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48th Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 'Start-Draw' Completed; Positions Posted. Pre-Running Begins Friday

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, dominiccnv@aol.com October 28, 2015 Nov. 18-22 race dates Racers from 23 U.S. States, 14 countries part of Wednesday’s start draw for 48th Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 desert race pre-running opens Friday for the iconic Granddaddy of all Desert Races; pre-race festivities include SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 experience, presented by BFGoodrich Tires Nov. 3-6 at Las Vegas Convention Center and SCORE Baja 1000 qualifying for SCORE Trophy Truck, unlimited Class 1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway off-road track at 7 p.m., Nov. 3 RENO, Nev.— With prerunning on the rugged race course scheduled to open Friday, official entries from 23 U.S. States and 14 countries were included the drawing for start positions in various classes for next month’s 48th Anniversary of the iconic Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 desert race, the season finale of the five-race 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship. Over 200 entries, from 30 U.S. States and 25 countries competing in Pro and Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads are expected to take the green flag on Friday, Nov. 20 for this year’s 48th annual Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000. The granddaddy of all desert races will be held in Baja California Norte on Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula, starting and finishing in the seaside port of Ensenada, 65 miles south of the U.S. Border at San Diego. DRAWING RECAP The drawing for starting positions, by class, for all classes except SCORE Trophy Truck and Class 1, was held Wednesday. A solid total of 192 vehicles officially entered in time for Wednesday’s drawing as nearly 50 additional entries are expected to enter in the three-plus weeks before race day in Ensenada for the legendary granddaddy of all desert races. So far among the car, truck and UTV classes, SCORE Trophy Truck has the most entries with 30, followed by Class 19 with 21, Class 10 with 18 and the unlimited Class 1 and Trophy Truck Spec each have 14 to date. Among the motorcycle classes, the unlimited M/C class has 10 entries and Class 40 (m/c riders over 40 years old) has six entries so far. Entry registration for the race continues at Register Here for Race. Late entries received after the drawing will be placed by class in the next available starting position following those that entered in time for the random draw. BEFORE BAJA…VIVA LAS VEGAS! Jumpstarting the festivities for the Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 for the second straight year will be the massive SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 Experience at the Las Vegas Convention Center next Tuesday through Friday and the special SCORE Baja 1000 qualifying for SCORE Trophy Trucks and unlimited Class 1 open-wheelers. With both events presented by BFGoodrich Tires, qualifying will be held at the Off-Road track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway next Tuesday evening (7 p.m. PT, Tuesday). GLOBAL INTEREST In addition to the 23 States represented on the entry list to date, racers have officially entered from 14 countries. In addition to the United States, entries so far have come from Austria, Australia, Canada, Columbia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the US Territory of Guam. TIME TRAVEL It’s the oldest and most well known of all desert races, and it remains as the single most appealing accomplishment to a racer. Since 1967, the race has been run over the mysterious Baja California peninsula every year except 1974 when the international fuel crisis forced a cancellation. This year’s race will start for the 41st time and finish for the 23rd time in EnsenadaThe race will start and finish on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the picturesque Bahia de Todos Santos in front of the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada. PRE-GREEN The race week festivities will cover Nov. 18-22, with the race and all side events starting and finishing in Ensenada. It will be a loop