HAMMER TRUCK UNLTD (unlimited, custom 4-wheel drive Rock Crawler) I always dreamed about winning the SCORE Baja 1000 and I’m delighted we made it. My co-driver Dan did an amazing job and gave us the truck in second and we kept on going and were able to go by Pierce Herbst (No. I love the people here and even the courses like this, which are not exactly what I prefer, are really fun. It was great, well laid out and they kept it interesting with some new things. To be honest, I wasn’t ready for it, but I gave my best. SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (Unlimited … It’s technical and just nasty in parts. While being followed by two journalists in an airplane and using telegraph offices at the Mexican border and in La Paz, Dave Ekins recorded the first official timed run in 39 hours 56 minutes (39:56) with a total distance of 952.7 miles (1,533.2 km). SCORE Sportsman MC < 250cc: Sportsman riders 250cc (2-stroke) or 450cc (4-stroke) or less. We had help from a lot of people and we really appreciate it. He got lost down in San Felipe and that’s when Jano Montoya’s (325x) bike passed us. Each of us has put so much time and effort into it. Felipe Velez rode race mile 600 to race mile 675. We busted our butts today and it’s unfortunate that we got to deal with some things that were out of our control, but that’s racing. 77 (Robby Gordon started and drove to race mile 420. – It went pretty well. The qualifiers for the 2020 Baja 1000 were held September 27–October 1, 2020 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course due to the 2020 IndyCar Harvest GP.The event planned to be a qualifying event for the 2020 SKUSA Supernationals before the event was cancelled altogether.. [4] After Pete Condos and Pearlman put up the funds to incorporate NORRA, the group announced an official recognition of the previous record setters and created classes that related to the type of vehicle used to break the record. – It’s the second SCORE Baja 1000 for this car and the second win and that’s really exciting. JEFF BADER, No. – CO-DRIVER ROGER STARKEY said: It went great. – CO-DRIVER FELIPE MARTINEZ said: We were a little bit unlucky to have three flat tires during the race. They threw us in some new stuff and there were portions that we hadn’t run in a long time. We kept going and at one point we saw the car that was ahead of us out of the course with guys working on it. It’s just a great thing to see and enjoy every time we come down here to Baja. We had to stop, kick the light off and wrap the wire around the clutch cable so it didn’t get into the wheel. 2019 Races. I’d won the SCORE Baja 250, but not this one. CAMERON STEELE, No. There’s nothing greater than that and to finish the race makes me very emotional. Follow. Library. Rslhc Well-Known Member. Though NORRA held a competing event in the United States that same weekend, BSC successfully ran the race from Ensenada to La Paz like the years prior. We never got stuck in any silt, but there was a lot of it and it slowed us down a bit, we wish we could have gone faster in some portions of the course. I’m in love with the Mexican people after everything I saw here these days. Felipe Martinez drove race mile 640 to the finish.) And to do it with my dad, that’s even greater. Unfortunately we had three power steering pumps failing and that’s what really got us behind, but we’ll take the result we got. Justin Ellenburg drove race mile 691 to the finish.) Paul Horschel drove race mile 690 to the finish.) We made it across the finish line and I’m grateful for that. Plan your route and go! We started well, built a one-hour advantage and that helped us setting the pace. The wind wouldn’t stop and we were constantly on dust from race mile 200 to 400, we never broke free of the dust. Viry Felix drove race mile 420 to race mile 680. I iron maned the race again and this time it definitely put a beat on me. According to authorities, as part of this operation, the Ensenada Bypass will be closed, due to the adjustment of the route. WHAT: BFGoodrich Tires 53rd SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts, desert race—final round of two-race 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship WHEN: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 17-22, 2020 WHERE: Start/Finish: Ensenada-Baja California, Mexico(80 miles south–U.S./Mexico Border at San Diego) Through negotiations with Mickey Thompson and his SCORE organization, the Government agreed to give exclusive rights to SCORE to hold Baja races and also reluctantly allowed SCORE to cancel the event for 1974 (a year where motorsport was curtailed in the United States because of the oil crisis). We requested a rear start in our class to put us into greater