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Field includes 70 desert racers with 179 combined class victories
In 27th annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250

Nearly 250 entries from 23 States, 11 countries for 254-mile race, opens 2013 SCORE Desert Series;
Entered with most class wins: O’Neal-13, Solorzano-10, Campbell-8, MacCachren-8, Moss-8,
Roeseler-6, Rojas-5, Hengeveld-4, Carr-4, Tim Herbst-4, Lewis-4, Malo-4;
Special four-day coverage starts Thursday on Dirt Live Race Week at SCOREinternational.com;
40th season of world’s foremost desert racing organization starts the Roger Norman era

SAN DIEGO—With the pomp and circumstance befitting a European coronation, the Roger Norman era of SCORE International begins this week as a field of nearly 250 entries at the season-opening 27th Annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 includes 70 desert racers who have combined for 179 class wins are all part of the favored field of nearly 250 entries in this popular spring race on Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula.
Attracting entries from 23 states and 11 countries, the lineup includes 35 entries in SCORE Trophy Truck, the marquee racing division for hi-tech, 850-horsepower unlimited production trucks. The season opener of the 2013 SCORE Desert Series will be held this weekend in Mexico’s picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located 120 miles south of the U.S. border on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez.
As new owner of the world’s foremost desert racing organization, Norman, who himself is a SCORE Baja 1000 overall champion, will start his legacy in 2013 as SCORE International celebrates its 40th anniversary season. SCORE was founded in 1973 by the late motorsports innovator Mickey Thompson.
With entries accepted up to race morning, nearly 250 entries are expected to take the green flag Saturday morning in the 254.0-mile race. To date, entries have come from 23 US States and 11 countries as competition will be held in 40 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs in the popular race.
RACE DAY SKED...
Pre-running is allowed on the actual race course as it started Friday, Feb. 22 and will continue through Friday on the eve of the race.
The green flag will drop at 6 a.m. (or first light) on Saturday for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed three and one-half hours later after the last Sportsman ATV by the car and truck classes at approximately 10:30 a.m. The start line and finish line for the race is scheduled to once again be the landmark San Felipe Arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race, with a 12-hour time limit to become an official finisher. SCORE Trophy Truck and the unlimited Class 1 will start in 60-second intervals.
BREAKING IT DOWN…
The field includes racers from 14 of the last 15overall motorcycle winners as well as 15 of the previous overall 4-wheel vehicle winners in San Felipe. Also entered are 19 class winners from last year’s race and 20 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series season class point champions.
SCORE Trophy Trucks have won 16 overalls in San Felipe in the 19-year history of the class. Southern California’s Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel in 1997, San Diego’s son/father team of Andy and Scott McMillin (2005) and Armin Schwarz (Germany)/Martin Christensen (Denmark) (2010) have the only three Class 1 wins since SCORE created the featured SCORE Trophy Truck division in 1994.
In the first 26 years of this race, Honda has earned 16 overall motorcycle victories (including 14 of the last 16 years), Kawasaki has six, KTM has three and Husqvarna has one.
GIVE ME ANOTHER….
Leading the gregarious group of 43 racers with at least two class wins in this race entered this year are: Jim O’Neal (Class 21) with 13 age group motorcycle wins--all in the last 12 years, Eric Solorzano with 10 class wins in Class 11 for stock VW Sedans, Johnny Campbell (Class 22), Rob MacCachren (SCORE Trophy Truck) and Donald Moss (Class 3) who each have eight career class wins in this San Felipe race, Larry Roeseler (SCORE Trophy Truck) with six career class wins and Gerardo Rojas (Class 30) with five class wins in this San Felipe race. O’Neal has raced in all 26 previous SCORE San Felipe 250 races and he has a SCORE-record 15 career season class point titles.
Also entered this year are five racers who each have four class wins here: Kevin Carr (Class 5), Steve Hengeveld (Class 22), Tim Herbst (SCORE Trophy Truck), Ricardo Malo (SCORE Lites) and Donald Lewis (Class 60).
PRE-RACE SKED…
The pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and tech inspection of the vehicles in the race will be held on Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the picturesque Malecon, flanked by the Sea of Cortez on one side and the popular restaurants and night clubs of San Felipe on the other. Racer registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday (March 8) at the Hacienda Don Jesus Hotel. Open to the public for the first time, the pre-race mandatory racer’s meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday (March 8) at the plaza in the heart of the Malecon.
KNOCK, KNOCK…
As success breeds success, other former winners in the SCORE Trophy Truck field this year who will challenge Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren’s back-to-back wins are Las Vegas’ three-time winner Tim Herbst racing with Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif. (No. 19 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150), Mexico’s 2003 winner Gus Vildosola racing with his son Gus Vildosola Jr (No. 21 Red Bull Vildosola Racing Ford Raptor), 2007 winner Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif. (No. 3 Riviera Racing Ford F-150) and 2010 winner Jesse Jones, Phoenix (No. 76 Jones Motorsports Ford F-150).
With a stellar all-star lineup of the premier desert racers in the world, leading the group of challengers against the former San Felipe race winners are two more Las Vegas racers, B. J. Baldwin (No. 1 Monster Energy Baldwin Motorsports Ford F-150) and Bryce Menzies (No. 70 Red Bull Menzies Motorsports Ford F-150). While neither has won a San Felipe race, Baldwin is a three-time SCORE Trophy Truck season point champion (2006, 2008 and 2012) and Menzies won the season title in 2011.
OVERALL, CLASS CHAMPS BACK…
Last year’s overall 4-wheel and 2-wheel champions are also part of the field. Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren has been the overall 4-wheel and SCORE Trophy Truck champion the last two straight years while the returning 2-wheel and Class 22 champion is the Bonzana Plumbing/KTM factory team of Kurt Caselli, Murrieta, Calif./Ivan Ramirez, Ensenada, Mexico on a KTM 450SX-F.
Besides MacCachren and Caselli, a total of the 17 defending Pro class winners have entered so far this year: Luke McMillin, El Cajon, Calif. (Class 1), Cody Robinson, El Centro, Calif. (Class 1/2-1600), Donald Moss, Sacremento, Calif. (Class 3), Kevin Carr, San Diego (Class 5), Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico (Class 6), Elias Hanna, Ensenada, Mexico (Class 7SX), Rudolfo Iribe, Tijuana, Mexico (Class 8), Mike Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif. (Class 10), Arnoldo Ramirez, Ensenada, Mexico/Ricardo Malo, Mexicali, Mexico (SCORE Lites), Reid Rutherford, Montrose, (Class 7-2), Mike Shaffer, Oakland, Calif. (Class 4), Chad Broughton, Scotts Valley, Calif. (Class 20), Mike Johnson, El Paso, Texas (Class 30), Rafael Torres, San Felipe, Mexico (Class 24) and Marc Prince, Malibu, Calif. (Class 50).
Robinson (Class 10), Laguna (Class 1), Rutherford (Class 3000), Shaffer (Class 10) and Johnson (Class 40) are all in new classes this year while Iribe is listed as a co-driver for RPM Racing entries in Class 1 and Trophy Truck Spec.
MONSTERmania…
Festivities will start on Thursday night in the start line area at the San Felipe arches with a special Monster Energy Tecate SCORE Welcome party. Open to the public with a $2 donation to Mexico’s Cruz Roja (Red Cross), from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. there will be a racer autograph session followed by the celebratory party at 7 p.m., which will be fueled by Monster Energy Drink and Tecate.
THE MAIN COURSE…
The spectacular 254.0-mile race course runs in a counter-clockwise direction and starts and finishes at the landmark San Felipe arches. The race course goes north of Highway 3 for one of the first times ever in this race, covering over 100 miles up to the south end of Laguna Salada and back. Another major change in this year’s course is that the Zoo Road crossing has been moved west to a safer area where the terrain is more technical than the traditional high-speed ‘whoops’ which will slow the race vehicles down in an area of high spectator concentration.
The race course also includes three of the infamous Baja washes—Huatamote, Chanate and Amarillas before heading to the finish line. The course has three physical, full-stop checkpoints and 61 virtual checkpoints to help insure the safety and the integrity of the challenging race course.
HALLmark…
Helping launch the Roger Norman era of SCORE International will be the venerable desert racing legend Rod Hall, 75 of Reno, Nev., who will serve as the grand marshal of the 27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Hall is the only person who has raced in all 45 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 races where he has earned a race-record 22 class wins in his remarkable career. Winner of 14 career SCORE class season point championships, Hall continues to give back to the sport he cherishes so much as the curator of the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame which is also located in Reno.
DIRT LIVE SCORE RACE WEEK…
Roger Norman’s increasing popular Dirt Live internet webcast will be on-site in San Felipe providing first of its kind live and same-day coverage of the start of the new era in SCORE history. Airing on www.score-international.com, unprecedented coverage will start on Thursday night with the Monster Energy Tecate SCORE Welcome Party and in addition to extended race-day coverage will conclude Sunday at 10 a.m. (PDT) with the first live webcast of the SCORE post-race awards celebration.
Another first will be live streaming from the pre-race racer’s meeting at 7 p.m. on Friday. Dirt Live commentators in San Felipe will be George Antill, Ivan Stewart, Dave Arnold and Sara Price.