race this year of approximately 840 miles with the start line and finish line adjacent to the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada and the first and last several spectator-friendly miles running up and back down the Ensenada Arroyo. Pre-race festivities on Thursday (Nov. 19), for the Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000, including the vastly popular tech and contingency of all vehicles and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PTon Boulevard Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will also be held on Thursday (Nov. 19) at 7 p.m. PT in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer registration will be held in the Red Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in Ensenada. Racer registration will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT on Tuesday (Nov. 17), from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT on Wednesday (Nov. 18) and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT on Thursday (Nov. 19). Media registration will be held as well in the Red Room at the Riviera from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. PT on Wednesday (Nov. 18), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT on Thursday (Nov. 19) and the BFGoodrich Tires/Baja California Secretary of Tourism SCORE Media Center will be open on Friday at 5:30 a.m. PT until the course closes at approximately 11 p.m. PTon Saturday and will re-open on Sunday from seven a.m. until Noon PT. Two special Monster Energy parties, open to the public will be held before the race starts. On Wednesday starting at 7 p.m. PT at the start/finish line area will be the SCORE Baja 1000 Goes Green Monster Energy Party. On Thursday, the night before the start of the race, the Monster Energy SCORE Papas & Beer Street Party on Avenida Ruiz in front of Papas & Beer will start at 7 p.m. PT. POST GREEN As the celebration continues all-night on Friday, all day and evening on Saturday while official finishers cross the line and tales are added to the legacy of the event, the post-race awards fiesta will be held in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera starting at 10 a.m. PT on Sunday. SCORE…OH, WHAT A COURSE SCORE has put together another memorable race course, this one for a loop race, with all of the foreboding, unforgiving terrain the northern state of the mysterious Baja California peninsula has to offer. Starting and finishing in the heart of Ensenada in front of the historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, the course travels in a counter-clockwise direction. It includes the approximate 35 mile stretch to Ojos Negros which is used in both directions. Outgoing, the course heads Southwest from Ojos through Santo Tomas and then runs South along the picturesque Pacific Ocean for over 100 miles. Featuring seven checkpoints, the approximately 840-mile course covers both sides of the peninsula parallels Highway 1 for nearly half of the race, looping south back to the Pacific and then crossing over to the other side of the peninsula below Puertocitos. The course then heads back North along the tranquil Sea of Cortez, past San Felipe paralleling Highway 5 and up to the junction with Highway 3. The rugged course then parallels Highway 3 traveling west then northwest back into Ojos Negros and to the finish line in Ensenada. Pre-running is scheduled to open on Friday, allowing competitors three weeks of practice time and logistics planning on and around the course. CBS SPORTS NETWORK COVERAGE All races in the 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship series, along with the special SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 Experience and qualifying for the Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway are once again airing in the USA and Canada on the CBS Sports Network. New for 2015, in addition to SCORE Trophy Truck coverage, the shows also feature top action and highlights from many other classes of trucks, cars, UTVs, motorcycles and quads – making sure that the most exciting footage and most compelling stories are now part of each race event broadcast. Capping off the 2015 broadcast season, the Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 broadcast on CBS Sports Network will be expanded to a full two-hour program – providing