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Over 400 entries expected
Racers from seven countries, 25 States already entered as record
Field continues to grow for 38th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500
365 already entered for June 2-4 race in Ensenada, Mexico;
Round 3 of six-race 2006 SCORE Desert Series
LOS ANGELES—Led by a multitude of grizzled former Overall and class champions, motorsports adventurers from across the globe are preparing to compete in what is projected to be a record-setting and extremely memorable 38th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500, the second-oldest desert race in the world.
Round 3 of the six-race 2006 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost
Desert Racing Series, featuring a race-record of over 400 entries competing in
25 Pro and 5 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, will be
held June 2-4 in Ensenada, Mexico. Traditionally one of the most popular
events on the SCORE schedule, over 150,000 spectators are expected to enjoy the
world’s best desert racers in action around the picturesque deserts, beaches and
forests of Baja California at this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500.
With late entries accepted up to race morning, over 400 entries are
expected from 25 U.S. States, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, France, Japan and New
Zealand, the green flag will drop for the race at 6 a.m. on Saturday (June 3) for
the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the
car and truck classes two hours later at approximately 9 a.m.
Entries have come from every state in the Western U.S., Hawaii, and Texas, from across the Midwest including South Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and Wisconsin, as well as New York, Ohio and Massachusetts in the East and Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Alabama in the South. A total of 365 official entries have been received to date, an increase of 38 more entries since the April 22 drawing for start positions.
As of today, the Pro classes with the most entries are: Class 1 (42), SCORE Trophy-Truck, with a class-record 40, SCORE Lite, with a class record 32, Class 1-2/1600 (27) and Class 30 (16). Leading the Sportsman classes is SPT Motorcycles over 250cc with a class record 46.
NASCAR team owner/driver Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C., will defend his overall 4-wheel vehicle and SCORE Trophy-Truck crown as will last year’s overall motorcycle and Class 22 winner Mike Childress, Wrightwood, Calif., who is racing this year on the American Honda A team with Steve Hengeveld, Oak Hills, Calif., and Josh Frederick, Moapa, Nev., the defending Overall ATV champion.
Gordon, who will pull double duty by racing in the NASCAR Nextel Cup race the same weekend in Dover, Del., has entered two trucks in the class. Gordon, who won the 1996 SCORE Trophy-Truck season point championship, will drive the No. 31 SCORE Trophy-Truck and Andy McMillin, a third-generation SCORE desert racer, is running the entire 2006 SCORE Desert Series schedule in the No. 83 Team Gordon Chevy CK1500.
A total of 15 of the 18 defending Pro class winners (six classes had no
finishers) from last year are entered so far, although four of them have
switched classes. Besides Gordon, Childress and Frederick, other racers who will be
back to defend their class titles are George Seeley, Glendale, Calif. (Class
5, unlimited VW Baja Bug), Danny Ledezma, Chula Vista, Calif. (Class 5/1600,
1600cc VW Baja Bug), Todd Wyllie, New River, Ariz. (Class 8, Chevy C1500), Eric
Fisher, Ensenada, Mexico (Class 9, Garibay-VW) Lobsam Yee, Tijuana, Mexico
(Class 10, Jimco-Honda), Ricardo Malo, Mexicali, Mexico/Arturo Honold, Calexico,
Calif. (SCORE Lite, Curry-VW), Jim O’Neal, Chatsworth, Calif. (Class 40,
Honda XR650R) and Eizaburo Karasawa, Japan (Class 50, Honda XR650R).
The four class winners from last year who have switched classes are: Andy McMillin, Poway, Calif. (from Class 1 to SCORE Trophy-Truck), Rob MacCachren/Bryan Freeman (MacCachren from Class 1-2/1600 to SCORE Trophy-Truck and Freeman to Protruck), John Holmes, Olivenhain, Calif. (from Class 7S to Class 7SX) and Kirk Schreier, Phoenix (from Class 24 to Class 25).
O’Neal has won Class 40 for motorcycle riders over 40 years old for five straight years and Fisher has won Class 9 for three straight years in this summer classic.
Two former IndyCar drivers among the entries so far this year are Danny Sullivan and Roberto Guerrero. Sullivan, the 1985 Indy 500 champion who competed in that race 15 times, will co-drive with Las Vegas’ Bobby Baldwin, President of MGM/Mirage Resorts, in the No. 96 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy-Truck. Guerrero, the 1984 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year who had 15 career Indy 500 starts, will be a co-driver with Chris Lucas and Eric Place in the No. 245 Ford F-150 in the Protruck class.
