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Monday, September 18, 2023

KING OF BAJA 400 2023 - LIVE ! ONLINE

Thousands of Baja Racing Fanatics from around the world have reached out to us here at the BAJA-HQ, to Thank Toby Price & Paul Weel for being great ambassadors of the sport and for their warm hearts here in the Republic of Mexico!

 Muchas Gracias Toby & Paul! Australia is so lucky to have you.

 

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Direct from ENSENADA, BAJA NORTE, MEXICO

 
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The Breaking News,
 >>>Monday at 9:00AM>>>
 

 

*Baja Racing News announces BAN on travel to Baja Norte has been lifted,  Monday, September 18 at 9AM.

After the former publisher banned people from Baja Norte for over a year, this new publisher opens Baja Norte to travel, with a provisional warning.

The Baja racing massacre occurred during this time.


*Arrest warrants issued for Monster Energy representatives and Desert Assassin representatives, here in Mexico!

*Cameron Steele comments from Baja this morning on the accusations he stole millions of dollars from a Mexican orphanage, "go fuck yourself", said to an Ensenada newspaper reporter as he left his hotel room, early today.

He continued, "I deserve all that money, I brought it from Mexico into the US. and into my secret hiding place at my mansion in San Clemente, under my wife's bed!".

The local newspaper is reporting this morning, Steele and Monster Energy hack Joe Parsons, "could be arrested in Baja California Mexico, at any time".

*Ensenada, City officials refuse to allow racing organization, SCORE, to use paved, city roads for use during race event!

The talk around Ensenada this morning is Roger Norman, owner of the race sanction, has solicited city officials over the past three months to use the city roads. The city refused!

Rogers track record is very poor.

Numerous deaths, roads that are being used, are never repaired, on Rogers dime.

The city is now paying for all the damages, totaling hundreds of thousands of pesos, after every race.





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*HammerKING Race Radio Wrap

-Monday, September 18, 6PM 


UPDATED! Sunday, September 18>>>


OFFICIAL KING OF BAJA 400 '23

RACING SCHEDULE



*LIVE ! ONLINE RaceWeek KickOff*

-Monday, September 11, 8PM, HERE!

 

*LIVE ! ONLINE Race Qualifying*

-Thursday, Sept. 14, 7AM, HERE!

Classes: BAJA Racing Truck, Spec and Old Man

 

*ROCKSTAR Energy Street Fiesta!*

-Friday, September 15, 8PM, HERE!

 

*KING OF BAJA 400 RaceDay Coverage*

-Saturday, September 16, 5:30AM Motos Start

8AM Ceremonial Start 4 Wheel Comps

9AM Actual Race Start 

 

