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*****BAJA Racing Headlines*****UPDATED! Tuesday, February 21GPS Files Score Lowrance GPSScore Garmin GDBScore Other units GPXScore Google Earth KMLSPEED Mex Lowrance GPSwith access roads SPEED Mex Garmin GDBSPEED Mex Other unit GPXCLICK HERE FOR UPDATED COURSE MAP!Pre-running will be allowed on the actual race course from Saturday, Feb. 25 through Friday, March 9.Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series, the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the popular six-week-long ‘Spring Break’.Starting List Released! Starting List As Of 2/12/12FOUR WHEEL VEHICLE CLASSES:SCORE TROPHY TRUCK:Rob MacCachren - 20Andy McMillin - 31Robby Gordon - 77(Will Not Show)Jesse James - 54Ken Losch - 34Nick Vanderwey - 84Scott Whipple - 95Ryan Arcerio - 49James Bult - 47Armin Schwarz - 15Mike Palmer - 57Gary Weyhrich - 98Tim Herbst - 19Dan McMillin - 23Robbie Pierce - 30Steven Strobel - 94Cameron Steele - 16B.J. Baldwin - 97Mark Weyhrich - 9Juan C. Lopez - 18Mark Workentine – 55Pete Sohren - 2Mike Julson - 17CLASS 1 UNLIMITED:Ronny Wilson - 101Brian Parkhouse - 102Damen Jefferies - 103Conan Barker - 104Josh Rigsby - 105Rudy Cortez - 106Tony Miglini - 107Cody Parkhouse - 108Clyde Stacy/Robby Gordon(WNS) - 109Monica Greenhill - 110Zak Langley - 111Randy Wilson - 112Luke McMillin - 113NEW! San Felipe 250 Course HERE!The 249.3-mile race course will utilize two washes that have never before been used for racing – Cuevitas and Amarillas. The Cuevitas Wash will replace the Three Poles to Borrego section of previous courses. That will run in a counter-clockwise direction and start and finish at the landmark San Felipe arches, will use the infamous washes of Matomi, Azufre, Huatamote and Chanate along with Amarillas before heading to the finish line.Baja Racing News.com to RaceCast LIVE! ONLINE7th San Felipe 250 The Baja Racing News LIVE! Race Chatter>>>Robby Gordon, 'Showing-Up at San Felipe'Breaking News>>>UPLOADING NOW!Race Course Recon: LAS CUEVITAS: No wash loop around 3 Poles  — cut off crapola about RM30 … come out on Power Pole Road up to San Matais Pass.  Virgin territory!  Technical.  Climb up to 2,000 feet.LAS AMARILLAS: North out of Huatamote at “ramp” … cross north to Chanate.  Peel off clockwise through unsullied wash out to OPR and finish.The whole course runs counter clockwise, so no section is backwards of what has been run in recent years. The new combination of washes will shake this San Felipe race up! Huatamote and Chanate are going to be run the other way than from last year. North going through Huatamote (last year was south), and west through Chanate (last year was east).SCORE doesn't post the entry list until the drawing results come out, the drawing is this Saturday though. I raced this race the last 3 years in 1/2 1600, don't be discouraged if there are a small amount of 1600's on the FIRST entry list. MOST 1600 teams will not enter till about a week or two before the race, because no limited team wants to pay the full $1500 dollar entry fee 4 weeks in advance. Most likley there will be 9 or 10 on the first entry list but there will be near 20-25 starters come race day! Press ReleasesDesert racers Rob MacCachren of Las Vegas and Mike Brown of Murrieta, Calif., received the pole positions for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles in the computerized drawing for starting positions held Saturday for the upcoming 26th Annual MasterCraft SafetyTecate SCORE San Felipe 250. MacCachren races in the featured SCORE Trophy Truck division while Brown competes in Class 22 for open motorcycles.Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series will be held March 9-11 in Mexico’s picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located 120 miles south of the U.S. border on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez.With entries accepted up to race morning, over 250 entries are expected to enter the race. Entered in time for the drawing, entries have come from 25 US States and 10 countries as competition will be held in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes in the popular race.The green flag will drop at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 10, for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed three hours after the last Sportsman ATV later by the car and truck classes at approximately 10 a.m. The start line and finish line for the race is scheduled to once again be the landmark San Felipe Arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race, with an 11-hour time limit to become an official finisher.The start draw for Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series