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Roeseler’s 16 career wins leads 93 racers with 203 victories
entered in 45th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert race
Round 2 of 2013 SCORE Desert Series to be held May 30-June 2 in Ensenada, Mexico.
Racers from 35 States, 15 countries; LIVE Dirt LiveHD coverage at score-international.com.
ENSENADA, Mexico—Southern California’s amazing Larry Roeseler, the all-time winningest active racer in all of desert racing, enters this week’s 45th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 with 16 class wins, including 11 overall victories in this race. Roeseler will pace nearly expected entries, including 93 racers who have combined for 203 class wins in this popular summer classic.
SCORE SCOOP
The second-oldest desert race in the world, Round 2 of the three-race 2013 SCORE Desert Series, will feature nearly 300 entries, competing in 40 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs. The event is being held Thursday through Sunday in Mexico’s Baja California Norte, starting and finishing in Ensenada, the seaside port on the Pacific Ocean, 80 miles south of San Diego.
SCORE is celebrating its 40th year as the world’s foremost desert racing organization. This race is traditionally one of the most popular events on the SCORE schedule, and most of the world’s best desert racers will be part of the 45 years Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Glory, the original desert race produced by SCORE on July 26, 1974. This will be the second event of the new era of SCORE Desert Racing, since the prominent racing organization was purchased by former champion Roger Norman who purchased the iconic company on Dec. 20, 2012. The race is being filmed in High Definition by Tampa Digital and Tempt Media Films to be aired domestically and internationally on a date and networks to be finalized.
BREAKING IT DOWN
With late entries accepted up to race morning in the 500.99-mile race, entries to date have come from 25 U.S. States from Hawaii to New Jersey and the U.S. Territory of Guam along with the additional countries of Mexico, Australia, Austria, Belize, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Italy, Japan and Norway. One of the many sweeping changes the new SCORE is initiating, all sportsman motorcycle and sportsman ATV classes with run a reduced distance of 397.6 miles on the course designed and plotted by Norman and new SCORE Race Director Jose Grijalva.
The green flag will drop for the race at 6 a.m. Pacific Time on Saturday for the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the car and truck classes three and one-half hours after the last ATV at approximately 10:30 a.m.
Motorcycle classes 22 and 21 will start in 30-second intervals, all of the other motorcycle and ATV classes will start one every 15 seconds and those classes and will have a 16-hour, 45-minute time limit to become an official finisher. There will be a 22-hour time limit to become an official finisher in the grueling race for all of the car and truck classes and those classes will start one every 30 seconds as well. With different time limits being used by SCORE for the first time because of safety concerns for the racers, also for the first time the Sportsman motorcycle and the Sportsman ATV classes will race over an abbreviated course of 397.6 miles.
The elapsed-time race will start and finish in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Boulevard Costero in the heart of Ensenada, leaving and returning into the city through the Arroyo Wash. The fastest vehicles are expected to finish in approximately 10 hours.
ROESELER & TIM HERBST
Roeseler, 56, of Boulevard, Calif., is the second driver this year for Las Vegas’ Tim Herbst, 50, in the No. 19 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck. Tim Herbst, whose younger brother Troy races with Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., in the No. 91 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck, finished sixth in March’s Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in SCORE Trophy Truck, the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 850-horsepower, unlimited production trucks.
Tim Herbst is the all-time winningest driver in the 19-plus-year history of SCORE Trophy Truck with 11 race wins while Roeseler has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race victories. Roeseler also teamed with Troy Herbst to capture the overall victory in this the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 in both 2002 and 2003 in a Ford-powered Smithbuilt open-wheel desert race care in the unlimited Class 1.
Roeseler is the only other competitor besides the legendary SCORE Baja racer Malcolm Smith, who has won the overall title in both a four-wheel vehicle and on a motorcycle in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500. Roeseler’s incredible SCORE Baja racing record for the three races SCORE produces annually in Mexico has him with 39 class wins including 26 overall victories. Roeseler has earned 11 career SCORE season class point titles.
In the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Roeseler’s 11 overall wins (nine on motorcycles and two in 4-wheel) are the most in race history. His 16 career class wins in this race are third all-time behind semi-retired Rod Hall’s 18 and retired Ivan Stewart’s 17.
QUALIFYING A FIRST…
For the first time in SCORE Baja racing history, qualifying for starting positions will be held. On Thursday, qualifying for both the SCORE Trophy Truck and the unlimited Class 1 will be held over a special course near Ensenada. Qualifying is being held at an undisclosed location and will not be open to the public.
To date, there are a total of 37 SCORE Trophy Trucks and 21 Class 1 entries that will qualify for their starting positions. For the top two car and truck classes, the start drawing identified their qualifying order in each class.
Receiving the first qualifying positions in their respective classes were B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, in the No. 1 Monster Energy Baldwin Motorsports Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy Truck and Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico, who drives the No. 117 Speed Energy RPM Racing RGM-Chevy open-wheel race car.
Tampa Digital Studios and Tempt Media Films will tape all qualifying vehicle for broadcast use on the ground and from the SCORE TV helicopter and part of the qualifying session will air live on the Dirt LiveHD race coverage at www.score-international.com.
SCORE BAJA FIESTA…
Colorful race week festivities will include several first-time events for SCORE, starting with qualifying for SCORE Trophy Truck and Class 1 followed by the Monster Energy SCORE Kick Off Party on Thursday, from 7 p.m. until Midnight at the start/finish line area in the heart of Ensenada. With donations for La Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexico’s Red Cross), the event will include a racer’s autograph party and vehicle display.
Friday will see the day-long, pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and contingency festival in the start finish line area in Ensenada. With three performances during the day at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., will be a special appearance of the Monster Energy Freestylemx.com show featuring XGames stars Kenny Bell, Dustin Miller and Rich Kearns.
During the race on Saturday, the Monster Energy SCORE VIP hospitality area, will be part of the start/finish line compound. The Monster Energy SCORE VIP area will include live streaming from the race course as well as updated leaderboard and Internet tracking display of ALL the race vehicles.
All of the week’s festivities will be aired both live and same-day including the race, on the Dirt LiveHD SCORE race week shows, airing via the internet on the SCORE website.
ANNIVERSARY COURSE
The race features a course of 500.99 miles (397.6 miles for SPT M/C and SPT ATV classes) that includes some new or seldom-used areas.
