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Round 2, SCORE Desert Series
Steele in SCORE Trophy-Truck, R. Boyle in Class 1 draw First start slots for 20th Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250

Ortner receives first motorcycle start as nearly 300 entries expected in March 11 desert race in Mexico

LOS ANGELES - Southern Californias Cameron Steele and Richard Boyle received the pole positions in the top two divisions in the computerized drawing for starting positions held Monday for the upcoming 20th Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Steele races in the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division while Boyle drives in the unlimited Class 1

Round 2 of the six-race 2006 SCORE Desert Series will be held March 11 in the tiny fishing village of San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico.

With nearly 300 entries expected to compete in 24 Pro and 5 Sportsman classes, the green flag will drop at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed by the car and truck classes two hours later at approximately 8:30 a.m. The start and finish line area for the 240.34-mile loop course will once again be the landmark San Felipe arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. All vehicles will have a 10-hour time limit in the elapsed time race and vehicles will start in 30-second intervals.

Following January?s season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, Americas Foremost Desert Racing Series will visit Mexico for the first of three times in 2006.

Drawing the first starting slot for the motorcycle classes was Jon Ortner, Santa Barbara, Calif., on a Honda CRF450x. The first ATV off the line will be the Yamaha YFZ450 of Rodrigo Rubio, Menifee, Calif.

Steele, an ESPN action-sports announcer from San Clemente, Calif., has entered in three classes for San Felipe. Steele drives the Desert Assassins No. 16 Ford F-150 in SCORE Trophy-Truck.

With a race-record 29 entries so far in the class for 800 horsepower, unlimited production trucks, Steele and Stout will lead a strong field in SCORE Trophy-Truck that features many of the world?s top desert racers.

Boyle, 41, Ridgecrest, Calif., is a veteran SCORE racer, teams with 1985 SCORE Class 1 season point champ Ron Brant, 57, Oak Hills, Calif., in a Jimco-Chevy. Boyle/Brant also drew the first start last year in this race.

In Mondays computerized drawing, Class 1-2/1600 had the most entries with 34, followed by Class 1 with 32, SCORE Trophy-Truck with 29, SCORE Lite with 20 and Class 10 with 14. With late registration accepted up until race morning, a total of 239 vehicles officially entered in time for the drawing.

Besides Steele, the stellar SCORE Trophy-Truck field includes Las Vegas brothers Tim and Ed Herbst, with eight combined San Felipe class wins, including four overall victories in their No. 19 Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150. Despite an extremely rare did-not-finish in 2004, the Herbst brothers won the SCORE Trophy-Truck division in San Felipe three straight years (1999, 2000, 2001). 2004 SCORE Trophy-Truck race winner Mark Post returns in his No. 3 Riviera Racing Ford F-150.

This is way too cool, to draw the first starting position in SCORE Trophy-Truck for the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, said Steele, who will also be racing in SCORE Lite and in Class 22. We had our game plan in place already before the drawing and this could make it even easier to get it done. It won?t be easy, but nothing worthwhile is ever easy. I am racing in Class 22 with my younger brother Grant and my best friend Trigger Gumm as a way to honor my dad (former SCORE racer Mark Steele), who will be celebrating his 70th birthday in Mexico while overseeing our chase crew. My plan is to start on the motorcycle, ride the first part of the course, then return to the start line to drive solo in SCORE Trophy-Truck. We have options, but the primary plan is to finish in SCORE Trophy-Truck and my crew will take me back to the closest access point and take over the SCORE Lite car from teammate Justin Smith.

Steele, whose wife Heidi Steele will make her debut in Class 7SX by drawing first start in her new Ford Ranger, will ride a Suzuki DRZ450 in Class 22 and a Desert Assassin-VW in SCORE Lite.

After a sixth-place class finish in Laughlin in SCORE Trophy-Truck and a win in SCORE Lite in the season-open, Steele enters San Felipe definitely in the chase for two season class point titles. And, depending on how things go in Class 22, he and his brother and Gumm, a record-setting long-distance motorcycle jumper, may run all three SCORE races in Mexico as well.

