El Chinero's Baja 1000 Top TIps

SCORE International Tecate BAJA 1000
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK: 30 ENDS ODDS
12 Brian Collins Might run away with it 2 to 1
7 Scott Steinberger Oldest in field 5 to 1
35 Robbie Pierce Wants a finish 4 to 1
97 B. J. Baldwin Needs a win 2 to 1
8 Roger Norman Fluke? 5 to 1
33 Chad Ragland Not to be discounted, Pete 4 to 1
39 Ron Whitton Solid performance 5 to 1
*1 Mark Post Blackie's a STUD! 2 to 1
71 Rick D. Johnson Needs to light his fire 4 to 1
16 Cameron Steele Will have to be beyond game 5 to 1
47 James Bult Sadly mistaken 9 to 1
92 Jeff Smith Bastard Stopped Again? 9 to 1
13 Ed "Clyde" Stout Won't hear VW a-comin'! 6 to 1
81 Mark Miller TOP TIP 2 to 1
2 Pete Sohren Fast, out before Borrego 5 to 1
84 Nick Vanderwey Mike can't rescue effort 6 to 1
28 Alan Pflueger Hun-gry for results 4 to 1
4 Gustavo Vildosola, Jr. Well-staffed … 4 to 1
38 Garron Cadiente Been on pace 4 to 1
50 Jason McNeil Overachiever 6 to 1
72 Kash Vessels DARK HORSE 3 to 1
51 Kory Scheeler Needs to back off! 5 to 1
20 Justin Lofton Too pretty NOT to win! 4 to 1
54 Jesse James Pullin for him 5 to 1
69 Francisco Cervantes Crowd pleaser 9 to 1
96 Bobby Baldwin "Media Goon" Killah 6 to 1
22 Damen Jefferies Hard times 5 to 1
77 Robby Gordon Win … or break 4 to 1
34 Dan Friedkin Dan not the man 9 to 1
78 Lloyd Sproule One giant step ... 9 to 1
11 Greg Nunley-1st RS Chance: None 9 to 1

CLASS 1: 28
101 Chuck Dempsey Watch those mirrors 3 to 1
102 B. J. Richardson Championship run 2 to 1
103 Rob Bruce Reeled in by Hwy 3W 9 to 1
104 Eric Chase Top Five 3 to 1
105 Dale Ebberts Feast or famine? 3 to 1
106 Brian Parkhouse Sometimes surprises 5 to 1
107 Armin Shwarz Needs the points 2 to 1
108 Pat Dean TT'S PICK 2 to 1
109 Luis Ramirez, Jr. Lightning doesn't strike twice 4 to 1
110 Todd Welling Ill, I'd say 9 to 1
111 Charles Rudolph Has $$$ Rhino 9 to 1
112 Josh Rigsby Often troubled 9 to 1
113 Brian Robinson Crystal ball cracked 9 to 1
114 Mike Voyles Usually a player 5 to 1
115 Steve Raskett Good V2R run 4 to 1
116 Mike Walser Texan 9 to 1
117 Ron Brant Never say never! 4 to 1
118 Harley Letner DARK HORSE 2 to 1
119 Armin Kremer Has skills, needs luck 5 to 1
120 Jay Manning Baja Surly 7 to 1
121 Lobsam Yee Will break … 9 to 1
122 Randy Wilson Will be tough 3 to 1
123 Brendan Gaughan Need 4 corners … 4 to 1
124 Ronny Wilson TOP TIP 2 to 1
125 Dale Lenk Ever-improving 3 to 1
126 Lee Patton Not a full-timer 5 to 1
127 Mark Weyhrich I mean … WTF 5 to 1
*100 Billy Gasper Off his "#100" pace 3 to 1
129 Alan Roach Should stick to bikes 6 to 1
130 Willie Cummings Off the throttle 9 to 1

