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SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, Dominic@SCORE-International.com May 27, 2022 Next week in Ensenada

BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts Entries from 30 States, 13 Countries in starting draw for Rd 2 of 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship

 
Late, on-site racer registration June 1-3 at Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center; Pre-running continues on 463.12-mile course around Northern Baja California; Iconic Hall of Famer Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart celebrating as Grand Marshal; Internationally televised race to air on ESPN2’s World of X Games; SCORE Live, vehicle tracking at www.score-international.com, Rat Sult host; NOTE: Current name/number entry list in start order, by class, at bottom of text
ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico –While the majority of the start positions were determined by the finishing order from the previous race, the balance of the starting positions for the first 250 entries were determined this week as racers from around the world are heading to Baja California, Mexico for the legendary BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts. FAST FACTS Round 2 of the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship will be held June 1-5 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, the race will start/finish and colorful pre-race activities are returning for the first time in four years to the heart of Ensenada at the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center and the adjacent fantastically fan-friendly Boulevard Costero. Ensenada, ‘The Off-Road Capital of the World’, is located 80 miles South of the U.S. Border near San Diego. With nearly 275 entries expected, 45 competition classes are offered for Pro and Sportsman cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads. To date, there are 250 total entries from 30 U.S. States, U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico and 13 countries. Joining the USA in the field so far are racers from host country Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, New Zealand and Peru. So far there are 193 cars, trucks and utvs entered and 59 motorcycles and quads. Most the world’s best desert racers will be in action at this year’s celebration of one of the top 10 motorsports events in the entire world. The race will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour special on the ESPN2 World of X Games programming. It is scheduled to first air at 9 p.m. PT on Sunday, Aug. 7. The race show on ESPN2 is co-produced by SCORE International and the award-winning BCII TV of Los Angeles. Bud Brutsman is the Executive Producer. Intro announcer for the race show will be Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee and SCORE champion desert racer Cameron Steele who will again pull double duty racing in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck class as well in his No. 16 Desert Assassins Monster Energy Ford Raptor. All four 2022 SCORE races are being held on Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula for the seventh consecutive year. SCORE, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization, is celebrating its 49th season in 2022. TOP FIVE STARTERS As a result of their finishes in April’s King Shocks 35th SCORE San Felipe 250 in San Felipe, Mexico, three Las Vegas SCORE Trophy Truck racers will be among the first five vehicles to start this year’s SCORE Baja 500. Starting first in the elapsed time race with 60-second intervals between starters will be Luke McMillin, San Diego (No. 83) followed second by Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas (No. 7) third by Mike Walser, Comfort, Texas/Jax Redline, Amarillo, Texas (No. 89) while fourth will be Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas (No. 1) and completing the top five starters will be Tim Herbst, Las Vegas/Pat Dean, Las Vegas (No. 19) next Saturday (June 4). SCORE Trophy Truck, launched by SCORE in 1994, is the marquee racing division in the sport for high-tech, 1000 horsepower, unlimited custom trucks. The first motorcycle to start the race will be Bolivian super-star international rally racer Juan Carlos Salvatierra (No. 10x) who was the Overall motocycle and Pro Moto Unlimited class winner in San Felipe. This week’s start draw was held for all of the racers who