pressure, but our greatest competition folded at mile 150 after a crash. Dennis Belingheri rode race mile 511 to race mile 600. Shane Esposito rode race mile 300 to race mile 505. Elijah Kiger drove race mile 603 to the finish.) CO-RIDER BRYCE OXLEY said: We had some problems right off the bat. BAJA CHALLENGE (Spec Subaru-powered two-seat open wheel race cars) Francisco Septien rode race mile 740 to race mile 820. The entire team did great and my family was here and had a lot of fun. 1945 (First in class, First overall UTV). My dad started second, he got us to first place and it was back and forth but we had a flat tire. "Kendall Norman, Quinn Cody Earn 2010 SCORE Baja 1000 Motorcycle Victory." BAJA 1000, Nov. 17-22. 19 (Pat Dean started and drove to race mile 440. We’re really stoked to have finished it. PRO MOTO 40 (Riders over 40 years old) BRYCE MENZIES, No. Justin Morgan rode to race mile 124. 720 (James Bluth started and drove to race mile 300. [4][5][6][7] The event received coverage in the Globe, Argosy, and Cycle World magazines, earning awe and respect for Honda and the Baja run. I was hoping to do it in 22 hours, but it actually took us 28 hours. We’re glad SCORE had the race, we’ve been looking forward to it for a long time. And then we had a flat tire after I hit a ditch some miles ahead, but from that point on it was a smooth race. Join The Reserve Your Place. 2989), who pushed hard at the end. 2020 Baja Mil Race Report - Team 324x. We had quite a few issues with a flat tire, running out of gas and driving without our brakes from miles 730 to 820, but we made it. Robbie Pierce started and drove to race mile 275. The SCORE Trophy Truck in front of us had no dust. CLASS 1/2-1600 (single or two-seat desert race cars to 1600cc VW engines) 325x (Bryce Stavron started and rode to race mile 65. The Baja 1000 is open to entrants competing in several classes ranging from motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, stock Volkswagens, production vehicles, buggies, trucks, and custom fabricated race vehicles. That's my second bad very bad. I’d like to thank everyone at SCORE for putting on this event in 2020. It was very different and challenging. And that’s OK with me because I feel like I always win when I cross the border and get down here to beautiful Baja. It demanded a lot from us and from our car and that made it very interesting. Jano Montoya rode race mile 400 to race mile 480. to hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Still, I was surprised how difficult it was today. Sometimes (such as 2016) it is a loop that started and finished in Ensenda with checkpoints to ensure that drivers complete the course. I still haven’t decided if I loved it or hated it, but we’ll be back next year whether I like it or not. Johnny Campbell drove race mile 620 to race mile 770. By 1971, major sponsors such as Olympia Brewing Company and Minolta Cameras began to support Parnelli Jones in his Dick Russell designed and Bill Stroppe prepared "Big Oly" Bronco and Larry Minor in a similar Stroppe prepared Bronco. The trails were just junk, people were getting stuck everywhere and the dust just hung in the air, so you couldn’t go much more than 20 miles/hour for four hours. Motorcycles are the first competitors off the line. We tried to push as hard as we could and actually made for quite a bit of time, but it was too late. But luckily our truck got a four-wheel drive, so when the others trucks got stuck we just went around them in the bushes. GABRIEL TORRES, No. The course was pretty good and it all went well for the most part. Race teams consist of factory-supported groups that build custom fabricated vehicles and provide chase vehicles via helicopter, to the much smaller and less glamorized sportsman teams competing in an all-stock vehicle with no chase vehicle support at all. CLASS 7 (unlimited, six-cylinder, production appearing trucks or SUVs) That first race started in Tijuana on October 31, 1967 and ended in La Paz with a length of 849 miles. 2022 (First in class. We had three flats tires total and one of our belts flew off the motor, but outside of that, the car ran great. 440x (First in class. Mike Jeluso drove race mile 505 to race mile 691. The last portions I rode were difficult ones because we were above sea level and it got really cold at times, especially during the night. For the most part, it was a smooth race. [2] The race is the final round of a four-race annual series, including the SCORE Desert Challenge, the SCORE San Felipe 250 and the SCORE Baja 500. Nate Hale drove race mile 420 to race mile 760. Bernardo Segura rode race mile 870 to the finish.) Elliot Pollack drove race mile 680 to race mile 822. David Ruvalcaba drove race mile 340 to race mile 640. The 2017 Baja 1000 marked the 50th anniversary of the race.