Pre-running on the race course began May 15, except for the portion from the start to Ojos Negros (approximately 41 miles), which will be used in both directions during the race. This section may be run only Thursday and Friday and only in the outbound direction.
SCORE President Roger Norman and SCORE Race Director Jose Grijalva have designed a historic race course that will be another memorable example of all that Mexico’s Baja California has to offer, including high-speed dirt trails, sandy, rocky and silty natural terrain, majestic Baja washes and canyons, stretches along the seashore with elevations from sea level to over 4,100 feet. The course will be another jewel reflection of the stark beauty of Baja California.
Featuring four physical, full-stop checkpoints and more than 90 virtual checkpoints, the race will start and finish in downtown Ensenada on Boulevard Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, marking the sixth straight year this race has been able to finish on Blvd. Costero. Starting and finishing in Ensenada, this year’s tight and technical course will run in a clockwise direction for the 10th straight year.
The course runs East to Ojos Negros area, South through Tres Hermanos to near Lllano Colorado then East and Northeast up over the top of the 4,100-foot Summit, looping east and NE to Cahabuzo Junction South into the Laguna Salada desert running parallel to the Sea of Cortez to Borrego and then back Northwest, Southwest past and up by Mike’s Sky Ranch, followed by a West travel section, turning north at the Pacific Ocean then East, North and back West for the final charge back into Ensenada. The first 35 miles will be used both outgoing and incoming. The course also includes a magnificent 60-plus mile run along the shores of the Pacific Ocean. There are also five short highway pavement areas on the course, less than 15 miles total, with a maximum speed limit of 60 mph.
MORE MULTI CLASS WINS
Besides Roeseler, the other racers entered this year with the most class wins in this race are: Jim O’Neal, Class 21(16), Steve Hengeveld, Class 22 and Donald Moss, Class 3 (8 each), Troy Herbst, SCORE Trophy Truck and Eric Solorzano, Class 11(7 each), Scott McMillin, SCORE Trophy Truck and Nick Vanderwey, SCORE Trophy Truck (6 each), Mike Cafro, Class 25, Johnny Campbell, Class 40, Dan Chamlee, Class 7, Rob MacCachren, SCORE Trophy Truck, Mark McMillin, SCORE Trophy Truck and Kendall Norman, Class 22 (5 each) and Robby Bell, Class 22, Robby Gordon, SCORE Trophy Truck, Class 7SX, Eizaburo Karasawa, Class 50, Adam Pfankuch, SCORE Trophy Truck, Greg Row, Class 25, and Darren Skilton, Class 7200 (4 each).
The racers entered with three career class wins each in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 are: Vic Bruckmann, SCORE Lites, Steven Eugenio, SCORE Trophy Truck, Mike Johnson, Class 30, Mike Julson, Class 1, Scott Myers, Class 21, J. David Ruvalcaba, Class 1-2/1600, Hector Sarabia, Class 1/2-1600 and Clyde Stacy, Trophy Truck Spec/Class 5-1600/Class 1 (3 each).
SUPERSTAR SCORE TROPHY TRUCKS
With the world’s top desert racers competing, of the 37 entries so far in SCORE Trophy Truck are12 racers who have combined for 65 race wins out of the 105 total races since the class debuted in 1994. There are also eight previous winners in this race entered and a total of 14 from SCORE Trophy Truck season point champions including the last seven straight winners.
In the 19-plus-year existence of the marquee racing division in all of the sport, SCORE Trophy Trucks have been the overall 4-wheel winners in this race 15 times.
Among the former SCORE Trophy Truck season champs, the star-studded field also includes not only four-time winner Tim Herbsts, but also former titlists B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas (2006, 2008 and 2012 in the No. 1 Monster Energy Baldwin Motorsports Chevy Silverado), Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C. (1996 and 2009 in the No. 77 Speed Energy Team Gordon Chevy CK1500), Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif. (1997 who is driving with Nick Vanderwey this year in the No. 84 Flying Dutchmen Chevy Silverado), Mark Post, Las Vegas (2007 with MacCachren who is driving the No. 3 Riviera Racing Ford F-150), Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz. (2010 who drives the No. 76 Jones Motorsports Chevy Siverado) and Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas (2011 who drives the No. 70 Red Bull Menzies Motorsports Ford F-150).
Menzies, who has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins, has also won the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 for the last two straight years.
Probably the biggest fan favorite in the race will be Mexico’s father/son team Gus Vildosola/Gus Vildsola Jr, who won the season-opening Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in March in the No. 21 Red Bull Vildsola Racing Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck. Gus Sr now has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins, two with his son Gus Jr and one with MacCachren.
MOTO MANIA
While Honda motorcycles have dominated this race since 1997, winning 15 straight overalls and 16 total wins prior to last year, Johnny Campbell’s JCR Honda team will face two factory-supported teams who are attempting to pull off the victory, one each from Kawasaki and KTM.
JCR’s rider of record this year is Tim Weigand and he will be joined once again by Colton Udall and David Kamo riding the No. 1x JCR Honda Honda CRF450X.
Kawasaki broke Honda’s 15-year winning streak last year with a superstar team led by Robby Bell, who won this race three times (2006, 2007, 2008) when riding for American Honda. Bell returns as rider of record on the No. 4x Monster Energy THR Motorsports Kawasaki KX450F with the same teammates--David Pearson and Steve Hengeveld. Pearson is an experienced SCORE Baja racer and Hengeveld has now won seven total overall motorcycle titles (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) in this race on an American Honda motorcycle and last year on a Kawasaki. Bell drew the first start for this race as well. They have added a fourth rider for this race, SCORE rookie Taylor Robert.
For their challenge, KTM has merged two teams into the No. 2x KTM Factory Bonanza Plumbing KTM 450SX-F with Kurt Caselli as rider of record with Mexico’s Ivan Ramirez as the primary riders although they have added the rider of record for their second team in the veteran Mike Brown as a third rider for this race. Caselli/Rameriz were the overall motorcycle winners in San Felipe in 2012. Caselli won the series championship in two US series in 2012—WORCS and the AMA Hare & Hound.
The longshot in this year’s race would be Kendall Norman who is riding as an independent this year after several seasons with the JCR Honda team. Norman has won it five times overall when racing for JCR Honda.