have entered to so far that did not finish or didn’t race in the season-opening SCORE San Felipe 250. DOUBLE DIGITS The race includes 33 entries to date in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division (Including six SCORE TT Legend vehicles for SCORE Trophy-Truck drivers over 50 years old), the marquee racing division for high-tech, 1000-horsepower unlimited custom trucks. Besides SCORE Trophy Truck, the other Pro four-wheel classes with double figure entries to date and their totals are Trophy Truck Spec with 32 entries, Pro UTV FI with 25 entries, and Class 10 (24). Among two-wheel classes, leading the entry count so far is Pro Motorcycle Ironman (solo riders) with 10 entries and Pro Moto Limited with seven. Leading the two-wheel Sportsman classes is SPT Moto with 11 entries. PRE-RUNNING Official practice, or pre-running, on the official 463.12-mile race course for this year’s BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts began last Saturday and continuing. It starts at race mile 33.82 and finishing at race mile 430.78. The section from the start to rm33.82 section will be open only from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT on Thursday (June 2) Outbound ONLY and Friday (June 3) Inbound ONLY. The official SCORE Racer Brief, Penalty brief, course map and GPS files are available on the SCORE website under race info/SCORE Baja 500. MORE FIRST STARTS Among the other racers who will start first in their respective four-wheel vehicle classes in this year’s SCORE Baja 500 after their season-opening class wins in San Felipe are Gustavo Vildosola Sr, Mexicali, Mexico/Ricky Johnson, Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (SCORE TT Legend, No. 21L), Kyle Quinn, Long Beach, Calif./Ronny Wilson, Long Beach, Calif. (Class 1, No. 138), Christopher Polvoorde, Hemet, Calif. (Trophy Truck Spec, No. 204), Chase Warren, Scottsdale, Ariz. (Class 10, No. 1088), Scott Brady, Gerber, Calif. (Class 7, No. 703), Wayne Matlock, Alpine, Calif. (Pro UTV Open, No. 1871), Justin Lambert, Bakersfield, Calif. (Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction), No. 2918), Matt Ferrato, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. (SCORE Lites, No. 1216), Joe Bolton, Corona, Calif. (Pro UTV NA, No. 1957), Martin Rangel, Surprise, Ariz. (Classs 1/2-1600, No. 1626), Jack Grabowski, Upland, Calif. (Class 5, No. 527) and Edward Muncey, San Diego (Baja Challenge, No. BC4). Among the other motorcycle first starts will be the teams led by Ryan Liebelt, Reedley, Calif. (Pro Moto 40, No. 400x), Jano Montoya, Winter Garden, Fla. (Peru) (Pro Moto 30, 325x) and Brandon Wright, Oak Hills, Calif. (Pro Moto Ironman, No. 750x). ON-SITE RACER REGISTRATION Being held in the Salon Rojo at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in Ensenada, regular on-site and late racer registration will be held on Wednesday (June 1) from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT, on Thursday (June 2) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT and on Friday (June 3) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No new entries will be accepted after 7 p.m. on Wednesday (June 1), 3 p.m. PT on Thursday (June 2) and 3 p.m. PT on Friday (June 3). As many as 20 addition entries are expected. GREEN FLAG—JUNE 4 The motorcycle and quad classes will start at 4 a.m. PT Saturday (June 4) while the car, truck and UTV classes will begin their journey starting at 9 a.m. PT. SCORE Trophy Truck, TT Legend, Class 1, Trophy Truck Spec 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 nine hours, all vehicles will have 20 hours from the time each starts to become an official finisher in the historic race. GRANDEST MARSHAL: ‘IRONMAN’ When it comes to desert racing there is only one ‘Ironman’ standing at the top of the list of solo drivers/riders. San Diego’s iconic Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart has accepted SCORE’s invitation to be the Grand Marshal for the upcoming BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts. The legendary ‘Ironman’ will be celebrating his 77th birthday on June 4, the day that this year’s SCORE Baja 500 will start. Being the Grand Marshal is just some more icing on his championship cake. Racing since 1973, Stewart, who retired in 2000, joined the Toyota factory team in 1983 for Cal Wells at Precision Preparation Inc. (PPI). He had a total of 84 career off-road race victories in stadium, short course