40th Tecate Score Baja 1000

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Its time again for the 40th annual TECATE SCORE BAJA 1000. Nobember 10-16, 2007. Distance 1296.39 miles and time limit of 53 hours. To bad I cant go see it to damn far and I have to work:banghead:

 

Over 400 entries expected

Cadiente in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Lancaster in M/C draw

Pole positions for 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race

 

Racers from 37 States, 11 countries entered in internationally-televised 40th anniversary

Of Granddaddy of all desert races; Peninsula run Nov. 10-16 in Mexico

 

From Ensenada, Baja California to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

 

LOS ANGELES—If Saturday's ‘live’ drawing for starting positions is any indication, November's 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race should be one for the ages. Garron Cadiente in SCORE Trophy-Truck and Richard Lancaster in Class 22 for open motorcycles drew the pole positions for the legendary granddaddy of all desert races. This year’s odyssey of nearly 1,300 miles will be a grueling and memorable adventure down Mexico’s mysterious Baja California peninsula starting in Ensenada, Baja California and finishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Sur. It will be held Nov. 10-16.

 

An amazing total of 326 vehicles officially entered in time for Saturday’s live drawing for starting positions, by class, held during the RACEfest at the Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Hotel/Casino and presented by the Cameron Steele’s Desert Assassins race team.

 

This year’s memorable adventure will cover nearly 1,300 miles of the rugged and tortuous Baja California peninsula, starting on the Pacific Ocean side and stretching across and down the majestic peninsula to the Sea of Cortez side, back to the Pacific before winding down to the finish line on the southernmost tip of Baja.

 

Over 400 entries from 40 U.S. States and 15 countries, competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs will be part of this year’s 40th anniversary tribute to the world’s richest and most famous desert race. The granddaddy of all desert races is the season-finale of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, the world’s foremost desert racing series.

 

“The Lake Elsinore Hotel/Casino and the Desert Assassins race team hosted a great event to honor our drawing for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000,†said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO and President. “The place was packed and there was still plenty of food and refreshments to go around. It was a tremendous start for what promises to be another memorable chapter in the history of the world’s greatest desert race.â€

 

With massive crowds reaching over 300,000 anticipated to again be spread out along the point-to-point race course, the race will start for the 33rd time in Ensenada and will finish for only the second time in Cabo San Lucas.

 

The motorcycle and ATV classes will start their journey at 6:30 a.m. (Tuesday, Nov. 13) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 10:30 a.m., or three hours after the last ATV leaves the line. The starting line will be on Blvd. Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in Ensenada. Vehicles will leave in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race and while the fastest finishers are expected to complete the course in approximately 22 hours.

 

The finish line area in Cabo San Lucas will be inside the Campos de Futbol “Yenecamu†soccer fields next to the Villa del Palmar Resort, the official SCORE race headquarters. The SCORE Media Center and SCORE Race Operations will both be located at the Villa del Palmar. Passing times from all BFG Tires pit locations, of all vehicles, will be posted there as well to assist in monitoring the race progress.

 

Cadiente, 31, of Mesa, Ariz., was the 2006 SCORE Rookie of the year and is third in this year’s SCORE Trophy-Truck season point standings after winning the recent SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 in the No. 38 G&R Racing Ford F-150. The drawing featured 32 entries in the SCORE Trophy-Truck, the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 800-horsepower, unlimited production trucks.

 

Lancaster, 29, Santa Margarita, Calif., will lead 22 entries (to date) in Class 22 for open motorcycles on the No. 2x Honda XR650R. His additional riders are Peter Hardy, Pozo, Calif., John Kaisersatt, Los Osos, Calif., Fred Jowett, Atascadero, Calif., and Chris Whalley, Topanga, Calif.

 

Drawing the first start in the ATV classes was the championship team led by Danny Prather, 27, Ramona, Calif., who will ride the No. 1a American Honda factory Honda TRX450R in Class 25. His teammates are Mike Cafro, Bonsall, Calif., Levi Marana, Ramona, Calif., and Marc Speath, Warner Springs, Calif.

 

NASCAR Nextel Cup team owner/driver Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C., whose roots are in SCORE desert racing, drew the fourth starting position in SCORE Trophy-Truck in the Team Gordon No. 71 Chevy CK1500. Gordon, , will again pull double-duty, driving the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 before flying to Homestead, Fla., to race in the NASCAR Nextel Cup season finale.

 

Among the other cross-over racers who are entered so far include World Rally champion Armin Schwarz, former IndyCar star Danny Sullivan and actor/racer Patrick Dempsey, star of the ABC TV hit show ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’

 

Pre-race festivities on Monday, Nov. 12, for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including tech and contingency and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. adjacent the San Nicolas Hotel, the official SCORE race headquarters in Ensenada. The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer registration will be held at the San Nicolas from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12.

 

While entries will be accepted up to race morning (Nov. 13), late entries will be assigned the next available number and starting position within each class.

 

The post-race Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Survivor’s Celebration will be held during the SCORE Fiesta in at the Playa Cascadas (adjacent to the Villa del Palmar) at noon on Friday, Nov. 16.

 

Besides the Cadiente and Gordon, other entries in the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck division include Las Vegas brothers Tim and Ed Herbst (No. 19-Ford F-150), B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas (1-Chevy Silverado), Mexico's Gus Vildosola/Gus Vildosola Jr. (4-Ford F-150), Honolulu’s Alan Pflueger/Rick Johnson, Encinitas, Calif. (28-Chevy Silverado), Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz./Brian Collins, Las Vegas (12-Chevy Silverado), Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif. (86-Ford F-150), Mark Post, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas (3-Ford F-150), Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif./Bob Shepard, Phoenix (82-Chevy Silverado), Pete Sohren, Glendale, Ariz. (2-Ford F-150), Chad Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz./Danny Sullivan, Aspen, Colo. (33-Toyota Tundra), Garron Cadiente, Phoenix (38-Ford F-150), Damen Jefferies, Oak Hills, Calif./Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (22-Chevy Silverado), Dave Sykes, Del Mar, Calif./Scott Steinberger, Cypress, Calif. (7-Ford F-150), Jesse Jones, Phoenix (76-Ford F-150), Japan's Ikuo Hanawa (14-Toyota Tundra), Todd Wyllie, New River, Ariz. (85-Chevy Silverado), Travis Coyne, El Centro, Calif. (77-Ford F-150), Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif. (16-Ford F-150), Bobby Baldwin, Las Vegas (96-Chevy Silverado), and brothers David and Matt Scaroni, Heber, Calif. (27-Ford F-150).

 

In his first full season in the SCORE Desert Series, TV personality Jesse James, of Monster Garage fame, will drive his new No. 54 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy-Truck.