HISTORYonics…
The season-opener of the 2013 SCORE Desert Series, the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the popular six-week-long ‘Spring Break’.
The race began in 1982 and was not held between 1985 and 1989, the first five years of the seven-year combined High Desert Racing Association-HDRA/SCORE Desert Series of US and Baja races. It has been held consecutively each year since 1990.
In its first 26 years, the race has been held in San Felipe all but 2007 when political issues forced a last minute move by SCORE, starting it in Ensenada and finishing it in Santo Tomas. Ironically, 2007 saw a race-record 394 starters and a race-record 288 finishers even though the race was moved and the course changed just 10 days before the event. The records when the race actually started and finished in San Felipe are 341 for starters in 2006 and 220 for finishers, also in 2006.
ON THE BAJAscope
In its 40th year as the world's foremost desert racing organization in 2013, the three-race 2013 SCORE Desert Series, with all three massive special events held in Baja California, Mexico, starts with the 27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Both starting and finishing in Ensenada, the other two events will be the 45th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 (May 31-June 2) and the 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 (Nov. 14-17).
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 in 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 car and truck classes with at least five starters in each qualifying race in 2013, the World Champion titles will be decided on combined points from the three SCORE races and three 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 including the MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Award that also receives a $2,000 cash bonus and custom-made driver’s race suit. 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.
NORMAN NOTES…
Norman acquired ownership of the world-renown SCORE International on Dec. 20, 2012 from Sal Fish, 73, the iconic godfather of desert racing who ran SCORE for 39 years.
As a hotel/casino owner in northern Nevada, business developer and a champion racer, Norman re-started the High Desert Racing Association, (HDRA) in 2011. HDRA was highly regarded when it was active originally in the 1980s and early 1990s. HDRA was actually bought out by Sal Fish in the early 90’s, thus making SCORE the dominant racing organization. Things have come full circle as HDRA owner, Norman, now buys SCORE.
In addition to business interests in both San Diego and Reno, Norman owns the Crystal Bay Casino in North Lake Tahoe, Nev. as well as Wide Open Excursions desert ride-n-drive tour company with branches in Ensenada, Mexico, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and Reno, Nev.
Norman is a regular with his ‘Pit Stop with Roger’ segment on his new weekly webcast internet show on www.score-international.com-Dirt Live.
SCORE SPONSOR/PARTNERS…
Official Sponsors of the SCORE Desert Series are fueled by Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink: Tecate Beer-Official Beer/Official Race Sponsor, BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Amber Racing Services-Official Race Fuels (F&L, VP), Rigid Industries-Official Lights, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Coca-Cola-Official Soft Drink, Wide Open Excursions-Official Tour Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino, Volaris Airlines-Official Airline, MasterCraft Safety-Official Safety Seats, Fox Car Rental-Official Rent-A-Car, Graham Watchmakers-Official Timekeeper, SatellitePhoneStore.com-Official Satellite Phone Rental Company, Slime-Official Tire Sealant, Symons Ambulance Company-Official Ambulance, Azunia Tequila-Official Tequila, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-Official Mexican Auto Insurance.
Additional SCORE Sponsors are – Visit Baja California Sur, Proturismo Ensenada, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, 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.
27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 7, 2013 (Times are PST)
1pm-5pm--Media Registration, Hacienda Don Jesus Hotel
7pm-Midnight--Monster Energy Tecate Welcome Party, San Felipe Arches
Friday, March 8, 2013 (Times are PST)
9am-5pm--Racer Registration, Hacienda Don Jesus Hotel
9am-5pm--Media Registration, Hacienda Don Jesus Hotel
10am-5pm--Contingency Row, Downtown on the Malecon
10am-6pm--Tech Inspection, Downtown on the Malecon
7pm--Mandatory Racer Meeting, Plaza on the Malecon
Saturday, March 9, 2013 (Times are PST)
5:30am-11am--Late Registration & Tech, Los Arcos Motel (Start line)
5:30am-8pm--Media Center Open, Start/Finish line
1pm & 4pm--Posting of Unofficial Results, Los Arcos Motel
8pm--Competition Review Board, Los Arcos Motel
Sunday, March 10, 2013 (Time is Pacific Daylight Time)
10am--Awards Celebration, Plaza on the Malecon
Saturday, March 9, Race Schedule (Subject to Change)
(254.0-mile course)
START/FINISH LINE- west side of Highway 5 (Southbound lanes) at the San Felipe Arches
(Vehicles start one every 30 seconds; SCORE Trophy Truck, Class 1 start one every 60 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, PT, 6100, 3000, TL, 4000, 1/2-1600, 5, 7200, 7, 7SX, 5-1600, 2, 2D, 3, 3700, 1700, 4400, SF, SM, 9, 11, 19, , SPT UNL TRUCK, SPT BUGGY, SPT LMTD TRUCK, SPT UTV
TIME LIMIT: All vehicles will have a 12-hour time limit from the time each vehicle starts to complete the course

27th Annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
March 8-10, 2013—San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
Total Entries: 237 (as of 3/04/13)
(from 23 States, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway)
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (35)
9 Mark Weyhrich
23 Dan McMillin
1 B.J. Baldwin
70 Bryce Menzies
18 Juan C. Lopez
2 Pete Sohren
84 Nick Vanderwey
49 Troy Herbst
88 Sergio Salgado
21 Gus Vildosola
48 Jimmy Nuckles
7 Steven Eugenio
11 Rob MacCachren
57 Mike Palmer
78 Jesse Ashcraft
85 Justin Davis
55 Mark Workentine
35 Jason Voss
19 Tim Herbst
76 Jesse Jones
36 Glen Greer
28 Alan Pflueger
50 Zak Langley
98 Gary Weyhrich
15 Armin Schwarz
10 Greg Nunley
59 Craig Potts
16 Cameron Steele
54 Jesse James
33 Todd Romano
34 Ken Losch
30 Robbie Pierce
4 Valerio Gonzalez
3 Mark Post
14 Heidi Steele
CLASS 1 (17)
101 Justin Matney
108 Luke McMillin
153 Ronny Wilson
100 Cody Parkhouse
138 Brian Wilson
117 Eduardo Laguna
131 George Peters
182 Brady Turner
121 Damen Jefferies
111 John Langley
119 Erik Harp
107 Rene Zule
110 Josh Rigsby
170 Hiram Duran
122 Song Li
102 Otoniel Huerta-2nd RS
179 Ron Gibbs-1st RS
CLASS 1/2-1600 (12)
1679 Derek Eugenio
1602 Ernesto Arambula
1647 Wes McKenzie
1620 Matt Ferrato
1615 Jesus Velez
1636 Christian Celaya
1688 Rodrigo Elorduy
1601 Jorge Sanchez
1612 Francisco Escareno
1608 Rob Archibald-3rd RS
1643 Daniel Reyes Jr-2nd RS
1649 Eliseo Garcia-1st RS
CLASS 3 (1)
300 Donald Moss
CLASS 5 (3)
500 Kevin Carr
501 Mike O’Donnell
502 Jose Lopez
CLASS 5-1600 (4)
560 Ernie Negrete
552 Carlos Rivera
551 Joaquin Rodriguez
555 Clyde Stacy-1st RS
CLASS 7 (4)
700 Dan Chamlee
707 Scott Brady
701 Brandon Walsh
704 Aaron Celiceo
CLASS 7200 (8)
7248 Josh Quintero
7267 Travis Bozzano
7238 Kyle Kovach
7207 Steve Kovach
7206 Joe Ramirez
7298 Jonathan Brenthal
7213 Victor Herrera Jr
7277 Peter Lang-1st RS
CLASS 7SX (4)
741 Rich Severson
742 James Burman
740 Elias Hanna
749 Eduardo Gonzalez-2nd RS
CLASS 8 (4)
809 Arturo Benavides
800 Derek Fletcher
801 Jose Leon
836 Rodrigo Ampudia
CLASS 10 (18)
1000 Mike Lawrence
1066 Mike Shaffer
1021 Chris Boyer
1010 Carlos Lopez
1039 Matt Cullen
1016 Cody Robinson
1053 Brad Wilson
1062 J.J. Schnarr
1031 Mike Johnson
1001 Andrew Meyers
1080 Peter Hajas
1030 Jim Anderson
1023 Lee Banning
1077 Rick Sanchez
1007 Jorge Salmon
1002 Mark Lawrence
1081 Todd Winslow
1003 Perry McNeil
SCORE LITES (7)
1249 Roberto Anda
1202 Moises Torres
1203 Juan Guillen
1210 Luis Barragan
1207 Michael Crichton-3rd RS
1218 Ricardo Malo-2nd RS
1299 Leonardo Rayos-1st RS
CLASS 11 (3)
1101 Rene Rodriguez
1149 Alejandro Rivas-2nd RS
1100 Eric Solorzano-1st RS
STOCK FULL (1)
8162 Jim Keyes
CLASS 3000 (1)
3003 Reid Rutherford
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (3)
841 Taylor Mills
842 Nick Mills
844 Clyde Stacy-1st RS
HEAVY METAL (2)
8036 Carlos Fonseca
8014 Andrew Leavitt
CLASS 17 (1)
1709 Austin Stobaugh
CLASS 19 (9)
1904 Cory Sappington
1907 Paul Broughton
1917 Jason Murray
1932 Matt Parks
1933 Hans Waage
1901 Douglas McCrady
1911 David Nagy
1903 Mark Schelbert
