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November 22, 2019

RACERS ENTRY LIST 
52nd BAJA 1000 Total: 265
Pro Cars/Trucks/UTVs

  TROPHY TRUCKS (29)
1) 32 Ryan Arciero
2) 31 Andy McMillin
3) 21 ‘Tavo’ Vildósola Jr
4) 41 Justin Lofton
5) 10 Alan Ampudia
6) 16 Cameron Steele
7) 97 Robert ‘BJ’ Baldwin
8) 40 Chris Miller
9) 14 Bobby Pecoy
10) 83 Luke McMillin
11) 89 Mike Walser
12) 77 Robby Gordon
13) 26 Dave Taylor
14) 54 Troy Herbst
15) 50 Zak Langley
16) 11 Rob MacCachren
17) 27 Jonathan Brenthel
18) 70 Kevin Thompson
19) 85 Mike Lawrence
20) 99 Dale Dondel
21) 9 Carlos ‘Apdaly’ López
22) 30 Robbie Pierce
23) 76 Jesse Jones
24) 45 Gary Magness
25) 15 Billy Wilson
26)90 Raúl Gómez
27) 38 Eric Hustead
28) 44 Jayson Strachan
29) 42 Casey Mears
SCORE TT LEGEND (6)
5L Clyde Stacy
37L Rolf Helland
72L Rob Reinertson
1L Scott Bailey
25L Mark Winkelman
55L José de Jesús Flores
CLASS 1 (14)
100 Brad Wilson
105 Mason Cullen
168 Shelby Reid
129 Brandon Bailey
150 Morgan Langley
138 Brian Wilson
162 Brendan Gaughan
130 Jim Anderson
107 John Currier
101 David Hunter
163 Rubén Torres
167 Rhys Millen
188 Sergio Salgado
198 Michael Mclean-1st RS
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (24)
298 Jorge Sampietro
204 Sara Price
299 Charles Dorrance
279 Austin ‘A.J.’ Jones
274 Elias Hanna
211 Pat Sims
202 Chad Broughton
220 Craig Christy
294 Vincent Munoz
218 Chad Dohrman
250 John Langley
205 Joe Delucie
208 Andrew Entwistle
260 Luis Javier Pelayo
269 Guillermo Zamacona-RS
240 Bobby Patton
293 Ryan Peacock
237 Robert Malone
261 Jeff Bader
232 Chelsea Magness
203 Jenson Button
210 Ted Moncure
276 Gerardo Iribe
230 Chad Hall
CLASS 2 (2)
2022 Darren Skilton
2069 Scameron Steele
HAMMER TRUCK UNLTD (4)
4402 Casey Currie
4405 Shannon Campbell
4413 Sky Johnson-2nd RS
4421 Mike Hales-1st RS
CLASS 10 (14)
1016 Hiram Duran
1068 Cody Reid
1062 J.J. Schnarr
1008 Chase Warren
1002 Clay Lawrence
1022 Rafael Aguirre
1048 Kevin Price
1078 Augie Cortez Jr
1058 Jeremy Davis
1033 Stefano Palacios
1075 Eliseo García
1096 Steve Barón
1036 Corey Goin
1069 Daniel Berg
CLASS 7 (3)
700 Daniel Chamlee
710 Mike Shaffer
709 Jeff Proctor
CLASS 5 (3)
539 Bart Aspen
510 Gerardo Ibarra-2nd RS
507 Greg Sullivan-1st RS
PRO UTV FI (26)
2989 Wes Miller
2905 Marc Burnett
2910 Scott Trafton
2919 Brandon Schueler
2971 Wayne Matlock
2987 Edgar García León
2904 Cory Sappington
2931 Craig Scanlon
2930 Sean Cook
2926 Christine Giampaoli Zonca
2978 José Juárez
2912 Tony Riggs
2918 Justin Lambert
2921 Brett Comiskey
2902 Jason Stewart
2927 Justin Smith
2979 Julio Garza
2998 Cameron Ornelas
2917 Jason Murray
2955 Ubaldo Reyes
2948 Matt Burroughs
2999 Curt Fackrell
2984 Kristopher McCoy
2995 Daniel Parker
2907 John Peterson-2nd RS
2997 Chris Harris-1st RS
SCORE LITES (12)
1206 Freddie Willert
1202 Matías Arjona IV
1234 Steve Jones
1212 Martin Lizárraga
1229 Douglas Satterfield
1224 Javier Rochín
1280 Fernando Alvarez
1266 James Butler
1247 Wes McKenzie
1255 Darren Walsh
1208 Rich Roberts
1205 Miguel Cortez
PRO UTV NA (13)