*Race Results Release 

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*HammerKING Race Radio Wrap

-Monday, September 18, 6PM 



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The racers~

BAJA RACING TRUCKS  

(Unlimited Custom Trucks including Builder)--
1 Luke McMillin
, 30, San Diego, Chevy 1500 (Mason)
6 Dan Myers, 45, Newport Beach, Calif./Luke Johnson, 31, Murrieta, Calif., Toyota Tundra (Brenthel)
7 Bryce Menzies, 36, Las Vegas, Ford Raptor (Mason)
10 Alan Ampudia, 32, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Raptor (Mason)
11 Rob MacCachren, 58, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Geiser)
16 Cameron Steele, 55, San Clemente, Calif./Ryan Arciero, 49, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser)
19 Tim Herbst, 60, Las Vegas/Pat Dean, 54, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Herbst/Smith)
21 Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola Jr, 41, Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor (Vildosola)
23 Dan McMillin, 35, San Diego, Chevy 1500 (Mason)
26 Dave Taylor, 49, Page, Ariz., Chevy Silverado (Geiser)
27 Jonathan Brenthel, 43, Murrieta, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Brenthel)
28 Ryan Daniel, 40, Huntington Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
31 Andy McMillin, 36, San Diego, Ford Raptor (Mason)
33 Roberto Romo Jr, 18, Mexicali, Mexico/Roberto Romo Sr, 41, Mexicali, Mexico, Ford Raptor (Racer)
38 Eric Hustead, 52, St. George, Utah/Igor Dorojinski, Chatsworth, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Custom)
43 Larry Roeseler, 66, Boulevard, Calif., Toyota Tundra (ID)
46 Paul Weel, 44, Australia/Toby Price, 36, Australia, Chevy Silverado (Mason)
58 Tracy Graf, 60, Canada/Justin B. Smith, 38, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado (Racer)
69 Andrew Myers, 43, San Marcos, Calif./Julio Quintero, 40, Escondido, Calif., Toyota Tundra (Herbst/Smith)
68 Roberto Ruiz, 48, Tecate, Mexico/Miguel Ramos, 31, Tecate, Mexico/Jose Contrera, 39, Tecate, Mexico/German Encinas, 47, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford F-150 (Geiser)
70 Harley Letner, 39, Corona, Calif. (DOR-Kevin Thompson, 50, New Braunfels, Texas/ Beau Morton, 25, Huntington Beach, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Mason)
71 Jesse Jones, 39, Corona, Calif. (DOR-Harley Letner, 39, Corona, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Herbst/Smith)
82 Sam Baldi, 58, Beaumont, Calif./Jake Johnson, 44, Yucaipa, Calif./Michael Baldi, 32, Yucaipa, Calif./Robert Llewellyn, 41, Yucca Valley, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Baldi)
85 Mikey Lawrence, 35, Banning, Calif./Dustin Grabowski, Upland, Calif., Ford Raptor (Herbst/Smith)
87 Dallas Lutrell, 42, Las Vegas/Cody Swanty, 48, Kingman, Ariz./Billy Goerke, , Dodge Ram
89 Mike Walser, 56, Comfort, Texas, Rod Walser, 45, Canadian, Texas/Christopher Polvoorde, 23, Hemet, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Mason)
91 Christopher Polvoorde, 23, Hemet, Calif., Ford Raptor (Mason)
92 Paul Nauleau, 26, San Francisco (Francisco)/Johnny Bickel, 25, Fort Worth, Texas, Chevy Silverado (Brenthel)
96 Enrique Murillo, 53, La Paz, Mexico/German Alvarez, 37, La Paz, Mexico/Mike Perez, Texas, Chevy Silverado (Jimco)
 

SCORE OLD MAN CLASS

(Unlimited Custom Trucks, including builder, Drivers over 50 years old)--
1L Gustavo Vildosola Sr
, 70, Mexicali, Mexico/Ricky Johnson, 58, El Cajon, Calif., Ford Raptor (Mason)
3L Ed Herbst, 62, Las Vegas/(DOR-Mark Post, 65, Las Vegas), Ford F-150 (Riviera)
5L Clyde Stacy, 78, Bristol, Va./Nick Vanderwey, 53, Litchfield Park, Ariz./Robby Gordon, 54, Anaheim, Calif., Chevy V16 (Geiser)
37L Rolf Helland, 63, Morris, Ill./Rick D. Johnson, 57, Barstow, Calif., Ford Raptor (Mason)
53L Wade Porter, 56, Durham, Calif., Ford Raptor (Brenthel)
55L Jose Flores, 59, Culiacan, Mexico/Eduardo Perez, 59, La Paz, Mexico/James Sejd, 63, Gainesville, Va., Chevy Silverado (Jimco)
61L David Payne, 62, St. Luis, Mo./Damon Bradshaw, 51, Peoria, Ariz., Chevy Silverado (Brenthel)
79L Russell Buehler, 64, Kanas City, Mo./Neal Buehler, 57, Kansas City, Mo., Ford Raptor (Jimco)
85L Clay Lawrence, 61, Banning, Calif./Steve Lawler, 63, Upland, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Herbst/Smith)