1905 Marc Burnett-1st RS
CLASS 2 (1)
228 Pedro De Uriate-1st RS
CLASS 4400 (1)
4438 Joaquin De Uriate-1st RS
Pro Motorcycles
CLASS 22 (8)
4x Robby Bell
2x Kurt Caselli
46x Kendall Norman
3x Mike Brown
1x Timmy Weigand
9x A.J. Stewart
8x Mark Samuels
7x Norman Rainey
CLASS 20 (2)
150x Chad Broughton
169x Mark Bradford-1st RS
CLASS 21 (4)
102x Adam Neuwirth
127x Jim O’Neal
101x Ulises Fierro
149x Juan Gutierrez
CLASS 30 (8)
301x Cliff Cook
329x Brad Baker
305x Octavio Valle
302x Javier Hernandez
303x Ryan Gutile
308x Xavier Ortega
307x Shane Bell
311x Greg Bardonnex-1st RS
CLASS 40 (5)
402x Mike Prunty
404x Craig Williams
401x Rob Huggins
403x Oscar Fazz
444x Mike Johnson-1st RS
CLASS 50 (2)
555x Robert Smith
500x Marc Prince
CLASS 60 (2)
601x Robert Oborne
609x Donald Lewis-1st RS
Pro ATVs
CLASS 25 (10)
2a Felipe Velez
11a Ryan Lea
13a Merlin Puettman
17a Adolfo Arellano
10a Javier Robles Jr
21a Juan Sanchez
7a James Wooford
4a Nick Nelson
5a Craig Christy-2nd RS
49a Gustavo Ameca-1st RS
CLASS 24 (11)
102a Shawn Robins
101a Thomas Wright
106a Max Hernandez
109a Juan Dominguez
104a Juan Gonzalez
100a Rafael Torres
103a Mike Zelenka
110a Alexandro Diaz
117a Jose Torres
105a Edgar Barraza-2nd RS
149a Gabriel Valencia-1st RS
CLASS 26 (1)
201a Rob Ransford
Sportsman
SPT BUGGY (7)
1501 Brian Siler
1502 Buddy Crisp
1503 Jorge Valdes
1504 Tom Flattery
1580 Erik Shallbetter-3rd RS
1555 Hamid Hajarian-2nd RS
1599 John Pfeifer-1st RS
SPT UNLTD TRUCK (3)
1494 Vincent Munoz-3rd RS
1444 Jim Bunn-2nd RS
1499 Jason Papa-1st RS
SPT UTV UNLIMITED (4)
1963 David Neuber
1951 Alonzo Lopez
1950 Thomas Graves
1993 Chad Casey-1st RS
SPT M/C< (9)
215x Kurt Vanderpool
202x Aki Polvikoski
222x Chris Scranton
201x Daniel O’Leary
205x Darin Bullivant
207x Oscar Esparaza
212x Carlos Silva
211x Christian Espinoza
249x Mark Winkelman-1st RS
SPT M/C> (15)
294x Todd Powell
253x Roger Judd
254x Daryl Judd
255x John Nolting
251x Eric Anderson
263x Mike Short
261x Brent Downing
252x Adrian Ruiz
269x Bryce Semonian
264x Geoffrey Gerbrandt
270x Manuel Gomez
288x Aaron Magagna
277x Raul Revilla
265x Luis Fernando Moctezuma
262x Mike Maggrah-2nd RS
287x Wesley Glogner-1st RS
SPT ATV (6)
77a Fidel Gonzalez
51a Richard Epperson
55a Rodrigo Rubio
56a Marcos Zepeda
52a Martin Munoz
99a Greg Wick-1st RS
 

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Dirt Live internet broadcast Tuesday includes Letner, A. Myers
and then four days of coverage of SCORE opener from San Felipe

at www.score-international.com Tuesday-7 p.m. PST show; starting Thursday, race coverage
includes Thursday Welcome party, Friday contingency & racer meeting, Saturday race, Sunday awards

SAN DIEGO—Both from desert racing families and both from SoCal, third-generation racer Harley Letner and second-generation racer Andrew Myers, will be the featured guests Tuesday at 7 p.m. Pacific Time on Roger Norman’s Dirt Live weekly internet broadcast. Airing on www.score-international.com, the show is broadcast from the SCORE International tech shop in San Diego.
Roger Norman’s Dirt Live one-hour show is broadcast live weekly and the show is anchored around Norman’s two desert racing series, the SCORE Desert Series and the High Desert Racing Association as well as the new bonus points championship purse program he has developed called the World Championship of Desert Racing. Broadcast studios are located at the SCORE tech shop in San Diego. All live events this will be the ninth Dirt Live show to air.
The season opener of the 2013 SCORE Desert Series will be held this week in Mexico’s picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located 120 miles south of the U.S. border on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez. The race will herald the new chapter in SCORE history, starting the tenure of Roger Norman as the owner of the world’s foremost desert racing organization. It also marks the beginning of the 40th anniversary season of SCORE desert racing.
And Dirt Live SCORE race week coverage will cover four days of activities in San Felipe starting with Thursday’s Monster Tecate Welcome party and ending with the post-race SCORE awards celebration on Sunday at the plaza on the Malecon. With all coverage live or same-day action, the primary broadcast team will include not only Norman, but also anchor George Antill along with legendary former racer Ivan Stewart, action sports announcer Dave Arnold and X Games motorcycle racer Sara Price.
Letner, whose grandfather Danny Letner was one of the original SCORE Trophy Truck racers when the class debuted in 1994, is a strong competitor in the unlimited Class 1 and Myers, who has also race for parts of eight seasons in the NASCAR West stock car series, has won both of his Class 10 races this year with teammate Ross Savage.
With entries accepted up to race morning, nearly 250 entries are expected to enter the race. Entries to date have come from 23 US States and 11 countries as competition will be held in 40 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs in the popular race.
“The viewership of the Dirt Live show continues to grow at an accelerated pace and what we air this week in San Felipe will be like no coverage in the history of our sport,” said Norman, who continues to initiate new elements into SCORE desert racing. “From Thursday through Sunday morning we will have nearly non-stop coverage of the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250.”
DIRT LIVE-SCORE BAJA RACE WEEK…
With this week’s 2013 SCORE season-opener in Mexico’s Baja California, Dirt Live will help launch the 40th anniversary season of the world’s foremost desert racing organization with extended live coverage of the 27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. The coverage will include a number of firsts in the history of the sport.
MONSTER THURSDAY…
Coverage will start on Thursday night at 7 p.m. from the Monster Tecate SCORE Welcome Party at the landmark San Felipe arches. The party, fueled by Monster Energy in association with Tecate Cerveza is open to the public with a $2 donation to Cruz Roja, the Mexican Red Cross organization. The party, which will last until midnight, will preceded by vehicle displays and a racer autograph session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Among the racers expected at the Monster Tecate SCORE meet and greet are B.J. Baldwin, Cameron Steele, Tim Herbst, Troy Herbst and Robby Bell.
SCORE FRIDAY…
Running from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, SCORE’s colorful Manufacturer’s Midway on the Malecon in San Felipe will be aired with live coverage from the Dirt Live crew at the Baja Mar restaurant and the day’s coverage will conclude with live streaming of the pre-race racer’s meeting on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Plaza on the Malecon. It will mark the first time in desert racing history that this meeting will be broadcast live on the internet. Norman wil have some special announcements to make at the pre-race racer’s meeting.
SHOWDOWN SATURDAY…
With cameras rolling at 6 a.m. Saturday, day-long coverage will include the start and finish of all classes along with hourly race leader updates and race action footage from out on the race course. Cars and trucks will start at approximately 10:30 a.m., three and one-half hours after the last Sportsman ATV leaves the start line. The extensive coverage will include extended air time for both the motorcycle/ATV finish as well as the car/truck finish.
CELEBRATION SUNDAY…
After Saturday’s battle of Baja, Sunday’s SCORE awards ceremony at 10 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) at the plaza on the Malecon on the picturesque Sea of Cortez will be broadcast live for the first time in the history of desert racing. Coverage will include special interviews from the Dirt Live set with many of the class winners and top finishers in SCORE’s 2013 season opener, the second round of the new World Championship of Desert Racing bonus points program being held in conjunction with the Roger Norman’s other desert racing organization—the High Desert Racing Association.
DIRT LIVE GUESTS…
With the show on the air for eight weeks, special guests so far have included R.J. Anderson, Ryan Arciero, B.J. Baldwin, Robby Bell, Johnny Campbell, Kurt Caselli, Justin Davis, T.J. Flores, Robby Gordon, Mike Julson, Brad Lovell, Dan McMillin, Luke McMillin, Cameron Steele, Ivan Stewart, Gus Vildosola Sr, Gus Vildosola Jr and Colton Udall.
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 SCORE Tech co-director Jake Velasco.
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.