1995 Kaden Wells
1956 Joe Bolton
1908 John Andrew Entwistle
1978 T. Bradley Millner
1996 Jim Daniels
1938 Kolton Hustead
1902 Trent Backus
1944 Christopher Boyle
1977 Bryan Cyrus-5th RS
1927 Brendan Puderbach-4th RS
1922 Zack McKinley-3rd RS
1913 Dean Acton-2nd RS
1954 Kristen Matlock-1st RS
CLASS 1/2-1600 (5)
1650 Adolfo Arámbula
1614 Bruce Yee
1600 Oscar Alvarez
1609 J. David Ruvalcaba-2nd RS
1616 Angel Barajas-1st RS
PRO UTV UNLIMITED (5)
1850 Jesús Méndez Jr
1851 Herman Johnson
1877 Josh Herzing
1858 Jamie Galles
1857 Al McBeth
PRO UTV STOCK (3)
3979 Ryan Ennis
3930 Douglas Cornwell
3955 Mike Cafro-1st RS
CLASS 8 (1)
852 Spencer Morgan
CLASS 3 (1)
302 Donald Moss
CLASS 3000 (3)
6054 Phil Fogg
6088 Dennis Romero
6066 Joshua Cobb-1st RS
BAJA CHALLENGE (6)
BC4 Edward Muncey
BC1 Lance Clifford
BC2 Bud Pecoy
BC3 Michael Marsal
BC6 Antonio Toledo
BC5 Brent Tipps
CLASS 5-1600 (4)
550 Luis Herrera
569 Rubén García
588 Erich Reisen
585 Matt Barnes-1st RS
CLASS 7F (3)
724F Dave Cole
714F Justin Park
700F Brandon Walsh
CLASS 7SX (3)
751 Mike Lesle
740 Gerardo Novelo
755 Mel Wade III
VINTAGE INNOVATOR (1)
169v Peter Alesi III
CLASS 11 (6)
1113 Kent Thygerson
1111 Eric Solórzano
1152 Elmer Cayetano
1156 Arthur Penner
1132 Mark Doucette
1121 Dennis Hollenbeck-1st RS
SORTMAN
SPT UNLTD TRUCK (4)
1414 Jessalyn Sells
1494 Johnathon Sopsic
1405 Doug Lawler
1469 Juan Calderon
SPT UTV STOCK (1)
3971 Oscar Ramírez
SPT LTD TRUCK (1)
2044 Russ Hopkins-RS
SPT OPEN-WHEEL (2)
1587 Adam González
1559 Brady Richard-1st RS
PRO MOTORCYCLES
PRO MOTO UNLIMITED (8)
1x Justin Morgan
66x Santiago Creel
5x Colton Udall
4x Ray Dal Soglio
12x Webster Whinery Jr
35x Nick Gust
24x Mike Frick
92x Lyon Herron-1st RS
PRO MOTO LIMITED (5)
120x Marco Pena
100x Santiago Creel
180x Fernando Beltrán
123x Jason Ennis
110x Carlos Miranda
PRO MOTO 40 (3)
444x Jason Trubey
424x William St. Laurent
437x Mauricio Santana
PRO MOTO 30 (10)
370x Francisco Septién
360x Santiago Creel
308x Ryan Liebelt
310x Enrique Fuhrken
300x Luis M. Gómez
325x Jano Montoya
365x Nick Lanning
366x Alejandro Del Mazo
339x Aarón Richardson
344x David Von Schmidt
PRO MOTO IRONMAN (15)
729x Michael Skurkis
734x Bob Kimber
714x Lawrence Janesky
732x Jean-Paul Cyr
775x Tanner Janesky
707x Matthew Lund
705x Arthur Babcock
735x Dustin Ashe-Everest
757x Rick Thornton
792x Justin Wilber
749x Shane Moss
774x Florian Schwarcz
740x Boe Huckins
753x Garrett VanDerSys-2nd RS
777x Dave Dunn-1st RS
PRO MOTO 50 (2)
500x Giovanni Spinali
555x Jeff Kaplan
PRO QUADS
PRO QUAD (3)
21a Adolfo Arellano
1a Said Sánchez
33a Pedro Loya-1st RS
SPORTMAN
SPT QUAD (4)
100a Danny Magdaleno
123a Ismael Hernández
173a Miguel Arranz
115a Norberto Arce
SPT M/C (16)
212x Carlos Silva
201x Scott Borden
284x Shane Schorno
228x Scott McIntosh
219x Hisashi Kitamura
285x Aaron McDowell
294x Christopher Colmenero
211x Patrick Culligan
297x Adrian Montecino
242x John Meek
254x Tyler Harvey
266x Anthony Matter
232x Jason Hamm
269x Rick Matteson-3rd RS
237x Indrajeet Sen-2nd RS
277x Stephen Gholson-1st RS