[3]. Sep 22, 2020 #1 Ok, the 500 is almost here and we have some leaked info from score about the 1000. The course was brutal, very tight and twisty, there were a lot of places where you could put a foot wrong and make a mistake. [1][2] It is one of the most prestigious off-road races in the world, attracting competitors from Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guam, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, The Balkans, and from every state in the United States, as well as the host country of Mexico. 4 years ago | 5 views. It was a hard race and a bumpy one. MATT BURROUGHS, No. Sign up. Tomas Fernandez started and drove to race mile 300. ELIOTT WATSON, No. Jeremy Davis drove race mile 620 to the finish.) –CO-RIDER BRYCE STAVRON said: We had a lot of mishaps. From mile 300 and coming over the peninsula, it was super rough, super tight and super silted out. – What a rocky, nasty, rough course. Watch fullscreen. CLASS 1 (Unlimited open-wheel single or two-seaters) Book your adventure now. Instead of giving up the race, the Mexican government requested help from SCORE International in hosting and promoting future Baja races. MIGUEL CORTEZ, No. ALAN AMPUDIA, No. The course was rough and gnarly, everything I love about Baja. 4 Days and 3 Nights . Francisco Septien rode race mile 65 to race mile 300. Alejandro de Mazo started and rode to race mile 150. 180x (second in class) – It was a very difficult race and the course demanded a lot from us. After that, the maps were handed out as the crowd pushed forward to get a copy. Mitchell Alsup drove race mile 605 to the finish.) My brother did great, he had to deal with eight bottlenecks and he had to get out of the car quite a few times. It was just bad luck, but it’s part of racing. –- This was a very tough course and an extremely demanding one, it was the longest loop race ever here. Vance Kennedy rode race mile 860 to the finish.) Bob Lofton drove race mile 275 to race mile 400. It was our goal to finish the race and I’m proud we did it. 12; Next. Esteban Ramirez rode race mile 455 to race mile 515. Alberto Ruiz rode race mile 700 to race mile 740. For Trophy Trucks & Class 1 vehicles, qualifying for the Baja 1000 is now held during SEMA at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ELISEO GARCIA, No. 10) got a flat tire and I was just trailing my brother (Dan McMillin, No 23). BERNARDO SEGURA, No. –- CO-DRIVER JAVIER MONTOYA said: This was a very difficult course. Adolpho Arellano rode race mile 830 to race mile 870. He’s a great person and I’m really excited that he got to finish the SCORE Baja 1000 too. Until there we were there with Luke, it was going to be a photo finish for sure and that was just unfortunate. Finishing second for the day and taking the SCORE Championship home, we’re all very happy. Larry did an amazing job, he just kept it in line and had no downtime, which is exactly what you need to do in the first half of the SCORE Baja 1000. We had no issues whatsoever, maybe just a slower overall time than what was planned. I’ve been closer in the past and maybe one day I’ll get it done, we’ll see. We just prep the whole thing hold all the panels off and I forgot to put the back in. We had a good race and the bike was great. It’s been a rough year, so to see this event going on and everyone following all the protocols, it’s really nice. That was a wild course. 1995 (Kaden Wells started and drove to race mile 400. 727 (First in class. Click Logo for the SCORE Race Fuel Order Form. 0:43 . Eliseo Garcia drove race mile 360 to race mile 695. The Pro Turbo UTV class was the largest of any class this year with 23 starters. We didn’t struggle a lot with the silt, but the mountain section was hard to drive and there were so many rocks there. It was the most technical riding I’ve ever done in my life. – Unfortunately Eric had a fall and broke his ribs and his collar bone, but outside of that, we had a really smooth race. Paul Horschel started and drove to race mile 440. Justin Lofton drove race mile 400 to the finish.) Now we want to come back for every SCORE race in 2021. Racing the SCORE Baja 1000 was making a dream come true. 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of arguably the toughest off-road race in the World! • Easy to use point to point Route Planning Interface. Thanks to SCORE for putting up an awesome event. General description of 4-wheeled off-road classes. Ricardo Villalobos rode race mile 425 to race mile 600. 