ON THE BAJAscope
In its 40th year as the world's foremost desert racing organization in 2013, the three-race 2013 SCORE Desert Series, with all three massive special events held in Baja California, Mexico, starts with this weekend’s 27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Both starting and finishing in Ensenada, the other two events will be the 45th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 (May 31-June 2) and the 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 (Nov. 14-17).
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 in 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 car and truck classes with at least five starters in each qualifying race in 2013, the World Champion titles will be decided on combined points from the three SCORE races and three 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 including the MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Award that also receives a $2,000 cash bonus and custom-made driver’s race suit. 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.
NORMAN NOTES…
Norman acquired ownership of the world-renown SCORE International on Dec. 20, 2012 from Sal Fish, 73, the iconic godfather of desert racing who ran SCORE for 39 years.
As a hotel/casino owner in northern Nevada, business developer and a champion racer, Norman re-started the High Desert Racing Association, (HDRA) in 2011. HDRA was highly regarded when it was active originally in the 1980s and early 1990s. HDRA was actually bought out by Sal Fish in the early 90’s, thus making SCORE the dominant racing organization. Things have come full circle as HDRA owner, Norman, now buys SCORE.
In addition to business interests in both San Diego and Reno, Norman owns the Crystal Bay Casino in North Lake Tahoe, Nev. as well as Wide Open Excursions desert ride-n-drive tour company with branches in Ensenada, Mexico, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and Reno, Nev.
Norman is a regular with his ‘Pit Stop with Roger’ segment on his new weekly webcast internet show on www.score-international.com-Dirt Live.
SCORE SPONSORS…
Official Sponsors of the SCORE Desert Series are fueled by Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink: Tecate Beer-Official Beer/Official Race Sponsor, BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Amber Racing Services-Official Race Fuels, Rigid Industries-Official Lights, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Coca-Cola-Official Soft Drink, Wide Open Excursions-Official Tour Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino, Volaris Airlines-Official Airline, MasterCraft Safety-Official Safety Seats, Fox Car Rental-Official Rent-A-Car, Graham Watchmakers-Official Timekeeper, SatellitePhoneStore.com-Official Satellite Phone Rental Company, Slime-Official Tire Sealant, Symons Ambulance Company-Official Ambulance, Azunia Tequila-Official Tequila.
Additional SCORE Sponsors are – Visit Baja California Sur, Proturismo Ensenada, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, 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.
 

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27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
Round 1 of three-race 2013 SCORE Desert Series
March 7-10—254.0 miles
San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
236--Official Entries (23 U.S. States, 11 countries)
(By Class Starting Order-as of 3/04/13)
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (Unlimited Production Trucks)--
9 Mark Weyhrich/Gary Weyhrich, Troutdale, Ore., Ford F-150
23 Daniel McMillin, La Mesa, Calif., Ford F-150
1 B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
70 Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas/Jesse Jones, Phoenix, Ford F-150
18 Juan C. Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Silverado
2 Pete Sohren, Glendale, Ariz., Ford F-150
84 Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Larry Vanderwey, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Chevy Silverado
49 Troy Herbst, Las Vegas/Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Ford F-150
88 Sergio Salgado, Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor
21 Gus Vildosola/Gus Vildosola Jr, Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor
48 Jimmy Knuckles, Brawley, Calif., Ford F-150
7 Steven Eugenio, Vista, Calif., Chevy Silverado
11 Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
57 Mike Palmer, Denver, Chevy Silverado
78 Jesse Ashcraft, San Marcos, Calif./Adam Ashcraft, Vista, Calif., Ford F-150
85 Justin Davis, Chino Hills, Calif., Ford F-150
55 Mark Workentine, Fresno, Calif., Chevy Silverado
35 Jason Voss/Rich Voss, Cupertino, Calif., Ford F-150
19 Tim Herbst, Las Vegas/Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif., Ford F-150
76 Jesse Jones, Phoenix/Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas, Ford F-250
36 Glen Greer, Green Valley, Ariz./Bruce Greer Jr, Tucson, Ariz., Dodge Ram1500
28 Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado
50 Zak Langley, Santa Monica, Calif., Ford F-150
98 Gary Weyhrich/Mark Weyhrich, Troutdale, Ore., Ford F-150
15 Armin Schwarz, Germany/Martin Christensen, Escondido, Calif. (Denmark), BMW XJ-6
10 Greg Nunley, Tulare, Calif., Chevy Silverado
59 Craig Potts, Scottsdale, Ariz., Chevy Silverado
16 Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., GMC Sierra
54 Jesse James, Austin, Texas, Chevy Silverado
33 Todd Romano, Park City, Utah, Chevy Silverado
34 Ken Losch, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado
30 Robbie Pierce, Santee, Calif., Chevy Silverado
4 Valerio Gonzalez/Rodimiro Amaya, San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, Ford F-150
3 Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150
14 Heidi Steele, San Clemente, Calif./Jessica McMillin, National City, Calif., Chevy Silverado
CLASS 1 (Unlimited single or two-seaters)--
101 Justin Matney, Bristol, Tenn./Robby Gordon, Mooresville, N.C., Geiser-Chevy
108 Luke McMillin, El Cajon, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
153 Ronny Wilson, Long Beach, Calif./John Herder, Tucson, Ariz., Jimco-Chevy
100 Cody Parkhouse, Garden Grove, Calif./Brian Parkhouse, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
138 Brian Wilson, Long Beach, Calif./Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
117 Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico/Rodolfo Iribe, Tijuana, Mexico, RG-Chevy
131 George Peters, Newbury Park, Calif./Luke Babb, Monrovia, Calif., Racer-Chevy
182 Brady Turner, Imperial, Calif., Streamline-Ford
121 Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif., Jefferies-Chevy
111 John Langley/Morgan Langley, Santa Monica, Calif./Dan Martin, Monrovia, Calif., Racer-Chevy
119 Erik Harp, Panama City, Fla., Porter-Chevy
107 Rene Zule/Jaime Huerta, San Luis, Ariz., Jimco-Chevy
110 Josh Rigsby, Santa Fe, N.M., Penhall-Chevy
170 Hiram Duran/Eric Duran, Tecate, Calif., Jefferies-Chevy
122 Song Li/Yongguo Zhao, Rosemead, Calif., Jefferies-Chevy
102 Otoniel Huerta/Jaime Huerta, San Luis, Ariz., Jimco-Chevy
179 Ron Gibbs, Parker, Ariz./Jeff Quinn, Lakewood, Calif., Sidewinder-Chevy
CLASS 1/2-1600 (VW-powered, single or two-seaters to 1600cc)--
1679 Derek Eugenio, Camarillo, Calif./Caleb Sanden, Imperial, Calif., Fraley
1602 Ernesto Arambula/Edmundo Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico, Romo
1647 Wes McKenzie, Dallas, Bonner
1620 Matt Ferrato, Simi Valley, Calif./Robert Illian, La Canada, Calif., Moulton
1615 Jesus Velez, Mexicali, Mexico, PFK
1636 Christian Celaya, Paradise, Calif./Aaron Ampudia, Ensenada, Mexico, Currie
1688 Rodrigo Elorduy, Mexicali, Mexico, BajaRacing
1601 Jorge Sanchez, Mexicali, Mexico, Curry
1612 Francisco Escareno, Mexicali, Mexico, Garibay
1608 Rob Archibald, El Cajon, Calif., Mirage
1643 Daniel Reyes Jr, Heber, Calif., Garibay
1649 Eliseo Garcia/Hector Sarabia, Ensenada, Mexico, Romo
CLASS 3 (Short wheelbase 4X4)--
300 Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif./Ken Moss, Marysville, Calif., Ford Bronco