November 21, 2019

 

November 14, 2019

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Festivities, start/finish adjacent to the Riviera del Pacifico Casino in Ensenada, BC MX,
 Nov. 19-24; 265 entries to date from 39 U.S. States, host Mexico and 22 total countries;
Pre-running on 800.5-mile race course;
 
Official Live streaming, vehicle tracking at www.bajaracingnews.com Rat Sult Start and Finish Line, Live Stream Master of Ceremonies

 

Direct From The Baja Racing News LIVE! HeadQuarters

ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—With famous desert racing names like MacCachren, Herbst, Gordon, McMillin, Baldwin, Menzies, Roeseler, Vildosola, Lopez, Steele, Arciero and Jones at the forefront, 35 Trophy Trucks are revved to rock and roar next Friday to lead the field from around the world into Baja California, Mexico at the Baja 1000.

52nd BAJA 1000
 
Many of the world’s best desert racers will be in action at this year’s Baja 1000.  
Baja Mexico, “The Off-Road Capital of the Mexico”, is located south of San Diego California.  Over 275 vehicles are expected at the start line with racers from nearly 40 U.S. States and as many as 25 countries anticipated.

This year’s Baja 1000 will be a loop race of 800.5 miles in the northern-western state of Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula.

It will start for the 45th time and finish for the 26th time in Ensenada, Mexico, the "Home Of Baja Racing News LIVE!".

The race and its festivities will be held primarily in and around the historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada and the start and finish of the legendary race will be adjacent to the Riviera Casino.

With a total time limit of 34 hours in the elapsed-time race, the motorcycle and quad classes will start at 3 a.m. (PT) next Friday (Nov. 22) and the car, truck and UTV classes will follow with their start on at 10:30 a.m. (PT).  While the fastest vehicles are expected to cover the course in approximately 16 hours, all vehicles will have 34 hours from the time each starts to become an official finisher.

TOP GUNS
 
To say that the Trophy Truck ‘Monsters of the Desert’ field is loaded is clearly an understatement.

A total of 20 racers who have combined to win 95 of the 131 all-time SCORE races that have included the marquee racing division for high-tech, 950-horsepower unlimited custom trucks are entered in this year’s epic SCORE event.
Between them, Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren has 17 all-time Trophy Truck race wins to top the list followed by Las Vegas’ Tim Herbst (11), Robby Gordon, Charlotte , N.C. (11), Andy McMillin, San Diego (11), Las Vegas’ B.J. Baldwin (6), Mexico’s Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola (6), Las Vegas’ Bryce Menzies (5), Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif. (4), Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif. (4), Larry Roeseler, Imperial, Calif. (3), Gus Vildosola Sr, Mexicali, Mexico (3), Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz. (2), Mexico’s Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez (2) Mexico’s Juan C. Lopez (2), SCameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif. (2) and Roger Norman, San Diego (2).
Menzies will be the second driver this year for Andy McMillin in the No. 31 all-wheel drive Chevy Silverado.
Scam Steele will be racing in Truck No. 16 as well as being the driver of record also for the No. 2069 Class 2 Ford Bronco R racing prototype in memory of the legendary desert racer Rod Hall.
LeDuc will be racing in Class 2 this year with Scam Steele and Norman will be racing in the Baja Challenge class.
Vildosola Sr will be racing this year with Scott Bailey, Riverside, Calif. in the  Legend class for drivers over 50 years old.
With one SCORE Trophy Truck race win each are Dale Dondel, Murrieta, Calif., Rick D. Johnson, Barstow, Calif., Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali and Mexico, Billy Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas. Johnson is racing this year in the Legend class for Trophy Truck racers over 50 years old. Laguna will be racing in the unlimited Class 1.
Of that group of illustrious drivers who have won Trophy Truck individual races are eight racers who have combined to win 19 of the 25 all-time SCORE Trophy Truck season point championships.
Season champs entered in this race are Tim Herbst with four season Trophy Truck crowns with his older brother Ed Herbst (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003), Baldwin who also has four season titles (2006, 2008, 2012, 2013), Lopez (2015, 2016 and 2017) and McCachren (1994, 2007, 2018) each have three championships, Gordon who has two (1996, 2009), LeDuc who has one (1997), Jones who has one (2010) and Menzies who has one (2011).

BEFORE THE GREEN FLAG
 
The 52nd Baja 1000 race and race week festivities will cover next Tuesday through Sunday (Nov. 19-24).

Pre-race festivities include two days of Contingency and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway (Wednesday, Nov. 20 and Thursday, Nov. 21) on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Contingency will run each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and pre-race tech will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. On Wednesday (Nov. 20), Contingency will be held for all motorcycles, quads and UTV classes along with several car/truck classes. On Thursday (Nov. 21), Contingency will be held for the balance of the car and truck classes including the marquee Trophy Truck, Legend, unlimited Class 1, Trophy Truck Spec and Class 10.
The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held on Wednesday (Nov. 20) at 7 p.m. PT at the Hotel Lucerna Ensenada.
 
MONSTER MIKES STREET PARTY LIVE! ONLINE!

Monster Energy MEXICO will host the Monster Energy Papas y Beer SCORE Street Party on Avenida Ruiz in downtown Ensenada from 8 p.m. to midnight PT on Thursday, Nov. 21. The Infamous MC MONSTER MIKE HammerKings Music for the Street Event and will host the MONSTER ENERGY AFTER PARTY at the Paris Nightclub, Midnight to 3 a.m.

All of the week’s festivities will be aired both LIVE! and same-day including the race, airing via the internet from Ensenada, Mexico. Popular Rat Sult and veteran Dave Arnold will once again serve as Masters of Ceremonies at the Start and Finish lines.

HONOR ROLL
 
The "Trophy Truck" is the marquee racing division in the sport. It features high-tech, 950-horsepower unlimited custom trucks.

Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Famer MacCachren, 54, is the defending SCORE Trophy Truck season point champion and he pilots the No. 11 Ford F-150 (Geiser-built).
Still considered a ‘punk ass bitch’ because of his familys wealth, Andy McMillin, 32, a third generation desert racer from San Diego’s McMillion's racing family, won the first two races of this year and finished second in the third race to lead the 2019 Overall and Trophy Truck points. McMillion's will be driving his new Mason-built All-wheel drive No. 31 Chevy Silverado. He has 11 career all-time Trophy Truck race wins which ties him for second all-time in class history.
Andy McMillion's and his father Scott are two of just nine racers who are winners of the Triple Crown of Baja having won the San Felipe 250, the Baja 500 and the Baja 1000. Andy McMillin won three of his Trophy Truck races with his father Scott, two with MacCachren and one with Gordon. The Gordon win was his first in Trophy Truck back in 2006, when he was just 19 years old.
The second driver for Andy McMillin this year will be Las Vegas Bryce Menzies, 32, the 2011 Rookie of the Year and the Trophy Truck season point champion. Menzies has five career Trophy Truck race wins.
Driving a Ford F-150 Trophy Truck built by their own Herbst/Smith Fabrication in Huntington Beach, Calif., brothers Tim Herbst, 56, and Troy Herbst, 53, will be among the favorites in the marquee racing division. Troy Herbst and Tim Herbst will split the driving the No. 54 Monster Energy Ford F-150 (Herbst-Smith). Their third driver will be Las Vegas’ Pat Dean, 51, who won the 2018 Baja 1000 with Scameron Steele.
Terrible Herbst Motorsports, founded by late family patriarch and champion desert racer Jerry Herbst, has enjoyed nearly 150 SCORE race wins between Mr. Herbst, oldest brother Ed Herbst, Tim Herbst and Troy Herbst.
Ed and Tim Herbst combined for four season SCORE Trophy Truck point championships while Troy Herbst has won seven SCORE season point championships in the unlimited Class 1.
Originally from SoCal, second-generation desert racer Robby Gordon, 50, Charlottesville, N.C., has raced in many forms of motorsports from IndyCar to NASCAR to the Dakar Rally to off-road stadium racing, but has never left his desert-racing roots. He races in the marquee Trophy Truck division where he has earned a career 11 race wins in Trophy Truck, which has him tied for second with brothers Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst, Andy McMillin and Larry Ragland. Gordon drives the No. 77 Chevy Silverado (Custom). Veteran Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif., will be Gordon’s second driver.
Baldwin, 40, who along with Ed and Tim Herbst is the only four-time Trophy Truck season point champion, drives the No. 97 Monster Energy Baldwin Racing Toyota Tundra (ID) and his second driver will be short-course racing star Todd LeDuc, 40, Peoria, Ariz.
Vildosola Jr, is another second-gen Trophy Truck superstar and he is the only Mexican national who has won the Baja Triple Crown in the featured racing division and one of only nine racers who has ever accomplished the feat of winning the overall in San Felipe 250, the Baja 500 and the Baja 1000.
With six career Trophy Truck race wins, Vildosola Jr, 37, of Mexicali, Mexico, is finishing a new Vildosola Racing truck and is currently 23rd in season points after finishing third in class at September’s Baja 400 in his No. 21 Vildosola Racing Ford F-150 (Vildosola).
One of RPM Racing’s ‘Young Guns’ is Lopez, 24, Tecate, Mexico.  Apdaly won the  Trophy Truck season point title three consecutive years (2015, 2016, 2017) in the No. 9 Geiser-built Chevy Rally Truck and he has two career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins. He is currently 17th in the 2019 points in his class.
TV action sports announcer and another member of the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame, Cameron Steele, 51, San Clemente, Calif., who won the last two races of the 2018 season, drives the No. 16 Monster Energy Desert Asses Ford Raptor (Geiser). Scameron Steele is currently fourth in the Trophy Truck season points.
In Trophy Truck, Scam Steele will split the driving in the No. 16 Team C Racing Chevy Silverado (Mason) with AMA and Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Famer Ricky Johnson, 55, Trabuco Canyon, Calif. He is also the driver of record, hey FORD, you're sucking it,  in Class 2 in the No. 2069 Ford Bronco R racing prototype in honor of Rod Hall, the only racer who competed in all of the first 50 Baja 1000 races.
With four career Trophy Truck race wins following his fake win at the recent Baja 400, Arciero, 46, another second-generation desert racer whose family lineage includes IndyCar racing as well, drives the No. 32 Ford F-150 (Herbst-Smith). He is currently 11th in 2019 SCORE Trophy Truck season point standings out of 51 total starters. Arciero’s second driver for this race will be San Diego’s Dan McMillin, 31, whose own truck burned to the ground, it was destroyed by fire at the Baja 400.
Jones, 53, is anxious to debut his new Mason Motorsports all-wheel drive No. 76 Ford F-250. Jones’ additional drivers for this year’s Baja 1000 will be the top two group winners from the 2019 Dakar Rally.
Joining Jones in shifts behind the wheel in the No. 76 will be Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah, 48, who won the car/truck classes for the third time this year at the Dakar Rally and Australia’s Toby Price, 32, who won the Dakar motorcycle competition for the second time this year.

