SCORE President/Race Director projects plans, announces rule changes for 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, dominic@score-international.com March 9, 2020 Season Opener March 24-29

SCORE President/Race Director projects plans, announces  rule changes for 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship

  ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico – A veteran racer to start with and now working with SCORE International since 2013, Jose A. Grijalva is ready, willing and able for this month’s start of the four-race 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship at the 34th Annual SCORE San Felipe 250 in Baja California, Mexico. The season-opening event of the four-race internationally-televised 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship will be held March 24-29 in San Felipe, the peaceful fishing village on the Sea of Cortez, 125 miles south of the U.S. Border at Calexico, Calif. All four 2020 SCORE races will be held on Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula for the fifth consecutive year. Domestically, the race will be televised on a delayed basis on the World of X Games show on the ABC Television Network as co-produced by SCORE International and award-winning BCII TV of Los Angeles. ENTRIES The course has been plotted and marked with several sections not used before or not in several years as 165 total entries to date have come from 21 U.S. States along with host country Mexico, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru and Spain. ABLE ABELARDO As SCORE President and Race Director, Abelardo or Jose G. as he is known, has overseen the opening and maintaining of the SCORE Ensenada Race Office in Mexico as well as being instrumental in developing the myriad safety improvements SCORE has implemented while plotting race courses, working with local and state governments, police agencies, Mexican military and the multitude of area Ejidos (Ranchers) who allow SCORE to use their land for its ultra-popular SCORE Baja races. Grijalva also oversees all of the SCORE course workers which can number as many as 350 people depending on the race and the logistics involved with the course. Adding even more to his busy plate, Grijalva also directs and works closely with the SCORE tracking company as well as overseeing and helping determine penalties and review of protests that may occur in a particular event. And he helps determine rule additions, changes and modifications that are needed to keep the SCORE Rule book as the leading example for the entire sport. To honor his untiring an dedicated efforts, Grijalva was honored at the 2019 SCORE Awards Night in January in San Diego as the first recipient of the SCORE Staff Person of the Year Award. NEW DECADE Leading SCORE into a promising new decade, Grijalva, 48, of Ensenada, is extremely optimistic regarding SCORE International and the SCORE World Desert Championship moving forward. “There are obviously factors in play that we cannot control, like the weather and the economy, everything that we can do we are doing to help ensure a strong-safe, ever-expanding and always-exciting future for SCORE desert racing,” commented Grijalva. “Our primary objectives as we begin a new decade of SCORE International is to provide the highest level, the safest possible, the most magnificent and creatively challenging courses while continuing to move forward with the latest technology to conduct the races and colorful on-site, innovative live streaming of our events as possible.” “SCORE has always been on the cutting edge of unprecedented growth, development and innovative technology in our sport. We will strive diligently to maintain that position and take it even further.” SAFETY FIRST “Safety first is our ‘mantra’ at SCORE as we continue to provide the quality and quantity of medical equipment, communications and personnel needed to appropriately staff our events,” added Grijalva. “We are adding a second medical helicopter this year as well as providing additional rescue vehicles as needed to supplement those we already have along with the ambulances we have from Cruz Roja Mexicana.” “For the San Felipe race alone we will have six additional fully-equipped rescue vehicles. These additions will reduce our response time considerably for medical incidents during our races. SCORE considers the medical aspect of our events as the very highest priority and there is no other racing organization the world that can match our medical equipment, communication and personnel for our events.” 