BAJA RACING TRUCK SPEC  

(unlimited Truck/SUV, stock, sealed engines)--
200 Jorge Sampietro, 32, Ensenada, Mexico/Abelardo Ruanova, 40, Ensenada, Mexico, Mason-Chevy
205 Joe Delucie, 44, Las Vegas/Neal Drickey, 44, Omaha, Neb./DJ Blasko, 45, Las Vegas, SLR-Chevy
206 Joshua Cobb, 24, Wittmann, Ariz./Jason Cobb, 53, Wittmann, Ariz./Matt Melendez, 36, Phoenix, TrophyLite-Ford
207 Mason Cullen, 24, Long Beach, Calif./Matt Cullen, 54, Long Beach, Calif., Geiser-Chevy
210 Kolton Hustead, 24, St. George, Utah, KRE-Chevy
211 Pat Sims, 56, Eunice, N.M./Tim Wilson, 22, Boulder City, Nev./Jeffery T. Wilson, 25, Boulder City, Nev., ESM-Chevy
219 Thor Herbst, 24, Las Vegas/Pierce Herbst, 20, Las Vegas, Herbst/Smith-Chevy
225 Scott McNeil, 35, Sun Tan Valley, Ariz./John McNeil, 57, Mesa, Ariz./Kelly McNeil, 61, Mesa, Ariz./Mitch McNeil, 32, Mesa, Ariz./Rodney Pyburn, 37, Gilbert, Ariz./Adam McNeil, 45, Mesa, Ariz., Geiser-Ford
228 Ryan Hancock, 48, Yuma, Ariz./Dustin Grabowski, 26, Upland, Calif., TSCO-Chevy
231 Carlos Ramos, 36, La Paz, Mexico/Jose Rosas, 37, La Paz, Mexico/Stephano Algorri, 30, La Paz, Mexico/Agustin Moreno, 31, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, Custom-Chevy
234 Jason McNeil, 45, El Cajon, Calif./Eric Clay, St. George, Utah, TSCO-Chevy
235 Zach Lumsden, 26, Larkspur, Colo./Craig Lumsden, 60, Larkspur, Colo./Shannon Moham, 51, Larkspur, Colo., TrophyLite-Chevy
236 Michael Marsal, 36, Millbrook, N.Y./Troy Grabowski, 23, Upland, Calif., Geiser-Chevy
238 Elijah Kiger, 23, Kirby, Pa./Christopher King, 39, Kirby, Pa., TSCO-Chevy
240 Chris Miller, 49, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Chasen Gaunt, 27, Torrance, Calif., Mason-Chevy
241 Stephen Beal, 52, Dallas/Corey Geiser, 23, Phoenix/Sean Geiser, Brenthel-Chevy
244 Oliver Flemate, 45, Ensenada, Mexico/Ana Paula Flemate, 18, Ensenada, Mexico/Luis Magana, 30, Ensenada, Mexico, TSCO-Chevy
246 Ethan Hagle, 31, Somis, Calif./Ben Hagle, 33, Somis, Calif., Alumi Craft-Chevy
247 Scott Shields, 47, El Cajon, Calif./Kevin Shields, El Cajon, Calif., Alumi Craft-Chevy
249 Dustin Swanson, 44, Honolulu, Hawaii/Eric Dollente, 43, Imperial, Calif., TSCO-Chevy
260 Santiago Creel, 37, Mexico City/Cristian Castelan, Ensenada, Mexico, Jimco-Chevy
263 EJ Herbst, 22, Las Vegas/Ryan Millen, 38, Huntington Beach, Calif. (New Zealand), Herbst/Smith-Chevy
266 David Ziegler, 48, Reno, Nev./Paul Ziegler, 53, Reno, Nev., Brenthel-Chevy
268 Paul Kraus, 52, Chatsworth, Calif./Jason Farrell, 41, Las Vegas, Brenthel-Chevy
272 Jack Grabowski, 25, Upland, Calif., Herbst/Smith-Chevy
273 Jordan Brenthel, 37, Temecula, Calif./Kyle Jergensen, 28, Phelan, Calif., Brenthel-Chevy
277 Travis Williams, 46, Avondale, Ariz./Pete Tolar, 45, Phoenix/Travis Chase, 44, La Crescenta, Calif., Geiser-Chevy
280 Bryan Scheible, 59, Georgetown, Texas/Jeff Wiper, 58, Orcas Island, Wash./Edgar Mayoral, 32, Ensenada, Mexico, Brenthel-Chevy
281 Damon Lewis, 24, Fallbrook, Calif./Christian Lewis, 30, Fallbrook, Calif./Michael Lewis, 53, San Marcos, Calif., Mason-Chevy
282 Brent Fox, 55, Highland, Utah/Brook Beckstrom, 52, Salem, Utah, Herbst/Smith-Chevy
283 Garth Owens, 57, Chino Valley, Ariz/Grant Ereckman, 42, Chino Valley, Ariz./Nick Owens, 37, Chino Valley, Ariz., Brenthel-Chevy
289 Tanner Rust, 33, El Cajon, Calif., Foutz Ford
294 Vincent Munoz, 36, Yucaipa, Calif./Roy Tomkins, 34, Redlands, Calif., Full Potential-Chevy,
295 William Hedrick Jr, 27, Vicente Guerrero, Mexico/William Hedrick, 54, Vicente Guerrero, Mexico, ID-Chevy
298 Jordan Dean, 25, Las Vegas (DOR-Riley Herbst, 24, Las Vegas)/Matthew Brady, 25, Las Vegas, Herbst/Smith-Chevy
299 Charles Dorrance, 48, Austin, Texas/Larry Job, 55, Las Vegas, TSCO-Chevy