determined the starting order within each of the various classes in the elapsed-time race.Drawing the first starting slot for the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars was Ronny Wilson of Long Beach, Calif.. Riding the first ATV off the line will be Class 25 team led by Mike Cafro, Fallbrook, Calif. Wilson Motorsports actually has four total entries in the race with Ronny Wilson’s brother Randy also in Class 1 and their sons Brad and Brian Wilson both driving in Class 1/2-1600.With 23 entries so far in the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 850 horsepower, unlimited production trucks, MacCachren, 46, a six-time AARWBA All-America motorsports team member and eight-time SCORE season class point champion who has 10 career SCORE Trophy Truck Race wins, will lead a strong field in SCORE TrophyTruck that features many of the world’s top desert racers in the No. 20 MasterCraft Racing Ford F-150.MacCachren won this race last year as well as the special September race that was also held in San Felipe. He also opened this season with a win in Round 2 in Laughlin after a ninth-place finish in Round 1 and is currently second in the 2012 SCORE Trophy Truck point standings.A unique part of Saturday’s drawing was the special drawing for the top 12 finishers from the nearest previous SCORE Baja race entered in the current race in both SCORE Trophy-Truck and the unlimited Class 1. Six of the top 12 SCORE Trophy Trucks from last November’s 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 entered the race in time for the drawing along with four racers from the unlimited Class 1.Bell, 39, will ride a KTM 450SX-F motorcycle in Class 22 as the KTM Factory Off-Road Team has two entries in this year’s race with Kurt Caselli drawing the second Class 22 start position.Last year’s overall 4-wheel, 2-wheel and ATV champions are all part of the field. While MacCachren was last year’s overall 4-wheel champion, the returning 2-wheel champion is the JCR Honda team led by of Colton Udall, San Clemente, Calif. on a Honda CRF450X and the returning overall ATV winner is the team led by Brandon Brown, Umatilla, Ore., on a Honda TRX450R.In Saturday’s computerized drawing, SCORE Trophy Truck had the most entries with 23, followed by the unlimited Class 1 with 13 and SCORE Lites with 7. While 141 entries were received in time for the start draw, late registration will be accepted up until race morning and as many as 125 additional entries are expected.Among the Pro motorcycle classes, the open Class 22 had the most vehicles entered in the drawing with eight.Leading the Sportsman classes was SPT M/C 450> with 12 entries in time for the drawing.Besides MacCachren, Udall and Brown, the other defending Pro class winners entered so far this year are: Kevin Carr, San Diego (Class 5), Dan Chamlee, Cupertino, Calif. (Class 7), Matt Cullen, Long Beach, Calif. (Class 10), Bruce Finchum, Mesa, Ariz. (Class 7-2), Carlos Casas (Class 21), Mike Johnson, El Paso, Texas (Class 30), Mike Prunty, Temecula, Calif. (Class 40) and Donald Lewis, Marlborough, Conn. (Class 60).Traveling all the way from Bristol, Tenn. and Bristol, Va., Justin Matney’s RPM Off-Road, which opened the season with 11 total class wins in the two rounds in Laughlin in January, has a race-record eight entries in this year’s MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250.Leading the class point standings in seven classes after the first two races of 2012, RPM has vehicles entered in SCORE Trophy Truck (Juan C. Lopez, driver of record leads the class point standings after two second place finishes in Laughlin), Class 1 (Clyde Stacy), Class 6 (Eduardo Laguna), Class 5-1600 (Stacy), Class 8 (Rodolfo Iribe), Class 4 (Derek Fletcher), Class 2 (Stacy) and Sportsman Buggy (Jim Bunn).Besides Lopez in SCORE Trophy Truck, Stacy, Bristol, Va., leads both Class 5-1600 (1600cc VW Baja Bug) and Class 2 (PSD-Chevy). The other RPM class point leaders are Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico (Class 6, Chevy Colorado), Rodolfo Iribe, San Ysidro, Calif. (Class 8, Chevy Silverado), Derek Fletcher, Abingdon, Va. (Class 4, PSD-Chevy) and Jim Bunn, Bristol, Va. (Sportsman Buggy, Geiser-Chevy). Stacy, Laguna, Iribe, Fletcher and Bunn each won their respective classes in both of the Laughlin races.Including some never-before-used washes for a desert race, SCORE International has announced significant course changes for this year’s race.The 249.3-mile race course will utilize two washes that have never before been used for racing – Cuevitas and Amarillas. The Cuevitas Wash will replace the Three Poles to Borrego section of previous courses.The course, that will run in a counter-clockwise direction and start and finish at the landmark San Felipe arches and for the first time will also include the infamous washes of Matomi, Azufre, Huatamote and Chanate along with Amarillas before heading to the finish line.Pre-running will be allowed on the actual race course from Saturday, Feb. 25 through Friday, March 9.Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series, the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the popular six-week-long ‘Spring Break’.Pre-race festivities on Friday, March 9 will include Contingency row and Tech inspection on the colorful Malecon in San Felipe. Contingency will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tech will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The post-race awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 11 at 10 a.m. PDT time. Daylight Savings Time begins in Baja and the United States at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 11.In addition to season class point championships, the racers are also competing for part of the nearly $400,000 in cash purse and contingency postings each race. Drivers in the Pro car and truck classes are also attempting to earn prestigious SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards given to all car and truck class drivers who complete every required mile of the five-race season. Being presented by Toyota Motorsports for the 27th consecutive year, a total of 61 drivers are still in the hunt for the awards for the 2012 SCORE Desert Series after the first two rounds in the five-race series.Racers are also competing for the annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year awards, including the MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Year award. All categories, except Engine Builder and Original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer, will be determined by public on-line voting while Engine and Buggy awards are determined by season points.26th Annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250March 9-11, 2012—San Felipe, Baja California, MexicoDrawing Results — Total Entries: 141 (as of 2/11/12)(from 25 States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico)Pro Cars & TrucksSCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (23)20 Rob MacCachren31 Andy McMillin77 Robby Gordon54 Jesse James34 Ken Losch84 Nick Vanderwey95 Scott Whipple49 Ryan Arciero47 James Bult15 Armin Schwarz57 Mike Palmer98 Gary Weyhrich19 Tim Herbst23 Dan McMillin30 Robbie Pierce94 Steven Strobel16 Cameron Steele97 B.J. Baldwin9 Mark Weyhrich18 Juan C. Lopez55 Mark Workentine2 Pete Sohren17 Mike JulsonCLASS 1 (13)101 Ronny Wilson102 Brian Parkhouse103 Damen Jefferies104 Conan Barker105 Josh Rigsby106 Rudy Cortez107 Tony Miglini108 Cody Parkhouse109 Clyde Stacy110 Monica Greenhill111 Zak Langley112 Randy Wilson113 Luke McMillinCLASS 1/2-1600 (5)1601 George Peters1602 J.J. Schnarr1603 Brian Wilson1604 Andrew Myers1605 Brad WilsonCLASS 3 (3)300 Donald Moss301 Brian Morris349 Billy BunchCLASS 5 (1)500 Dave CarrCLASS 5-1600 (2)551 Trevor Anderson579 Clyde StacyCLASS 6 (1)619 Eduardo LagunaCLASS 7 (1)700 Dan ChamleeCLASS 7SX (3)741 Ricardo Garcia742 Rich Severson759 Justin FisherCLASS 8 (1)839 Rodolfo IribeCLASS 10 (5)1001 Peter Hajas1002 John Langley1003 Matt Cullen1004 Lars Ferry1005 Perry McNeilSCORE LITES (7)1201 Luis Martinez1202 Lobsam Yee1200 Rafael Navarro IV1204 Mike Aguilar1205 Ryann Ross1206 Brent Parkhouse1249 Arnoldo RamirezSTOCK MINI (1)779 Andy BellCLASS 7-2 (2)721 Bruce Finchum722 Fawn FinchumCLASS 4 (2)401 Mike Shaffer419 Derek FletcherCLASS 2 (1)219 Clyde StacyPro MotorcyclesCLASS 22 (8)2x Mike Brown3x Kurt Caselli4x Robby Bell5x Francisco Arredondo6x A.J. Stewart7x Kendall Norman8x Arik Swan1x Colton UdallCLASS 20 (2)151x Chad Broughton152x Gabriel WilliamsCLASS 21 (6)101x Ronnie Smith102x Charles Manchester103x Adam Neuwirth104x Carlos Casas105x Ulises Fierro149x Francisco SeptienCLASS 30 (2)300x Mike Johnson349x Christopher ParrCLASS 40 (5)400x Jeff Kaplan401x Mike Kay402x Oscar Fazz403x Mike Prunty404x Mike JohnsonCLASS 50 (2)501x Marc Prince519x Jim O’NealCLASS 60 (2)600x Donald Lewis609x Robert GatesPro ATVsCLASS 25 (8)2a Mike Cafro3a Craig Christy4a Rafael Torres5a Juan Naranjo6a Adolfo Arellado1a Wayne Matlock8a Brandon Brown9a Jose TorresCLASS 24 (3)101a Rafael Torres102a Christian Anaya103a Nick NelsonCLASS 26 (1)200a Carl VellaSportsmanSPT CAR (6)1401 Luis Duarte1402 Viry Felix1403 Shania Hamlin1404 George Jackson1405 John Pfeffer1449 Jim BunnSPT TRUCK (2)1501 Randy Swink1502 Brent DowningSPT UTV (2)1801 David Roberts1802 Thomas GravesSPT M/C< (3) 201x Dan Troy 