2020 RULE BOOK Grijalva also reported that the 2020 SCORE Rule Book is now online on the SCORE website.  The link for specific updates is located at… http://score-international.com/raceinfo/rule-book/addendum/rule-book-addendum/. “Changes in the rule book for 2020 are relatively minor,” stated Grijalva. “As with all competition Rule Books they are a work in progress but we are overall very pleased with our SCORE Rule book. We changed things that didn’t make sense and added items that we hope will help bring back entries into many of the slower classes in SCORE racing. With more challenge courses, we must allow the racers to modify their vehicles to make them more capable of finishing and running faster.” Grijalva said that the three classes with the most ‘minor’ changes are SCORE Lites, Class 9 and Class 11. COURSE SNAPSHOT With pre-running opening Saturday for the 34th SCORE San Felipe 250, Grijalva has put together another memorable race course to challenge the world’s best desert racers. Starting and finishing on the Malecon in San Felipe, the second-longest course in the history of the race at 326.7 miles will run in a counterclockwise direction and feature three physical full stop checkpoints and 141 virtual checkpoints. It also runs through five of the glorious infamous Baja washes in this order: Las Cuevitas, Chanate, Huatamote, Azufre and half of Matomi. The course map is available on the SCORE website. The GPS files will become available this Thursay night (March 12). SPRING BREAK Celebrating the 34th anniversary of the youngest of the three legendary SCORE Baja races, sometimes referred to as the SCORE ‘baby Baja’, entries are being accepted on the SCORE website under Race Info at www.SCOREInternational.com for Pro and Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads. Pre-race festivities will be held in San Felipe on March 24, 25, 26 and 27 with race days on Saturday and Sunday March 28, 29 concluding with the post-race awards fiesta at Noon PT on Sunday, March 29. The deadline to enter online in time to be in the drawing for starting positions within each class is 8 p.m. PT on Friday. Official pre-running on the 326.7-mile race course will open at 8 a.m. PT on Saturday. QUALIFYING For just the second time in the history of this popular ‘Spring Break’ race, SCORE will hold a qualifying session starting at 8 a.m. PT on Wednesday, March 25 to determine the starting positions within each class for the SCORE Trophy Truck, SCORE TT Legend, Class 1 and Trophy Truck Spec classes. Entries in these classes must also be completed by Friday, March 13 to be eligible to qualifying. Starting positions for the other classes will be determined by a random drawing after the close of online racer registration which is at 8 p.m. on Friday, March. 13. Late, on-site entries will receive the next starting position within the class entered. The first time qualifying was held for this race was in 2017 when Rob MacCachren, Cameron Steele and Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez were the top three qualifiers in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division for high-tech, 950-horsepower, unlimited custom trucks. Qualifying will again be held on a four-mile section of the race course near the San Felipe airport, which is located on the south end of San Felipe. RACER REGISTRATION A special on-site racer registration at the Hotel Stella del Mar will be held on Tuesday (March 24) from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT for the racers who will be part of qualifying. Regular on-site, late racer registration will start at 2 p.m. PT on Wednesday in San Felipe.  