Second to Honda’s 16 overall wins in this race is Husqvarna with 12 followed by Kawasaki with nine and in third place is Kawasaki with nine Yamaha in fourth place with four.
TIRE TRACKS
In the race for tire manufacturer victories in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, SCORE sponsor BFGoodrich Tires has won an amazing 29 overall 4-wheel vehicle victories.
ENTRY LEADERS
While SCORE Trophy Truck with 37 has the most entries of any class in the race, other car/truck classes with double figure entries so far are Class 10 with 22, Class 1 with 21, Class 1/2-1600 with 14, Class 7200 with 10 and Class 19 with 10.
Leading the Pro motorcycle classes are the open Class 22 and Class 30 (riders 30 years old and over), each with 11 entries so far and Class 21 with 10.
Class 24 leads the ATV classes so far with 10 and leading the Sportsman Motorcycles is the SPT M/C> class with 17 entries so far.
GLORY GIVEAWAY
With help from sponsors BFGoodrich Tires, Monster Energy, King Shocks, Rigid Industries and GoPro, SCORE is holding a special online prize giveaway contest through its website to help commemorate ‘45 Years of SCORE Baja 500 Glory’. Visit www.score-international.com for all the details.
DAKAR CHALLENGE 2013
This year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and Eldorado HDRA Reno 500 (July 12-14) are part of a special program where the combined best qualified car/truck finisher and combined best qualified motorcycle finisher in the two races will each receive special entry packages into the 2014 Dakar Rally in South America. Regulations and other information on Dakar Challenge 2013 are available at http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/dakar-challenge.html.
GRANDEST GRAND…
Roger Norman has also announced that the grand marshal for this year’s 45th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 will be Sal Fish, the iconic godfather of desert racing, who was a vital part of the first 39 years the popular race was produced by SCORE. Fish, 73, sold SCORE International to Norman late last year.
GRAN HISTORIA
The Tecate SCORE Baja 500 is one of the top motorsports events in the world. It was started originally in 1969 by the NORRA organization. Mickey Thompson and his SCORE International organization were asked by Mexican government to take over the event in 1974. Sal Fish ran and later owned and produced the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 for 39 years until he sold SCORE to Roger Norman in December of 2012.
Ensenada has been the heart and soul of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 as the popular summertime race. This year will mark the 40th time it has started and 36th time it has finished in Ensenada.
IT’s DIRT, LIVE!
Roger Norman’s Dirt Live one-hour weekly show is broadcast live on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Pacific Time on the SCORE website. The show content is centered around his two desert racing series, the SCORE Desert Series and the High Desert Racing Association as well as the new bonus points program he has developed called the World Championship of Desert Racing. Broadcast studios are located at the SCORE tech shop in El Cajon, Calif., a suburb of San Diego.
DIRT LIVE CREW
Desert racing public address announcer George Antill is the host of Norman's Dirt Live program. While being refined weekly, one of the regular elements of the show will be a SCORE social media interchange, allowing fans and racers to comment and ask questions through the SCORE Facebook and SCORE Twitter platforms. Another special segment each week is Tech Tips with either one of SCORE’s Tech co-directors Jake Velasco and Art Savedra.
Andrew Grimshaw, SCORE Media Production Manager, is the coordinating producer of the show. The program is hosted on ustream.com, the world’s largest streaming internet site.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF DESERT RACING
The 2013 SCORE Desert Series will also be part of the quickly-evolving World Championship of Desert Racing, which will combine points accumulated for car and truck classes in two of the three SCORE Baja races along with points earned from three of the four-race 2013 HDRA Series, all held in the United States. Both the SCORE and HDRA series will crown their own individual class and overall point champions as well with a bonus purse for those racers who qualify for the World Championship of Desert Racing points bonus purse program to earn a desert racing World Champion title.
With a growing total, for the inaugural World Championship of Desert Racing bonus purse, an official total of $45,000 has been posted to date from new SCORE sponsors Amber Racing Services ($25,000), King Shocks ($10,000) and Rigid Industries ($10,000).
For Pro car and truck classes with at least three starters in each qualifying race in 2013, the World Champion titles will be decided on combined points from two of the three SCORE races and three of the four HDRA races with the bonus purse paid using the same formula based on total purse and number of starters in each class as is used currently for each SCORE race.
For the Pro motorcycle and ATV classes, the World Championship of Desert Racing will include points earned in the three SCORE Baja races as well as the AMA National Hare and Hound race to be held during the HDRA Reno 500.
MORE AWARDS…
In addition to season class point championships and World Championship titles, the racers are also competing for part of the nearly $400,000 in cash purse and contingency postings each race. There are also annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Awards. Drivers in the Pro car and truck classes are also attempting to earn prestigious SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards given to all car and truck class drivers who complete every required mile of the race season. These awards are being presented by Toyota Motorsports for the 28th consecutive year.
SCORE SPONSORS…
Official Sponsors: Tecate Beer-Official Beer/Official Race Sponsor, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Amber Racing Services-Official Race Fuels, Rigid Industries-Official Lights, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Volaris Airlines-Official Airline, Wide Open Excursions- Official Arrive and Drive Company, Coca-Cola-Official Soft Drink, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino, Hotel Coral and Marina-Official Hotel.
Associate Sponsors: Graham Watchmakers, SatellitePhoneStore.com, Symons Ambulance Company, Azunia Tequila.
Additional SCORE Partners: Proturismo Ensenada, Visit Baja California Sur, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, Mexicali Ayuntamineto, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Blue C Advertising, PCI Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
For more information, visit the official website of the new SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.
45th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500
Celebrating 40 years of SCORE International
•Schedule of Events•
Thursday, May 30, 2013 (all times PDT)
9am-5pm Qualifying-SCORE TT, Class 1--LOCATION PRIVATE
11am-6pm Racer Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
1pm-6pm Media Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
7pm-midnight Monster Energy SCORE Kick-off Party--Monster Energy VIP area
Friday, May 31, 2013 (all times PDT)
9am-5pm Racer Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
9am-5pm Media Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
10am-6pm Contingency Row Blvd. Costero, next to Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Ctr.
10am-6pm Tech Inspection Blvd. Las Dunas, next to Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Ctr.