THE CHALLENGERS
 
The list of challengers to go up against the Trophy Truck all-time race winners and season point champions is long and very capable and they are led by one of Andy McMillin’s two cousins.
Another third generation desert racer from San Diego, Andy McMillion’s cousin Luke McMillion's, 26, is currently second in SCORE season points in the featured  Trophy Truck division.
Luke McMillion's drives the No. 83 Ford F-150 (Racer-built) and his second driver for this race will be Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Famer Larry Roeseler, 62, Imperial, Calif.
One of the most decorated desert racers of all time on both a motorcycle and in four-wheel vehicles, Roeseler has three career Trophy Truck race wins. He also has a race-record 13 overall wins in the Baja 1000, including 10 overall wins on a motorcycle.
A second generation desert racer, Justin Lofton, 33, Brawley, Calif., has returned to his desert racing roots after spending several years racing stock cars where he won the 2009 ARCA point championship in his second season and also won a NASCAR Truck race before returning to the desert in 2013. He won this year’s Mint 400 in Las Vegas and drives the No. 41 Ford Raptor (Jimco).
Mexico’s Alan Ampudia, and his brothers Aaron Ampudia and Rodrigo Ampudia, all from Ensenada, are third in this year’s season points and will share the driving in their No. 10 Ford Raptor (ID).
Another one of contenders in this heavyweight matchup will be COPs Racing’s Zak Langley, 44, Manhattan Beach, Calif., who will split driving with rapidly evolving talent Kyle Jergensen, 23, Oak Hills, Calif. in the No. 50 Ford F-150 (ESM).
Also in the hunt could very well be the new team of Casey Mears and Doug Fortin Jr in the No. 42 Axalta Ford Raptor (Geiser).
Mears, 41, the youngest member of the legendary ‘Mears Gang’ racing family of Bakersfield, Calif. that has included his grandfather Bill, father Roger, uncle Rick and brother Roger Jr, has spent 15 years in NASCAR Cup racing and will be making his first start in a SCORE race.
Fortin Jr, 49, of El Cajon, Calif., is a veteran SCORE racer and three-time overall winner of the Baja 1000.
Veteran Hall of Famer Robbie Pierce, 60, of Alpine, Calif. has brought in a couple of young guns that will easily make him a challenger in the No. 30 Ford Raptor built by his own Jimco Racing Products Company.
Splitting the driving with Pierce will be Rafael Navarro IV, 26, Temecula, Calif. and Ramon Bio, 20, Spring Valley, Calif.
Another of the long-shot contenders will be the No. 70 Ford Raptor (Herbst/Smith) driven by Kevin Thompson, New Braunfels, Texas and Harley Letner, Corona, Calif.  

THE FAKE RACE COURSE!
 
As it has for over four and one-half decades, SCORE has put together another memorable race course for the 52nd anniversary, this one a loop race, with all of the foreboding, unforgiving terrain and inspiring beauty that the northern state of the majestic Baja California peninsula has to offer.
SCORE President/Race Director Jose A. Grijalva has designed and finalized this year’s race course of 800.5 miles. The course has three physical checkpoints and approximately 281 virtual checkpoints along the way to the finish line. There will also be approximately 17 speed zones for a total of 70.77 race miles.
Starting and finishing in the heart of Ensenada adjacent to the historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, the course travels East to Ojos Negros and then runs counter-clockwise in a weaving route around both the West and then the East side of the northern part of the peninsula.
The course will run in a counter-clockwise direction after the two-way section to the Ojos Negros area and down along the Pacific Ocean through Uruapan, Santo Tomas, Erendira, Santo Domingo Wash and San Quintin.
From there it will travel Northeast going by Rancho El Coyote, across and around Mike’s Sky Rancho, down by Simpson’s Ranch. The route then continues up to a speed zone on Highway 3 before going down over Laguna Del Diablo through Morelia Junction down and back up past San Felipe before heading back up through Laguna Salada, then South back through Santa Catarina to Ojos Negros and the finish on the two-way section back into Ensenada.
The course will include going through two of Baja California’s infamous washes on the east side of the course—Matomi Wash and Amarillas Wash.
The three physical checkpoints will be located starting with Checkpoint 1 which will be near Vicente Guerrero (race mile 224.25), Checkpoint 2 will be at the El Chinero Highway 3 Road Crossing (rm535.94) and Checkpoint 3 will be near Santa Catarina (rm 708.47).
Because of two extremely challenging areas on the course, Class 7SX, Baja Challenge, Class 9, Class 11, Vintage Classes and all Sportsman classes will be running a reduced course of 701.48 total miles.

PRE-RUNNING REPORTS
 
Official practice, or pre-running on the official race course continues through next Thursday.
After the two-way section out to the Ojos Negros area, the course runs in a counter-clockwise direction down to along the Pacific Ocean and around Mike’s Sky Rancho down through Laguna Del Diablo, Morelia Junction and Matomi Wash and Amarillas Wash before heading North near San Felipe and back up through Laguna Salada, and then down South to Ojos Negros and the finish line in Ensenada.
Pre-running starts at race-mile 39.10 and finishes at rm765.9.
Outbound only, the first section of the race course will be open for pre-running only on next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during race week (Nov. 19-21).


