Baja Racing News LIVE!: KING OF BAJA 250 San Felipe 2023

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UPDATED! Saturday, April 1

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KING OF BAJA 250 San Felipe 2023

BAJA Desert Championship Race Two

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THE BIG HEADLINE FOR THIS EVENT, SCORE CANCELS PCI RACE RADIO RELAY, FOREVER!

HEADLINE 2:

LIVE ! NOW...RaceDay, Saturday 6AM WEST.

Regarding Qualifying, In recent years, "SCORE-Qualifying" has been a complete CLOWN SHOW

HEADLINE 3:

SCORE CF's a perfectly good race course>>>

HEADLINE 4:

Luke McMillin Wins San Felipe 250, First across the Finish Line

Ampudia, Second(First Loser!)

Menzies, Third

Vildosola, Fourth

Meyers, Fifth

Race Center Warning

-Honda48x said:

"I’m down here and this sucks. They should still have a drone there to show all the people still their waiting for the trucks and find out hours later they didn’t even come through there. We are privileged to know this info. There will be many up there that will have NO CLUE the course was changed."

-'bobby' puked:

"Clusterfawk"

-'calstyl2' chimed in:

"The Country Clubbers held court and the decision was made after 4 pre-runners were scratched."

-'Green787' said:

"Well, this has turned into a cluster f*** ……!!!!"

-'Legendary Douchebag' spews:

"Puzzies! Vehicles are better & faster today. Every class is faster, stronger than they were 20+ years ago. Technology is a 1000x better today. Yet the teams are so much weaker today. Can you imagine Stewart, Evans, Hall or any guy in a garage built buggy crying that Baja is to hard and they need to make it easier. Why the “F” are you racing Baja? It used to be for the adventure and real competition. I like Brendan Gaughan at the drivers meeting calling out all the TT’s for being Puzzies!"

Racer Brendan Gaughan at the San Felipe 250 '23 Drivers Meeting. Then he gets shaded by Jose G, SCORE's race director...

We'll be in Paradise, racing Cabo...

SCORE CLUSTER-FUCKS THE 2023 San Felipe 250 race event

Attention ALL racers!!! The bypass for the mini summit has now been made MANDATORY for all Cars/Trucks/UTV classes. ONLY the bikes and quads will be allowed to race through the Mini Summit.

Don't you ever get the feeling you're getting HOSED by Roger Norman SCORE International and Todd Steen of Jackson Motorsports?

WARNING - RACE COURSE CHANGES - MARCH 31

Race Center Warning

WARNING Race Course Problems March 24

WARNING!!! Drivers-Teams

On the official San Felipe 250 course map there is an alternate line at approx. mile 211.80.

This alternate line will be used by the teams that run in the SPORTSMAN category, this stretch of track will run from north to south and is specifically the old road to Puertecitos.

Alternate, non-designated and unofficial routing through this area will cause mayhem on race day.

Race Center Warning

Race Course Changed! Wednesday, March 22

Race Center Warning

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Desert Racing Competitors and

Event Schedule

36th Annual San Felipe 250

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DO NOT TRAVEL TO BAJA NORTE IN 2023

BANNED * BANNED * BANNED

BAJA Racing Trucks Starting Order

(After Qualifying)

Racers Qualifying Start Order:

Wednesday Morning, March 29

BAJA RACING TRUCK (32*) (QUALIFYING ORDER)

