Sohren in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Bell in Motorcycles draw First starting slots for 22nd Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250

Billy Gasper receives first Class 1 start as over 250 entries
Expected in popular March 15 desert race in Mexico

LOS ANGELES—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 held Friday for the upcoming 22nd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Sohren races in the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division while Bell competes in Class 22 for open motorcycles.
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. SCORE is returning to San Felipe for the first time since 2006 as last year’s race was moved to Ensenada just 10 days before the start because of political issues in San Felipe out of SCORE’s control.
With over 250 entries 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 by the car and truck classes at approximately 9:30 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.
The official course map is posted on www.score-international.com.
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.
Drawing the first starting slot for the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars was 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 18 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.
In Friday’s computerized drawing, SCORE Trophy-Truck and Class 1 had the most entries with 18 each, followed SCORE Lite with 15, Class 1-2/1600 with 14 and Class 5/1600 with 10. Late registration will be accepted up until race morning and as many as 60 additional entries are expected.
Among the Pro Motorcycle classes, Class 22 (open) had 11 entries and Class 30 (riders 30 years and over) had nine entries. Leading the Pro ATV entries in the drawing was Class 25 (open) with 11.
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, the SCORE Trophy-Truck field includes defending race and 2007 SCORE Overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck point champion Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, in the No. 1 Rivera Racing Ford F-150 and 2006 overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck race winner Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., in the No. 38 G&R 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 won the overall in this race in 2004 as the second driver from Gus Vildosola, Mexicali, Mexico.
“This is a really cool deal to be the first vehicle to start the race,” said the affable Sohren, known for his long “mullet” hair and quick tongue as much as his driving skills. “I’ve been in the back of the pack so much, I’m not sure I will be able to handle all the clean air in front of me. I love racing in Mexico and the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 is an awesome race and I’m glad we’re able to return there this year. I’m so pumped right now I hope I still have some adrenalin left on race day.”
Among the other racers to draw first starting position in their respective classes were: Steve Mamer, Holtville, Calif. (SCORE Lite, Raceco-VW), Brent Parkhouse, Long Beach, Calif. (Class 1-2/1600, Mirage-VW), and Pedro Athie, Ensenada, Mexico (Class 5/1600, VW Baja Bug).
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 front of The Beachcomber Night Club 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, Cotuco and the El Cortez Hotel.
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: 193 (as of 2/16/08)

Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (18)
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

CLASS 1 (18)
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
149 Craig Bouman

CLASS 1-2/1600 (14)
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
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 (2)
700 Dan Chamlee
714 Rick Battey

CLASS 7S (0)

CLASS 7SX (8)
740 Rich Severson
741 Alberto Iriarte
742 Heidi Steele
743 Noe Sierra
744 Kurt Youngs
757 Carl Sosa
758 John Holmes
759 Ted Moncure

CLASS 8 (3)
801 Rodrigo Ampudia
802 Noah Ostanik
839 Dean Wayman

CLASS 9 (0)

CLASS 10 (3)
1001 Mark Hutchins
1002 Brendan Fikes
1003 Mike Lawrence

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
1208 Ty Godde
1209 Gary Johnson
1210 Lee Banning
1211 Dave Callaway
1212 Michael Bennett
1213 Javier Guevara
1214 Pedro Morquecho
1249 Bob Carr

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

STOCK MINI (1)
761 Steve Kovach

STOCK FULL (1)
Josh Hall

PROTRUCK (1)
233 Max Post

CLASS 17 (0)

PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (11)
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

CLASS 21 (4)
101x Mariano Escobar
102x Mike Crawford
103x Bernard Bohrer
104x Cody Wallis

CLASS 20 (3)
151x Chad Black
152x Larry Perkins
179x Anna Cody

CLASS 30 (9)
301x Einar Myhrer
302x Rodrigo Basave
303x Mike Johnson
304x Kenneth Durr Jr.
305x Chris Parker
300x Jim O’Neal
307x Scott Myers
308x Stuart Goggins
349x Ramon Meraz

CLASS 40 (1)
400x Brett Helm

CLASS 50 (4)
501x Kenny Hayden
502x Charles Marshall
503x Jamie De La Torre
500x Jim O’Neal

CLASS 60 (1)
619x William Rogers

PRO ATVs
CLASS 25 (11)
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
49a Ted French

CLASS 24 (8)
101a Rob Ransford
102a Eric Ibarra
103a Francisco Servin
104a Benjamin Lopez
105a Carlos Mancillas
106a Craig Christy
148a Luis Berumen
149a Abraham Romero

SPORTSMAN
SPT CAR (2)
1401 George Jackson
1400 Peter Lang

SPT TRUCK (1)
1500 Keith Growe

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

SPT M/C< (12)
201x Tibi Imbuzan
202x Trisha West
203x Sean Charsley
204x Duane Dickinson
205x Brent McCoy
206x Andy Padulo
207x Scott Anderson
208x Nick Imbuzan
209x Ivanhoe Ochoa
210x Fred Sobke
211x Mark Sasaki
249x Victor Borg

SPT M/C> (12)
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
299x Greg Lepkowski

SPT ATV (8)
51a Gyorgy Kemenes
52a Roberto Ruiz
53a Luciano Felix
54a Tom Foubert
55a Mario Yorba
56a Daniel Montano
57a David Bravo
58a Joselito Muro