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'Celebrating SCORE International Desert Racing Death and Destruction'


BAJA 500 '23 MASSACRES ILLUSTRATED
 

The 4th KING OF BAJA 400, presented by MAC MEDA Destruction Company

 
"Prepped to rock ‘n’ roar in bombastic Baja California?" WTF, SCORE wrote this loser line?

LIVE ! ONLINE on a 384.66-mile desert racing race course, in Baja Mexico.

What The F*** Happened to the SCORE TV SHOW!!!


Contingency, start/finish on adjacent to iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the Blood Capital of the World—Ensenada, Baja Norte, Mexico;
Baja Racing News LIVE! covers the race live stream—contingency, start, course action, studio updates and the finish line.



ENSENADA, Baja Norte, Mexico—‘Celebrating SCORE Desert Racing Death’ this year, 10 of the top 12 finishers from last year including the reigning season point champion and individual race winner, 37 BAJA Racing Trucks are prepped and ready to roar through the magnificent Mexican desert next week. These spectacular, high-tech, 1000-horsepower, unlimited custom trucks, will lead the field of more than 225 expected entries in the MAC MEDA Destruction Company BAJA 400.


Pre-race Contingency and Tech Inspection and the start/finish line compound will be located on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the iconic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada.

Included in the massive field of BAJA Racing Trucks are a short-list of the greatest desert racers in the world. Entries includes 10 racers who have combined to win 18 Baja races in the 30-year history of the marquee racing division in the sport of desert racing. There are also 25 drivers entered who have combined to win 110 of the 145 All-Time BAJA Racing Trucks events. In the KING OF BAJA 400 history, the three defending overall and BAJA Racing Truck champions in this new race are Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif. (2019) and Las Vegas’ Bryce Menzies (2021 and 2022). Arciero is the second driver for the number sixteen BAJA Racing Truck. While Menzies will be driving solo once again.

PRE-RUNNING

Official practice, or pre-running, on the official 384.66-mile race course for this year’s 4th K&N SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing Fuels, opened this past Saturday.
Pre-running begins at race mile 33.98, ending at race-mile 343.70. The first section from race mile 4.89 up to race mile 33.98, which will be used in both directions during the race, will be available for pre-running only on Friday (Sept. 15) and only in the outbound direction.