82 Sam Baldi

26 Dave Taylor

46 Paul Weel

6 Dan Myers

69 Andrew Myers

89 Mike Walser

10 Alan Ampudia

7 Bryce Menzies

1 Luke McMillin

23 Dan McMillin

85 Mikey Lawrence

11 Rob SmacCachren

58 Tracy Graf

43 Larry Roeseler

70 Kevin Thompson

21 Vildosola Jr.

19 Tim Herbst

38 Eric Hustead

87 Dallas Luttrell

92 Paul Nauleau

24 Adam Householder

42 Juan Guillen

45 Gary Magness

33 Roberto Romo Jr

60 Cole Potts

16 Scam Steele

*37L Rolf Helland *85L Clay Lawrence *79L Russell Buehler *61L David Payne *1L Vildosola Sr *55L Jose de Jesus Flores *29L Jim Anderson *SCORE TT BAJA TROPHY BUGGY (Old Guys) (9) 152 Joe David 127 Brian Parkhouse 153 Brad Wilson 100 Kyle Quinn 162 Brendan Gaughan 101 Al Torres 102 Adam Castaneda 168 Cody Reid 121 Damen Jefferies-1st RS BAJA RACING TRUCK SPEC (41) (QUALIFYING ORDER) 277 Travis Williams 294 Vincent Munoz 207 Mason Cullen 205 Joe Delucie 270 Jimmy Diaz 292 Jason Coleman 238 Elijah Kiger 228 Ryan Hancock 249 Dustin Swanson 289 Tanner Rust 204 Christopher Polvoorde 240 Chris Miller 260 Santiago Creel 275 Juan Sanchotena 246 Ethan Hagle 299 Charles Dorrance 285 Justin Davis 278 Carlos Ibarra 244 Oliver Flemate 219 Thor Herbst 263 EJ Herbst 225 Scott McNeil 234 Jason McNeil 236 Michael Marsal 253 Ray Griffith 211 Pat Sims 226 Juan C. Lopez 200 Jorge Sampietro 252 Oscar Arambula 217 Joe Belt 282 Brent Fox 231 Carlos Ramos 264 Arnoldo Gutierrez Jr 214 David Binns 291 Nicolas Ibarra 247 Scott Shields 255 Brad Vicic 223 Kyle Murray 266 David Ziegler 284 Jose Contreras 267 Jose L. Leon-1st RS

L=Old Guy

*Event Location: San Felipe, B.C., Mexico
RaceWeek: March 27 - April 3, 2023*

Race Schedule Subject to Change

All Times Pacific Daylight Time [WEST*ZULU*Local Time] .

~~MONDAY, March 27~~

CLICK HERE FOR THE DIRECT LINK TO THE RACE WEEK KICK-OFF 4PM LOCAL TIME WEST

~~TUESDAY, March 28~~

2pm-8pm Racer Registration - Mandatory for Qualifying Teams (Trophy Truck, TT Legends, TT Spec).

~~WEDNESDAY, March 29~~

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EVENTS LIVE ! ONLINE - QUALIFICATION COURSE NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC! CLICK HERE NOW

7am - QUALIFYING for Trophy Truck, TT Legends, , TT Spec ** – MUST have completed registration, paid all fees (100%).

~~THURSDAY, March 3O~~

-TECH AND CONTINGENCY DAY #1

8am -7pm Pre-Running for restricted outbound section opens today. Specific mileages for all sections will be available prior to start of pre-running. There is no pre-running of restricted inbound section to finish at any time.
9am-5pm Chassis Inspections
9am-8pm Racer Registration
(No Entry to Tech Line After 6PM - NO WALK-IN REGISTRATION ENTRIES AFTER 7pm).

9am-6pm Contingency Row - All below classes, including Motos, Quads and UTVs.
9am- 5pm Chassis Inspections
9am-6pm Tech Inspection / Transponder Checks / Stella Tracking Device Installation for below
Classes - End of Contingency Row - NO Chassis Inspections in Tech Area!
►► THE CLASSES LISTED BELOW ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TODAY:
On-site Registration / Sign Waivers / Receive Race Day Bands ● Racer Interviews ● Transponder Checks ●
Contingency ● Tech Inspection ● Stella III EVO Installations & SPICA pick-up. Avoid possible penalities by attending your assigned day.

MUST be positioned in Contingency/Tech line by 5pm.
All Moto Classes Class 3 Class 1400 & 2000 Heavy Metal.
All Quad Classes Class 7 & 7F & 7SX Class 1100 Class 2
All UTV Classes Class 8 Trophy Lite/Class Stock Full
All classes including motos, quads and UTVs are required to travel the entire Tech/Contingency route and be available for event interviews. Transponder check must be complete before entering tech area.
►►Score International recommends all moto/quad classes arrive early to avoid possible long lines and delays.