Among the other racers to draw first starting position in their respective classes were: Alejandro Navarrete, Mexicali, Mexico (Class 1-2/1600, Seagraves-VW), Craig Brabant, Hesperia, Calif. (SCORE Lite, Dunrite-VW) and Chris Wright, Henderson, Nev. (Class 10, Tatum-VW).

Fresh from season-opening class wins at the 12th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, Rob MacCachren and Gary Weyhrich find themselves tied for the Overall SCORE Desert Series point lead after one of six-races. Las Vegas MacCachren, won Class 1-2/1600 in a 1600cc VW-powered Bunderson while Weyhrich, Troutdale, Ore., captured the unlimited Class 1 in a Jimco-Chevy open-wheel desert race car.

MacCachrens primary racing commitment, however, is in SCORE Trophy-Truck. MacCachren and Gus Vildosola, of Mexicali, Mexico, split the driving time in Laughlin and earned a solid fourth-place finish out of a SCORE record 33 starters in the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division in the Vildosola Racing Ford F-150.

A total of just 16 points separate the top 15 overall point leaders after Januarys season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge.

Third in overall points with 58 after winning the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division for high-tech, 800 horsepower unlimited production trucks is Las Vegas B.J. Baldwin in the Baldwin Motorsports No. 97 Chevy Silverado. For Baldwin, it was his first SCORE class win and it was also the first race for his new SCORE Trophy-Truck, which is prepped and the race crew is provided by Collins Motorsports of Las Vegas.

Tied for fourth in overall points with 54 each are Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif., who is second in Class 1 in another Jimco-Chevy and the team of Arden Dennington, Tracey, Calif./Mike Malloy, Henderson, Nev., who are second in Class 1-2/1600 in a Fraley-VW.

Just four points separate the next five drivers in SCORE Overall points, led by Carl Renezeder, Laguna Beach, Calif., who is sixth overall and second in SCORE Trophy-Truck with 52 points in a Chevy Silverado.

Tied for seventh overall with 50 points are Brian Parkhouse, Bell Gardens, Calif., who is third in Class 1 in a Jimco-Chevy and Aaron Hawley, Las Vegas, who is third in Class 1-2/1600 in a Bunderson-VW.

Leading Class 10 with 49 points in an AlumiCraft-VW is Darren Hardesty, Ramona, Calif., while 10 overall and third in SCORE Trophy-Truck are Las Vegas brothers Ed and Tim Herbst with 48 points in a Ford F-150. SCORE points are determined both on final finishing position and number of vehicles that started the race within the individual class.

Pre-race festivities at the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 will include the colorful SCORE Midway and tech inspection on the Malecon beachfront in downtown alongside the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday (March 10).

At 9 p.m. on Saturday (March 11), the awards celebration will be held in front of The Beachcomber Night Club on the Malecon.

The 2006 SCORE Desert Series also includes chase for the $50,000 Kartek Off-Road contingency bonus to be awarded to several qualified 2006 SCORE Class point leaders.

The 2006 SCORE Desert Series also includes the hunt for the annual Toyota Milestone and $12,000 Toyota True Grit Awards. The prestigious Toyota Milestone Awards are presented to every racer who completes every required mile of every race in the 2006 SCORE Desert Series. The $12,000 Toyota True Grit purse is split among the SCORE season point champions who are also Toyota Milestone award winners in several non-factory-backed classes.

Current SCORE official 2006 sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, C.L. Bryant-Sunoco Race Fuels-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Kartek Off-Road, Centrix Financial, Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Suzuki, SignPros, Cotuco, Fideicomiso Publico para la Promocion Turistica de Ensenada, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzies Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.

Associate sponsors for the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 are the Tourism and Convention Bureau of Mexicali/San Felipe, Cotuco and El Dorado Ranch.

The race annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the entire month-long ?Spring Break?.

For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2006 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.

