will drive the No. 100 Chevy-powered Porter open-wheel desert race car in Class 1.
Helping Prather, 27, lead the ATV entries off the line in a Honda TRX450R will be riding mates Mike Cafro, 37, Bonsall, Calif., Levi Marana, 22, Hemet, Calif., and Chad Prull, 32, Laveen, Ariz.
Besides Sohren and Post/MacCachren, the SCORE Trophy-Truck field also includes 2006 overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck race winner Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., in the No. 38 GNR Racing Ford F-150.
Post also won the overall in this race two times with veteran Jerry Whelchel, Portola Hills, Calif. as his second driver (1998 in Class 1 and 2004 in SCORE Trophy-Truck) while MacCachren, 42, with six class wins in San Felipe, also won the overall in this race in 2003 as the second driver for Gus Vildosola, Mexicali, Mexico.
Vildosola, Mexicali, Mexico, now races as the second driver for his son Gus Vildosola Jr. Considered the top Mexican team in the SCORE Desert Series, the Vildosolas drive the No. 4 Vildosola Racing Ford F-150.
Pre-race festivities at the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 will include the colorful SCORE Midway and tech inspection on the Malecon beachfront in downtown alongside the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday (March 14).
At 10 a.m. on Sunday (March 16), the awards celebration will be held in the Plaza on the Malecon.
The 2008 SCORE Desert Series also includes the chase for the $20,000 Volkswagen Point Leader Bonus and the run for the 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, 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, American Suzuki, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
Associate sponsors for the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 are the Tourism and Convention Bureau of Mexicali/San Felipe, and Cotuco.
The race annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the entire month-long ‘Spring Break’.
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/.

22nd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
March 14-16, 2008
San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
Total Entries: 236
(from 20 States, six countries--as of 2/27/08)

Pro Cars & Trucks

SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (20)
2 Pete Sohren
1 Mark Post
97 B.J. Baldwin
16 Cameron Steele
38 Garron Cadiente
4 Gus Vildosola Jr.
33 Chad Ragland
96 Bobby Baldwin
51 Kory Scheeler
7 Scott Steinberger
12 Brian Collins
84 Nick Vanderwey
55 Luis Wallace
85 Todd Wyllie
35 Robbie Pierce
54 Jesse James
8 Roger Norman
22 Damen Jefferies
39 Ron Whitton
32 Juan C. Ibarra

CLASS 1 (19)
100 Billy Gasper
101 Dale Lenk
102 Brian Hudson
103 Brian Parkhouse
104 Armin Schwarz
105 John Harrah
106 Eric Chase
107 B.J. Richardson
108 Chuck Dempsey
109 Jeff Farris
110 Luis Ramirez Jr.
111 Pat Dean
112 Paul Keller
113 Josh Rigsby
114 Dale Ebberts
115 Enrique Bujanda
116 Robert Ross
117 Alex Almaraz
149 Craig Bouman

CLASS 1-2/1600 (25)
1601 Brent Parkhouse
1602 Cory Boyer
1603 Jorge Sanchez
1604 Hiram Duran
1605 Cody Robinson
1606 Luis Martinez
1607 Pancho Garcia
1608 Victor Barreda
1609 Arturo Velazco
1610 Ramiro Escobedo
1600 David Caspino
1612 Ricardo Cons
1613 Edgar Avalos
1614 Armando Avila
1615 Kyle Conlon
1616 Alex Navarrete
1617 Blaise Jackson
1618 Adrian Soto
1619 Edgar Alvarez Jr.
1644 Carlos Montalvan
1645 Adam Pfankuch
1646 Eliseo Garcia
1647 Arnoldo Gutierrez Jr.
1648 Juan Gallo
1649 Josue Delgado

CLASS 3 (2)
301 Donald Moss
302 Alejandro Cancino

CLASS 5 (3)
501 Kevin Carr
502 George Seeley
519 Carlos Albanez

CLASS 5/1600 (10)
551 Pedro Athie
552 Ernie Negrete
553 Gustavo Avina
554 Trevor Anderson
555 Tommy Craft
550 Mario Reynoso
576 Ernesto Arambula
577 Jose Montoya
578 Enrique Zazueta Jr.
579 Marcos Nunez

CLASS 7 (4)
700 Dan Chamlee
701 Brandon Walsh
702 Sergio Torres
714 Rick Battey

CLASS 7SX (9)
740 Rich Severson
741 Alberto Iriarte
742 Heidi Steele
743 Noe Sierra
744 Kurt Youngs
756 Gerardo Novelo
757 Carl Sosa
758 John Holmes
759 Ted Moncure