With over 225 entries anticipated at the start line, 192 total entries have been received so far for this growing event. Double-digit entries to date are the marquee BAJA Racing Trucks (high-tech, unlimited, 1000-horsepower, custom trucks) with 37 (including nine in Old Guys, drivers over 50, BAJA Racing Truck Spec, (Racing Trucks with crate engines) with 34, Pro UTV Open with 15, Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) with 11, Class 10 with 10, and Pro UTV Stock with 10.

LAS VEGAS’ MENZIES-2021 and 2022

Las Vegas’ Bryce Menzies repeated as overall and BAJA Racing Truck winner in the 3rd BAJA 400, run in 2022.
Menzies qualified second behind eventual runner-up Luke McMillin and got around him when McMillin was stopped with a flat tire around race mile 65. And he maintained his lead to the finish despite losing his four-wheel drive and finishing with two-wheel drive. Menzies stayed in front of the hungry field of 197 starters from that point in his Mason Motorsports-built All Wheel Drive No. 7 Menzies Motorsports Ford Raptor, posting an admirable error-free, penalty free winning time of seven hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds with an average speed of 49.28 miles per hour over the challenging 393.82-mile course.

PODIUM FINISHERS-2022

Menzies led a parade of Mason Motorsports AWD BAJA Racing Trucks to the podium as San Diego’s Luke McMillin and his older brother Dan McMillin, finished second and third overall in 2022. After starting first and giving up the lead following a flat tire, San Diego’s Luke McMillin finished second in his No. 83 McMillin Racing Chevy 1500 in a time of 8:02:54, averaging 48.93 mph. Claiming the final spot on the podium in third place, Dan McMillin, also of San Diego, completed the course in 8:08:30 with an average speed of 48.37 mph.

2022 TOP 10 OVERALL INCLUDED 9 SCORE TROPHY TRUCKS, 1 TROPHY TRUCK SPEC
 

Behind podium finishers Menzies, Luke McMillin and Dan McMillin, nine of the top 10 finishers in 2022, including the first nine were all behemoth BAJA Racing Trucks along with one Spec Class BAJA Racing Truck. Fourth overall was Mexico’s hometown heroes Alan Ampudia and his brother Aaron Ampudia, both of Ensenada, with a time of 8:11:07 in the No. 10 Papas Y Beer Ford Raptor built by ID Designs. Fifth overall was the team of Australian superstars Paul Weel and Toby Price in their Geiser Bros-built No. 46 Ford Raptor in a time of 8:14:51 while sixth overall and in BAJA Racing Truck was the team of Mike Walser, Comfort, Texas/Jax Redline, Amarillo, Texas, less than one second behind the Aussie duo with a time of 8:14:52 in their Mason Motorsports-Built No. 89 Chevy Silverado. In eighth overall was San Diego’s Andy McMillin (Luke and Dan McMillin’s cousin), who also drove solo, with a time of 8:23:09 in his McMillin Racing No. 31 Mason-built Chevy Silverado. Finishing ninth overall and in BAJA Racing Trucks class was Kyle Jergensen, Phelan, Calif. in the Brenthel-built No. 27 Chevy Silverado in 8:23:50.


Cracking the top 10 overall finishers while winning his Trophy Truck Spec class was young gun Christopher Polvoorde, 21, Hemet, Calif. with a time of 8:26:05 in his Optima Batteries No. 204 Mason Motorsports-Ford.
 

MORE BAJA RACING TRUCK WINNERS

Any gringo Mexico racer will tell you that the challenge is as much, if not more, about the struggle against the beautiful but unforgiving Baja terrain as it is about beating the other competitors in the class. The old adage is ‘to finish first, you must first finish’. Including the BAJA 400, Menzies has nine SCORE Association race wins in his career, Luke McMillin has five, and Dan McMillin has one. Ryan Arciero has four, Rick D. Johnson has one, Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola Jr has six. Leading the racers with SCORE race victories, but not in the BAJA 400, Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren has a SCORE-record 20 career truck class race wins and entered are Las Vegas’ Tim Herbst is entered with 11 career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins and his older brother Ed Herbst who also has 11 career wins. Las Vegas’ Pat Dean, who has one career SCORE race win, will be the second driver for Tim Herbst in this race. Ed Herbst is the alternate driver of record for Mark Post in the No. 3L Ford F-150 in the Old Man class this year.