20th Annual TECATE SCORE SAN FELIPE 250
March 10-12, 2006 San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
Total Entries: 239 (as of 2/7/06)

Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (29)
16 Cameron Steele
4 Gus Vildosola
26 John Marking
51 Kory Scheeler
5 Marty Coyne
99 Nick Baldwin
85 Todd Wyllie
3 Mark Post
83 Andy McMillin
19 Tim Herbst
86 Josh Baldwin
20 Mike Julson
6 Travis Coyne
97 B.J. Baldwin
15 Jim Beaver
2 Pete Sohren
12 Brian Collins
62 Mike Voyles
17 Carl Renezeder
96 Bobby Baldwin
60 Mike Voudouris
39 Ron Whitton
28 Alan Pflueger
76 Jesse Jones
32 Juan C. Ibarra
1 Bob Shepard
55 Luis Wallace
7 Scott Steinberger
38 Garron Cadiente

CLASS 1 (32)
101 Richard Boyle
102 Troy Herbst
103 Dan Myers
104 Mark Peterson
105 Kash Vessels
106 Jeff Quinn
107 Danny Anderson
108 Mark Weyhrich
109 Raymond Potter
110 Ron Brant
111 Michael James
112 Rick Thomas
113 Billy Robertson
114 Damen Jefferies
115 Martin Christensen
116 Brian Parkhouse
117 Randy Wilson
118 Larry Job
119 Joe Myers
120 Dale Ebberts
121 Jim Tucker
122 Ronny Wilson
123 Chuck Hovey
124 John Herder
125 Buddy Feldkamp
126 Gary Weyhrich
127 Cam Thieriot
128 Cesar Fuentes
129 Josh Rigsby
130 Dennis Boyle
131 Luis Ramirez Jr.
100 Mark McMillin

CLASS 1-2/1600 (34)
1601 Alejandro Navarrete
1602 Edgar Alvarez
1603 Brent Parkhouse
1604 Arden Dennington
1605 Eric Duran
1606 Gerardo Iribe
1607 Matt Gumz
1608 Carlos Escobedo
1609 Billy Skinner
1610 Scott Kinman
1611 Brian Jeffrey
1612 Mark Playford
1613 Ray Files
1614 Lorenzo Rodriguez
1615 Ed Bonanni
1616 Art Navarro
1617 Brett Maurer

1618 Kevin Walsh
1619 Luis Martinez
1600 Caleb Gaddis
1621 Trevor Streech
1622 Rick Boyer
1623 Mike Sandoval
1624 Rodrigo Ampudia Jr.
1625 Daniel McMillin
1626 Arturo Valezco
1627 David Caspino
1628 Hector Garcia
1629 Curt Geer
1630 John Manring
1631 Brian Burgess
1632 Sammy Ehrenberg
1648 Rick Battey
1649 Adam Pfankuch

CLASS 3 (2)
301 Ken Leavitt
300 Donald Moss

CLASS 5 (3)
501 Michelle Bruckmann
500 Chris Bowman
519 Kevin Carr

CLASS 5/1600 (9)
551 Brent Shermak
552 Mario Reynoso
553 Danny Ledezma
554 Chad Mayernick
575 Mike Simpson
576 Ernesto Arambula
577 Mark McAnelly
578 James Tedford
550 Marcos Nunez

CLASS 7 (2)
701 David Binns
702 Dan Chamlee

CLASS 7S (1)
739 Ted Moncure

CLASS 7SX (5)
741 Heidi Steele
740 Rich Severson
743 Jeff Lloyd
758 Noe Sierra
759 John Holmes

CLASS 8 (6)
801 Jamie Galles
802 Joe Patelli
803 Nick Vanderwey
800 Todd Wyllie
805 Rodrigo Ampudia
806 Glen Greer

CLASS 9 (4)
901 Sigal Greenberg
947 Joe Castrey
948 Brian Church
949 Ramon Castro

CLASS 10 (14)
1001 Chris Wright
1002 Lobsam Yee
1003 Rick Ellison
1004 Mike Williams
1005 Carlos Cortez
1006 Adam Wik
1007 Will Higman
1008 Eduardo Gonzalez
1009 Mark Hutchins
1010 Trevor Scherrer
1011 Ron Dalke
1000 John Cooley
1013 Brian Freemal
1049 Darren Hardesty