2020 Baja Racing News LIVE! Online Coverages
 
Here is part of the 2020 LIVE! Desert Racing Schedule from Baja California (Norte) and Baja California South, Mexico:

• 34th San Felipe 250, March 25-29, From San Felipe, Mexico
• 52nd Baja 500, June 3-7, Ensenada, Mexico
• 2nd Baja 400, Sept. 16-20, Ensenada, Mexico
• 53rd Baja 1000, Nov.16-21, Ensenada, Baja California (Norte) to La Paz, Baja California South, Mexico.

Baja 1000 Racers List

(Number, driver of record/additional drivers, vehicle—(builder))
  SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (Unlimited CustomTrucks including Builder)– 9 Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, 24, Tecate, Mexico/Juan C. Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Rally Truck (Geiser) 10 Alan Ampudia, 28, Ensenada, Mexico/Aaron Ampudia, 26, Ensenada, Mexico/Rodrigo Ampudia, 34, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Raptor (ID) 11 Rob MacCachren, 54, Las Vegas/Justin B. Smith, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Geiser) 14 Bobby Pecoy, 55, Anaheim, Calif./Mike Byrd, 47, Parker, Ariz./Greg Distefano, San Clemente, Calif./Scott Conley, La Jolla, Calif./Cameron Steele, 51, San Clemente, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser) 15 Billy Wilson, 34, Corpus Christi, Texas/Greg Adler, 50, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Ford Raptor (Jimco) 16 Cameron Steele, 51, San Clemente, Calif./Ricky Johnson, 55, Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Cody Stuart, 33, Capistrano Beach, Calif./Mike Craft, Corona, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Mason) 21 Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola Jr, 37, Mexicali, Mexico/Brandon Arthur, 23, Ramona, Calif., Ford Raptor (Vildosola) 26 Dave Taylor, 47, Page, Ariz./Ryan Poelman, 43, Orem, Utah/Travis Ricks, 31, St. George, Utah, Ford Raptor (Mason) 27 Jonathan Brenthel, 39, La Cresta, Calif./Jordan Brenthel, 33, Temecula, Calif., Ford Raptor (Brenthel) 30 Robbie Pierce, 60, Alpine, Calif./Rafael Navarro IV, 26, Temecula, Calif./Ramon Bio, 20, Spring Valley, Calif. (Ensenada, Mexico), Ford Raptor (Jimco) 31 Andy McMillin, 32, San Diego/Bryce Menzies, 32, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado (Mason) 32 Ryan Arciero, 46, Foothill Ranch, Calif./Dan McMillin, 31, San Diego, Ford F-150 (Herbst-Smith) 38 Eric Hustead, 48, St. George, Utah/Brook Beckstrom, 49, Salem, Utah, Ford F-150 (Custom) 40 Chris Miller, 45, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Jimmy Nuckles, 50, Brawley, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Mason) 41 Justin Lofton, 33, Brawley, Calif./Derek Balcunas, 37, Hemet, Calif./Ray Griffith, 31, Downey, Calif.., Ford Raptor (Jimco) 42 Casey Mears, 41, Scottsdale, Ariz./Doug Fortin, 49, Alpine, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser) 44 Jayson Strachan, 45, Salt Lake City, Utah/Bill Apgood, Salt Lake City/Kendall Bringhurst, American Ford, Utah/James Burman, Heber City, Utah, Ford F-150 (Geiser) 45 Gary Magness, 45, Denver/Devin Housh, 37, Desert Hot Springs, Calif., Ford F-150 (Herbst-Smith) 50 Zak Langley, 44, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Kyle Jergensen, 23, Oak Hills, Calif., Ford F-150 (ESM) 54 Troy Herbst, 53, Las Vegas/Tim Herbst, 56, Las Vegas/Pat Dean, 51, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Herbst-Smith) 70 Kevin Thompson, 46, New Braunfels, Texas/Harley Letner, 35, Corona, Calif., Ford Raptor (Herbst/Smith) 76 Jesse Jones, 53, Litchfield Park, Ariz./Toby Price, 32, Australia/Nasser Al-Attiyah, 48, Qatar, Ford F-250 (Mason) 77 Robby Gordon, 50, Charlotte, N.C./Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Custom) 83 Luke McMillin, 26, San Diego/Larry Roeseler, 62, Imperial, Calif., Ford F-150 (Racer) 85 Michael Lawrence, 31, Banning, Calif./Louis Meyers, 31, Perris, Calif./Ray Griffith, 31,  Downey, Calif., Ford F-150 (Herbst-Smith) 89 Mike Walser, 52, Comfort, Texas/Luke Johnson, 27, Sun City, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Mason) 90 Raul Gomez, 40, Placerville, Calif./Erik Magna, 32, San Diego/Darian Gomez, 20, Placerville, Calif./Micah Genovese, 35, So. Lake Tahoe, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser) 97 B.J. Baldwin, 40, Las Vegas/Todd LeDuc, 40, Cherry Valley, Calif., Toyota Tundra (ID) 99 Dale Dondel, 55, Murrieta, Calif./Jimmy Nuckles, 51, Brawley, Calif./Max Eddy Jr, 35, Barstow, Calif./Adalberto Cruz, 28, San Diego, Chevy Silverado (Racer)
  SCORE TT LEGEND (Unlimited Custom Trucks, including builder, Drivers over 50 years old)– 1L Scott Bailey, 59, Riverside, Calif./Gustavo Vildosola, 65, Mexicali, Mexico/Mike Coleman, 53, San Diego, Ford Raptor (ID) 5L Clyde Stacy, 74, Bristol, Va./Nick Vanderwey, 52, Phoenix/Todd Wylie, Phoenix, Chevy Rally Truck V-16 (Geiser) 25L Mark Winkelman, 61, Cedar Hills, Texas/Charles Manchester, 55, Stateline, Nev./Ricardo de la Pena, 40, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Jimco) 37L Rolf Helland, 60, Morris, Ill./Rick D. Johnson, 53, Barstow, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser) 55L Jose de jesus Flores, 56, Culiacan, Mexico/Oskar Slingerland, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (Netherlands)/Andrea Tomba, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Chevy Silverado (Jimco) 72L Rob Reinertson, 57, Woodside, Calif./Mike Salimbeni,  52, Lathrop, Calif., Ford F-150 (North American)