and desert. The legendary Stewart has been inducted into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (2006), the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame (2009) and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2020). GRAN HISTORIA This year’s SCORE World Desert Championship includes another special tribute to the iconic SCORE Baja 500. The SCORE Baja 500 is one of the top motorsports events in the world. It was started originally in 1969 by the NORRA organization. After NORRA was removed from Baja after the 1972 race, the local Baja Sports Committee produced the 1973 event. Mickey Thompson and his SCORE International organization were invited by the Mexican government to take over the event starting in 1974. Sal Fish ran and later owned and produced the SCORE Baja 500 for 39 years until he sold SCORE in December of 2012. The first Baja 500 organized and produced by SCORE was held on July 26, 1974 in Ensenada as the first of nearly 160 SCORE Baja races. This year’s SCORE Baja 500 will start for the 48th time in Ensenada and finish for the 44th time in Ensenada. BFGOODRICH TIRES UNMATCHED BFGoodrich Tires, the official tire of SCORE for 46 years, received two awards for the 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship. BFGoodrich Tires was honored after the 2021 season as the SCORE Contingency Company of the year for the 31st time as well as being voted the SCORE Pit Support Team of the Year for the 33rd time. BFGoodrich Tires has been the choice of 34 of the 53 overall winners of the popular SCORE Baja 500 and 32 of the 54 overall winners of the legendary SCORE Baja 1000. BFGoodrich Tires is also the title sponsor of both of the iconic races again in 2022. BFGoodrich Tires also has been the choice of 29 of the 35 overall winners of the SCORE San Felipe 250, all three SCORE Desert Challenge races, the lone SCORE Challenge of Champions in San Felipe, the one SCORE Baja Sur 500 and one of the two overall winners in the SCORE Baja 400. This year’s SCORE San Felipe 250 overall victory by San Diego’s Luke McMillin marked the 100th BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja overall race win. BFGoodrich Tires has posted a contingency bonus for the overall winner of this race of US$20,000. PRESENTING SPONSOR Presenting sponsor for this year’s BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500 is 4 Wheel Parts, the Official Off-Road Retailer and Race Presenting Partner of SCORE and the SCORE World Desert Championship. SCOREscope 2022 SCHEDULE Here are the remaining three dates in the four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship which is being held exclusively in Baja California, Mexico for the seventh consecutive year:
  • BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts—
June 1-5, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
  • 3rd SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels—
September 13-18, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
  • BFGoodrich Tires 55th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts—
November 15-20, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico ESPN TV NETWORKS AGAIN IN 2022 For the fourth straight year, the 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship races will air on the ESPN family of networks. The four-races will air as specials on the World of X Games program 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 journalists Sam Posey and Jack Arute. 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. The shows are co-produced by SCORE International and SoCal’s award-winning BCII TV. 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 and Race Title Sponsor, Polaris RZR-Official UTV, RACELINE Wheels-Official Wheel, VP Racing Fuels-Official Fuel and race presenting sponsor, Optima Batteries-Official Batteries, Wide Open Excursions-Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino and PCI Race Radios. SCORE Official Partners: The Satellite Phone Store, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, Lucerna Hotel. Additional SCORE Associate Partners: Baja California Secretary of Tourism, MEXICO Secretary of Tourism, San Felipe Foundational Municipal Council, Ensenada Municipal Government, San Felipe Marketing Tourism Committee, Ensenada Marketing Tourism Committee, Ensenada Hotel and Motel Association, Proturismo Ensenada and Cruz Roja Mexicana. For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com.

BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 500, presented by 4 Wheel Parts Round 2 of four-race 2022 SCORE World Desert Championship June 1-5 – 463.12 miles – Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

Total Entries: 250 (as of 5/27/22) (from 30 U.S. States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico, host Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, New Zealand, Peru)
(Starting order, by class) Pro Cars/Trucks/UTVs
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (33*) 83 Luke McMillin 7 Bryce Menzies 89 Mike Walser 1 Rob MacCachren 19 Tim Herbst 38 Eric Hustead 10 Alan Ampudia *21L Gustavo Vildosola Sr 82 Sam Baldi 45 Gary Magness *37L Rolf Helland 87 Dallas Luttrell 44 Kyle Jergensen 85 Mikey Lawrence *85L Clay Lawrence 70 Kevin Thompson 90 Raul Gomez 31 Andy McMillin 92 Paul Nauleau 6 Dan Myers 34 Broc Dickerson 58 Tracy Graf 23 Dan McMillin 18 JP Gomez 98 Jose Mendez 16 Cameron Steele 43 Larry Roeseler 41 Justin Lofton 62 Ryan Poelman 63 Ruben Torres *29L Jim Anderson *56L Greg Adler *25L Mark Winkelman-1st RS *SCORE TT LEGEND CLASS 1 (7) 138 Kyle Quinn 153 Brad Wilson 162 Brendan Gaughan 100 Cody Parkhouse 168 Shelby Reid 188 Sergio Salgado 121 Damen Jefferies-1st RS TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (33) 204 Christopher Polvoorde 264 Pierce Herbst 261 Dan Fresh 294 Vincent Munoz 207 Mason Cullen 297 Jorge Sampietro 263 EJ Herbst 240 Chris Miller 278 Carlos Ibarra 228 Ryan Hancock 249 Dustin Swanson 236 Michael Marsal 213 Karl Ebdrup 266 David Ziegler 299 Charles Dorrance 219 Christian Sourapas 225 John McNeil 273 Jordan Brenthel 238 Elijah Kiger 284 Jose Contreras 272 Dustin Grabowski 254 Mike Perez 269 Guillermo Zamacona 200 Jason McNeil 217 Joe Belt 223 Tony Murray 258 Justin Davis 232 Chelsea Magness 271 Carey Chrisman 211 Pat Sims 215 Marcelo Gastaldi 270 Jimmy Diaz 276 Gunter Hinkelmann CLASS 10 (24) 1088 Chase Warren 1011 Cesar Cuevas 1087 Ivan Tagle 1000 Ben Hagle 1009 J. David Ruvalcaba 1014 Bruce Yee 1028 Armando Avila Jr 1002 Matias Arjona IV 1019 Alberto Mendez 1064 Justin Buckley 1022 Rafael Aguirre 1062 Roberto Romo 1023 Britney Myers 1079 Manlio F. Diaz 1016 Hiram Duran 1001 Oliver Flemate 1006 Stan Potter 1050 Martin Christensen 1047 Zack McLaren 1082 Carlos Jimenez 1049 Ty Godde 1036 Corey Goin 1008 Kirk Kontilis 1021 Marco Duran CLASS 7 (3) 703 Scott Brady 700 Daniel Chamlee 709 Jeff Proctor PRO UTV OPEN (7) 1871 Wayne Matlock 1876 Mike Cafro 1831 Craig Scanlon 1867 Mike Pratt 1828 Cameron Steele 1854 Kristen Matlock 1860 Ryan Laidlaw PRO UTV FI (25) 2918 Justin Lambert 2987 Edgar Garcia Leon 2998 PJ Jones 2948 Matt Burroughs 2928 Carlos Quezeda 2989 Wes Miller 2945 Oscar Arambula 2919 Brandon Schueler 2905 Marc Burnett 2901 Leobardo Gomez 2976 Jesus Mendez Jr 2940 Erick Kozin 2941 Steven Poole 2910 Rodrigo Ampudia 2951 Herman Johnson 2946 Jose Juarez 2974 Jorge Cano 2966 Santiago Creel 2923 Charles Manchester 2954 Austin Weiland 2969 Branden Sims 2920 Roberto