It will be held Wednesday (March 25) from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT as well as Thursday (March 26) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday (March 27) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT with no new entries accepted after 3 p.m. PT on Friday. SCORE FIESTA TIME Colorful pre-race festivities will be held in San Felipe during race week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with race days on Saturday and Sunday concluding with the post-race awards celebration at Noon PT on Sunday. The colorful pre-race contingency and Manufacturer’s Midway, the starting line and the finish line will be on the Malecon in the heart of San Felipe for the fourth straight year. Contingency will be held on two days for the second time in the history of this race with classes split with some, including all UTVs, motorcycles and quads going through the line on Thursday and the balance, including the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division, SCORE TT Legend, Class 1 and Trophy Truck Spec, going through  on Friday. Contingency will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT each day with pre-race tech lasting until 6 p.m. PT on both Thursday and Friday (March 27-28). The post-race awards celebration will be held on the start/finish line ramp on the Malecon on Sunday (March 29) at Noon PT. GREEN FLAG SATURDAY The motorcycle and quad classes will start at 6:20 a.m. PT Saturday (March 28) while the car, truck and UTV classes will begin their journey starting at 9:30 a.m. PT (March 28). SCORE Trophy Truck and the Pro Moto Unlimited classes will start one vehicle every 60 seconds race while all other classes will start one every 30 seconds. While the fastest vehicles in the elapsed-time race are expected to finish in approximately six hours, all vehicles will have 16 hours from the time each starts to become an official finisher in the historic race. BFGOODRICH TIRES UNMATCHED As part of their massive SCORE Contingency program for 2020, long-time SCORE sponsor partner BFGoodrich Tires is offering a large contingency bonus for each overall winner in the 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship. For the 34th annual SCORE San Felipe 250, the contingency bonus is US$10,000. BFGoodrich Tires is entering its 44th year as the Official Tire of SCORE and in 2020 the company will also be the title sponsor of both the 52nd SCORE Baja 500 and the 53rd SCORE Baja 1000. Presenting sponsor of both of those iconic races will be 4 Wheel Parts. BFGoodrich Tires is celebrating over four decades as a major player in SCORE Baja racing. In addition to being the official tire of SCORE International for over four decades, BFGoodrich Tires has now produced the tire of choice for 30 of the overall 4-wheel vehicle winners in the SCORE Baja 1000, including 30 of the last 34 years along with a record-run of 20 straight from 1986 through 2005. In total, BFGoodrich Tires has now be the tire of choice for the overall 4-wheel vehicle winner in 92 SCORE Baja races including 32 in the SCORE Baja 500. EL BANCO For over three decades, the annual motorsports festival that has brought the largest economic impact of any single event held annually in this lightly-populated portion of the rugged, rough and bountifully beautiful Baja peninsula has been the SCORE San Felipe 250. SCOREscope 2020 SCHEDULE Here is the four-race 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship and for the fifth consecutive year all races will be held in Baja California, Mexico:

• 34th SCORE San Felipe 250, March 24-29, San Felipe, Mexico
• BFGoodrich Tires 52nd SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts, June 3-7, Ensenada, Mexico
• 2nd SCORE Baja 400, Sept. 16-20, Ensenada, Mexico
• BFGoodrich Tires 53rd SCORE Baja 1000, Nov.16-21, presented by 4 Wheel Parts, Ensenada, Baja California to La Paz, Baja California Sur

ABC TV AGAIN IN 2020 For the second straight year, the 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship aired on the ABC family of networks. The four-races air as one-hour specials on ABC TV’s World of X Games program with replays on ESPN2. ABC first covered the 1967 and 1968 Baja 1000 races on the old ABC Wide World of Sports show with Jim McKay and again in the late 1980s with veteran motorsports journalist Sam Posey. All of the SCORE race coverage shows also continue to air internationally in nearly 25 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and South America via syndication and ESPN International. SCORE SPONSORS… Official SCORE Sponsors: BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire and Race Title Sponsor, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, 4 Wheel Parts-Official Off-Road Retailer and Race Presenting Partner, Ford-Official Truck and SUV, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Polaris RZR-Official UTV, RACELINE Wheels-Official Wheel, VP Racing Fuels-Official Fuel, Wide Open Excursions-Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino. SCORE Official Partners: PCI Race Radios, The Satellite Phone Store, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, Lucerna Hotel. Additional SCORE Associate Partners: Baja California Secretary of Sustainable Economy and Tourism, XXIII Ensenada Municipal Government, XXIII Mexicali Municipal Government, Mexicali and San Felipe COTUCO, Cruz Roja Mexicana. For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCOREInternational.com.