CLASS 8 (4)
801 Rodrigo Ampudia
802 Noah Ostanik
803 Beny Canela
839 Dean Wayman

CLASS 10 (5)
1001 Mark Hutchins
1002 Brendan Fikes
1003 Mike Lawrence
1004 Javier Buelna
1005 Rocky Merino

SCORE LITE (15)
1201 Steve Mamer
1202 Victor Valdez
1203 Luis Barragan
1204 Bill Hernquist
1200 Tom Watson
1206 Ricardo Malo
1207 Rick St. John
1209 Gary Johnson
1210 Lee Banning
1211 Dave Callaway
1212 Michael Bennett
1214 Pedro Morquecho
1215 Tito Robles
1216 Mike Williams
1249 Bob Carr

CLASS 11 (4)
1101 Jim Graham
1100 Ramon Fernandez
1148 Eric Solorzano
1149 John Ledyard

STOCK FULL (5)
861 Josh Hall
860 John Griffin
863 Chad Hall
878 Kent Kroeker
879 Clyde Stacy

STOCK MINI (2)
761 Steve Kovach
760 Rod Hall

PROTRUCK (1)
233 Max Post

PRO MOTORCYCLES

CLASS 22 (12)
1x Robby Bell
2x Quinn Cody
3x Nick Saia
4x Luis J. Ramirez
5x Steve Hengeveld
6x Ralph Barrera
7x Ryan Penhall
8x Caleb Gosselaar
9x Cameron Corfman
10x Grant Steele
11x Cory Evenson
12x Shawn Dolmage

CLASS 21 (5)
101x Mariano Escobar
102x Mike Crawford
103x Bernard Bohrer
104x Cody Wallis
105x Edy Garcia

CLASS 20 (4)
151x Chad Black
152x Larry Perkins
153x Mario Acosta
179x Anna Cody

CLASS 30 (8)
301x Einar Myhrer
302x Rodrigo Basave
303x Mike Johnson
304x Kenneth Durr Jr.
305x Chris Parker
300x Jim O’Neal
307x Scott Myers
349x Ramon Meraz

CLASS 40 (2)
400x Brett Helm
401x Stuart Goggins

CLASS 50 (5)
501x Kenny Hayden
502x Charles Marshall
503x Jamie De La Torre
500x Jim O’Neal
505x Lyman Scherer

CLASS 60 (3)
601x Paul Lussier
600x Donald Lewis
619x William Rogers

PRO ATVs

CLASS 25 (12)
1a Danny Prather
2a Max Hernandez
3a Robert Tinder
4a Javier Robles
5a Reid Rutherford
6a Wayne Matlock
7a Taylor Stormberg
8a Jason Greenhaw
9a Alfonso Cota
10a Moshe Yosef
11a Ted French
12a Stefano Caputo

CLASS 24 (10)
101a Rob Ransford
103a Francisco Servin
104a Benjamin Lopez
105a Carlos Mancillas
106a Craig Christy
107a Javier Beltran
108a Gary Gonzalez
110a Alonso Ruiz
148a Luis Berumen
149a Abraham Romero

SPORTSMAN

SPT CAR (2)
1401 George Jackson
1400 Peter Lang

SPT TRUCK (2)
1500 Keith Growe
1501 Kyle Caso

SPT UTV (3)
1800 Thomas Graves
1801 Jeff Serrano
1802 James Oliver

SPT M/C< (13)
201x Tibi Imbuzan
202x Trisha West
204x Duane Dickinson
205x Brent McCoy
207x Scott Anderson
208x Nick Imbuzan
209x Ivanhoe Ochoa
210x Fred Sobke
211x Mark Sasaki
212x Robert Tevis
213x Ron Wannagat
248x Ron Tolman
249x Victor Borg

SPT M/C> (14)
251x Baxter Gillespie
252x Randy Roy
253x David Rentfro
254x Bill Gilbert
255x Brent Deaton
256x Derek Miller
257x Brad Varcoe
258x Carlos Becerril
259x Craig Anstine
260x Brandt Anderson
261x Brett Bardsley
262x Andy Padulo
263x Ken Kosiorek
299x Greg Lepkowski

SPT ATV (13)
51a Gyorgy Kemenes
52a Roberto Ruiz
53a Luciano Felix
54a Tom Foubert
55a Mario Yorba
56a Daniel Montano
57a David Bravo
58a Joselito Muro
59a Eric Ibarra
60a Jorge Valenzuela
61a Rafael Garcia
62a Gustavo Ameca
63a Carlos Lopez