202x Daniel O’Leary 203x Carlos Orenday SPT M/C> (12)251x Michael Rasp252x David Camarena253x Christopher Amos254x Aki Polvikoski255x Carlos Sanchez256x Steven Mack257x Carlos Valdez258x Robert Carroll259x Steve Malley260x Eric Feron261x Adam McCamish299x Louie MontanoSPT ATV (6)51a Randy Grote52a Roger Rubio53a Paul Engen54a Richard Epperson55a Juan Dominguez99a Bill Hackler SCORE announces exciting course changes for upcoming26th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250Drawing for starting positions, by class, Saturday at SCORE Los Angeles headquarters;Round 3 of five-race 2012 SCORE Desert Series to be held March 9-11 in San Felipe, Mexico    LOS ANGELES—Including some never-before-used washes for a desert race, SCORE International has announced significant course changes for next month’s 26th annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. With the drawing for starting positions, by class to be held at the Saturday at the SCORE headquarters in Los Angeles, the race itself will be held March 9-11 along the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico.     The 249.3-mile race course will utilize two washes that have never before been used for racing – Cuevitas and Amarillas. The Cuevitas Wash will replace the Three Poles to Borrego section of previous courses.     Also for the first time, the second half of the course, that will run in a counter-clockwise direction and start and finish at the landmark San Felipe arches, will use the infamous washes of Matomi, Azufre, Huatamote and Chanate along with Amarillas before heading to the finish line.     With entries accepted up to race morning, over 225 entries from over 15 US States and 10 countries expected to enter the race and competition will be held in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes in the popular race.    Following January’s two rounds at the season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series will be visiting Mexico for the first of three annual SCORE Baja races in 2012.     The start draw for Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series will determine the starting order within each of the various classes in the elapsed-time race.     “We think that the races will really enjoy this opportunity to challenge some different areas of the Baja peninsula,” said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO/President since soon after SCORE was founded in 1973.  “We have been able to put together some new territory to add to the majestic terrain of our SCORE Baja race course for San Felipe.”     Pre-running will be allowed on the actual race course from Saturday, Feb. 25 through Friday, March 9.     A unique part of Saturday’s drawing will be the special drawing for the top 12 finishers from the nearest previous SCORE Baja race entered in the current race in both SCORE Trophy Truck and the unlimited Class 1. For this race it will be the top 12 finishers in each class from last November’s 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. After those groups are drawn, the remainder of the entries in each class will be selected for their respective starting positions after the first group in each class.     The pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and tech inspection of the vehicles in the race will be held on Friday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the picturesque Malecon, flanked by the Sea of Cortez on one side and the popular restaurants and night clubs of San Felipe on the other.     The green flag will drop at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 10, for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed three hours after the last Sportsman ATV later by the car and truck classes at approximately 10 a.m. The start line and finish line for the race is scheduled to once again be the landmark San Felipe Arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race, with an 11-hour time limit to become an official finisher.      Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series, the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the popular six-week-long ‘Spring Break’.     Pre-race festivities on Friday, March 9 will include Contingency row and Tech inspection on the Malecon in San Felipe.  Contingency will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tech will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The post-race awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 11 at 10 a.m. PDT time. Daylight Savings Time begins in Baja and the United States at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 11.    