Another cross-over driver entered is Jamie Galles, Albuquerque, N.M., in Class 8. With limited previous SCORE racing experience, Galles, whose family was a long-time Indy Car team owner, has driven in both the Trans Am and old Toyota Atlantic racing series. Most recently, Galles was a DNF in March’s Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250.
Among the other early entries is venerable veteran Rod Hall, Reno, Nev., who has entered the Stock Mini class in a Hummer H3. Hall, 67, has 15 class wins in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and this will be his first appearance since he won his class in 1994. Hall’s oldest son Josh, 44, will drive a Hummer H2 in the Stock Full class.
Veteran desert racers Mike Voyles and Damen Jefferies along with newcomer Johnny Jensen all drew pole positions in their respective classes during the live drawing for starting positions on April 22 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif.
Voyles lined up all the proverbial ‘7s’ as he nervously drew the names during the special live drawing his race team hosted at the Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif. Ironically, Pechanga is the title sponsor of the No. 62 Mike Voyles Racing Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck and Voyles lives in Temecula.
Jefferies, Oak Hills, Calif., was the 1997 SCORE Overall point champion and will lead the unlimited Class 1 In his Chevy-powered HMS open-wheel desert race car while Jensen, a rookie SCORE racer from San Diego, will lead the motorcycle classes in his Class 22 four-stroke Honda CRF450X.
The starting line area will once again be adjacent to the Riviera del Pacifico Convention Center in downtown Ensenada, Mexico. The finish line will again be inside the Deportivo Antonio Palacios baseball stadium at 9th Street and Guadalupe Avenue in Ensenada. It is located approximately 1.5 miles east of the start line area. Vehicles will start in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race.
Pre-race festivities for the 38th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 will be held in Ensenada on Friday (June 2). Traditionally drawing approximately 50,000 spectators, the pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and display of every race vehicle will be held adjacent to the San Nicolas Hotel, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday (June 2). The post-race awards celebration will be held at the San Nicolas Hotel on Sunday (June 4) at 10 a.m. Racer and media registration will be held on Thursday (June 1) from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Friday (June 2) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the San Nicolas Hotel.
The 2006 SCORE Desert Series includes the chase for the $50,000 Kartek
Off-Road contingency bonus to be awarded to several qualified 2006 SCORE Class
point champions.
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, Sunoco Race Fuels/C.L. Bryant-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, Airstar America-official space lighting provider. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Kartek Off-Road, Centrix Financial, NAPA Chassis, Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Suzuki, SignPros, Cotuco, Fideicomiso Publico para la Promocion Turistica de Ensenada, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
38th Annual TECATE SCORE BAJA 500
June 2-4, 2006
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Total Pre Entries: 365
(from 25 States, Canada, Colombia, France, Japan, New Zealand & Mexico)
Entries as of 5/2/06