11am, 2pm, 4pm Monster Energy Freestylemx.com show---adjacent to contingency
11:30am SCORE Media Conference Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
7pm Mandatory Racer Meeting Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
7pm-Midnight Monster Energy Papas Y Beer SCORE Street Party-Avenida Ruiz
Saturday, June 1, 2013 (all times PDT)
5am Late Racer Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
5am Late Tech Inspection Start Line, next to Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
5:30am-course close Media Center Open Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Sunday, June 2, 2012 (all times PDT)
10am Posting of Unofficial Results Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Noon Awards Celebration Open Air Amphitheater, Riviera del Pacific Cultural Center
•••••••SATURDAY, SUNDAY (June 1-2, 2013) RACE SCHEDULE
(500.99-mile course: NOTE: SPT M/C, ATV 397.6-miles)
START/FINISH LINE-Blvd. Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
(subject to change)
(Class 22, 21-One vehicle every 30 seconds start interval, all other M/C, ATV classes start one every 15 seconds; all four-wheel vehicles start one every 30 seconds)
6:00am
MOTORCYCLES/ATVs—22, 21, 30, 40, 50, 20, 60, 25, 24, SPT M/C>, SPT M/C<, SPT ATV, 26
10:30am (Approx)
CARS/TRUCKS—TT, 1, 10, TT Spec, SL, 8, HM, 7200, BC, PT, 6100, 3000, TL, 4000,
1/2-1600, 5, 7, 7SX, 5-1600, 2, 2D, 3, 3700, 1700, 4400, SF, SM, 9, 11, 19, SUTK, SPBG, SLTK, SPUTV
TIME LIMIT: All M/C, ATVs will have a 16-hour, 45-minute time limit from the time each starts to cover the course;
All four-wheel vehicles will have a 22-hour time limit from the time each vehicle starts
Tecate SCORE Baja 500
All-time Overall winners
Year—DRIVERS/RIDERS, VEHICLE
1969--Bud Ekins/Guy Jones, Baja Boot-Olds
Doug Douglas/Jim McClurg, Ducati
1970--Parnelli Jones, Ford
Bill Silverthorn/Gene Fetty, Husqvarna
1971--Bobby Ferro, Funco-VW
Malcolm Smith/J.N. Roberts, Husqvarna
1972--Bobby Ferro, Sandmaster-VW
Gene Fetty/Bill Silverthorn, Honda
1973--Parnelli Jones, Ford
Howard Utsey/Mickey Quade, Husqvarna
1974--Bobby Ferro, Sandmaster-VW
Mitch Mayes/A.C. Bakken, Husqvarna
1975--Ivan Stewart, Funco-VW
Larry Roeseler/Bruce Ogilvie, Harley-Davidson
1976--Bobby Ferro/Ivan Stewart, Funco-VW
Larry Roeseler/A.C. Bakken, Husqvarna
1977--Ivan Stewart, Chenowth-VW
Larry Roeseler/Jack Johnson, Husqvarna
1978--Bud Feldkamp/Malcolm Smith, Funco-VW
Brent Wallingsford/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1979--Malcolm Smith/Bud Feldkamp, Funco-VW
Jack Johnson, Husqvarna
1980--Bob Gordon, Chenowth-Chevy
Bruce Ogilvie/Chuck Miller, Yamaha
1981--Malcolm Smith/Bill Newbury, Chenowth-Chevy
Larry Roeseler/Bruce Ogilvie, Yamaha
1982--Larry Ragland, Funco-VW
Larry Roeseler/Chuck Miller, Yamaha
1983--Corky & Scott McMillin, Chenowth-VW
Dan Ashcraft, Husqvarna
1984--Larry Ragland, Chaparral-VW
Dan Smith/Dan Ashcraft, Husqvarna
1985--Ron Gardner/Bud Feldkamp, Funco-VW
Kurt Pfeiffer/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1986--Corky & Scott McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche
Garth Sweetland/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1987--Bob Gordon/Tim Crabtree, Chenowth-Porsche
Larry Roeseler/Ted Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1988--Mark McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche
Dan Ashcraft/Kurt Pfeiffer, Yamaha
1989--Robby Gordon, Ford
(no motorcycles)
1990--Robby Gordon, Ford
Larry Roeseler/Danny LaPorte, Kawasaki
1991--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Garth Sweetland/Paul Krause, Kawasaki
1992--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Larry Roeseler/T. Hunnicutt Jr./P. Krause, Kawasaki
1993--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Danny Hamel/L. Roeseler/T. Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1994--Ivan Stewart, Toyota (Trophy-Truck)
Dave Ashley/Dan Smith, Ford
Paul Krause/Ted Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1995--Curt LeDuc, Jeep (Trophy-Truck)
Mike Julson/Bob Lofton, Jimco-VW
Paul Krause/Craig Smith, Kawasaki
1996--Rob MacCachren, Ford (Trophy-Truck)
Troy Herbst, Smithbuilt-Porsche
Paul Krause/Ty Davis, Kawasaki
1997--Ivan Stewart, Toyota (Trophy-Truck)
Mark McMillin, Jimco-Porsche
Johnny Campbell/Bruce Ogilvie, Honda
1998--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Johnny Campbell/Bruce Ogilvie, Honda
1999--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Jonah Street/Torsten Borstrom, Honda
2000--Larry Ragland, Chevy
Jonah Street/Steve Hengeveld, Honda
2001--Mark McMillin, Jimco-Chevy
Steve Hengeveld/Jonah Street, Honda
2002--Troy Herbst/Larry Roeseler, Smithbuilt-Ford
Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2003--Troy Herbst/Larry Roeseler, Smithbuilt-Ford
Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2004--Alan Pflueger, Chevy
Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2005--Robby Gordon, Chevy
Mike Childress/Mouse McCoy, Honda
2006--Brian Collins/Larry Ragland, Chevy
Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda
2007--Larry Ragland/Brian Collins, Chevy
Robby Bell/Kendall Norman/Steve Hengeveld, Honda
2008--B.J. Baldwin, Chevy
Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda
2009--Rick D. Johnson, Ford
Bill Boyer/Donnie De Arman/Nicholas Blais/Rudy Iribe, Honda
2010--Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin, Ford
Kendall Norman, Quinn Cody, Honda
2011--Bryce Menzies, Ford
Kendall Norman, Quinn Cody, Honda
2012—Bryce Menzies, Ford
Robby Bell/David Pearson/Steve Hengeveld, Kawasaki
entered in 45th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert race
Round 2 of 2013 SCORE Desert Series to be held May 30-June 2 in Ensenada, Mexico.