➔ FOUR WHEEL CLASSES SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY CONTINGENCY/TECH

~~FRIDAY, March 31~~

– TECH AND CONTINGENCY DAY #2

8am-5pm Racer Registration
8am-5pm Contingency Row
8am-6pm Technical Inspection / Transponder Checks / Stella Tracking Device Installation - End of Contingency Row.
►► Must be in Tech line by 5pm,
NO Chassis Inspections Today.
6:00pm Mandatory Aircraft Pilot and Drone Operator Meeting.
7:00pm Mandatory Driver/Riders Meeting.

TODAY - SATURDAY, April 1 – RACE DAY

Civil Dawn 6:04a Sunrise 6:28a Sunset 6:58p Civil Twilight 7:22p
Race Distance (approx.): 260.00 mi (418.42 km) Time Limit 14 Hrs. Avg Speed 18.57 mph (29.88 kph)
5:30a-11p Media Center Open – State Tourism Office - 614 Mar de Cortez Ave
5:30am STAGING BEGINS - Pro Motos, Quads, Sportsman Motos and Quads – Before Start / Finish Ramp
6:00am MOTO / QUAD RACE START – All Pro Moto, Pro Quads, Sportsman Moto, Sportsman Quads
TIME GAP – Approx. 2.5-hour gap between the last Moto / Quad start and first Trophy Truck Start at 9:00am
8:00am BAJA Racing Truck Staging – All 4-Wheel Classes - Stage times in Racer Brief - Before Start / Finish Ramp
8:30 am Honor Guard and Salute to Flag Ceremony – Near Start/Finish area
9:00am 4-WHEEL RACE START – All 4-Wheel Classes – Class start order as listed in Online Race Brief
3pm-11pm Posting of Unofficial Finishers – Front page of BajaRacingNews.com

SUNDAY, April 2

5:00am Posting of Official Results BajaRacingNews.com
7am-8:30am Race teams must submit any result inquiries during this period.
9:30am Baja Racing News LIVE! posting of San Felipe 250 Official Penalties List
10am-Noon Awards – San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, LIVE ! ONLINE

Baja Racing News LIVE! FACT SHEET

San Felipe 250 2023 262.8 Mile Race Course

Competitors: 203 cars/trucks/utvs entered and 57 motorcycles/quads.

BAJA Racing Trucks 33, BAJA Racing Trucks (Spec Engines) (41), Class 10 (20), Pro UTV Open (18), Pro UTV FI (26), Pro UTV Stock (13) and Pro Moto Ironman (solo riders) with 16.

PRE-RUNNING
Pre-running on the official 262.80-mile race course is now open. Pre-running starts at race-mile .63 and it is a shared course outbound/inbound to rm2.07.
This year’s race course runs in a counter-clockwise direction. Motorcycle and quad classes have two deviations to the overall race course, but all vehicles will run the exact same total mileage.

QUALIFYING
For just the fourth time in the history of this popular ‘Spring Break’ race, SCORE will hold a qualifying session starting at 7 a.m. PT on Wednesday, March 29 to determine the starting positions within each class for the SCORE Trophy Truck, SCORE TT Legend and Trophy Truck Spec classes. The starting order for qualifying in each class will be the order in which they entered the race.
Entries received in the qualifying classes received after Friday, March 24 will be given then next available starting slot within their respective classes.
Start order for qualifying will be determined by the date and time that they are received.
Qualifying will be held on a 5.10-mile course not used before by SCORE.
Qualifying is not open to the public and will be held on an approximately five-mile course that is not part of the official race course.
Qualifying will be part of the SCORE Live streaming of the event accessed through the SCORE website.

ANOTHER F-YOU CF SCORE COURSE

With pre-running opened on Saturday for the San Felipe 250, presented by Mac Meda Destruction Company, another SCORE International Cluster Fuck is on!

“This year’s SCORE San Felipe 250 race course will be another memorable one that will challenge even the veteran SCORE Baja racers”.