Pro Cars & Trucks SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (40) 62 Mike Voyles 39 Ron Whitton 27 David Scaroni 7 Scott Steinberger 76 Jesse Jones 86 Josh Baldwin 88 Ryan Arciero 83 Andy McMillin 2 Pete Sohren 38 Garron Cadiente 53 Jeff Stowers 3 Mark Post 26 Chris Robinson 17 Carl Renezeder 20 Mike Julson 41 Roger Norman 97 B.J. Baldwin 1 Bob Shepard 32 Juan C. Ibarra 80 Chad Ragland 81 Mark Miller 21 Roger Gray 4 Gus Vildosola 52 John Herder 25 Enrique Legaspy 58 Frank Thing 28 Alan Pflueger 12 Brian Collins 31 Robby Gordon 11 Dale Dondel 16 Cameron Steele 5 Marty Coyne 72 Matt Scaroni 40 Chet Huffman 55 Luis Wallace 96 Bobby Baldwin 51 Kory Scheeler 15 Jim Beaver 19 Ed Herbst 75 Jerry Zaiden CLASS 1 (42) 101 Damen Jefferies 102 Luis Ramirez Jr. 103 Josh Rigsby 104 Dale Ebberts 105 Jim Birmingham 106 Rick Wilson 107 Pat Dean 108 Richard Boyle 109 Danny Anderson 110 Lee Patten 111 Dan Myers 112 Troy Herbst 100 Mark McMillin 114 Kash Vessels 115 Brian Kirby 116 John Herder 117 Vincent DeJong 118 Eli Yee 119 Buddy Feldkamp 120 Steve Melton 121 Gary Weyhrich 122 Erick Murillo 123 Steve Sullivan 124 Dino Marquez 125 Joe Myers 126 Brian Parkhouse 127 Martin Christensen 128 Steve Sourapas 129 Raymond Potter 130 B.J. Richardson 131 Billy Robertson 132 Harley Letner 133 Cam Thieriot 134 Danny Ebberts 135 Randy Wilson 136 Chuck Hovey 137 Jamie Campbell 138 Rick Thomas 146 Gonzalo Pirron 147 Jarrett Lemley 148 Todd Romano 149 Daniel Moore
CLASS 1-2/1600 (27) 1601 Mario Gastelum 1602 Brett Maurer 1603 Brian Burgess 1604 Max Hanberg 1605 Sammy Ehrenberg 1606 Carlos Bernaldez 1607 Adam Pfankuch 1608 Max Thieriot 1609 Craig Forrest 1610 Mike Sandoval 1611 Joe Barboa 1612 Ed Bonanni 1613 John Manring 1614 Rodrigo Ampudia Jr. 1615 Ray Files 1616 Daniel McMillin 1617 Brent Parkhouse 1618 Arturo Velazco 1619 David Caspino 1600 Caleb Gaddis 1621 Art Navarro 1622 Carlos Escobedo 1645 Gerardo Iribe 1646 Edgar Alvarez 1647 Daniel Lopez 1648 Eric Duran 1649 Rick Battey CLASS 3 (2) 300 Donald Moss 301 Alejandro Cancino CLASS 5 (5) 501 David Bonner 502 George Seeley 503 Drew Belk 578 Luivan Voelker 579 Kevin Carr CLASS 5/1600 (13) 551 Chad Mayernick 552 Danny Ledezma 553 James Tedford 554 Brent Shermak 555 Richard Garavito 556 Ruben Garcia 557 Rogelio Valenzuela 558 Gregorio Villarino 559 John Hsu 576 Pedro Athie 577 Ernesto Arambula 550 Marcos Nunez 579 Mark McAnelly CLASS 7 (5) 701 Dan Chamlee 702 Andy Grider 703 Victor Herrera Jr. 704 Scott Brady 719 Dennis Standrod CLASS 7S (3) 721 Javier Avila 722 Mike Horner 739 Nick Moncure CLASS 7SX (7) 741 Dan Street Jr. 742 Heidi Steele 743 Jesse Rodriguez 744 Eduardo Gonzalez 757 John Holmes 758 Noe Sierra 759 Jeff Lloyd CLASS 8 (6) 801 Nick Vanderwey 802 Glen Greer 803 Dave Raimonde 800 Todd Wyllie 805 Jamie Galles 839 Kurtis Kupiec CLASS 9 (7) 901 David Boss 902 Sigal Greenberg 945 Tony Modica 946 Joe Castrey 900 Eric Fisher 948 Ramon Castro 949 John Scharf CLASS 10 (12) 1001 Brian Etter 1002 Mark Weger 1003 Mark Hutchins 1004 Ron Dalke 1005 Todd Elam 1006 Carlos Cortez 1007 Will Higman 1008 Darren Hardesty 1009 Trevor Scherrer 1010 Lobsam Yee 1000 John Cooley 1049 Billy Gasper SCORE LITE (32) 1201 Jason Batulis 1202 Mike Belk 1203 Matt Drever 1204 Red Burgin 1205 Rich Roberts 1206 Craig Brabant 1207 Vic Bruckmann 1208 David Callaway 1209 Hector Garcia 1210 Ken Stroud 1211 John Kawell 1212 Rick St. John 1213 Mitch Mitchell 1214 Jim Greenway 1215 Greg Gustin 1216 David Willey 1217 Dwayne Reinert 1218 Bob Bingham 1219 Stan Potter 1220 Greg Foster 1221 Chuck Sacks 1222 Richard Cassey 1223 Mike Halliday 1224 Tito Tapia 1225 Matt Cullen 1200 