51st Baja 1000; 51st Baja 1000 Qualifying Results ; Lucerna Hotel & Resorts Tijuana 22nd SCORE Desert Challenge; 50th Annual SCORE Baja 500; 32nd SCORE San Felipe 250. I feel extremely rewarded just for finishing this race. The follow-up documentary to Dust to Glory, Dust 2 Glory follows contestants over the 2016 season before being released in-time for the 50th anniversary Baja 1000 in 2016. 83 (First overall. In June 1967, Pearlman and group left Tijuana and immediately ran into mechanical troubles. Polaris RZR factory racer Wes Miller capped off a successful season with the overall UTV win at the 53rd SCORE Baja 1000, the second and final race of the 2020 SCORE World Desert Championship, on Saturday afternoon. Jaime Delgadillo drove race mile 30 to race mile 400. My bike turned off and wouldn’t start again and then some people approached me to help and it worked. Every turn, every bump, every mile challenged you. 1046 (Ben Hagle started and drove to race mile 420. We hit some debris on the course and lost our driveline, so we had to stop and fix it. Cisco Bio drove race mile 685 to the finish.) However, for the Baja 1000 it usually starts in Ensenada and ends in La Paz. We’d like to thank our supporters who are cheering from home during this SCORE Baja 1000. 2020 Baja 1000. Playing next. Watch Team Chinolas | Driving Dirty: The Road to the Baja 1000 - Tonie on Dailymotion. Mario Alcalar drove race mile 690 to the finish.) Apple Inc. - 84,2MB - Shareware - Apple Software Update est un outil logiciel de Apple qui installe la dernière version du logiciel Apple. Go. Eric Yorba rode race mile 820 to the finish). No one knows it more than Larry, he’s won this thing 13 times. JAMES BLUTH, No. TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (unlimited Truck/SUV, stock, sealed engines) You can’t win them all but sometimes Baja wins it, we are always fighting back and forth. This course was rough. — CO-DRIVER ANDY McMILLIN said: My section was really good, we had just a couple of little issues. JUSTIN ELLENBURG, No. Cesar Fiscal drove race mile 630 to the finish.) First in class. The Baja 1000 is a Mexican off-road motorsport race held each year on the Baja California Peninsula.The race was founded by Ed Pearlman in 1967 and is sanctioned by SCORE International. Damen Jefferies drove race mile 420 to race mile 740. Stock Volkswagen Type One Beetles are modified for use in off-road terrain, known as Baja Bugs, have been a common sight throughout the event duration, but the factory-supported, all-spaceframe Trophy Truck entries are the most visible. – CO-DRIVER MARIO ALCALAR said: Finishing a SCORE Baja race is never easy. The truck was flawless and our entire team was fantastic. The Baja 1000 allows various types of vehicle classes to compete on the same course with classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs and buggies. 264) around San Felipe. 370x (First in class. – We got into a bad accident with a Trophy Truck Spec at the beginning that pulled our spare tire out. The person who really deserves a huge accolade is our race engineer Mike Craft because he said if we raced in a certain way we’d be in contention for the podium and if we didn’t have these small mistakes along the way, we’d be right there. – The race was really good until it wasn’t. We just stayed steady and it ran great all night and got us here with no problems. 4 years ago | 5 views. Shane Esposito rode race mile 820 to the finish.) 1x (First in class. I’ve wanted this since I started racing. CLASS 2 (Unrestricted cars/trucks including turbo and superchargers) –- The race was a lot longer that I imagined it would be but now my entire body and every muscle I have know it too. Even in this different year, the atmosphere was still amazing here in Baja and even a fan came out to help us with his four-wheel drive the only time we got stuck. 295 (William Hedrick started and drove to race mile 405. BFGoodrich Tires 53rd SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4Wheel Parts. –- Pat Dean did a great job with the truck, he kept us in the hunt the entire time. We had some complications with our transmission at the beginning but our chasing team did a great job to get it fixed. Bryce Stavron rode race mile 740 to race mile 820. Bernardo Segura rode race mile 190 to race mile 320. We lost the connection to our lightning system and there were a couple crashes too. CHRIS MILLER, No. As the timed runs recorded via telegraph became popular, a need for an organized event to compete for the quickest Baja run was starting to grab the attention of other competitors. We had a pretty clean race and probably should have won by a lot more, but a win is a win. Each year there are reports of spectators sabotaging or booby-trapping the course by digging holes, blocking a river to create a makeshift watersplash, or burying and hiding obstacles. 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