In addition to season class point championships, the racers are also competing for part of the nearly $400,000 in cash purse and contingency postings each race. Drivers in the Pro car and truck classes are also attempting to earn prestigious SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards given to all car and truck class drivers who complete every required mile of the five-race season.  Being presented by Toyota Motorsports for the 27th consecutive year, a total of 61 drivers are still in the hunt for the awards for the 2012 SCORE Desert Series after the first two rounds in the five-race series.     Racers are also competing for the annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year awards, including the MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Year award. All categories, except Engine Builder and Original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer, will be determined by public on-line voting while Engine and Buggy awards are determined by season points.       Tecate Beer is the title sponsor of the three SCORE Baja races.     MasterCraft Safety is co-title sponsor of the 26th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250.    2012 SCORE Desert Series Race-by-Race Class Winners18th SCORE Laughlin Desert ChallengeRound 1Laughlin, Nevada     •     Jan. 14, 2012Total Starters: 99      Total Finishers: 78Pro Cars & TrucksSCORE TROPHY TRUCK—B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy SilveradoCLASS 1—Steven Eugenio, Alpine, Calif./Adam Pfankuch, Oceanside, Calif., Jimco-ChevyCLASS 1/2-1600—Cody Robinson, El Centro, Calif., Romo-VWCLASS 3—Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., Ford BroncoCLASS 5—Kevin Carr, San Diego, VW Baja BugCLASS 5-1600—Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Tom Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico, VW Baja BugCLASS 6—Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico, Chevy ColoradoCLASS 7—Dan Chamlee, Carpenteria, Calif., Ford RangerCLASS 7SX—John Holmes, Olivenhain, Calif./Justin Fisher, San Ysidro, Calif., Ford RangerCLASS 8—Rodolfo Iribe, San Ysidro, Calif., Chevy SilveradoCLASS 10—Matt Cullen, Long Beach, Calif., AlumiCraft-HondaSCORE LITES—Rafael Navarro IV, Temecula, Calif., Jimco-VWSTOCK FULL—Wes Bevly III, Corpus Christi, Texas, Ford F-150STOCK MINI—Andy Bell/Ted Moncure, Long Beach, Calif., Toyota TacomaCLASS 7-2—Billy Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas, BajaLite-ChevyCLASS 4—Derek Fletcher, Abingdon, Va., PSD-ChevyCLASS 2—Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Steven Arlia, Phoenix, PSD-ChevySportsmanSPT BUGGY—Jim Bunn/John Matney, Bristol, Va., Geiser-ChevySPT TRUCK—Nick Tonelli, Huntington Beach, Calif., Ford Ranger18th SCORE Laughlin Desert ChallengeRound 2Laughlin, Nevada     •     Jan. 15, 2012Total Starters: 92      Total Finishers: 71Pro Cars & TrucksSCORE TROPHY TRUCK—Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150CLASS 1—Cody Parkhouse, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-ChevyCLASS 1/2-1600—Robert S. Archibald, El Cajon, Calif., Mirage-VWCLASS 3—Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., Ford BroncoCLASS 5—Kevin Carr, San Diego, VW Baja BugCLASS 5-1600—Erich Reisen, Canada, VW Baja BugCLASS 6—Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico, Chevy ColoradoCLASS 7—Dan Chamlee, Carpenteria, Calif., Ford RangerCLASS 7SX—Elias Hanna, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford RangerCLASS 8—Rodolfo Iribe, San Ysidro, Calif., Chevy SilveradoCLASS 10—Michael LaPaglia, Murrieta, Calif., Racer-ChevySCORE LITES—Otoneil Huerta, San Luis, Ariz., Curry-VWSTOCK FULL—Joe Bacal, Anthem, Ariz., Lexus LX570STOCK MINI—Andy Bell/Ted Moncure, Long Beach, Calif., Toyota TacomaCLASS 7-2—Billy Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas, BajaLite-ChevyCLASS 4—Derek Fletcher, Abingdon, Va., PSD-ChevyCLASS 2—Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Steven Arlia, Phoenix, PSD-ChevySportsmanSPT BUGGY—Jim Bunn/John Matney, Bristol, Va., Geiser-ChevySPT TRUCK—Nick Tonelli, Huntington Beach, Calif., Ford RangerRace Draw for next month’s 26th Annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 Desert Off-Road RaceEntries from across the globe, including many of the world’s top desert racers are entering in time for Saturday’s start draw for next month’s 26th Annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 desert race. With the drawing being held at the SCORE International headquarters in Los Angeles, the race itself will be held March 9-11 along the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico.With entries accepted up to race morning, over 225 entries from over 15 US States and 10 countries expected to enter the race and competition will be held in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes in the popular race.Following January’s two rounds at the season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series will be visiting Mexico for the first of three annual SCORE Baja races in 2012.The start draw for Round 2 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series will determine the starting order within each of the various classes in the elapsed-time race.