Competing in 17 Pro and 2 Sportsman classes for cars and trucks, entries have come from 13 U.S. States, Mexico, Canada, Australia and Japan.

The unique two-day event will feature the racing classes split into seven different groups racing from two to five laps on an 11.8-mile course each day with the total elapsed time determining the overall finishing positions.

Racing will start at 7 a.m. and finish at approximately 5 p.m. each day. The featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division will start at 3:35 p.m. each day, preceeded by the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars at 2:20 p.m. The primary spectator area is the Laughlin Events Park in the shadow of the Laughlin resort area where the start/finish line is located as part of the stadium-style infieldportion of the race course along with the pits for each race team.

Pre-race festivities concluded Friday afternoon with Martin Christensen's Class 10 team winning the SCORE Pit Crew Showdown in a time of 52.51 seconds in his Jimco-BMW. On Thursday evening Marty Coyne got things started by winning the SCORE Laughlin Leap Contest with a long jump of 157 feet in his Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck.

Here are the results of the $26,000 SCORE Laughlin Leap and Pit Crew Showdown:

$26,000 SCORE Laughlin Leap and SCORE Pit Crew Showdown RESULTS

$16,000 Laughlin Leap
Big Trucks
Pos. Vehicle No.-Driver, Hometown, Vehicle, Distance, Purse
1. 5-Marty Coyne/Travis Coyne, El Centro, Calif., Ford F-150, 157 feet ($3,000)*
2. 28-Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado, 156' 6" ($1,000)

Small Trucks
Pos. Vehicle No.-Driver, Hometown, Vehicle, Distance, Purse
1. 709-Shawn Wanzek, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Ford Ranger, 135' ($3,000)
2. 712-Perry McNeil, Lemon Grove, Calif., Ford Ranger, 112' ($1,000)

Large c.c. Open Wheel
Pos. Vehicle No.-Driver, Hometown, Vehicle, Distance, Purse
1. B.J. Richardson/John Gaughan, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Chevy, 155' ($3,000)
2. Pat Dean, Las Vegas, Chenowth-Chevy, 152' ($1,000)

Small c.c. Open Wheel
Pos. Vehicle No.-Driver, Hometown, Vehicle, Distance, Purse
TIE 1. 1612-Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Fraley-VW, 96' 6" ($1,500)
TIE 1. 1632-Randy Jones, Simi Valley, Calif., Bunderson-VW, 96' 6" ($1,500)
2. 1602-Travis Fletcher, Westminster, Calif., Baja Shop-VW, 95' 3" ($1,000)

$10,000 SCORE Pit Crew Showdown

Open Wheel Division
Pos. Vehicle No.-Driver, Hometown, Vehicle, Time, Purse
1. 1001-Martin Christensen, Escondido, Calif., Jimco-BMW, :52.51 seconds ($3,000)
2. 1612-Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Fraley-VW, :56.12 ($1,500)
3. Phillip Finch, Alpine, Calif., Chenowth-Honda, 1:04.90 ($500)

Truck Division
Pos. Vehicle No.-Driver, Hometown, Vehicle, Time, Purse
1. 800-Todd Wylie, New River, Ariz, Chevy C1500, 1:05.21 ($3,000)
2. 226-Al Hogan, Columbus, Mont., Ford F-150, 1:14.34 ($1,500)
3. 255-Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado, 1:18.00 ($500)