CLASS 5 (Unlimited VW Baja Bugs)--
500 Kevin Carr/Noe Valdez, San Diego
501 Mike O’Donnell, Phoenix/Kelly Ross, Desert Hills, Ariz.
502 Jose Lopez, Mexicali, Mexico
CLASS 5-1600 (1600cc VW Baja Bugs)--
560 Ernie Negrete, San Diego/Steve Meyers, Irvine, Calif.
552 Carlos Rivera, Mexicali, Mexico, McDonalds
551 Joaquin Rodriguez, Mexicali, Mexico, VW Baja Bug
555 Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Thomas Fernandez/Ramon Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico
CLASS 7 (Open, production mini trucks)--
700 Dan Chamlee, Summerland, Calif./Tom Chamlee, Carpenteria, Calif., Ford Ranger
707 Scott Brady/Kaleb Brady, Paradise, Calif., Ford Ranger
701 Brandon Walsh, Encinitas, Calif./Scott Slater, Chino Hills, Calif., Toyota Tacoma
704 Aaron Celiceo, San Diego/Robert Rodriguez, Chula Vista, Toyota Tacoma
CLASS 7200 (Limited, production mini trucks)--
7248 Josh Quintero, El Centro, Calif., Ford Raptor
7267 Travis Bozzano, Henderson, Nev., Chevy Silverado
7238 Kyle Kovach/Keith Jaeger, Chandler, Ariz., Ford Ranger
7207 Steve Kovach, Chandler, Ariz./Preston Schmid, Mesa, Ariz., Ford Ranger
7206 Joe Ramirez, San Vicente, Mexico, Ford Ranger
7298 Jonathan Brenthal, Newport Beach, Calif., Ford Ranger
7213 Victor Herrera Jr, Victor Herrera, Tijuana, Mexico, Ford Ranger
7277 Peter Lang/Franz DeKock, Santa Rosa, Calif., Ford Ranger
CLASS 7SX (Modified, open mini trucks)--
741 Rich Severson, Tucson, Ariz./Pat Neveau, Phoenix, Ford Ranger
742 James Burman, Heber City, Utah, Ford Ranger
740 Elias Hanna, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Ranger
749 Eduardo Gonzalez, Lucerne Valley, Calif., Ford Ranger
CLASS 8 (Full-sized two-wheel drive trucks)--
809 Arturo Benavides/Edgar Garcia, Laredo, Texas, Ford F-150
800 Derek Fletcher, Abingdon, Va./Christyan Samano, Ensenada, Mexico, Chevy Silverado
801 Jose Leon, Calexico, Calif., Ford F-150
836 Rodrigo Ampudia, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford F-150
CLASS 10 (Single or two-seaters to 1650cc)--
1000 Mike Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif., Chenowth-Chevy
1066 Mike Shaffer, Alameda, Calif., FullPotential-Chevy
1021 Chris Boyer/Rick Boyer, Bakersfield, Calif., Banning-Ford
1039 Matt Cullen/Mike Lombardi, Long Beach, Calif./Chuck Sacks, Canyon Lake, Calif., AlumiCraft-Honda
1016 Cody Robinson, El Centro, Calif./Roberto Romo, Mexicali, Mexico, Racer-Chevy
1053 Brad Wilson/Kyle Quinn, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
1062 J. J. Schnarr, Incline Village, Nev./Mark Levrett, Sparks, Nev., AlumiCraft-Chevy
1031 Mike Johnson, Murrieta, Calif., AlumiCraft-Chevy
1001 Andrew Myers, San Marcos, Calif./Ross Savage, Costa Mesa, Calif., AlumiCraft-Chevy
1080 Peter Hajas, Wayzata, Minn./Kevin Selchow, Lester Praire, Minn., Kreger-Chevy
1030 Jim Anderson, Reno, Nev./Brian Burgess, Menifee, Calif., AlumiCraft-Chevy
1023 Lee Banning, Laveen, Ariz./Cory Boyer, Bakersfield, Calif., Banning-Ford
1077 Rick Sanchez, El Centro, Calif., Tatum-Chevy
1007 Jorge Salmon, Ensenada, Mexico, Madigan-Chevy
1002 Mark Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif./Steve Lawler, Banning, Calif., Lothringer-Chevy
1081 Todd Winslow/David Jones, Clovis, Calif., AlumiCraft-Chevy
1003 Perry McNeil/Alfie Bueno, San Diego, Lothringer-VW
1010 Carlos Lopez, Calexico, Calif., PSD-Chevy
SCORE LITES (VW-powered, Limited single-1776cc-or two-seaters-1835cc)--
1249 Roberto Anda, Tijuana, Mexico, Jimco
1202 Moises Torres/Ricardo Torres/Juan Gallo, San Felipe, Mexico, Penhall
1203 Juan Guillen, Calexico, Calif., Jimco
1210 Luis Barragan, Mexicali, Mexico, Seagrove
1207 Michael Crichton, Zapopan, Mexico, Ralco
1218 Ricardo Malo, Calexico, Calif./Arnoldo Ramirez, Ensenada, Mexico, Jimco
1299 Leonardo Rayos, Mexicali, Mexico, Seagrove
CLASS 11 (Stock VW Sedans)--
1101 Rene Rodriguez, Ensenada, Mexico
1149 Alejandro Rivas/David Sanpedro, Mexicali, Mexico
1100 Eric Solorzano, Tijuana, Mexico
STOCK FULL (Stock, Full-sized trucks)--
8162 Jim Keyes, Canada/Kay Awaad, Egypt, Ford F-150
CLASS 3000 (Unlimited Mini-Truck, 2.2/2.4-Liter Ecotec engine)--
3003 Reid Rutherford, Montrose, Colo., Mason-Chevy
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (unlimted Truck/SUV, stock, sealed V8s)--
841 Taylor Mills/Alan Roach, Corpus Christi, Texas, Ford Raptor
842 Nick Mills/Tony McNeil, Corpus Christi, Texas, Chevy Silverado
844 Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Rodolfo Iribe, Tijuana, Mexico, Chevy Colorado
HEAVY METAL (Open Production Trucks, V8 engines)--
8036 Carlos Fonseca, Calexico, Calif., Ford F-150
8014 Andrew Leavitt/Nathan Leavitt, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
CLASS 1700 (Jeepspeed Challenge)--
1709 Austin Stobaugh, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Jeep Cherokee
CLASS 19 (Limited, Stock 4-wheel Utility Vehicle)--
1904 Cory Sappington, Peoria, Ariz., Can-Am Maverick
1907 Paul Broughton/Jack Broughton, Scotts Valley, Calif., Arctic Cat
1917 Jason Murray, Downey, Calif., Can-Am Maverick
1932 Matt Parks, Newport Beach, Calif., Polaris RZRXP4
1933 Hans Waage, Scottsdale, Ariz./Todd Romano, Park City, Utah, Arctic Cat
1901 Douglas McCrady, El Cajon, Calif., Arctic Cat
1911 David Nagy, La Mesa, Calif./Greg Row, Alpine, Calif., Polaris RZRXP4
1903 Mark Schelbert, Los Angeles, Arctic Cat
1905 Marc Burnett, Chula Vista, Calif., Can-Am
CLASS 2 (unlimited open-wheel car/truck, 3.6 Liter Turbo or supercharged)--
228 Pedro De Uriate/Elias Minutti, Montgomery, Texas, Predator-Chevy
CLASS 4400 (Rock Crawler)--
4438 Joaquin De Uriate/Elias Minutti, Montgomery, Texas, GMC Jimmy
PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (450cc or more)--
4x Robby Bell, Menifee, Calif./David Pearson, Panaca, Nev./Steve Hengeveld, Flagstaff, Ariz./ Kawasaki KX450F
2x Kurt Caselli, Palmdale, Calif./Ivan Ramirez, Ensenada, Mexico, KTM 450SX-F
46x Kendall Norman, Gaviota, Calif., Honda CRF450X
3x Mike Brown, Bluff City, Tenn./Toby Price, Australia, KTM 450SX-F
1x Timmy Weigand, Valencia, Calif./Colton Udall, San Clemente, Calif., Honda CRF450X
9x A.J. Stewart, Jamul, Calif./Justin Morgan, Campo, Calif., Honda CRF450X
8x Mark Samuels, Yucca Valley, Calif./David Kamo, Coldwell, Idaho/Ryan Dudek, Honda CRF450X
7x Norman Rainey, Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif./Jayson Slayden, Yucca Valley, Calif./Ronnie Smith, Joshua Tree, Calif., Kawasaki KX500
CLASS 20 (450cc or less)--
150x Chad Broughton, Scotts Valley, Calif./Cuyler Ruskin, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Honda CRF250X
169x Mark Bradford/Stephen Bradford, Los Angeles/Manny Ornellas, Redding, Calif., Honda CRF250X
CLASS 21 (450cc or less)--
102x Adam Neuwirth, Los Angeles/Brody Kunz, Durango, Colo./Carlos Miranda, Ensenada, Mexico, Honda CRF450X
127x Jim O’Neal, Simi Valley, Calif./Roberto Villalobos, Dulzura, Calif./Max Eddy Jr, Barstow, Calif./Ricky Brabec, Oak Hills, Calif., Honda CRF450X
101x Ulises Fierro, Tijuana, Mexico/Marco Higuera/Luis Huerta/Juan Sanchotena Jr, Ensenada, Mexico, KTM 450XCW
149x Juan Gutierrez, Tecate, Mexico/Raul Hernandez, Tijuana, Mexico/Larry Serna, Chula Vista, Calif., KTM 450SXC-F
CLASS 30 (Riders over 30 years old)--
301x Cliff Cook, Cameron Park, Calif./Justin Miller, Placerville, Calif., Honda CRF450X
329x Brad Baker, Arlington, Va., Honda CRF450X
305x Octavio Valle, Zapopan, Mexico/Gerardo Rojas, Vicente Guerrero, Mexico, KTM 450SCW
302x Javier Hernandez, Obregon, Mexico, Honda CRF450X
303x Ryan Gutile, Madera, Calif., Yamaha WR450F
308x Xavier Ortega, Phoenix, Kawasaki KX450F
307x Shane Bell/Stephen Garnett/Justin Tiearney, Carson City, Nev., Honda CRF450X
311x Greg Bardonnex/Christopher Parr/Jeff Merrill, Visalia, Calif., Yamaha WR450
CLASS 40 (Riders over 40 years old)--
402x Mike Prunty/Sterlyn Rigsby, Temecula, Calif./Lester Lehigh, Bishop, Calif., Honda CRF450X
404x Craig Williams, Riverside, Calif.