Racers from 35 States, 15 countries; LIVE Dirt LiveHD coverage at score-international.com.
ENSENADA, Mexico—Southern California’s amazing Larry Roeseler, the all-time winningest active racer in all of desert racing, enters this week’s 45th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 with 16 class wins, including 11 overall victories in this race. Roeseler will pace nearly expected entries, including 93 racers who have combined for 203 class wins in this popular summer classic.
SCORE SCOOP
The second-oldest desert race in the world, Round 2 of the three-race 2013 SCORE Desert Series, will feature nearly 300 entries, competing in 40 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs. The event is being held Thursday through Sunday in Mexico’s Baja California Norte, starting and finishing in Ensenada, the seaside port on the Pacific Ocean, 80 miles south of San Diego.
SCORE is celebrating its 40th year as the world’s foremost desert racing organization. This race is traditionally one of the most popular events on the SCORE schedule, and most of the world’s best desert racers will be part of the 45 years Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Glory, the original desert race produced by SCORE on July 26, 1974. This will be the second event of the new era of SCORE Desert Racing, since the prominent racing organization was purchased by former champion Roger Norman who purchased the iconic company on Dec. 20, 2012. The race is being filmed in High Definition by Tampa Digital and Tempt Media Films to be aired domestically and internationally on a date and networks to be finalized.
BREAKING IT DOWN
With late entries accepted up to race morning in the 500.99-mile race, entries to date have come from 25 U.S. States from Hawaii to New Jersey and the U.S. Territory of Guam along with the additional countries of Mexico, Australia, Austria, Belize, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Italy, Japan and Norway. One of the many sweeping changes the new SCORE is initiating, all sportsman motorcycle and sportsman ATV classes with run a reduced distance of 397.6 miles on the course designed and plotted by Norman and new SCORE Race Director Jose Grijalva.
The green flag will drop for the race at 6 a.m. Pacific Time on Saturday for the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the car and truck classes three and one-half hours after the last ATV at approximately 10:30 a.m.
Motorcycle classes 22 and 21 will start in 30-second intervals, all of the other motorcycle and ATV classes will start one every 15 seconds and those classes and will have a 16-hour, 45-minute time limit to become an official finisher. There will be a 22-hour time limit to become an official finisher in the grueling race for all of the car and truck classes and those classes will start one every 30 seconds as well. With different time limits being used by SCORE for the first time because of safety concerns for the racers, also for the first time the Sportsman motorcycle and the Sportsman ATV classes will race over an abbreviated course of 397.6 miles.
The elapsed-time race will start and finish in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Boulevard Costero in the heart of Ensenada, leaving and returning into the city through the Arroyo Wash. The fastest vehicles are expected to finish in approximately 10 hours.
ROESELER & TIM HERBST
Roeseler, 56, of Boulevard, Calif., is the second driver this year for Las Vegas’ Tim Herbst, 50, in the No. 19 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck. Tim Herbst, whose younger brother Troy races with Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., in the No. 91 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck, finished sixth in March’s Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in SCORE Trophy Truck, the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 850-horsepower, unlimited production trucks.
Tim Herbst is the all-time winningest driver in the 19-plus-year history of SCORE Trophy Truck with 11 race wins while Roeseler has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race victories. Roeseler also teamed with Troy Herbst to capture the overall victory in this the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 in both 2002 and 2003 in a Ford-powered Smithbuilt open-wheel desert race care in the unlimited Class 1.
Roeseler is the only other competitor besides the legendary SCORE Baja racer Malcolm Smith, who has won the overall title in both a four-wheel vehicle and on a motorcycle in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500. Roeseler’s incredible SCORE Baja racing record for the three races SCORE produces annually in Mexico has him with 39 class wins including 26 overall victories. Roeseler has earned 11 career SCORE season class point titles.
In the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Roeseler’s 11 overall wins (nine on motorcycles and two in 4-wheel) are the most in race history. His 16 career class wins in this race are third all-time behind semi-retired Rod Hall’s 18 and retired Ivan Stewart’s 17.
QUALIFYING A FIRST…
For the first time in SCORE Baja racing history, qualifying for starting positions will be held. On Thursday, qualifying for both the SCORE Trophy Truck and the unlimited Class 1 will be held over a special course near Ensenada. Qualifying is being held at an undisclosed location and will not be open to the public.
To date, there are a total of 37 SCORE Trophy Trucks and 21 Class 1 entries that will qualify for their starting positions. For the top two car and truck classes, the start drawing identified their qualifying order in each class.
Receiving the first qualifying positions in their respective classes were B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, in the No. 1 Monster Energy Baldwin Motorsports Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy Truck and Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico, who drives the No. 117 Speed Energy RPM Racing RGM-Chevy open-wheel race car.
Tampa Digital Studios and Tempt Media Films will tape all qualifying vehicle for broadcast use on the ground and from the SCORE TV helicopter and part of the qualifying session will air live on the Dirt LiveHD race coverage at www.score-international.com.
SCORE BAJA FIESTA…
Colorful race week festivities will include several first-time events for SCORE, starting with qualifying for SCORE Trophy Truck and Class 1 followed by the Monster Energy SCORE Kick Off Party on Thursday, from 7 p.m. until Midnight at the start/finish line area in the heart of Ensenada. With donations for La Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexico’s Red Cross), the event will include a racer’s autograph party and vehicle display.
Friday will see the day-long, pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and contingency festival in the start finish line area in Ensenada. With three performances during the day at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., will be a special appearance of the Monster Energy Freestylemx.com show featuring XGames stars Kenny Bell, Dustin Miller and Rich Kearns.
During the race on Saturday, the Monster Energy SCORE VIP hospitality area, will be part of the start/finish line compound. The Monster Energy SCORE VIP area will include live streaming from the race course as well as updated leaderboard and Internet tracking display of ALL the race vehicles.
All of the week’s festivities will be aired both live and same-day including the race, on the Dirt LiveHD SCORE race week shows, airing via the internet on the SCORE website.
ANNIVERSARY COURSE
The race features a course of 500.99 miles (397.6 miles for SPT M/C and SPT ATV classes) that includes some new or seldom-used areas.