the most expansive television coverage of the “Main Event” of all desert races ever, allowing all the major class action to be showcased around the globe to the SCORE International fan base. 2015 CBS Sports Network Original Broadcast Schedule (subject to change, check local listings) Remaining Shows: · Rigid Industries SCORE Imperial Valley 250 presented by the City of El Centro (first telecast-Sunday, November 15, 9 p.m. ET; key repeat broadcast-Sunday, November 29, 9 p.m. ET) · Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 Qualifying @SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 Experience (first telecast-Sunday, December 20, 9 p.m. ET) · Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 (two-hour special) (first telecast-Sunday, December 27, 9 p.m. ET) Completed Broadcasts: · Bud Light SCORE San Felipe 250 (first telecasts-Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m. ET & 11 p.m. ET) · Bud Light SCORE Baja Sur 500 (first telecast-Sunday, May 31, 9 p.m. ET; key repeat broadcast-Sunday, June 7, 9 p.m. ET) · Bud Light SCORE Baja 500 (first telecast-Sunday, July 26, 9 p.m. ET; key repeat broadcast-Sunday, August 2, 9 p.m. ET) CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, including a full programming schedule and how to get CBS Sports Network, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com. SCOREscope The five-race 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship includes four special events in Baja California, Mexico, and one in the United States. Here is the complete 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship schedule: Remaining race: · 48th Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000, Nov.18-21, Ensenada, Mexico Completed races: · 29th Bud Light SCORE San Felipe 250, held Jan. 22-25, San Felipe, Mexico · Inaugural Bud Light SCORE Baja Sur 500, held April 15-19, Cabo San Lucas to Loreto, Mexico · 47th Bud Light SCORE Baja 500, held June 4-7, Ensenada Mexico · Rigid Industries SCORE Imperial Valley 250, presented by the city of El Centro, Sept. 24-27, Coyne Powersports Motorplex-Plaster City, Calif. SCORE JOURNAL Issue No. 9 of the SCORE Journal, the highly-popular new monthly on-line digital magazine of SCORE International and the five-race SCORE World Desert Championship, is live on the SCORE website at www.SCORE-International.com and is available through SCORE social media channels as well as a direct link at http://scorejournal.digital. The new digital magazine, which includes numerous linked video segments, is a major element in the media expansion that SCORE is implementing for 2015 which includes its most aggressive national and international television packages, four new online video series, each with 26 episodes and a new consumer based SCORE website. SCORE SPONSORS… SCORE corporate offices are located in Reno, Nev. Official Sponsors: Bud Light-Official Beer/Official Race Sponsor, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Rigid Industries LED Lighting-Official Lights/Official Race Sponsor, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Polaris-Official UTV, Vision Wheel – Official Wheel, Axial R/C-Official R/C Vehicle, CBS Sports Network-Official Television Partner, Coca-Cola-Official Soft Drink, Coyne Powersports-Official Powersports Supplier,Wide Open Excursions- Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino. Associate Sponsors: All Road Satellite, Symons Ambulance Company, Aero Calafia, Tessco. Additional SCORE Partners: Proturismo Ensenada, Visit Baja California Sur, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, Baja California Sur State Government, Mexicali Ayuntamineto, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Corporate Helicopters, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, GoPro, PCI Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products, Advanced Color Graphics. For more information, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com. 48th Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 Nov. 18-22, 2015—approx. 