“San Felipe has long been a very popular spring race on the SCORE Baja racing schedule and this is our third year with MasterCraft Safety as the co-title sponsor of the race along with Tecate,” said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO/President since soon after SCORE was founded in 1973. “With this year’s race being our third of the season we expect a great race in a superb venue that will launch are three final races of the season in Mexico.”Pre-running will be allowed on the actual race course from Saturday, Feb. 25 through Friday, March 9 and SCORE CEO/President expects to announce details regarding the 2012 course in the next two weeks.A unique part of Saturday’s drawing will be the special drawing for the top 12 finishers from the nearest previous SCORE Baja race entered in the current race in both SCORE Trophy Truck and the unlimited Class 1. For this race it will be the top 12 finishers in each class from last November’s 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. After those groups are drawn, the remainder of the entries in each class will be selected for their respective starting positions after the first group in each class.The top 12 finishers in SCORE Trophy Truck from the 2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 were: Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin-National City, Calif., Nick Vanderwey/Mike Vanderwey, Phoenix/Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Bryce Menzies-Las Vegas, Mark McMillin-El Cajon, Calif., Clyde Stacy-Bristol, Va., Jesse James-Austin, Texas, Ken Losch-Tempe, Ariz., Robby Gordon-Charlotte, N.C., Troy Herbst-Las Vegas, Rick Geiser-Phoenix, Rob MacCachren-Las Vegas and Dave Crinklaw-Reedley, Calif.In the unlimited Class 1, the top 12 finishers from the 2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 were: Justin Davis-Chino Hills, Calif., Ronny Wilson-Long Beach, Calif., Brian Parkhouse-Long Beach, Calif., Mark Hutchins-Henderson, Nev., Damen Jefferies-Apple Valley, Calif., Eric Harp, Panama City Beach, Fla., Brett Lenk-Newport Beach, Calif., David Greenhill/Mike Greenhill-Crowley, Texas, Marco Valdez-Ensenada, Mexico, Conan Barker-Whittier, Calif., Kory Halopoff-Orange, Calif. and Mike Childress-Wrightwood, Calif.The pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and tech inspection of the vehicles in the race will be held on Friday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the picturesque Malecon, flanked by the Sea of Cortez on one side and the popular restaurants and night clubs of San Felipe on the other.Moving out from the shadow of his father and his uncle’s experienced tracks, Southern California desert racer Cody Parkhouse has assumed the SCORE overall and unlimited Class 1 point lead after the first two rounds of the five-race 2012 SCORE Desert Series. With the season’s last three races all to be run in Baja, Mexico, Cody Parkhouse, 24 of Long Beach, Calif., opened the season at the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in mid-January by finishing second in the first round and winning the second in a Chevy-powered Jimco open-wheeled desert race car the following day.A second-generation desert racer and the youngest of the three Parkhouse racers, Cody Parkhouse has 103 season points.With Mexico’s Juan C. Lopez finishing second in both Laughlin races in the No. 18 RPM Off-Road Chevy Silverado to lead the featuring SCORE Trophy Truck division points, RPM leads the point standings in seven classes after the first two races of the five-race 2012 SCORE Desert Series. Lopez, of Tecate, Mexico, is also second overall in points with 101 heading into the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250.With 11 racers winning their respective classes both days in Laughlin, third in overall points and second in SCORE Trophy Truck after ninth and first place finishes to open the season is Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren, who has 94 points after two races in the No. 20 MasterCraft Racing Ford F-150. An eight-time SCORE season class point champion, MacCachren’s win in Round 2 in Laughlin was his 10th career race win in SCORE Trophy Truck, the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 