Pre-running on the race course began May 15, except for the portion from the start to Ojos Negros (approximately 41 miles), which will be used in both directions during the race. This section may be run only Thursday and Friday and only in the outbound direction.
SCORE President Roger Norman and SCORE Race Director Jose Grijalva have designed a historic race course that will be another memorable example of all that Mexico’s Baja California has to offer, including high-speed dirt trails, sandy, rocky and silty natural terrain, majestic Baja washes and canyons, stretches along the seashore with elevations from sea level to over 4,100 feet. The course will be another jewel reflection of the stark beauty of Baja California.
Featuring four physical, full-stop checkpoints and more than 90 virtual checkpoints, the race will start and finish in downtown Ensenada on Boulevard Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, marking the sixth straight year this race has been able to finish on Blvd. Costero. Starting and finishing in Ensenada, this year’s tight and technical course will run in a clockwise direction for the 10th straight year.
The course runs East to Ojos Negros area, South through Tres Hermanos to near Lllano Colorado then East and Northeast up over the top of the 4,100-foot Summit, looping east and NE to Cahabuzo Junction South into the Laguna Salada desert running parallel to the Sea of Cortez to Borrego and then back Northwest, Southwest past and up by Mike’s Sky Ranch, followed by a West travel section, turning north at the Pacific Ocean then East, North and back West for the final charge back into Ensenada. The first 35 miles will be used both outgoing and incoming. The course also includes a magnificent 60-plus mile run along the shores of the Pacific Ocean. There are also five short highway pavement areas on the course, less than 15 miles total, with a maximum speed limit of 60 mph.
MORE MULTI CLASS WINS
Besides Roeseler, the other racers entered this year with the most class wins in this race are: Jim O’Neal, Class 21(16), Steve Hengeveld, Class 22 and Donald Moss, Class 3 (8 each), Troy Herbst, SCORE Trophy Truck and Eric Solorzano, Class 11(7 each), Scott McMillin, SCORE Trophy Truck and Nick Vanderwey, SCORE Trophy Truck (6 each), Mike Cafro, Class 25, Johnny Campbell, Class 40, Dan Chamlee, Class 7, Rob MacCachren, SCORE Trophy Truck, Mark McMillin, SCORE Trophy Truck and Kendall Norman, Class 22 (5 each) and Robby Bell, Class 22, Robby Gordon, SCORE Trophy Truck, Class 7SX, Eizaburo Karasawa, Class 50, Adam Pfankuch, SCORE Trophy Truck, Greg Row, Class 25, and Darren Skilton, Class 7200 (4 each).
The racers entered with three career class wins each in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 are: Vic Bruckmann, SCORE Lites, Steven Eugenio, SCORE Trophy Truck, Mike Johnson, Class 30, Mike Julson, Class 1, Scott Myers, Class 21, J. David Ruvalcaba, Class 1-2/1600, Hector Sarabia, Class 1/2-1600 and Clyde Stacy, Trophy Truck Spec/Class 5-1600/Class 1 (3 each).
SUPERSTAR SCORE TROPHY TRUCKS
With the world’s top desert racers competing, of the 37 entries so far in SCORE Trophy Truck are12 racers who have combined for 65 race wins out of the 105 total races since the class debuted in 1994. There are also eight previous winners in this race entered and a total of 14 from SCORE Trophy Truck season point champions including the last seven straight winners.
In the 19-plus-year existence of the marquee racing division in all of the sport, SCORE Trophy Trucks have been the overall 4-wheel winners in this race 15 times.
Among the former SCORE Trophy Truck season champs, the star-studded field also includes not only four-time winner Tim Herbsts, but also former titlists B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas (2006, 2008 and 2012 in the No. 1 Monster Energy Baldwin Motorsports Chevy Silverado), Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C. (1996 and 2009 in the No. 77 Speed Energy Team Gordon Chevy CK1500), Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif. (1997 who is driving with Nick Vanderwey this year in the No. 84 Flying Dutchmen Chevy Silverado), Mark Post, Las Vegas (2007 with MacCachren who is driving the No. 3 Riviera Racing Ford F-150), Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz. (2010 who drives the No. 76 Jones Motorsports Chevy Siverado) and Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas (2011 who drives the No. 70 Red Bull Menzies Motorsports Ford F-150).
Menzies, who has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins, has also won the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 for the last two straight years.
Probably the biggest fan favorite in the race will be Mexico’s father/son team Gus Vildosola/Gus Vildsola Jr, who won the season-opening Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in March in the No. 21 Red Bull Vildsola Racing Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck. Gus Sr now has three career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins, two with his son Gus Jr and one with MacCachren.
MOTO MANIA
While Honda motorcycles have dominated this race since 1997, winning 15 straight overalls and 16 total wins prior to last year, Johnny Campbell’s JCR Honda team will face two factory-supported teams who are attempting to pull off the victory, one each from Kawasaki and KTM.
JCR’s rider of record this year is Tim Weigand and he will be joined once again by Colton Udall and David Kamo riding the No. 1x JCR Honda Honda CRF450X.
Kawasaki broke Honda’s 15-year winning streak last year with a superstar team led by Robby Bell, who won this race three times (2006, 2007, 2008) when riding for American Honda. Bell returns as rider of record on the No. 4x Monster Energy THR Motorsports Kawasaki KX450F with the same teammates--David Pearson and Steve Hengeveld. Pearson is an experienced SCORE Baja racer and Hengeveld has now won seven total overall motorcycle titles (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) in this race on an American Honda motorcycle and last year on a Kawasaki. Bell drew the first start for this race as well. They have added a fourth rider for this race, SCORE rookie Taylor Robert.
For their challenge, KTM has merged two teams into the No. 2x KTM Factory Bonanza Plumbing KTM 450SX-F with Kurt Caselli as rider of record with Mexico’s Ivan Ramirez as the primary riders although they have added the rider of record for their second team in the veteran Mike Brown as a third rider for this race. Caselli/Rameriz were the overall motorcycle winners in San Felipe in 2012. Caselli won the series championship in two US series in 2012—WORCS and the AMA Hare & Hound.
The longshot in this year’s race would be Kendall Norman who is riding as an independent this year after several seasons with the JCR Honda team. Norman has won it five times overall when racing for JCR Honda.