CLASS 1/2-1600: 13
1601 Adam Pfankuch Close to "Even" 9 to 8
1602 Chris Langmayer What a hoot-er 6 to 1
1603 Edgar Alvarez, Jr. Top Five? 4 to 1
1604 Eliseo Garcia Bettern you think … 4 to 1
1605 Cody Robinson Might be buffaloed 8 to 1
1606 Arturo Velazco Good program 3 to 1
1607 Scott Graham Not cracked up to be … 7 to 1
1608 Brent Parkhouse Mid-pack, at best 5 to 1
*1600 David Caspino Still crazy! 7 to 6
1610 Manuel Cruz Will not cruise 8 to 1
1611 Hiram Duran DARK CABALLO 3 to 1

1648 Cory Boyer-2nd RS Will be very aggressive 8 to 7
1649 Josue Delgado A.-1st RS "F." 9 to 1

CLASS 3: 4
301 Gale Pike Baker rises early 6 to 1
302 Donald Moss Smoother is faster 1 to 1
303 Darren Skilton Might gather some moss 2 to 1

349 Scott Wooden-1st RS Wouldn't 6 to 1

CLASS 5: 2
501 Kevin Carr Run at 66% 2 to 1
502 Jim Anderson Once-"10"? 3 to 1
503 Gregory Morley or lessly 6 to 1

518 Carlos Albanez-2nd RS No data = DNF 6 to 1
519 Vince Wavra-1st RS Only one close? 3 to 1

CLASS 5-1600: 15
551 Ernie Negrete Boyz need to considered 4 to 1
552 Ruben Gutierrez, Jr. Can deliver 4 to 1
*550 Mario Reynoso A good bet 3 to 1
554 Mark Low Bajo 6 to 1
555 Colin Campbell ??? 9 to 1
556 Alonso Angulo Mid-pack finisher 5 to 1
557 Tommy Craft A possibilty 4 to 1
558 Carlos Iribe Vociferous 3 to 1
559 Erich Reisen Ear ache 8 to 1

574 Ernesto Arambula-6th RS Hard to beat 2 to 1
575 Pedro Athie-5th RS Abogado Meister 4 to 1
576 Javier Morales-4th RS Shouldn'ta missed LDC 3 to 1
577 Jose Montoya-3rd RS Top 3rd 4 to 1
578 Marcos Nunez-2nd RS I mean, who else? 2 to 1
579 Greg Perryman-1st RS Wrong "Perry", man 9 to 1

CLASS 7.0001: 3
601 Marc Burnett Should win 4 to 1
602 Benjamin Wright "1450" guy 5 to 1
603 Dana Dague Big step 6 to 1

CLASS 7: 5
701 Scott Ulrich ex-Sportsman 5 to 1
702 Chris Taylor MIGHT challenge Chamlee 3 to 1
*700 Dan Chamlee Professional 2 to 1
704 Brandon Walsh Too new? 5 to 1
705 Jose Canchola, Jr. 2nd Generation 5 to 1

CLASS 7SX: 7
741 Beto Iriarte I bet-o not 5 to 1
742 Heidi Steele Championship race 3 to 1
*740 Rich Severson Will have to stretch effort 3 to 1
744 Noe Sierra Corazon Malo 9 to 1

757 Jim Hinesley-3rd RS On a given day, might 4 to 1
758 Billy Bunch-2nd RS Could scourge field 4 to 1
759 John Holmes-1st RS Championship race 3 to 1

CLASS 8: 5
801 Juan C. Lopez Will pin it then break it … 3 to 1
802 Andrea Tomba "Tumba Burro"? 9 to 1
803 Tom Bradley, Sr. Not a quaker 4 to 1
804 Noah Ostanik Solid 3 to 1
805 Glen Greer Overdriver 4 to 1
806 Cory Susag SHOULD be tough … 4 to 1