401x Rob Huggins, Breckenridge, Colo., Honda CRF450X
403x Oscar Fazz, Yuma, Ariz./Randy Harman, Peoria, Ariz./Lonnie Pearce, San Antonio, Texas, Kawasaki KX450F
444x Mike Johnson, El Paso, Texas
CLASS 50 (Riders over 50 years old)
555x Robert Smith/Tony Allen, Canada, KTM EXC500
500x Marc Prince, Malibu, Calif., Honda CRF450X
CLASS 60 (Riders over 60 years old)--
601x Robert Oborne, Bend, Ore., KTM 450XCW
609x Donald Lewis, Marlborough, Conn., Honda CRF450X
PRO ATVs
CLASS 25 (450cc or more)--
2a Felipe Velez, San Felipe, Mexico/Stefano Caputo, San Felipe (Italy), Manlio Diaz/Mario Diaz, La Paz, Mexico, Honda TRX450R
11a Ryan Lea, Tempe, Ariz./Justin Ryan/Ryan Talmadge, Honda TRX450R
13a Merlin Puettman, Phoenix/Wade Handley, Litchfield Park, Ariz./Matt Hicks, Sun City, Calif., Honda CRF250X
17a Adolfo Arellano/Edgar Moreno, Tijuana, Mexico/Nick DeStout, Oceanside, Calif., Honda TRX450R
10a Javier Robles Jr, Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico/Mike Cafro, Fallbrook, Calif.Cyle Chislock, Murrieta, Calif. Robbie Mitchell, Price, Utah, Honda TRX450R
21a Juan Sanchez, Chula Vista, Calif./Brandon Brown, Umatilla, Ore./Angel Sanchez Chula Vista, Calif., Honda TRX450R
7a James Wooford, San Diego, Honda TRX450R
4a Nick Nelson, Tehachapi, Calif./Jorie Williams, Longview, Wash./Jamie Kirkpatrick, Olympia, Wash., Honda TRX450R
5a Craig Christy, Burbank, Calif./David Scott, Belen, N.M./Robin Fawcett, Alpine, Calif., Honda TRX450R
49a Gustavo Ameca, Chula Vista, Calif./Luis Esquivel, Tijuana, Mexico/Oliver Ramirez, San Diego, Honda TRX450R
CLASS 24 (450cc or less)--
102a Shawn Robins/Landis Albrecht/Rocky Glasgo, Canada/Stephen Davis, Los Barriles, Mexico, Honda TRX450R
101a Thomas Wright, Tabernacle, N.J./Pierre-Yves Denault, Canada (France), Francisco Vera Jr, Ensenada, Mexico, Honda TRX450R
106a Max Hernandez, Queen Creek, Ariz./Greg Kirk/Matthew Long, Gallup, N.M., Honda TRX450R
109a Juan Dominguez/Alonzo Dominguez/Jaquin Maduena, Yuma, Ariz., Honda TRX450R
104a Juan Gonzalez/Ramon Torres, Ensenada, Mexico/Dorian Mendez, San Felipe, Mexico, Honda TRX450R
100a Rafael Torres, San Felipe, Mexico, Honda TRX450R
103a Mike Zelenka, Clifton, N.J./Joe Ramos, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Yamaha Raptor
110a Alexandro Diaz, Chula Vista, Calif., Suzuki 400R
117a Jose Torres/Jeremy Gray, Yucca Valley, Gilberto Cossio, San Felipe, Mexico, Honda TRX450R
105a Edgar Barraza, Chula Vista, Calif., Honda TRX450R
149a Gabriel Valencia/Miguel Arellano, Tijuana, Mexico, Honda TRX450R
CLASS 26 (Limited, Utility)--
201a Rob Ransford, Chicago, Can-Am 4X4
SPORTSMAN
SPT BUGGY--
1501 Brian Siler/Tom Bell, Lewiston, Idaho, Jimco-Toyota
1502 Budy Crisp, Running Springs, Calif., RallyFighter-Chevy
1503 Jorge Valdes/Carlos Flores, Ensenada, Mexico, VW Baja Bug
1580 Erik Shallbetter, Golden Valley, Minn./Steven Hajas, Delane, Minn., Kreger-Chevy
1504 Tom Flattery, Fremont, Calif., Valkurie-Chevy
1555 Hamid Hajarian, Fountain Valley, Calif., VW Baja Bug
1599 John Pfeifer, Boulder City, Nev./Brenda Pfeifer, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Curry-Chevy
SPT UNLIMITED TRUCK--
1494 Vincent Munoz, Yucaipa, Calif., Ford Ranger
1444 Jim Bunn/Charles Holbrook, Bristol, Va., Mason-Chevy
1499 Jason Papa, Boulder City, Nev./Dave Heffel, Henderson, Nev, Chevy C1500
SPT UTV UNLIMITED (4-wheel utility vehicle)--
1963 David Neuber, Canada, Polaris RZR
1951 Alonzo Lopez/Hector Jimenez, Murrieta, Calif., Polaris RZR
1450 Thomas Graves/Richard Morel, El Cajon, Calif., Yamaha Rhino
1993 Chad Casey, Canada, Kawasaki Teryx
SPT M/C< (450CC or less)--
215x Kurt Vanderpool, Bend, Ore./Shawn Hohman/Chris Sanden, Honda CRF450X
202x Aki Polvikoski, Green Cove Springs, Fla., Yamaha WR250F
222x Chris Scranton, Alamo, Calif., KTM 450XCW
201x Daniel O’Leary, Oceanside, Calif/Brian Carpenter/Austin Carpente, Goodyear, Ariz.
205x Darin Bullivant/Isaac Sayles, Canada, Honda CRF450X
207x Oscar Esparaza, Tecate, Mexico, Yamaha YZ450F
212x Carlos Silva/Adrian Rosas/Fernando Cardenaz, \Calexico, Calif., Honda CRF450X
211x Christian Espinoza/Miguel Rodriguez/Edgar Esparanza, Mexicali, Mexico, Honda CRF450X
249x Mark Winkelman, Cedar Hill, Texas/Ricky De La Reina, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Jon Winkelman/Paul Lopez, El Centro, Calif., Honda CRF450X
SPT M/C> (450cc or more)--
294x Todd Powell, Spokane, Wash., Honda CRF450X
253x Roger Judd, Jackson, Wyo., Yamaha 450YZF
254x Daryl Judd, San Diego, Honda XR650R
255x John Nolting, Poway, Calif., Honda CRF45OX
251x Eric Anderson, Running Springs, Calif./B Scott Wilcox/Brian Echegaray, KTM 530EXC
263x Mike Short, Redding, Calif., Honda CRF450X
261x Brent Downing, Castro Valley, Calif., KTM 530EXC
252x Adrian Ruiz/Armando Cornejo/Hugo Becerra II, Vincente Guerrero, Mexico, Honda CRF450X
269x Bryce Semonian, Poway, Calif., Honda CRF450X
264x Geoffrey Gerbrandt, Canada, Yamaha WR450
270x Manuel Gomez, Tecate, Mexico, Yamaha WR450F
288x Aaron Magagna, San Diego, Yamaha YZ426
277x Raul Revilla, Puebla, Mexico, KTM 525EXC
265x Luis Moctezuma, Puebla, Mexico, KTM 525EXC
262x Mike Maggrah, Canada, Yamaha WR250
287x Wesley Glogner/Johnny Wilson/Shawn Storc, Rohernt Park, Calif., KTM 525XCW
SPT ATV--
77a Fidel Gonzalez, Mexicali, Mexico, Yamaha Raptor
51a Richard Epperson/Taylor Beckman/John Walker, Tucson, Ariz., Honda TRX450R
99a Rodrigo Rubio/Alberto Hurtado, Sun City, Calif./Francisco Ruano, San Diego, Honda TRX450R
56a Marcos Zepeda, Tijuana, Mexico, Suzuki LTZ400
52a Martin Munoz, San Luis Rio Colorado, Honda TRX450R
99a Greg Wick, Temecula, Calif./Larry Wick, Oceanside, Calif./Jason Baugh, Winchester, Calif., Bombardier DS650X
 

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Four-time winner MacCachren leading 36 SCORE Trophy Trucks
entered in 27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250

Over 225 cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs from 25 U.S. States, 10 countries expected for March 9
desert race in Mexico opens 40th anniversary season of world’s foremost desert racing organization

SAN DIEGO—For Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren, winning a desert race in San Felipe, Mexico comes down to one thing-homework. Ever the student of his craft, MacCachren, a four-time winner in this race, leads a race-record 36 SCORE Trophy Trucks into next week’s 27th annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250.
While the Roger Norman era of SCORE International officially began last Friday with pre-running over the challenging 254.0-mile course, MacCachren will begin his ‘homework’ in his No. 11 Rockstar Energy MacCachren Motorsports Ford F-150 hoping to win his fourth consecutive race in San Felipe racing in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division for high-tech, 850-horsepower unlimited production trucks introduced in 1994 by SCORE.
As new owner of the world’s foremost desert racing organization, Norman, who himself is a SCORE Baja 1000 overall champion, will start his legacy in 2013 as SCORE International celebrates its 40th anniversary season. SCORE was founded in 1973 by the late motorsports innovator Mickey Thompson.
The season opener of the 2013 SCORE Desert Series will be held next Thursday to Sunday (March 7-10) in Mexico’s picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located 120 miles south of the U.S. border on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez. The race will herald the new chapter in SCORE history, starting the tenure of Roger Norman as the owner of the world’s foremost desert racing organization.