Second to Honda’s 16 overall wins in this race is Husqvarna with 12 followed by Kawasaki with nine and in third place is Kawasaki with nine Yamaha in fourth place with four.
TIRE TRACKS
In the race for tire manufacturer victories in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, SCORE sponsor BFGoodrich Tires has won an amazing 29 overall 4-wheel vehicle victories.
ENTRY LEADERS
While SCORE Trophy Truck with 37 has the most entries of any class in the race, other car/truck classes with double figure entries so far are Class 10 with 22, Class 1 with 21, Class 1/2-1600 with 14, Class 7200 with 10 and Class 19 with 10.
Leading the Pro motorcycle classes are the open Class 22 and Class 30 (riders 30 years old and over), each with 11 entries so far and Class 21 with 10.
Class 24 leads the ATV classes so far with 10 and leading the Sportsman Motorcycles is the SPT M/C> class with 17 entries so far.
GLORY GIVEAWAY
With help from sponsors BFGoodrich Tires, Monster Energy, King Shocks, Rigid Industries and GoPro, SCORE is holding a special online prize giveaway contest through its website to help commemorate ‘45 Years of SCORE Baja 500 Glory’. Visit www.score-international.com for all the details.
DAKAR CHALLENGE 2013
This year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and Eldorado HDRA Reno 500 (July 12-14) are part of a special program where the combined best qualified car/truck finisher and combined best qualified motorcycle finisher in the two races will each receive special entry packages into the 2014 Dakar Rally in South America. Regulations and other information on Dakar Challenge 2013 are available at http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/dakar-challenge.html.
GRANDEST GRAND…
Roger Norman has also announced that the grand marshal for this year’s 45th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 will be Sal Fish, the iconic godfather of desert racing, who was a vital part of the first 39 years the popular race was produced by SCORE. Fish, 73, sold SCORE International to Norman late last year.
GRAN HISTORIA
The Tecate SCORE Baja 500 is one of the top motorsports events in the world. It was started originally in 1969 by the NORRA organization. Mickey Thompson and his SCORE International organization were asked by Mexican government to take over the event in 1974. Sal Fish ran and later owned and produced the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 for 39 years until he sold SCORE to Roger Norman in December of 2012.
Ensenada has been the heart and soul of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 as the popular summertime race. This year will mark the 40th time it has started and 36th time it has finished in Ensenada.
IT’s DIRT, LIVE!
Roger Norman’s Dirt Live one-hour weekly show is broadcast live on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Pacific Time on the SCORE website. The show content is centered around his two desert racing series, the SCORE Desert Series and the High Desert Racing Association as well as the new bonus points program he has developed called the World Championship of Desert Racing. Broadcast studios are located at the SCORE tech shop in El Cajon, Calif., a suburb of San Diego.
DIRT LIVE CREW
Desert racing public address announcer George Antill is the host of Norman's Dirt Live program. While being refined weekly, one of the regular elements of the show will be a SCORE social media interchange, allowing fans and racers to comment and ask questions through the SCORE Facebook and SCORE Twitter platforms. Another special segment each week is Tech Tips with either one of SCORE’s Tech co-directors Jake Velasco and Art Savedra.
Andrew Grimshaw, SCORE Media Production Manager, is the coordinating producer of the show. The program is hosted on ustream.com, the world’s largest streaming internet site.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF DESERT RACING
The 2013 SCORE Desert Series will also be part of the quickly-evolving World Championship of Desert Racing, which will combine points accumulated for car and truck classes in two of the three SCORE Baja races along with points earned from three of the four-race 2013 HDRA Series, all held in the United States. Both the SCORE and HDRA series will crown their own individual class and overall point champions as well with a bonus purse for those racers who qualify for the World Championship of Desert Racing points bonus purse program to earn a desert racing World Champion title.
With a growing total, for the inaugural World Championship of Desert Racing bonus purse, an official total of $45,000 has been posted to date from new SCORE sponsors Amber Racing Services ($25,000), King Shocks ($10,000) and Rigid Industries ($10,000).
For Pro car and truck classes with at least three starters in each qualifying race in 2013, the World Champion titles will be decided on combined points from two of the three SCORE races and three of the four HDRA races with the bonus purse paid using the same formula based on total purse and number of starters in each class as is used currently for each SCORE race.
For the Pro motorcycle and ATV classes, the World Championship of Desert Racing will include points earned in the three SCORE Baja races as well as the AMA National Hare and Hound race to be held during the HDRA Reno 500.
MORE AWARDS…
In addition to season class point championships and World Championship titles, the racers are also competing for part of the nearly $400,000 in cash purse and contingency postings each race. There are also annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Awards. Drivers in the Pro car and truck classes are also attempting to earn prestigious SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards given to all car and truck class drivers who complete every required mile of the race season. These awards are being presented by Toyota Motorsports for the 28th consecutive year.
SCORE SPONSORS…
Official Sponsors: Tecate Beer-Official Beer/Official Race Sponsor, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Amber Racing Services-Official Race Fuels, Rigid Industries-Official Lights, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Volaris Airlines-Official Airline, Wide Open Excursions- Official Arrive and Drive Company, Coca-Cola-Official Soft Drink, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino, Hotel Coral and Marina-Official Hotel.
Associate Sponsors: Graham Watchmakers, SatellitePhoneStore.com, Symons Ambulance Company, Azunia Tequila.
Additional SCORE Partners: Proturismo Ensenada, Visit Baja California Sur, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, Mexicali Ayuntamineto, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Blue C Advertising, PCI Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
For more information, visit the official website of the new SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.
45th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500
Celebrating 40 years of SCORE International
•Schedule of Events•
Thursday, May 30, 2013 (all times PDT)
9am-5pm Qualifying-SCORE TT, Class 1--LOCATION PRIVATE
11am-6pm Racer Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
1pm-6pm Media Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
7pm-midnight Monster Energy SCORE Kick-off Party--Monster Energy VIP area
Friday, May 31, 2013 (all times PDT)
9am-5pm Racer Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
9am-5pm Media Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
10am-6pm Contingency Row Blvd. Costero, next to Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Ctr.
10am-6pm Tech Inspection Blvd. Las Dunas, next to Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Ctr.