34th SCORE San Felipe 250

SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (29*) 1 Andy McMillin 2 Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez 7 Bryce Menzies 10 Alan Ampudia 11 Rob MacCachren 14 Bobby Pecoy 16 Cameron Steele 17 Dan McMillin 21 Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildsola 24 Adam Householder 26 Dave Taylor 27 Kyle Jergensen 40 Chris Miller 41 Justin Lofton 45 Gary Magness 50 Zak Langley 71 Josh De Jong 77 Robby Gordon 83 Luke McMillin 85 Mike Lawrence 97 Robert ‘BJ’ Baldwin *TOTAL INCLUDES LEGEND SCORE TT LEGEND (8) 25L Mark Winkelman 37L Rolf Helland 47L Jim Bult 50L John Langley 55L Jose de Jesus Flores 72L Rob Reinertson 79L Russell Buehler 81L David Westhem CLASS 1 (13) 100 Mason Cullen 114 Al Torres 121 Rodimiro Amaya 123 Broc Dickerson 135 Ronny Wilson 138 Brian Wilson 143 Javier Robles Jr 150 Morgan Langley 153 Brad Wilson 162 Brendan Gaughan 163 Ruben Torres 168 Shelby Reid 179 Mario Fuentes TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (15) 208 Andrew Entwistle 209 Rafael Navarro IV 211 Pat Sims 213 Karl Ebdrup 219 Tony Murray 220 Craig Christie 223 Neal Drickey 244 Brad Lovell 260 Santiago Creel 272 Victor Calderon 273 Jordan Brenthel 277 John Currier 294 Vincent Munoz 298 Jorge Sampietro 299 Charles Dorrance CLASS 10 (18) 1000 Hiram Duran 1002 Clay Lawrence 1004 Ben Hagle 1005 Arnoldo Gutierrez Jr 1006 Freddie Willert 1009 J. David Ruvalcaba 1011 Cesar Cuevas 1012 Luis Barragan 1013 Harley Meservey 1027 Arturo Malo 1045 Matt Rusich 1048 Kevin Price 1051 Adam Gonzalez 1062 J.J. Schnarr 1075 Eliseo Garcia 1078 Augie Cortez 1081 Matt Winslow 1087 Ivan Tagle PRO UTV FI (19) 2904 Cory Sappington 2910 Scott Trafton 2912 Tony Riggs 2914 Martin Christensen 2918 Justin Lambert 2919 Brandon Schueler 2920 Roberto Ruiz 2926 Christine Giampaoli Zonca 2930 Sean Cook 2931 Craig Scanlon 2936 Jacob Carver 2940 Erick Kozin 2949 Alonso Lopez 2978 Jose Juarez 2983 Nicholas Gurries 2987 Edgar Garcia Leon 2989 Wes Miller 2998 Cameron Ornales 2971 Wayne Matlock- RS SCORE LITES (7) 1202 Matias Arjona IV 1205 Miguel Cortez 1211 Oscar Alvarez 1216 Matt Ferrato 1229 Doug Satterfield 1234 Phillip Jones 1255 Darren Walsh PRO UTV NA (5) 1910 Jose Angulo 1912 Rickey Arslanian 1978 T. Bradley Millner 1995 Kaden Wells 1954 Kristen Matlock- RS CLASS 1/2-1600 (2) 1616 Eli Yee 1696 Chris Racan PRO UTV STOCK (4) 3911 Victor Esparza 3922 Pete Cate 3930 Douglas Cornwell 3933 Randy Emberton CLASS 8 (2) 802 Scott Ulrich 852 Spencer Morgan HEAVY METAL (0) CLASS 7 (4) 700 Daniel Chamlee 703 Scott Brady 710 Mike Shaffer 727 Rhys Millen CLASS 4700 (0) HAMMER TRUCK UNLTD (1) 4421 Mike Hales PRO UTV UNL (0) CLASS 5 (5) 500 Gerardo Ibarra 501 William Hernquist 502 Mark McNeil 507 Greg Sullivan 528 Victor Cesena CLASS 3 (1) 313 David Orzolek CLASS 5-1600 (1) 571 David Heredia BAJA CHALLENGE (1) BC 4 Edward Muncey CLASS 7F (2) 714F Justin Park 720F Doug Siewert CLASS 7SX (1) 741 Gerardo Novelo STOCK FULL (0) CLASS 2 (0) CLASS 11 (3) 1108 Luis Garcia 1156 Art Penner 1196 Alex Gonzales SPT UNLTD TRUCK (1) 1414 Jessalyn Sells SPT OPEN-WHEEL (0) SPT UTV UNLIMITED (2) 1830 Byrnes Lambert 1840 Jason Willett SPT UTV STOCK (1) 3978 Chris Clifton PRO MOTO UNLIMITED (3) 4x Ray Dal Saglio 14x Ian Luenberger 66x Santiago Creel PRO MOTO 30 (4) 308x Greg Bardonnex 325x Jano Montoya 365x Nick Lanning 370x Francisco Septien- RS PRO MOTO LIMITED (0) PRO MOTO 50 (3) 500x Giovanni Spinali 501x Robert Creemers 505x Steve Hatch PRO MOTO 40 (1) 496x TJ Joun PRO MOTO IRONMAN (3) 716x Roger Bowie 735x Dustin Ashe-Everest 771x Risto Niemi PRO MOTO 60 (1) 611x Mark Winkelman Pro Quad (2) 1a Adolfo Arellano 37a Ricardo Villafana SPT M/C (6) 201x Scott Borden 203x Giovanni Aviles 213x Bradley Loveday 215x Carlos Guereca 218x Sean Willitts 275x Albert Devora SPT QUAD (5) 101a Ery Sandoval 102a Andres Pak 112a Daniel Gaytan 123a Hector Camacho 148a Alejandro Amador