“There is a little bit of everything including the tire-crunching Mini Summit and the unforgiving metal-bending five Baja washes that will help make this year’s race one on of the toughest ever. We are very pleased with the two special separate sections we have identified for the motorcycle and quad classes that will give them a beautiful race without having to look behind to see if a car or truck is catching them", said the Race Director, Jose G.

Starting and finishing back on the picturesque El Malecon, the race is 262.80 miles, running in a counter-clockwise direction and features one physical full stop checkpoint (Morelia Road Crossing) at Race Mile 165.

"For Safety Reasons", What a joke.

C'Mon man, just say it, we did this to 'GET THE PUKING SLOWER, RETARDED CLASSES OUT OF MY WAY, DAMMIT!!!'

For just the second time and for "safety reasons", SCORE has developed two separate sections within the overall race course for motorcycles and quads only, but all classes will still cover 277.00 total miles of magnificent Baja terrain.

There are 113 virtual checkpoints for cars/trucks/UTVs, 139 for motos/quads. The course has seven speed zones for a total of 2.62 miles.
The course heads North to the Zoo Road crossing up to the El Chinero area North for a large loop through Laguna Salada, South to Borrego, down through Laguna Diablo, over the Mini Summit to the Morelia Junction road crossing before winding West and South through four of the gloriously infamous Baja washes in this order: Amarillas Wash, Chanate Wash, Huatamote Wash and Azufre Wash, the Boulder Canyon (before Azufre) before heading North to the finish line.
The moto/quad first deviation of the course is a RM 52.76 north of El Chinero and rejoins the overall course at RM 107. The second deviation starts at RM 235.52 at the East end of Azufre Wash where those classes will take a longer course through Matomi Wash, then run North parallel to the car/truck/utv course before joining back up at rm 258.41, for the four miles to the finish line on El Malecon.
All Sportsman four-wheel classes, Class 7SX and Class 11 will run a reduced course of 237.74 miles.

SCORE LIVE STREAM
During qualifying on Wednesday, contingency on Thursday and Friday and the race on Saturday until the course closes on Sunday early morning, SCORE Live streaming will be broadcasting race activities and start and finish line interviews as well as live action from Drones, ground cameras and in-car cameras from around the race course. There will also be live Zoom interviews for individuals around the race course as part of SCORE Live for this race.

Rat Sult, who is starting his eighth season as the voice of SCORE, will once again serve as host and lead announcer of the expansive SCORE Live streaming. Assisting Sult will be Weight Watcher Sponsored veteran voice, drum-roll-please, Dave Arnold.

Sult and Arnold will be announcing from the SCORE start/finish ramp while the show will also include SCORE studio announcers from El Cajon, Calif., the Roger Norman Motorsports Headquarters providing live info and updates throughout the race.

SCORE livestream is being produced again by SCORE Media House, Aaron Laub, producer, Alberto Luna, on-site director.

MEAN FLAG
This years "King Shocks 36th SCORE San Felipe 250, presented by Baja Vida", will be an elapsed-time race with staggered starts as the green flag on Saturday, April 1 will drop first for the motorcycles and quads at 6 a.m. (PT) and 9 a.m. (PT) for the cars, trucks and UTVs. While the fastest vehicles are expected to finish in around four and one-half hours, all vehicles will have a 14-hour time limit in the 262.80-mile race to become official finishers in this spew of an off-road race.

Total: 259 (as of 3/20/23)

(START order, by class)
Pro Cars/Trucks/UTVs
BAJA Racing Truck (32*)
(QUALIFYING ORDER)
82 Sam Baldi
26 Dave Taylor
46 Paul Weel
6 Dan Myers
69 Andrew Myers
89 Mike Walser
10 Alan Ampudia
7 Bryce Menzies
1 Luke McMillin
23 Dan McMillin
85 Mikey Lawrence
11 Rob MacCachren
58 Tracy Graf
43 Larry Roeseler
70 Kevin Thompson
21 Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola
19 Tim Herbst
38 Eric Hustead
87 Dallas Luttrell
92 Paul Nauleau
24 Adam Householder
42 Juan Guillen
45 Gary Magness
33 Roberto Romo Jr
60 Cole Potts
16 Cameron Steele
*37L Rolf Helland
*85L Clay Lawrence
*79L Russell Buehler
*61L David Payne
*1L Gustavo Vildosola Sr
*55L Jose de Jesus Flores
*29L Jim Anderson

