Dickerson sets record at Imperial Valley Big Air Shootout
To launch 19th Rigid Industries SCORE Desert Challenge
Round 4 of 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship split into three days of racing starting tonight;
Classes in groups in 16-lap race on 7.85-mile course in two segments at Coyne Powersports Motorplex;
Imperial Street Fair and SCORE Contingency-today
IMPERIAL, CA—Hometown hero Jeff Dickerson set a record Thursday night by flying his Chevy-powered Alumi Craft open-wheel desert race car 173 feet to win the Imperial Big Air Shootout in front of a standing-room-only record crowd at the California Midwinter Fairgrounds in Imperial, CA.
The Imperial Big Air Shootout, presented by the City of Imperial and sponsored by Rogers & Rogers Automotive group, helped launch the festivities of this week’s three-day 19th annual Rigid Industries SCORE Desert Challenge.
With a purse of nearly $9,000 sponsored by Rogers & Rogers automotive group, the Imperial Big Air Shootout, presented by the City of Imperial, was patterned after its popular predecessor the Laughlin Leap, this jump competition had the various classes divided into different groups with the long jump having cash payouts in all five groups. In Group 1 (SCORE Trophy Truck, Trophy Truck Spec) had a prize of $2,000 for the longest jump and a top prize of $1,500 for Group 2 (Class 1, Class 10).
NEW RECORD
Dickerson, 39 of nearby Brawley, CA, will race in the unlimited Class 1 this weekend. On Thursday night his successful jump to win Group 2 broke the overall leap record of 161 feet, six inches. The previous mark was set by legendary SCORE desert racer Larry Roeseler in 2009 driving a Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck owned by SCORE CEO/President Roger Norman. For his efforts, Dickerson won a prize of $1,500.
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK WINNER
Steven Eugenio of El Centro, CA, won the Group 1 with a jump of 153 feet in his No. 7 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy Truck.
Imperial Big Air Shootout
Presented by the city of Imperial, CA, Sponsored by Rogers & Rogers Automotive Group
Sept. 25, 2014
Midwinter Fairgrounds, Imperial, CA
GROUP 1
1. 7 Steven Eugenio, Carlsbad, CA, Chevy Silverado, 153 feet, ($2000)
2. 56 Brandon Arthur, Ramona, CA, Chevy Silverado, 145 feet, ($1000)
GROUP 2
1. 132 Jeff Dickerson, Brawley, CA, AlumiCraft, 173 feet, ($1500)
2. 100 Cody Parkhouse, Long Beach, CA, Jimco-Chevy, 171 feet, ($750)
GROUP 4
1. 848 Billy Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas, Chevy Silverado, 143 feet, ($750)
2. 722 Pete Sohren, Phoenix, Ford Ranger, 135 feet, ($350)