With entries accepted up to race morning, over 225 entries are expected to enter the 254.0-mile race. To date, entries have come from 21 US States and 10 countries as competition will be held in 40 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs in the popular race.
MAC ATTACK…
“The key for me in San Felipe has been doing my homework with repeated pre-running as well as developing a great suspension package,” said MacCachren, whose 11 career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins ties him with fellow Las Vegan Tim Herbst for the most race SCORE Trophy Truck race wins in the SCORE history. “For the first time in over a decade we are running our own team entirely, but we have great people in place starting with our crew chief Jim Blackmore. We also have a brand new Geiser Bros Ford F-150 to get us around the course but in racing anything can happen just like here in Las Vegas there are no sure bets.”
MacCachren won in SCORE Trophy Truck in San Felipe in 2003 driving for Mexico’s Gus Vildosola and then again in 2007 driving with Mark Post’s Riviera Racing before winning the last two years as part of Robbie Pierce’s MasterCraft Racing team. MacCachren also won the September San Felipe race SCORE had in 2011 to give him three straight SCORE race wins in San Felipe.
NOT ALONE…
With a field of 36 SCORE Trophy Trucks as well as the rugged terrain of the course and the durability of his own race truck all factors that will help determine the outcome, MacCachren will be a serious favorite, but the leader board will be filled with top racers from both sides of the border.
As success breeds success, other former winners in the SCORE Trophy Truck field this year who will challenge MacCachren’s reign are Las Vegas’ three-time winner Tim Herbst racing with Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif. (No. 19 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150), Mexico’s 2003 winner Gus Vildosola racing with his son Gus Vildosola Jr (No. 21 Red Bull Vildosola Racing Ford Raptor), 2007 winner Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif. (No. 3 Riviera Racing Ford F-150) and 2010 winner Jesse Jones, Phoenix (No. 76 Jones Motorsports Ford F-150).
With a stellar all-star lineup of the premier desert racers in the world, leading the group of challengers against the former San Felipe race winners are two more Las Vegas racers, B. J. Baldwin (No. 1 Monster Energy Baldwin Motorsports Ford F-150) and Bryce Menzies (No. 70 Red Bull Menzies Motorsports Ford F-150). While neither has won a San Felipe race, Baldwin is a three-time SCORE Trophy Truck season point champion (2006, 2008 and 2012) and Menzies won the season title in 2011.
With several entries who have moved up from other classes, among the SCORE Trophy Truck regulars also expected in the hunt for the victory include Mexico’s Juan C. Lopez (No. 18 RPM Racing Chevy Silverado), who finished third in season points last year behind Baldwin and MacCachren, Mark Weyhrich, Troutdale, Ore. (No. 9 TSCO Racing Ford F-150) who finished second in last year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 and drew the first start for this year’s San Felipe race, Troy Herbst, Las Vegas/Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif. (No. 49 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150) who finished third in last year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 and Dan McMillin, La Mesa, Calif. (No. 23 McMillin Homes Ford F-150) who was fourth in last year’s season-finale.
Among the other entries in SCORE Trophy Truck is reality TV star Jesse James, Austin, Texas (No. 54 Chevy Silverado) and Robbie Pierce, Santee, Calif. (No. 30, MasterCraft Racing Chevy Silverado).
GENTLEMEN, MOVE OVER…
Both SCORE class champions, moving up to the marquee racing division to make their first start in SCORE Trophy Truck will be the female-driver team of Heidi Steele, San Clemente, Calif./Jessica McMillin, National City, Calif. (No. 14 Monster Energy Desert Assassins Chevy Silverado).
Steele’s husband Cameron Steele drives the No. 16 Monster Energy Desert Assassins GMC Sierra while McMillin, who won the 2011 Protruck season point title, is a third generation desert racer from the legendary McMillin family of San Diego. Her father Scott and brother Andy race together in SCORE Trophy Truck (but they aren’t racing this year), her uncle Mark is a multi-time SCORE race winner and point champion and Mark’s sons Dan (SCORE Trophy Truck) and Luke McMillin (Class 1) are both current SCORE racing stars.
SCORE TROPHY TRUCKS TOUGH…
SCORE Trophy Trucks have won 16 overalls in San Felipe in their 19-year history. Southern California’s Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel in 1997, San Diego’s son/father team of Andy and Scott McMillin (2005) and Armin Schwarz (Germany)/Martin Christensen (Denmark) (2010) have the only three Class 1 wins since SCORE created the featured SCORE Trophy Truck division in 1994.
OVERALL, CLASS CHAMPS RETURN…
Last year’s overall 4-wheel and 2-wheel champions are also part of the field. Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren has been the overall 4-wheel and SCORE Trophy Truck champion the last two straight years while the returning 2-wheel and Class 22 champion is the Bonzana Plumbing/KTM factory team of Kurt Caselli, Murrieta, Calif./Ivan Ramirez, Ensenada, Mexico on a KTM 450SX-F.
Besides MacCachren and Caselli, a total of the 17 defending Pro class winners have entered so far this year: Luke McMillin, El Cajon, Calif. (Class 1), Cody Robinson, El Centro, Calif. (Class 1/2-1600), Donald Moss, Sacremento, Calif. (Class 3), Kevin Carr, San Diego (Class 5), Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico (Class 6), Elias Hanna, Ensenada, Mexico (Class 7SX), Rudolfo Iribe, Tijuana, Mexico (Class 8), Mike Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif. (Class 10), Arnoldo Ramirez, Ensenada, Mexico (SCORE Lites), Reid Rutherford, Montrose, (Class 7-2), Mike Shaffer, Oakland, Calif. (Class 4), Chad Broughton, Scotts Valley, Calif. (Class 20), Mike Johnson, El Paso, Texas (Class 30), Rafael Torres, San Felipe, Mexico (Class 24) and Marc Prince, Malibu, Calif. (Class 50).
Robinson (Class 10), Laguna (Class 1), Rutherford (Class 3000), Shaffer (Class 10) and Johnson (Class 40) are all in new classes this year while Iribe is listed as a co-driver for RPM Racing entries in Class 1 and Trophy Truck Spec.
PRE-RACE SKED…
The pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and tech inspection of the vehicles in the race will be held on Friday (March 8) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the picturesque Malecon, flanked by the Sea of Cortez on
one side and the popular restaurants and night clubs of San Felipe on the other. Racer registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday (March 8) at the Hacienda Don Jesus Hotel. Open to the public for the first time, the pre-race mandatory racer’s meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday (March 8) at the plaza in the heart of the Malecon.
MAIN COURSE…
The spectacular 254.0-mile race course runs in a counter-clockwise direction and starts and finishes at the landmark San Felipe arches. The race course goes north of Highway 3 for one of the first times ever in this race, covering over 100 miles up to the south end of Laguna Salada and back. Another major change in this year’s course is that the Zoo Road crossing has been moved west to a safer area where the terrain is more technical than the traditional high-speed ‘whoops’ which will slow the race vehicles down in an area of high spectator concentration.
The race course also includes three of the infamous Baja washes—Huatamote, Chanate and Amarillas before heading to the finish line. The course includes nearly 50 virtual checkpoints to help insure the safety and the integrity of the challenging race course.
MONSTERmania…
Festivities will start on Thursday night in the start line area at the San Felipe arches with a special SCORE launch party. Open to the public with a $2 donation to Mexico’s Cruz Roja (Red Cross), from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. there will be a racer autograph session followed by the celebratory party at 7 p.m., which will be fueled by Monster Energy Drink and Tecate.
COURSE ’CAP…
Pre-running is allowed on the actual race course from last Friday (Feb. 22) through Friday, March 8.
The green flag will drop at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 9, for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed three and one-half hours later after the last Sportsman ATV by the car and truck classes at approximately 10:30 a.m. The start line and finish line for the race is scheduled to once again be the landmark San Felipe Arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race, with a 12-hour time limit to become an official finisher.
HISTORYonics…
The season-opener of the 2013 SCORE Desert Series, the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the popular six-week-long ‘Spring Break’.
The race began in 1982 and was not held between 1985 and 1989, the first five years of the seven-year combined High Desert Racing Association-HDRA/SCORE Desert Series of US and Baja races. It has been held consecutively each year since 1990.
In its first 26 years, the race has been held in San Felipe all but 2007 when political issues forced a last minute move by SCORE, starting it in Ensenada and finishing it in Santo Tomas. Ironically, 2007 saw a race-record 394 starters and a race-record 288 finishers even though the race was moved and the course changed just 10 days before the event. The records when the race actually started and finished in San Felipe are 341 for starters in 2006 and 220 for finishers, also in 2006.
ON THE BAJAscope
In its 40th year as the world's foremost desert racing organization in 2013, the three-race 2013 SCORE Desert Series, with all three massive special events held in Baja California, Mexico, starts with the 27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Both starting and finishing in Ensenada, the other two events will be the 45th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 (May 31-June 2) and the 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 (Nov. 14-17).
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 in 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 car and truck classes with at least five starters in each qualifying race in 2013, the World Champion titles will be decided on combined points from the three SCORE races and three 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 including the MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Award that also receives a $2,000 cash bonus and custom-made driver’s race suit.