850-horsepower, unlimited production trucks.With consistent Laughlin finishes of fourth and third, Steve Strobel, Clarks, Neb., is fourth in SCORE Overall points and third in SCORE Trophy Truck with 90 points in the No. 94 Strobel Motorsports Ford F-150 while rounding out the top five overall and second in Class 1 is Harley Letner, Orange, Calif., who has 90 points after his fourth and second-place finishes in Laughlin.Cody Parkhouse’s father and uncle are both third in their respective class point standings with Cody’s father Brian racing in Class 1 as well as his son and his uncle Brent racing in SCORE Lites.The most extensive and impressive team performance in Laughlin was recorded by RPM Off-Road of Bristol, Tenn. While Justin Matney, one of the team’s primary drivers rehabs a bad back, team regular driver Clyde Stacy along with several other drivers, recorded 11 class wins among the nine vehicles RPM had entered in two Laughlin races.RPM Off-Road earned 11 total class wins among their nine entries in each of the season-opening Laughlin races on the way to leading the points in an unprecedented seven SCORE classes. Besides Lopez in SCORE Trophy Truck, Stacy, Bristol, Va. leads both Class 5-1600 (1600cc VW Baja Bug) and Class 2 (PSD-Chevy), the other RPM class point leaders are Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico (Class 6, Chevy Colorado), Rodolfo Iribe, San Ysidro, Calif. (Class 8, Chevy Silverado), Derek Fletcher, Abingdon, Va. (Class 4, PSD-Chevy) and Jim Bunn, Bristol, Va. (Sportsman Buggy, Geiser-Chevy). Stacy, Laguna, Iribe, Fletcher and Bunn each won their respective classes in both of the Laughlin races.Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series, the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the popular six-week-long ‘Spring Break’.The race began in 1982 and was not held between 1985 and 1989, the first five years of the seven-year combined High Desert Racing Association-HDRA/SCORE Desert Series of US and Baja races. It has been held consecutively each year since 1990.In its first 25 years, the race has been held in San Felipe all but 2007 when political issues forced a last minute move by SCORE, starting it in Ensenada and finishing it in Santo Tomas. Ironically, 2007 saw a race-record 394 starters and a race record 288 finishers even though the race was moved and the course changed just 10 days before the event. The records when the race actually started and finished in San Felipe are 341 for starters in 2006 and 220 for finishers, also in 2006.In addition to season class point championships, the racers are also competing for part of the nearly $400,000 in cash purse and contingency postings each race. Drivers in the Pro car and truck classes are also attempting to earn prestigious SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards given to all car and truck class drivers who complete every required mile of the five-race season. Being presented by Toyota Motorsports for the 27th consecutive year, a total of 61 drivers are still in the hunt for the awards for the 2012 SCORE Desert Series after the first two rounds in the five-race series.Racers are also competing for the annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year awards, including the MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Year award. All categories, except Engine Builder and Original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer, will be determined by public on-line voting while Engine and Buggy awards are determined by season points.MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250All-Time Overall ChampionsPro Cars & TrucksYear--Driver(s), Vehicle (Class)1982--Dan Cornwell, Chenowth-VW (Class 1)1983--Corky McMillin/Scott McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche (Class 2)1984--Scott McMillin/Corky McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche (Class 2)1990--Brian Collins/Jack Johnson, Chenowth-VW (Class 1)1991--Larry Ragland, Chevy C1500 (Class 8)1992--Bob Richey/Boyd Cox, Raceco-Porsche (Class 1)1993--Scott Douglas, Ford Ranger (Class 7)1994--Ivan Stewart, Toyota SR5 (SCORE Trophy Truck)1995--Larry Ragland, Chevy C1500 (SCORE Trophy Truck)1996--Robby Gordon, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)1997--Curt LeDuc, Jeep Grand Cherokee (SCORE Trophy Truck)1998--Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel, Riviera-Chevy (Class 1)1999--Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2000--Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2001--Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2002--Dan Smith/David Ashley, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2003--Gus