839 Steve Olliges-1st RS Looks for victory 3 to 1

CLASS 9: 1
901 Jay Wells Why bother 9 to 1

948 Ulises Morquecho-2nd RS An Odyssey 9 to 1
949 Daniel Reyes, Jr.-1st RS Cinch 5 to 1

CLASS 10: 13
1001 Adam Ashcraft Should run away … 2 to 1
1002 Mikey Lawrence Consistent 4 to 1
1003 Jesus Gonzalez TOP TIP 3 to 1
1004 Tim Pangborn "12" in over his head 8 to 1
1005 Brendan Fikes Could be in hunt 4 to 1
1006 Brady Helm How about his Truggy? 6 to 1
1007 Mark Hutchins Class effort 3 to 1
1008 Will Higman "He slimed me!" 3 to 1
1009 Lonny Hart Training day? 6 to 1
1010 Tito Robles Must have game 3 to 1
1011 Javier Robles DARK HORSE 2 to 1
1012 Sergio Salado V. "V" not for "Victory" 5 to 1
1013 Alex Croxthwaite Not there, yet 6 to 1

1049 John Hsu-1st RS Nope 5 to 1

CLASS 11: 3
1101 Eric Solorzano Hat's off to Eric Even
1102 Jim Graham Long day 0 to 0
1103 Michael Brown Long night 99 to 1

SCORE LITES: 14
1201 Jake Jones Uneven 4 to 1
1202 Steve Mamer Fitting end to great season 3 to 1
1203 Perry McNeil NRIARWAM 3 to 1
1204 Dave Callaway Unrecognized charger 4 to 1
1205 Matt Drever Top Five? 5 to 1
1206 Luis Barragan Might surprise 4 to 1
1207 Lee Banning Helluva season! 3 to 1
1208 Gary Johnson In the pink! 4 to 1
1209 Bill Hernquist Too many torts 5 to 1
1210 Rick St. John Championship race 3 to 1
1211 Roberto Encinas Not a player 7 to 1
1212 Ty Thompson Wrong "Ty" 9 to 1
1213 Blaise Jackson Always hot 3 to 1

1248 Derek Hill-2nd RS Over the hill 9 to 1
1249 Brian Martin-1st RS Tail end 9 to 1

CLASS 17: 4
1701 Cliff Cook Not hot enough 9 to 1

1717 Jason LaFortune-3rd RS Will tech 'em all a lesson 4 to 1
1718 Bryant Layton-2nd RS Spare track rods? 9 to 1
1719 Scott Watkins-1st RS Might 5 to 1

PROTRUCK 7
250 Gary Magness Rusty 5 to 1
260 Nils Castillo Mr. Wizard 3 to 1
235 Jason Voss Shoe-in 2 to 1
277 Jason Horsley Left out 9 to 1
203 Dave Creagan Will not challenge 5 to 1
253 Ken Losch xx W/D
240 Rob Kittleson-1st RS Off pace 6 to 1

STOCK MINI: 3
760 Rod Hall Fast ol' geezer 3 to 1
761 Steve Kovach Top Three 4 to 1
779 Gavin Skilton-1st RS Could run Rod down? 3 to 1

STOCK FULL: 5
861 Chad Hall Damned good field 3 to 1
862 Kent Kroeker Damned good field 3 to 1
863 Josh Hall Damned good field 3 to 1
*860 John Griffin Damned good field 3 to 1
879 Clyde Stacy-1st RS Damned good field 3 to 1

BAJA CHALLENGE: 13
BC1 Mike Cassling Need names of all team members
BC2 Erik Harp
BC2 Matt Christensen 3 to 1
BC4 Barry Ellis
BC5 John McInnis
BC6 Bill Weber
BC7 Charles Ferguson
BC8 Tim Dollander
BC9 Jay Culbertson 3 to 1
BC10 Mike Dillard
BC11 Ron Bauer
BC12 Victor Avila
BC20 Chris Kemp-1st RS

SPTS. BUGGY 5
*1400 Peter Lang Amazing … 3 to 1
1401 Jerry Smith Will not see SF 9 to 1
1402 Shaun Dunbar Done 9 to 1
1403 George Jackson Will snarl in Ensenada 2 to 1
1419 Jose Quintero-1st RS Onward, I guess 6 to 1

SPTS.TRUCK: 4
1501 Mike Long Will come up short 9 to 1
*1500 Keith Growe TOP TIP 3 to 1
1503 Bob Land Bob's race … 3 to 1
1504 Ken Fraizer Kennot 9 to 1

1549 Randy Swink-1st RS Starts with lights! 9 to 1


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