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Ed & Tim Herbst duo win SCORE Trophy-Truck
Julson snags overall win by one-second over Herbsts
At Saturday's 7th SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300

Four Las Vegas racers finish in top 5 of Round 5
of 2002 Optima SCORE Desert Series

(September 15, 2002) PRIMM, NV- In what may have been the closest finish ever in a desert race, Southern California's Mike Julson and Bob Lofton edged Las Vegas' Ed and Tim Herbst by just one second for the overall victory Saturday in the 7th Annual SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300.

Driving a Chevy V6-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car, Julson, of Santee, and Lofton, of Westmorland, covered the 284-mile race in four hours and 44 minutes for an average speed of 60 miles per hour to beat a field of 114 starters for their overall victory. Racing four laps over a rugged 71-mile course, the pair won the unlimited Class 1 for the second time in this' year's Optima SCORE Desert Series and the first time in this race. The race had 76 official finishers.

In finishing second overall, the Herbst brothers won for the first time this season in the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division and third time in this race in their Terrible Herbst Motorsports' Ford F-150.

Round 5 of the six-race 2002 Optima SCORE Desert Series, America's Foremost Desert Racing Series, was held in the desert north of Primm, Nev., 35 miles south of Las Vegas. Competing in 16 Pro and 2 Sportsman classes, the race was the final segment of the inaugural SCORE Triple Crown of Southern Nevada bonus program. Entries came from 12 U.S. states, Israel and Mexico.

"We had no flats, no problems, Mike Julson builds the best race cars in the world," said Lofton, who drove the final two laps after Julson, the noted chassis-builder of Jimco race cars, who drove the first two laps. "If you want to win, go see Mike. We came here to chase down the SCORE Trophy-Trucks and we did it."

"Dust was an issue at times and the setting sun was later, but overall it was just an awesome day in the desert."

Primarily because of safety concerns, SCORE split the race into two groups. Based on the type of vehicle, SCORE ran 10 classes starting Saturday morning and the truck classes and the unlimited Class 1 got the green flag late Saturday afternoon and ran until late Saturday night.

Finishing third overall and second in Class 1 was Las Vegas' Danny Anderson, a two-time SCORE Class 10 point champion, who made his debut in the unlimited class, finishing in 4:49:15 in his Jimco-Toyota.

Las Vegas' Rob MacCachren, last year's SCORE Overall point champion, drove the second half of the race for John Marking, El Cajon, Calif., to finish four overall and third in Class 1 in 5:04:32.

Las Vegas' Brian Collins and Brian Stewart, Long Beach, Calif., teamed up to drive the Collins Motorsports Chevy Silverado to second in SCORE Trophy-Truck and fifth overall with a time of 5:04:47.

In the Class 1 race, Julson and Lofton led every lap, running times of 1:12:09, 1:08:42, 1:11:43 and 1:11:26 for their four laps.

In the SCORE Trophy-Truck race, the Herbst brothers overcame some early troubles to earn their hard-fought victory. With Tim Herbst driving, they were third after Lap 1, second after Laps 2 and 3, before pulling away for the win.

Mark Post and Jerry Whelchel led Lap 1 in their Ford F-150, and fell back in Lap 2 as defending SCORE Trophy-Truck season point champions Dan Smith and David Ashley led after the second and third laps in their Enduro Racing Ford F-150.

Behind by 4 minutes and one second after the first two laps, Ed Herbst closed the game to one minute behind Smith and Ashley after three laps. Ed Herbst took the lead for good in the infield section of the start/finish spectator area behind Buffalo Bill's Resort when Ashley missed a turn and put his Ford F-150 on its side. Ashley was down for over four minutes and eventually finished fourth in SCORE Trophy-Truck and 18th overall.

Justin LaCore, San Clemente, Calif., came from behind to win Class 10 in his Honda-powered Jimco. In winning his first SCORE race, LaCore beat a race-high field of 26 starters and finished ninth overall.

Rookie Alan Pflueger of Honolulu won his first SCORE racing, driving his Pflueger Racing Chevy Silverado to the win in the Protruck class.

In the closest winning margin of any class, second-generation desert racer Kash Vessels, 22 of Tucson, Ariz., won his third straight race of the season in Class 1-2/1600 in his VW-powered Chenowth. Vessels covered three laps (213 miles) in 4:39:25, just 10 seconds faster than the Jimco of Brian Ickler, Poway, Calif.

Arizona brothers Nick (Buckeye) and Larry Vanderwey (Litchfield Park) drove a GMC Sierra to victory in Class 8, picking up their second win of the SCORE season and first in this race.

Larry McCallum, Imperial, Calif., won Class 5 in his VW Baja Bug for the second straight SCORE race.

In Class 3, Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., won for the third time in a Ford Bronco in this year's Optima SCORE Desert Series.

Other class winners included: Jason Jernigan, Imperial, Calif. (Class 7-Ford Ranger); Eric Hardin/Jared Hardin, Anaheim, Calif. (Class 7S-GMC Sonoma); Kory Halopoff, Orange, Calif (SCORE Lite-VW-powered Chenowth); Jason Lakin, El Cajon, Calif. (Class 5/1600-VW Baja Bug); Eric Fisher, Ensenada, Mexico, (Class 9-VW-powered Garibay Challenger) and John Griffin, Mission Viejo, Calif. (Stock Full-AM General Hummer).

The final race on this year's six-race Optima SCORE Desert Series schedule is the 35th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, Nov. 20-23. The grandaddy of all desert racing will start in Ensenada, on the Pacific Ocean side of the Baja California in Mexico and finish in La Paz, on the Sea of Cortez side of the peninsula.

Title sponsors of the 7th Annual SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 were the Las Vegas Events/Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Primm Valley Resorts.

SCORE sponsors for 2002 are: Optima Batteries-title sponsor of the series and official battery, BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Southern California Ford Dealers-official vehicle, 76 Racing Fuel-official fuel of SCORE and Rental Service Corporation-official equipment supplier of SCORE.

Also part of this year's SCORE family of sponsors are: Bilstein Shocks, Downey Off-Road, Signpros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie's and Advanced Color Graphics.

For information contact:
SCORE International at its Los Angeles headquarters
(818) 225-8402 or visit
the official Optima SCORE Desert Series website at:
www.score-international.com