SCORE LITE (20)
1201 Craig Brabant
1202 Chuck Sacks
1203 Troy Dowies
1204 Mike Halliday
1200 Tim Noe
1206 Randy Ross
1207 Vic Bruckmann
1208 Ricardo Malo
1209 Richard Cassey
1210 Dwayne Reinert
1211 Jim Greenway
1212 Michael Deardoff
1213 Gustavo Pinuelas Jr.
1214 Jason Batulis
1215 Cameron Steele
1216 Stan Potter
1217 Ken Stroud
1218 Hector Garcia
1219 Ken Owens
1220 Greg Gustin CLASS 11 (0)

STOCK FULL (3)
861 Greg Foutz
860 John Griffin
863 Terry Henn

STOCK MINI (1)
761 Gavin Skilton

PROTRUCK (1)
204 Gus Vildosola Jr.

CLASS 17 (1)
1701 Bob Land

PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (7)
2x Jon Ortner
3x Alfredo Conterras
4x Cameron Steele
5x Edy Garcia
6x Cory Brewer
7x Robby Bell
1x Steve Hengeveld

CLASS 21 (3)
101x Shaun Hanson
102x Kevin Johnson
103x Chad Black

CLASS 30 (8)
301x Robert Gustine
302x Kevin Smith
303x Robert Laughlin
304x Darin Hecker
305x Chris Parker
306x Rick Curtis
307x Kevin Curtis
308x Brian Pinard

CLASS 40 (3)
401x Darin Hayes
402x Michael Laenger
400x Jim O?Neal

CLASS 50 (3)
501x Doug Smith
502x Jim Townsend
500x Jim O?Neal

PRO ATVs
CLASS 25 (13)
2a Rodrigo Rubio
3a Arnie Pruneda
1a Josh Frederick
5a Wayne Matlock
6a Tony Baker
7a Robert Ulloa
8a Sal Carillo
9a Francisco Ruano
10a James Woodford
11a Jeff Hancock
12a John Padgett
13a Adolfo Arellano
14a Christian Fernandez

CLASS 24 (0)

SPORTSMAN
SPT CAR (1)
1401 Les Martin

SPT TRUCK (3)
1501 Chris Solis
1500 Mark Growe
1599 Matt Torian

Spt. M/C< (3)
201x Danny Slanker
202x Kurt Steffien
249x Garrett Tolman

Spt. M/C> (21)
251x Alastair Hilson
252x Kevin Gogstetter
253x Eugene Lane
254x Chris Guzman
255x Jeff Leonard
256x Scott Roush
257x Dustin Beatty
258x Sean Dilullo
259x Joe West
260x Ricardo De la Pena
261x Brent Downing
262x Craig Bouman
263x Pete Breslin
264x Marcus Martinov
265x Mark Bradford
266x Dan Roush
267x Brianna Mancillas
268x Brandt Anderson
269x Charlie Wilson
270x Scott Mapes
271x Michael Short

SPT ATV (7)
51a Osaldo Walle
52a Miguel Arellano
53a Carlos Sanchez
54a Craig Christy
55a Bill Hackler
56a David McCarroll
57a Ken Pritten

Pre-race festivities for the popular Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 will include the colorful SCORE Manufacturers Midway, contingency and tech inspection on Friday, March 10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Melacon beachfront

The post-race SCORE Awards Celebration will be held at 9 p.m. on Saturday night on the Melacon in San Felipe.

The 2006 SCORE Desert Series also includes chase for the $50,000 Kartek Off-Road contingency bonus to be awarded to several qualified 2006 SCORE Class point leaders.

The 2006 SCORE Desert Series also includes the hunt for the annual Toyota Milestone and $12,000 Toyota True Grit Awards. The prestigious Toyota Milestone Awards are presented to every racer who completes every required mile of every race in the 2006 SCORE Desert Series. The $12,000 Toyota True Grit purse is split among the SCORE season point champions who are also Toyota Milestone award winners in several non-factory-backed classes.

Current SCORE official 2006 sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, C.L. Bryant-Sunoco Race Fuels-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Kartek Off-Road, Centrix Financial, Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Suzuki, SignPros, Cotuco, Fideicomiso Publico para la Promocion Turistica de Ensenada, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzies Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.

For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com

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