Ruiz 2906 Bernard Gomez 2911 Aaron Aguilar-2nd RS 2915 Rickey Arslanian-1st RS SCORE LITES (8) 1216 Matt Ferrato 1201 Mario Alcala 1205 Miguel Cortez 1211 Oscar R. Alvarez 1203 Oliver Flemate 1274 Mike Aguilar 1234 Todd Katanchik 1277 Javy Buelna Jr PRO UTV NA (8) 1995 Kaden Wells 1978 T. Bradley Millner 1999 Ethan Ebert 1925 Zach Sizelove 1918 Richard Fant 1920 Elias Hanna 1957 Joe Bolton-2nd RS 1985 Adrian Orellana-1st RS CLASS 1/2-1600 (6) 1626 Martin Rangel 1610 Jordan Price 1655 Ted Baker 1633 Erich Reisen-3rd RS 1606 Matt Willert-2nd RS 1616 Eli Yee-1st RS PRO UTV STOCK (10) 3910 Brent Stowell 3933 Randy Emberton 3908 Broc Kelly 3951 Omar Saucedo 3953 Nick Bruce 3930 Douglas Cornwell 3922 Justin Smith 3919 Anibal Lopez 3959 Antonio Mendez-2nd RS 3957 Bruce Jett-1st RS CLASS 8 (1) 818 Jessalyn Sells HEAVY METAL (1) 8044 Brett Maister CLASS 5 (3) 527 Jack Grabowski 507 Ramon Fernandez 525 Martin Anguiano CLASS 3 (1) 319 Cesar Gutierrez CLASS 5-1600 (2) 558 Luis Herrera 552 David Winkel-1st RS BAJA CHALLENGE (2) BC4 Edward Muncey BC1 Jake Walker CLASS 7F (4) 701F Brandon Walsh 714F Justin Park 702F Gerardo Novelo 720F Mike Horner-1st RS CLASS 7SX (3) 744 Dario Serrano 740 Armando Duron 745 Jim Horne-1st RS STOCK FULL (1) 8103 John Marshall CLASS 3000/TROPHY LITE (1) 6005 Pete Waldroop CLASS 11 (6) 1145 Hector Sarabia 1156 Arthur Penner 1100 Alex Gonzales 1111 Eric Solorzano 1188 Mike Kay 1106 Mauro Diaz
Sportsman
SPT UTV OPEN (2) 1801 Dave Miller 1805 Derick Bales-1st RS
Pro Motorcycles
PRO MOTO UNLIMITED (7) 10x Juan Carlos Salvatierra 4x Jason Alosi 38x Ivan Delgadillo 20x Miguel “Sammy” Pena 3x Forrest Minchinton 19x Drew Watson 69x Oliver Gamez PRO MOTO 30 (4) 325x Jano Montoya 300x Greg Bardonnex 346x Rolando Cabrera 332x Jack Lundin PRO MOTO LIMITED (4) 180x Fernando Beltran 103x Giovanni Aviles 122x Ignacio Laviosa 111x Carlos Castillo-1st RS PRO MOTO 50 (2) 522x Vance Kennedy 500x Giovanni Spinali PRO MOTO 40 (6) 400x Ryan Liebelt 432x Brad White 441x Alirio Amado 419x Jacob Nieder 401x James Avery 415x Brad Baker (ROR-Quinn Cody) PRO MOTO IRONMAN (10) 750x Brandon Wright 739x Aaron Richardson 785x Fabricio Fuentes 733x Paul Hart 704x Juan Pablo Valenzuela 712x Eddie Meek 778x Aaron McDowell 740x Carlos Cardenas 748x Guillermo HaleBolio-2nd RS 760x Adam Rachac-1st RS PRO MOTO 60 (1) 649x Guy Laycraft
Pro Quads
Pro Quad (5) 7a Luis Ernesto Villafana 1a Ricardo Villafana 27a Carlos Napoles 5a Steven Lopez 10a Said Sanchez Pro Quad Ironman (1) 83a Faelly Lopez
Sportsman
SPT M/C (11) 214x David Navarro 245x Filiberto Garcia 225x Jason Lopez 218x Christian Espinoza 212x Eduardo Larios 217x Dustin Davis 246x Chael Pável Avilez Urcadiz 237x Fermin Vargas 249x Armando Ortiz 224x Edgar Najar 227x Esteban Rodriguez SPT QUAD (8) 111a Fidel Gonzalez 122a Samir Garciayala Coy 103a Dario Rabago 126a Miguel Salas 133a Julian Zepeda 104a Juan Pablo Gonzalez 130a Nakul Nacul Hernandez 105a Francisco Valle

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