840 miles Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico Total Entries: 192 (as of START DRAW on 10/28/15) (from 23 U.S. States, U.S. Territory of Guam, Australia, Austria, Canada, Columbia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand) (starting order, by class) Pro Cars & Trucks SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (30) (Numerical, before Qualifying) 1 Steven Eugenio 4 Justin Matney 5 Carlos Lopez 9 Mark Weyhrich 11 Rob MacCachren 14 Heidi Steele 16 Cameron Steele 17 Eduardo Laguna 19 Tim Herbst 21 Gus Vildosola Jr 23 Dan McMillin 25 Brian Ostrom 28 Alan Pflueger-RS 36 Glen Greer 38 Eric Hustead 39 Ron Whitton 42 Jesse Hooker 44 Kyle Jergensen 45 Gary Magness 47 James Bult 50 Zak Langley 59 Craig Potts 70 Bryce Menzies 75 Mike Cook 76 Jesse Jones 77 Robby Gordon 83 Luke McMillin 91 Troy Herbst 93 Chris Kemp 97 B.J. Baldwin CLASS 1 (14) (Numerical, before Qualifying) 101 David Hunter-RS 104 Rob Archibald-RS 117 Stephen Squires 127 Cody Parkhouse 138 Randy Wilson 142 Steven Sells 145 Mark Workentine 147 Pat McCarthy 153 Brian Wilson 160 Victor Barreda-RS 168 Shelby Reid 175 Jaime Huerta Jr-RS 185 Justin Davis 189 Jon Walker CLASS 1/2-1600 (8) 1666 Tony Vanillo Sr 1647 Wes McKenzie 1614 Hiram Duran 1636 Aaron Ampudia 1648 Alejandro Lozano 1605 Miguel Cortez-3rd RS 1684 Viry Felix-2nd RS 1602 Ernesto Arambula-1st RS CLASS 3 (2) 300 Donald Moss 301 Robert Morton CLASS 5 (1) 500 Kevin Carr CLASS 5-1600 (5) 558 Salvador Carrillo 579 Mary Crouch-4th RS 553 Armando Garcia-3rd RS 578 Gustavo Avina-2nd RS 575 Erich Reisen-1st RS CLASS 7 (6) 712 Ikuo Hanawa 701 Brandon Walsh 705 Carlos Diaz 700 Dan Chamlee 722 Paige Sohren 727 Jim Ryan CLASS 8 (3) 844 Noah Ostanik 811 James Burman 839 Chris Wilson-1st RS CLASS 10 (18) 1068 Cody Reid 1045 Travis Clarke 1011 Morgan Langley 1080 Peter Hajas 1089 Arnoldo Gutierrez Jr 1088 Luis Salgado 1062 J.J. Schnarr 1077 Daniel Reyes Jr 1042 Lars Ferry 1002 Steve Lawler 1034 Clifford Cole 1058 Clay Lawrence 1018 Miguel Tornel Sr 1078 Jorge Magana 1081 Todd Winslow 1049 Ty Godde-3rd RS 1087 Stuart Breckon-2nd RS 1078 Eliseo Garcia-1st RS SCORE LITES (5) 1210 Cesar Pinuelas 1218 Miguel Tornel Jr 1221 Matt Drever 1209 Rafael Navarro III 1201 Mario Alcala CLASS 11 (4) 1107 Jim Graham 1121 Dennis Hollenbeck 1129 David Bolles-2nd RS 1116 Paul Nauleau-1st RS STOCK FULL (4) 8101 Rod Hall 8125 John Gonzales 8155 Darren Webster 8161 Douglas McArdle-1st RS TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (14) 850 Chad Broughton 862 Pete Sohren 884 Billy Wilson 878 John Langley 868 Pat Sims 8XX Andrew Hendricks 873 Jordan Brenthel 855 Lee Banning 881 Mark Luhtala 872 Jonathan Brenthel 874 Elias Hanna 888 Jim Anderson 871 Larry Connor 854 Chelsea Magness CLASS 3000 (2) 3030 Chad Broughton 3003 Mike Jams CLASS 19 (21) 1927 Benjamin Wilson 1958 George Felix 1939 Dan Fresh 1988 Wes Miller 1921 Johnny Angal 1949 Alonso Lopez 1930 Sean Cook 1905 Marc Burnett 1904 Cory Sappington 1943 Tom Longshore 1923 Benjamin Bischoff 1961 Cody Rahders 1915 Thomas Graves 1922 Tyler Backus 1971 Terry Hui 19XX Scott Bergen 1910 Ryan McIntire 1942 Scott McFarland 1932 Brandon Schueler 1917 Derek Murray 1908 Justin Lambert BAJA CHALLENGE (3) BC2 Bob Bower BC3 Rick Skelton BC1 Jon Largent CLASS 4400 (1) 4451 Mel Wade III-1st RS CLASS 2 (1) 201 Jeff Proctor Pro Motorcycles UNLIMITED M/C (10) 14x Raul Hernandez 35x Nicholas Gust 3x Mark Samuels 11x Ulises Fierro 81x Joseph Jepsen 45x Francisco Arredondo 1x Ricky Brabec 21x Dustin McCarthy 5x Colton Udall 7x Joseph Wingfield LIMITED M/C (4) 111x Chad Thornton 128x Steve Kameda 122x Ruben Alamo 100x Fernando Beltran CLASS 30 (2) 318x Jeffery Pillon 301x Christopher Schultz CLASS 40 (6) 444x Kyle Abney 409x Stephen Sanders 424x Jeff Powell 403x Oscar Fazz 404x Jano Montoya 411x Colie Potter CLASS 50 (4) 556x Donald Blake 505x Daniel Argano 501x Marc Prince 513x Guillermo Gomez CLASS 60 (1) 611x Richard Jackson-1st RS SCORE IRONMAN (4) 705x Francisco Aldrete 731x Taylor Gagnor 740x Boe Huckins 715x Jeff Benrud Pro Quads Pro Quad (1) 9a Said Sanchez Sportsman SPT BUGGY (2) 1506 Bruce Books 1515 Derek Fletcher-1st RS SPT UNLIMITED TRUCK (4) 1409 Andrew Entwistle 1408 Spencer Morgan 1407 Gary Leyendecker 1444 Jim Bunn-1st RS SPT UNLIMITED UTV (2) 1852 Robert Branch 1850 Matthew Pontius SPT M/C (7) 202x Jon Harris Johnson 266x Clint Chew 222x Francois Carrete 215x Walter Lemonovich 214x Lawrence Janesky 299x Wayne Schlosser 261x Sean Tefft SPT QUAD (3) 109a Juan Dominguez 119a Rusty Batza-2nd RS 111a Craig Wear-1st RS

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