TROPHY TRUCK CLASS

(debuted in 1994, for 950 horsepower unlimited custom trucks-131 total Desert races, 3 Stadium-short course)
All-Time SCORE Trophy Truck Race Winners (1994 through 2019 SCORE Baja 500)

Wins  Driver(s), Years
17         Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1994, 1996 (2), 2003 (w/ G. Vildosola), 2007(3) (w/M. Post), 2011 (2), 2012(2), 2014 (w/A.McMillin/J.Voss), 2015 (w/A. McMillin), 2016 (w/J. Voss), 2017, 2018 (2)

11         Robby Gordon, Mooresville, N.C., Ford F-150, 1996(4), Chevy CK1500, 2005, 2006*(2)(one w/A. McMillin), 2009(2), 2013
Ed/Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1997, 1998, 1999(3), 2000(2), 2001, 2002, 2003(2)
Andy McMillin, San Diego, Chevy Silverado, 2006 (w/R. Gordon), 2009 (w/S. McMillin), 2010 (2) (one w/S.
McMillin), 2011 (w/S. McMillin), 2014 (2) (1 w/MacCachren), 2015 (w/MacCachren), 2017, 2019(2)
Larry Ragland, Phoenix, Chevy, 1995(2), 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 (w/ Mark Miller), 2005-2006-2007 (w/B.Collins) 9          Dan Smith/David Ashley, Riverside, Calif., Ford F-150, 1998(2), 2000, 2001(3), 2002(3)
Ivan Stewart, Alpine, Calif., Toyota SR5, 1994(3), 1995(2), 1997, 1998(2), 1999 7          Mark Post, Laguna Beach,CA, Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/J. Whelchel), 2007(3) (w/R. MacCachren) 6          Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 2001, 2005-2006-2007 (w/L. Ragland), 2008, 2009
B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012(2), 2013
Gus Vildosola Jr., Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor, 2010, 2013 (w/ Gus Vildosola Sr.), 2014, 2015 (2), 2016 5          Bryce Menzies, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 2011 (2), 2012, 2013, 2014 4          Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 2003(2), 2004 (w/ M. Miller), 2019
Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Jeep Grand Cherokee, 1995, 1997(3)
Mark Miller, Cave Creek, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 2002 (w/ Larry Ragland), 2003(2), 2004 (w/ R. Arciero)
Paul/Dave Simon, Fallbrook, Calif., Ford F-150, 1994(2), 1995(2)
Jerry Whelchel, Portola Hills, Calif., Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/M. Post) 3          Scott McMillin, San Diego, Chevy Silverado, 2009 (w/A. McMillin), 2010 (w/A. McMillin),  2011 (w/A. McMillin)
Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif., Chevy K1500, 1999, 2008 (2) (w/R. Norman)
Gus Vildosola Sr., Mexicali, Mexico, Ford F-150, 2003 (w/ Rob MacCachren), 2010, 2013 (w/ Gus Vildosola Jr.) 2          Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2006, 2007
Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2010 (2)
Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Rally Truck, 2015, 2017(w/Juan C. Lopez)
Juan C. Lopez, Tecate, Mexico, Chevy Silverado, 2016, 2017 (w/Apdaly)
Roger Norman, Reno, Nev., Ford F-150, 2008 (2) (W/L. Roeseler)
Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado, 2004(2)
Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy CK1500, 2005, 2006
Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Ford Raptor, 2018(2)
Jason Voss, Gilroy, Calif., Ford F-150, 2014 (w/MacCachren, A. McMillin), 2016 (w/MacCachren) 1          Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150, 2005
Brian Coats, Huntington Beach, Calif., Chevy C1500, 1997
Marty Coyne, El Centro, Calif., Ford F-150, 2005*
Josh Daniel, Vista, Calif., Chevy Rally Truck, 2017
Gary Dircks, Anthem, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2004
Dale Dondel, Hemet, Calif, Chevy Silverado, 2005
Steven Eugenio, El Centro, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 2014
Juan C. Ibarra, Ensenada, Mexico, Chevy C1500, 1998
Rick D. Johnson, Barstow, Calif., Ford F-150, 2009
Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico, Chevy Silverado, 2015
Rich Ronco, Peoria, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 2008
Jim Smith, Orange, Calif., Ford F-150, 1994
Billy Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas, Chevy Silverado, 2016
  *non-points stadium-short course race