*BAJA Racing Truck (L) Old Guys
BAJA Trophy Buggy (Class 1) (9)
152 Joe David
127 Brian Parkhouse
153 Brad Wilson
100 Kyle Quinn
162 Brendan Gaughan
101 Al Torres
102 Adam Castaneda
168 Cody Reid
121 Damen Jefferies-1st RS

*BAJA Racing Truck Spec (41)
(QUALIFYING ORDER)
277 Travis Williams
294 Vincent Munoz
207 Mason Cullen
205 Joe Delucie
270 Jimmy Diaz
292 Jason Coleman
238 Elijah Kiger
228 Ryan Hancock
249 Dustin Swanson
289 Tanner Rust
204 Christopher Polvoorde
240 Chris Miller
260 Santiago Creel
275 Juan Sanchotena
246 Ethan Hagle
299 Charles Dorrance
285 Justin Davis
278 Carlos Ibarra
244 Oliver Flemate
219 Thor Herbst
263 EJ Herbst
225 Scott McNeil
234 Jason McNeil
236 Michael Marsal
253 Ray Griffith
211 Pat Sims
226 Juan C. Lopez
200 Jorge Sampietro
252 Oscar Arambula
217 Joe Belt
282 Brent Fox
231 Carlos Ramos
264 Arnoldo Gutierrez Jr
214 David Binns
291 Nicolas Ibarra
247 Scott Shields
255 Brad Vicic
223 Kyle Murray
266 David Ziegler
284 Jose Contreras
267 Jose L. Leon-1st RS