11am, 2pm, 4pm Monster Energy Freestylemx.com show---adjacent to contingency
11:30am SCORE Media Conference Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
7pm Mandatory Racer Meeting Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
7pm-Midnight Monster Energy Papas Y Beer SCORE Street Party-Avenida Ruiz
Saturday, June 1, 2013 (all times PDT)
5am Late Racer Registration Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
5am Late Tech Inspection Start Line, next to Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
5:30am-course close Media Center Open Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Sunday, June 2, 2012 (all times PDT)
10am Posting of Unofficial Results Casino Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
Noon Awards Celebration Open Air Amphitheater, Riviera del Pacific Cultural Center
•••••••SATURDAY, SUNDAY (June 1-2, 2013) RACE SCHEDULE
(500.99-mile course: NOTE: SPT M/C, ATV 397.6-miles)
START/FINISH LINE-Blvd. Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center
(subject to change)
(Class 22, 21-One vehicle every 30 seconds start interval, all other M/C, ATV classes start one every 15 seconds; all four-wheel vehicles start one every 30 seconds)
6:00am
MOTORCYCLES/ATVs—22, 21, 30, 40, 50, 20, 60, 25, 24, SPT M/C>, SPT M/C<, SPT ATV, 26
10:30am (Approx)
CARS/TRUCKS—TT, 1, 10, TT Spec, SL, 8, HM, 7200, BC, PT, 6100, 3000, TL, 4000,
1/2-1600, 5, 7, 7SX, 5-1600, 2, 2D, 3, 3700, 1700, 4400, SF, SM, 9, 11, 19, SUTK, SPBG, SLTK, SPUTV
TIME LIMIT: All M/C, ATVs will have a 16-hour, 45-minute time limit from the time each starts to cover the course;
All four-wheel vehicles will have a 22-hour time limit from the time each vehicle starts
Tecate SCORE Baja 500
All-time Overall winners
Year—DRIVERS/RIDERS, VEHICLE
1969--Bud Ekins/Guy Jones, Baja Boot-Olds
Doug Douglas/Jim McClurg, Ducati
1970--Parnelli Jones, Ford
Bill Silverthorn/Gene Fetty, Husqvarna
1971--Bobby Ferro, Funco-VW
Malcolm Smith/J.N. Roberts, Husqvarna
1972--Bobby Ferro, Sandmaster-VW
Gene Fetty/Bill Silverthorn, Honda
1973--Parnelli Jones, Ford
Howard Utsey/Mickey Quade, Husqvarna
1974--Bobby Ferro, Sandmaster-VW
Mitch Mayes/A.C. Bakken, Husqvarna
1975--Ivan Stewart, Funco-VW
Larry Roeseler/Bruce Ogilvie, Harley-Davidson
1976--Bobby Ferro/Ivan Stewart, Funco-VW
Larry Roeseler/A.C. Bakken, Husqvarna
1977--Ivan Stewart, Chenowth-VW
Larry Roeseler/Jack Johnson, Husqvarna
1978--Bud Feldkamp/Malcolm Smith, Funco-VW
Brent Wallingsford/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1979--Malcolm Smith/Bud Feldkamp, Funco-VW
Jack Johnson, Husqvarna
1980--Bob Gordon, Chenowth-Chevy
Bruce Ogilvie/Chuck Miller, Yamaha
1981--Malcolm Smith/Bill Newbury, Chenowth-Chevy
Larry Roeseler/Bruce Ogilvie, Yamaha
1982--Larry Ragland, Funco-VW
Larry Roeseler/Chuck Miller, Yamaha
1983--Corky & Scott McMillin, Chenowth-VW
Dan Ashcraft, Husqvarna
1984--Larry Ragland, Chaparral-VW
Dan Smith/Dan Ashcraft, Husqvarna
1985--Ron Gardner/Bud Feldkamp, Funco-VW
Kurt Pfeiffer/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1986--Corky & Scott McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche
Garth Sweetland/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1987--Bob Gordon/Tim Crabtree, Chenowth-Porsche
Larry Roeseler/Ted Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1988--Mark McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche
Dan Ashcraft/Kurt Pfeiffer, Yamaha
1989--Robby Gordon, Ford
(no motorcycles)
1990--Robby Gordon, Ford
Larry Roeseler/Danny LaPorte, Kawasaki
1991--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Garth Sweetland/Paul Krause, Kawasaki
1992--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Larry Roeseler/T. Hunnicutt Jr./P. Krause, Kawasaki
1993--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Danny Hamel/L. Roeseler/T. Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1994--Ivan Stewart, Toyota (Trophy-Truck)
Dave Ashley/Dan Smith, Ford
Paul Krause/Ted Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1995--Curt LeDuc, Jeep (Trophy-Truck)
Mike Julson/Bob Lofton, Jimco-VW
Paul Krause/Craig Smith, Kawasaki
1996--Rob MacCachren, Ford (Trophy-Truck)
Troy Herbst, Smithbuilt-Porsche
Paul Krause/Ty Davis, Kawasaki
1997--Ivan Stewart, Toyota (Trophy-Truck)
Mark McMillin, Jimco-Porsche
Johnny Campbell/Bruce Ogilvie, Honda
1998--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Johnny Campbell/Bruce Ogilvie, Honda
1999--Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Jonah Street/Torsten Borstrom, Honda
2000--Larry Ragland, Chevy
Jonah Street/Steve Hengeveld, Honda
2001--Mark McMillin, Jimco-Chevy
Steve Hengeveld/Jonah Street, Honda
2002--Troy Herbst/Larry Roeseler, Smithbuilt-Ford
Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2003--Troy Herbst/Larry Roeseler, Smithbuilt-Ford
Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2004--Alan Pflueger, Chevy
Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2005--Robby Gordon, Chevy
Mike Childress/Mouse McCoy, Honda
2006--Brian Collins/Larry Ragland, Chevy
Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda
2007--Larry Ragland/Brian Collins, Chevy
Robby Bell/Kendall Norman/Steve Hengeveld, Honda
2008--B.J. Baldwin, Chevy
Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda
2009--Rick D. Johnson, Ford
Bill Boyer/Donnie De Arman/Nicholas Blais/Rudy Iribe, Honda
2010--Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin, Ford
Kendall Norman, Quinn Cody, Honda
2011--Bryce Menzies, Ford
Kendall Norman, Quinn Cody, Honda
2012—Bryce Menzies, Ford
Robby Bell/David Pearson/Steve Hengeveld, Kawasaki