Trophy Truck Class

(SCORE events debuted in 1994, for 950 horsepower unlimited custom trucks-131 total Desert races, 3 Stadium-short course) All-Time Trophy Truck Race Winners (1994 through 2019 Baja 400)

Parker 400 1994—Paul Simon 1995—Ivan Stewart 1996—Robby Gordon 1997—Curt LeDuc
Desert Challenge (Laughlin, Nev. 1995-2012; Plaster City, Calif. 2014, Rosarito Beach, Mexico 2016; Tijuana, Mexico 2017, 2018) 1995—Ivan Stewart 1996—Rob MacCachren 1997—Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst 1998—Dave Ashley/Dan Smith 1999—Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst 2000—Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst 2001—Brian Collins 2002—Dan Smith 2003—Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel 2004—Gary Dircks 2005—Dale Dondel 2006—B.J. Baldwin 2007—B. J. Baldwin 2008—Rich Ronco 2009—Robby Gordon 2010—Andy McMillin 2011—Bryce Menzies 2012, Rd 1—B.J. Baldwin 2012, Rd 2—Rob MacCachren 2014—Steven Eugenio 2016—Juan C. Lopez 2017—Josh Daniel 2018—Cameron Steele
San Felipe 250 1994—Ivan Stewart 1995—Larry Ragland 1996—Robby Gordon 1997—Curt LeDuc 1998—Juan Carlos Ibarra 1999—Ed/Tim Herbst 2000—Tim/Ed Herbst 2001—Tim/Ed Herbst 2002—Dan Smith/David Ashley 2003—Gus Vildosola Sr/Rob MacCachren 2004—Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel 2005—Jason Baldwin 2006—Garron Cadiente 2007—Mark Post/Rob MacCachren 2008—Brian Collins 2009—Brian Collins 2010—Jesse Jones 2011—Rob MacCachren 2012—Rob MacCachren 2013—Gus Vildosola/Gus Vildosola Jr 2014—Gus Vildosola Jr 2015—Gus Vildosola Jr 2016—Billy Wilson 2017—Rob MacCachren 2018—Rob MacCachren 2019—Andy McMillin
Challenge of Champions-San Felipe 2011—Rob MacCachren
(Mint) 400 1994—Paul Simon/Dave Simon
Baja 500 1994—Ivan Stewart 1995—Curt LeDuc 1996—Rob MacCachren 1997—Ivan Stewart 1998—Ivan Stewart 1999—Ivan Stewart 2000—Larry Ragland 2001—David Ashley/Dan Smith 2002—Mark Miller/Larry Ragland 2003—Mark Miller/Ryan Arciero 2004—Alan Pflueger 2005—Robby Gordon 2006—Brian Collins/Larry Ragland 2007—Larry Ragland/Brian Collins 2008—B.J. Baldwin 2009—Rick D. Johnson 2010—Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin 2011—Bryce Menzies 2012—Bryce Menzies 2013—Robby Gordon 2014—Bryce Menzies 2015—Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez 2016—Gus Vildosola Jr 2017—Andy McMillin 2018—Rob MacCachren 2019—Andy McMillin
Fireworks 250 1994—Rob MacCachren 1995—Paul Simon 1996—Robby Gordon 1997—Brian Coats 1998—David Ashley 1999—Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst
Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup 2005—Marty Coyne 2006—Robby Gordon 2007—Rob MacCachren
Imperial Valley 250 2014—Andy McMillin 2015—Gus Vildosola Jr
Baja Sur 500 2015—Eduardo Laguna
Henderson’s Terrible 250 2002—Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel 2003—Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst
Las Vegas Terrible’s Primm 300
1996—Robby Gordon
1997—Curt LeDuc
1998—Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst
1999—Larry Roeseler
2000—Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel
2001—David Ashley/Dan Smith
2002—Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst
2003—Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst
2004—Alan Pflueger
2005—Brian Collins/Larry Ragland
2006—Bob Shepard
2007—Garron Cadiente
2008—Roger Norman/Larry Roeseler
2009—Robby Gordon
2010—Jesse Jones
Baja 400 2019—Ryan Arciero
Baja 1000 1994—Jimmy Smith 1995—Larry Ragland 1996—Larry Ragland 1997—Larry Ragland 1998—Ivan Stewart 1999—Larry Ragland 2000—Dan Smith/David Ashley 2001—David Ashley/Dan Smith 2002—David Ashley/Dan Smith 2003—Mark Miller/Ryan Arciero 2004—Mark Miller/Ryan Arciero 2005—Bob Shepard 2006—Andy McMillin/Robby Gordon 2007—Mark Post/Rob MacCachren/Carl Renezeder 2008—Roger Norman/Larry Roeseler 2009—Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin 2010—Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola/Gus Vildosola Sr. 2011—Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin 2012—B.J. Baldwin 2013—B.J. Baldwin 2014—Rob MacCachren/Andy McMillin/Jason Voss 2015—Rob MacCachren/Andy McMillin 2016—Rob MacCachren/Jason Voss 2017—Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez/Juan C. Lopez 2018—Cameron Steele/Pat Dean

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