CLASS 10 (20)
1088 Chase Warren
1064 Justin Buckley
1000 J. David Ruvalcaba
1019 Alberto Mendez
1077 Dale Ebberts
1087 Ivan Tagle
1006 Stan Potter
1016 Hiram Duran
1027 Arturo V. Malo
1091 Francisco Vera
1014 Bruce Yee
1040 Kevin Derby
1010 Moises Cueves
1004 Cade Garcia
1050 Martin Christenson
1011 Cesar Cuevas
1079 Manlio F. Diaz
1054 Bryan Goetsch
1020 Carlos Guillen-2nd RS
1023 Britney Myers-1st RS
PRO UTV OPEN (18)
1869 Justin Lambert
1872 Justin Smith
1840 Richard Fant
1885 Tyler Backus
1821 Cayden MacCachren
1827 Austin Weiland
1888 Roger Norman
1895 Kaden Wells
1850 Paul Barnhart Jr
1867 Mike Pratt
1833 Bret Ward
1896 Brock Heger
1831 Craig Scanlon
1886 Branden Sims
1868 Bernie Gomez-4th RS
1876 Mike Cafro-3rd RS
1871 Wayne Matlock-2nd RS
1854 Kristen Matlock-1st RS
PRO UTV FI (26)
2995 Matt Monteith
2958 Conner Willet
2930 Sean Cook
2941 Steven Poole
2997 Dave Jablonsky
2999 Tim Sullivan
2928 Carlos Quezeda
2948 Matt Burroughs
2979 Cameron Ornelas
2988 Adrian Garcia
2976 Jesus Mendez Jr
2932 Adam Lovell
2949 Alonso Lopez
2998 PJ Jones
2942 Michael Shell
2936 Mark Shell
2935 Tomas Cantor
2987 Edgar Garcia Leon
2956 Adrian Escandon
2996 Jessica Lopez
2978 Jose Juarez
2920 Roberto Ruiz
2905 Marc Burnett-4th RS
2986 Adrian Orellana-3rd RS
2940 Erick Kozin-2nd RS
2915 Rickey Arslanian-1st RS
CLASS 7 (3)
720 Randy Bluth
703 Scott Brady
700 Daniel Chamlee
SCORE LITES (3)
1211 Oscar R. Alvarez
1221 Scott Wisdom
1200 Miguel Cortez
PRO UTV NA (5)
1929 Gabe Matthews
1909 Quirino Gutierrez
1978 T. Bradley Millner
1914 Lawrence Janesky
1911 Carlos Waumann-1st RS
CLASS 1/2-1600 (3)
1625 Eric Pavolka
1611 Francisco Escareno
1606 Matt Willert-1st RS
PRO UTV STOCK (13)
3933 Randy Emberton
3913 Carolina Sanchez
3911 Victor Esparza
3959 Antonio Mendez
3908 Scott Bergen
3930 Douglas Cornwell
3936 Jorge Cano
3967 Manuel Norzagaray
3943 Dennis Romero
3909 Angel Mercado
3928 Endy Chavez
3900 Anibal Lopez
3939 Brett Franson-1st RS
CLASS 8 (1)
852 Spencer Morgan
CLASS 5 (5)
508 Mike Sullivan
511 Eli Yee-4th RS
525 Martin Anguiano-3rd RS
510 Gerardo Ibarra-2nd RS
545 Billy Gereghty-1st RS
CLASS 3 (1)
300 Cesar Gutierrez
CLASS 5-1600 (1)
579 Edgar Ruiz
BAJA CHALLENGE (3)
BC4 Edward Muncey
BC3 Bud Pecoy-2nd RS
BC1 Preston Brown-1st RS
CLASS 7F (5)
700F Gerardo Novelo
714F Justin Park
701F Brandon Walsh
704F Aaron Celiceo
715F Daniel Reyes Jr-1st RS
TROPHY LITE (1)
6049 Chase Swanson
CLASS 11 (7)
1150 Geovany Alucano
1145 Esteban Ruiz
1105 Oliver Flemate
1143 Eric Brandt
1111 Eric Solorzano
1156 Arthur Penner
1121 Dennis Hollenbeck-1st RS
Sportsman
SPT TRUCK (1)
1474 Garrett Wolford
SPT OPEN WHEEL (2)
1556 Alejandro Arroyo
1522 Christopher Augenti
SPT UTV (1)
1810 Edgar Felix
Pro Motorcycles
PRO MOTO UNLIMITED (8)
13x Adrian Ortiz
18x Aaron Volle
8x Ryan Liebelt
15x Eric Holt
33x Justin Carnes
3x Ciaran Naran
1x Juan Carlos Salvatierra
23x Derek Ausserbauer
PRO MOTO 30 (2)
300x Jano Montoya
319x David Smith
PRO MOTO LIMITED (7)
102x Steven Abrams
176x Austin Cummings
114x Ely Ramirez
162x Robert Rodriguez
137x Erick Ramirez Jr
103x Giovanni Aviles
100x Fernando Beltran
PRO MOTO 50 (1)
501x Robert Creemers
PRO MOTO 40 (1)
441x Alirio Amado
PRO MOTO IRONMAN (16)
747x Jose Lozada
766x Dustin Vazquez
793x Juan Zunino
704x Juan Pablo Valenzuela
775x Tanner Janesky
785x Fabricio Fuentes
723x Edgar Cota
709x Christopher Gil
700x Brandon Wright
721x Kelana Humphrey
718x Kurt Steever
765x Mark Bechtold
789x Christian Cuevas
758x Justin Cloutier
757x Brandon Lebrun
711x Dustin Davis
PRO MOTO 60 (3)
628x Scott McIntosh
611x Robbie Sjoberg
644x Kevin Ward
Pro Quads
Pro Quad (4)
21a Jose Castro
11a Fidel Gonzalez
10a Dario Rabago
4a Juan Gonzalez
Pro Quad Ironman (2)
83a Faelly Lopez
91a Jorge I. Lopez
Sportsman
SPT M/C (9)
241x Cheo Tessaro
255x Isaac Amaya
259x Jhoan Sanchez
214x Lawrence Janesky
249x Armando Ortiz
290x Gerardo Rubio
208x Miguel Luna
201x Nate Anderson
229x Joel Megallanes
SPT QUAD (4)
139a Sergio Jimenez
105a Francisco Valle
138a Jose Hernandez
123a Eva Hernandez