Vildosola/Rob MacCachren, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2004--Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2005--Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin, Jimco-Chevy (Class 1)2006--Garron Cadiente, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2007--Mark Post/Rob MacCachren, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2008--Brian Collins, Dodge Ram1500 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2009--Brian Collins, Dodge Ram1500 (SCORE Trophy Truck)2010--Armin Schwarz/Martin Christensen, Jimco-BMW (Class 1)2011—Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy Truck)Pro MotorcyclesYear--Rider(s), Vehicle1982--Bob Balentine, Honda XR500 (Class 22)1983--Jack Johnson, Honda XR500 (Class 22)1984--Dan Smith/Dan Ashcraft, Husqvarna CR500 (Class 22)1990--Dan Smith/Danny Hamel, KTM (Class 22)1991--Larry Roeseler/Ted Hunnicut Jr, Kawasaki KX500 (Class 22)1992--Larry Roeseler/Ted Hunnicut Jr, Kawasaki KX500 (Class 22)1993--Danny Hamel, Kawasaki KX500 (Class 22)1994--Danny Hamel, Kawasaki KX500 (Class 22)1995--Danny Hamel, Kawasaki KX500 (Class 22)1996--Paul Krause, Kawasaki KX500 (Class 22)1997--Tim Staab, Honda XR650 (Class 22)1998--Johnny Campbell/Tim Staab, Honda XR650 (Class 22)1999--Johnny Campbell/Cole Marshall, Honda XR650 (Class 22)2000--Johnny Campbell/Tim Staab, Honda XR650 (Class 22)2001--Steve Hengeveld/Jonah Street, Honda XR650R (Class 22)2002--Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda XR650R (Class 22)2003--Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda XR650R (Class 22)2004--Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda XR650R (Class 22)2005--Chris Blais/Andy Grider/Quinn Cody, KTM MXC525 (Class 22)2006--Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda CRF450X (Class 22)2007--Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda CRF450X (Class 22)2008--Robby Bell/Johnny Campbell, Honda CRF450X (Class 22)2009--Kendall Norman/Timmy Weigand, Honda CRF450X (Class 22)2010--Colton Udall/Jeff Kargola, Honda CRF450X (Class 22)2011--Colton Udall/Jeff Kargola, Honda CRF450X (Class 22)Sportsman Cars & TrucksYear--Driver(s), Vehicle (Class)2008--Peter Lang, Homebuilt-Chevy (SPT Car)2009--Peter Lang, Homebuilt-Chevy (SPT Car)2010--Wendell Mortensen, Raceco-VW (SPT Car)2011--Nick Tonelli, Huntington Beach, Calif., Ford Ranger (SPT Truck)Sportsman MotorcyclesYear--Rider(s), Vehicle2008--Bill Gilbert, Honda CRF450X (SPT M/C>250cc)2009--Jeff Leonard, Bakersfield, Calif., Honda CRF450X (SPT M/C>250cc)2010--Ron Tolman, Honda CRF450X (SPT M/C<250cc)2011-- Issac Cisneros, San Diego, Yamaha YZF450 (SPT M/C<450cc)MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250All-Time Starters/Finishers by Year1982Total Starters: 232 Total Finishers: 1331983Total Starters: 194 Total Finishers: 1071984Total Starters: 200 Total Finishers: 1131990Total Starters: 264 Total Finishers: 1641991Total Starters: 214 Total Finishers: 1361992Total Starters: 192 Total Finishers: 1171993Total Starters: 82 Total Finishers: 561994Total Starters: 180 Total Finishers: 1201995Total Starters: 231 Total Finishers: 1301996Total Starters: 200 Total Finishers: 1221997Total Starters: 194 Total Finishers: 1061998Total Starters: 227 Total Finishers: 1431999Total Starters: 234 Total Finishers: 1492000Total Starters: 227 Total Finishers: 1482001Total Starters: 208 Total Finishers: 1352002Total Starters: 235 Total Finishers: 1472003Total Starters: 249 Total Finishers: 1642004Total Starters: 249 Total Finishers: 1492005Total Starters: 269 Total Finishers: 1592006Total Starters: 341 Total Finishers: 2202007Ensenada to Santo TomasTotal Starters: 394 Total Finishers: 2882008Total Starters: 263 Total Finishers: 1812009Total Starters: 226 Total Finishers: 1612010Total Starters: 257 Total Finishers: 1582011Total Starters: 220 Total Finishers: 145Top Total StartersYear, Number (Finishers)2007—394 Starters (288 Finishers)2006—341 Starters (220 Finishers)2005—269 Starters (159 Finishers)1990—264 Starters (164 Finishers)2008—263 Starters (181 Finishers)2010—257 Starters (158 Finishers)2003—249 Starters (164 Finishers)2004—249 Starters (149 Finishers)2002—235 Starters (147 Finishers)1999—234 Starters (149 FinishersTop Total FinishersYear, Number (Starters)2007—288 Finishers (394 Starters)2006—220 Finishers (341 Starters)2008—181 Finishers (263 Starters)1990—164 Finishers (264 Starters)2003—164 Finishers (249 Starters)2009—161 Finishers (226 Starters)2005—159 Finishers (269 Starters)2010—158 Finishers (257 Starters)1999—149 Finishers (234 Starters)2004—149 Finishers (249 Starters)Baja Racing News LIVE!

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