Tim Noe 1227 Cameron Steele 1228 Randy Ross 1229 Ricardo Malo 1247 Ruben Gutierrez 1248 Michael Deardoff 1249 James Marquez PROTRUCK (14) 245 Chris Lucas 203 James Wasson 222 J.R. Stanley 260 Darren York w/d 4/26 230 Robbie Pierce 234 Rob Reinertson 215 Cody Swanty 235 Jason Voss 226 Al Hogan 240 Rob Kittleson 236 Rick L. Johnson 204 Gus Vildosola Jr. 299 Joe Bednar 229 Tom Koch 250 Gary Magness CLASS 11 (3) 1100 Eric Solorzano 1148 Shelby Stahler 1149 Jason Gutzmer STOCK FULL (2) 861 Josh Hall 860 John Griffin STOCK MINI (2) 778 Gavin Skilton 779 Rod Hall CLASS 17 (2) 1701 Bob Land 1702 Bill Zolg PRO MOTORCYCLES CLASS 22 (11) 2x Johnny Jensen 3x Chris Gunnett 4x Robert Barnum 5x Rick Williams 6x Robby Bell 7x Micer Barrara 8x Gary Cluff 9x Scott Thompson 10x Jesse Sharpe 11x Jon Ortner 1x Steve Hengeveld CLASS 20 (2) 151x Chad Erl 152x Karen Gagstetter CLASS 21 (10) 101x Brett Helms 102x Kevin Johnson 103x Octavio Ascolani 104x Marco Bernaldez 105x Chris Parker 106x Shaun Hanson 100x Jason Trubey 108x Ernesto Inowe 109x Ryan Baillargeon 110x Martin Bejarano CLASS 30 (16) 301x Brian Pinard 302x Robert Barnum 303x Scott Johnson 304x Kevin Smith 305x George Hecker 306x Rick Curtis 307x Matt Engstler 308x Kevin Curtis 309x Dale Mcue 310x Corey Keysar 311x Baron Pickett 312x Robert Gustine 313x Ron Wilson 314x Steve Trinies 315x Darin Hecker 316x Alan Casner CLASS 40 (10) 401x Jim Buckingham 402x Brian Schmuckle 403x Michael Laenger 404x Larry Gross 405x David Rentfro 406x Gwin Vaughn 407x Kevin Gould 408x David McKay 400x Jim O’Neal 410x Brett Helm CLASS 50 (4) 501x Doug Smith 500x Jim O’Neal 503x Tim Savin 504x Eizaburo Karasawa PRO ATVs CLASS 25 (14) 2a John Padgett 3a Alex Camanini 1a Josh Frederick 5a Wayne Matlock 6a Francisco Ruano 7a Robert Ulloa 8a Dean Sundahl 9a Jeff Hancock 10a Danny Prather 11a Nick Nelson 12a Josh Fink 13a Carlos Juarez 48a Randy Dyer 49a Kyle Needham SPORTSMAN SPT CAR (3) 1401 Heather Bonnani 1402 Peter Lang 1403 Rob Caveney SPT TRUCK (5) 1500 Mark Growe 1501 Ray Schooley 1502 Marshall Madruga 1548 Karl Wong 1549 Matt Torian SPT M/C< (4) 201x Cody Ard 202x Kurt Steffien 203x Kitahiro Omuro 204x Kenji Oikawa SPT M/C> (46) 251x Morgan Harris 252x Mike Kunz 253x Mike Crawford 254x Carlos Gonzalez 255x Eugene Lane 256x Ed Bowen 257x Kris McDonald 258x Thomas Cushman 259x Jeff Leonard 260x Scott Mills 261x Tom LaJoie 262x Greg Stevenson 263x Jeffrey Crochiere 264x Adam McCamish 265x Robert Corder 266x Charlie Wilson 267x Kevin Krasner 268x James Kabisch 269x Alastair Hilson 270x Thierry Mas 271x Alan Casner w/d 4/26 272x Robert Gumser 273x Luis Manzano 274x Chris Guzman 275x Lance Kane 276x Yoshiori Sato 277x Michael Mannsberger 278x John Jamison 279x Dan Roush 280x Rey Heredia 281x Dave Donaldson 282x Aaron Dodson 283x Steve Soto 284x Nate Scott 285x Bill Gilbert 286x Todd Winslow 287x Michael Nielsen 288x Colie Potter 289x Nathan Verdugo 292x Marc Ebdrup 293x Simon Edwards 294x Mark Hellwig 295x Glen McGuire 296x Matt Watson 297x Brady Van Matre 298x David Edwards 299x Brian Matthews SPT ATV (16) 51a Stefano Caputo 52a Stephen Babiarz 53a Jason Stratton 54a Brian Meurs 55a Oswaldo Walle 56a Craig Christy 57a John Nores 58a Jose Escudero 59a Joseph Field 60a Rene de la Rocha 61a David McCarroll 62a Herberto Martinez 95a Miguel Arellano 96a Juan Leyva 97a VACATE 98a Scott Ferguson 99a Jason Wade
For information contact:
SCORE International at its Los Angeles headquarters
(818) 225-8402 or visit
the official 2005 SCORE Desert Series website at:
www.score-international.com
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