NORMAN NOTES…
Norman, 49, a Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 overall winner himself, acquired ownership of the world-renown SCORE International on Dec. 20, 2012 from Sal Fish, 73, the iconic godfather of desert racing who ran SCORE for 39 years.
As a hotel/casino owner in northern Nevada, business developer and a champion racer, Norman re-started the High Desert Racing Association, (HDRA) in 2011. HDRA was highly regarded when it was active originally in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Norman is a regular with his ‘Pit Stop with Roger’ segment on his new weekly webcast internet show on www.score-international.com-Dirt Live.
SCORE SPONSOR/PARTNERS…
Official Sponsors of the SCORE Desert Series are fueled by Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink: Tecate Beer-Official Beer/Official Race Sponsor, BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Amber Racing Services-Official Race Fuels (F&L, VP), Rigid Industries-Official Lights, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Coca-Cola-Official Soft Drink, Wide Open Excursions-Official Tour Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino, Volaris Airlines-Official Airline, MasterCraft Safety-Official Safety Seats, Fox Car Rental-Official Rent-A-Car, Graham Watchmakers-Official Timekeeper, SatellitePhoneStore.com-Official Satellite Phone Rental Company, Slime-Official Tire Sealant, Symons Ambulance Company-Official Ambulance, Azunia Tequila-Official Tequila, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-Official Mexican Auto Insurance.
Additional SCORE Sponsors are – Visit Baja California Sur, Proturismo Ensenada, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, 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.
27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
207--Official Entries (21 U.S. States, 10 countries)
(By Class Starting Order-as of 2/27/13)
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (Unlimited Production Trucks)--
9 Mark Weyhrich, 43/Gary Weyhrich, 45, Troutdale, Ore., Ford F-150
23 Dan McMillin, 25, La Mesa, Calif., Ford F-150
1 B.J. Baldwin, 33, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
70 Bryce Menzies, 25, Las Vegas/Jesse Jones, 47, Phoenix, Ford F-150
18 Juan C. Lopez, 38, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Silverado
2 Pete Sohren, 46, Glendale, Ariz., Ford F-150
84 Nick Vanderwey, 46, Phoenix/Larry Vanderwey, 43, Litchfield Park, Ariz.
49 Troy Herbst, 46, Las Vegas/Ryan Arciero, 39, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Ford F-150
88 Sergio Salgado, 36, Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor
21 Gus Vildosola, 59/Gus Vildosola Jr, 30, Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor
48 Jimmy Knuckles, 45, Brawley, Calif., Ford F-150
7 Steven Eugenio, 32, Vista, Calif., Chevy Silverado
11 Rob MacCachren, 47, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
57 Mike Palmer, 50, Denver, Chevy Silverado
78 Jesse Ashcraft, 34, San Marcos, Calif./Adam Ashcraft, 30, Vista, Calif.
85 Justin Davis, 19, Chino Hills, Calif., Ford F-150
55 Mark Workentine, 36, Fresno, Calif., Chevy Silverado
35 Jason Voss, 26/Rich Voss, 55, Cupertino, Calif., Ford F-150
19 Tim Herbst, 49, Las Vegas/Larry Roeseler, 55, Boulevard, Calif., Ford F-150
76 Jesse Jones, 47, Phoenix/Bryce Menzies, 25, Las Vegas, Ford F-250
36 Glen Greer, 48, Green Valley, Ariz./Bruce Greer Jr, 49, Tucson, Ariz., Dodge Ram1500
28 Alan Pflueger, 45, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado
50 Zak Langley, 37, Santa Monica, Calif., Ford F-150
98 Gary Weyhrich, 45/Mark Weyhrich, 43, Troutdale, Ore., Ford F-150
15 Armin Schwarz, 49, Germany/Martin Christensen, 44, Escondido, Calif. (Denmark), BMW XJ-6
10 Greg Nunley, 41, Tulare, Calif., Chevy Silverado
59 Craig Potts, 41, Scottsdale, Ariz., Chevy Silverado
16 Cameron Steele, 45, San Clemente, Calif., GMC Sierra
54 Jesse James, 43, Austin, Texas, Chevy Silverado
33 Todd Romano, 42, Park City, Utah
34 Ken Losch, 52, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado
30 Robbie Pierce, 53, Santee, Calif., Chevy Silverado
4 Valerio Gonzalez, 45/Rodimiro Amaya, 22, San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, Ford F-150
3 Mark Post, 55, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150
14 Heidi Steele, 41, San Clemente, Calif./Jessica McMillin, 27, National City, Calif., Chevy Silverado
52 Gonzalo Pirron, 40, Lancaster, Calif., Chevy Silverado
27th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
All-time SCORE Trophy Truck San Felipe race winners
1994—Ivan Stewart
1995—Larry Ragland
1996—Robby Gordon
1997—Curt LeDuc
1998—Juan Carlos Ibarra
1999—Ed/Tim Herbst
2000—Tim/Ed Herbst
2001—Tim/Ed Herbst
2002—Dan Smith/David Ashley
2003—Gus Vildosola/Rob MacCachren
2004—Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel
2005—Jason Baldwin
2006—Garron Cadiente
2007—Mark Post/Rob MacCachren
2008—Brian Collins
2009—Brian Collins
2010—Jesse Jones
2011—Rob MacCachren
2012—Rob MacCachren
SCORE Trophy Truck®
(debuted in 1994, for 850 horsepower unlimited production trucks-101 total Desert races, 3 Stadium-short course)
All-Time SCORE Trophy Truck Race Winners
(1994 through 2012 Tecate SCORE Baja 500)
Wins, Driver(s), Years
11
Ed/Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1997, 1998, 1999(3), 2000(2), 2001, 2002, 2003(2)
Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1994, 1996(2), 2003 (w/ G. Vildosola), 2007(3) (w/M. Post), 2011 (2), 2012 (2)
10
Larry Ragland, Phoenix, Chevy, 1995(2), 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 (w/ Mark Miller), 2005-2006-2007 (w/B.Collins)
9
Robby Gordon, Mooresville, N.C., Ford F-150, 1996(4), Chevy CK1500, 2005, 2006* (2) (one
w/A. McMillin), 2009 (2)
Dan Smith/David Ashley, Riverside, Calif., Ford F-150, 1998(2), 2000, 2001(3), 2002(3)
Ivan Stewart, Alpine, Calif., Toyota SR5, 1994(3), 1995(2), 1997, 1998(2), 1999
7
Mark Post, Laguna Beach,CA, Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/J. Whelchel), 2007(3) (w/R. MacCachren)
6
Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 2001, 2005-2006-2007 (w/L. Ragland), 2008, 2009
5
B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012(2)
Andy McMillin, San Diego, Chevy Silverado, 2006 (w/R. Gordon), 2009 (w/S. McMillin), 2010 (2) (one w/S. McMillin), 2011 (w/S. McMillin)
4
Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Jeep Grand Cherokee, 1995, 1997(3)
Mark Miller, Cave Creek, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 2002 (w/ Larry Ragland), 2003(2), 2004 (w/ R. Arciero)
Paul/Dave Simon, Fallbrook, Calif., Ford F-150, 1994(2), 1995(2)
Jerry Whelchel, Portola Hills, Calif., Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/M. Post)
3
Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 2003(2), 2004 (w/ M. Miller)
Scott McMillin, San Diego, Chevy Silverado, 2009 (w/A. McMillin), 2010 (w/A. McMillin), 2011 (w/A. McMillin)
Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 2011 (2), 2012
Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif., Chevy K1500, 1999, 2008 (2) (w/R. Norman)
2
Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2006, 2007
Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2010 (2)
Roger Norman, Reno, Nev., Ford F-150, 2008 (2) (W/L. Roeseler)
Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado, 2004(2)
Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy CK1500, 2005, 2006
Gus Vildosola Sr., Mexicali, Mexico, 2003 (w/ Rob MacCachren), 2010 (w/ Gus Vildosola Jr.)
1
Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150, 2005
Brian Coats, Huntington Beach, Calif., Chevy C1500, 1997
Marty Coyne, El Centro, Calif., Ford F-150, 2005*
Gary Dircks, Anthem, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2004
Dale Dondel, Hemet, Calif, Chevy Silverado, 2005
Juan C. Ibarra, Ensenada, Mexico, Chevy C1500, 1998
Rick D. Johnson, Barstow, Calif., Ford F-150, 2009
Rich Ronco, Peoria, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 2008
Jim Smith, Orange, Calif., Ford F-150, 1994
Gus Vildosola Jr., Mexicali, Mexico, 2010 (w/ Gus Vildosola Sr.)
*non-points stadium-short course race
19 Years of SCORE Trophy Truck Season Champions
1994--Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
1995--Ivan Stewart, Alpine, Calif., Toyota SR5
1996--Robby Gordon, Orange, Calif., Ford F-150
1997--Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Jeep Grand Cherokee
1998--David Ashley/Dan Smith, Riverside, Calif., Ford F-150
1999--Ed & Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2000--Ed & Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2001--David Ashley/Dan Smith, Riverside, Calif., Ford F-150
2002--Ed & Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2003--Tim & Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2004--Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150
2005--Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy CK1500
2006--B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
2007--Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2008--B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
2009--Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C., Chevy CK1500
2010--Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Chevy Silverado
2011--Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2012--B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
 

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