Also entered in this year’s race in SCORE Trophy Truck with 11 career wins each are Andy McMillin (Luke and Dan’s cousin) and Robby Gordon. Larry Roeseler has five career  race wins, 2019 race winner Ryan Arciero has four, Gus Vildosola Sr (now racing in SCORE Old Man class ), has three, and with two SCORE race wins are Jesse Jones, Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, Juan C. Lopez, Roger Norman, and the famous fraudster, SCam Steele, of Scam Clemente. Also entered with one each and Alan Ampudia, Pat Dean, Rick D. Johnson, Eduardo Laguna and Justin B. Smith.

NEXT IN LINE

While former race winners are always pre-race favorites to repeat, the BAJA Racing Truck field for this year’s BAJA 500, includes several more racers who have either won in other desert racing classes or in other race series. Among those additional thoroughbreds charging for a breakthrough are Mikey Lawrence, Banning, Calif./Dustin Grabowski, Upland, Calif. (No. 85 Chevy Silverado (Herbst/Smith), Dan Myers, Newport Beach, Calif., Newport Beach, Calif. (No. 6 Toyota Tundra (R. Gordon), Australia’s Paul Weel/Toby Price, in their No. 46 Chevy Silverado (Mason), Andrew Myers, San Marcos, Calif. (No. 69 Toyota Tundra (Herbst/Smith), Kevin Thompson, New Braunfels, Texas (No. 70 Chevy Silverado (Mason), Harley Letner, Corona, Calif. (No. 71 Chevy Silverado (Herbst/Smith), Roberto Romo Jr, Mexicali, Mexico (No. 33 Ford Raptor (Racer), Christopher Polvoorde, Hemet, Calif. (No. 91 Ford Raptor (Mason).

SCORE TT LEGENDS

While Mexico’s Gustavo Vildosola Sr, and his driving teammate Ricky Johnson, will be the favorites in this special marquee class for SCORE Trophy Truck drivers over 50 years old in the Vildosola Racing No. 1L Ford Raptor, among the contenders to challenge the defending race and season point champions will be Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Robby Gordon, Anaheim, Calif. in the No. 5L Chevy V16 (Geiser), Rolf Helland, Morris, Ill./Rick D. Johnson, Barstow, Calif., in the No. 37L Ford Raptor (Mason), Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, No. 3L Ford F-150 (Riviera Racing), Jose Flores, Culiacan, Mexico, in the No. 55L Chevy Silverado (Jimco) and Clay Lawrence, Banning, Calif., in the No. 85L Chevy Silverado (Herbst/Smith).

KING OF BAJA 400 COVERAGE SCHEDULE

Colorful race week festivities will start on Wednesday, Sept. 13 to help celebrate this newest SCORE Baja race. They will be held in or adjacent to the landmark Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada. Chassis inspections and pre-tech device check and installation will be held on Wednesday (Sept. 13) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT  on Thursday (Sept. 14) chassis inspection and pre-tech check and installation will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT on Blvd. Costero just past the start/finish ramp. Friday (Sept. 15) will see the colorful day-long, pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and contingency festival in the start finish line area in Ensenada. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT contingency row will be held for all classes. Tech inspection/Transponder checks will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT on Friday as well at the end of the manufacturer’s row. 
 
LIVE ! ONLINE BAJA RACING CELEBRATES 30 YEARS!
 
During the race on Saturday, Sept. 16 until the course closes on Sunday morning, Sept. 17, the start/finish line compound will include the massive double-sided Online Stream on Baja Racing News LIVE!  LIVE!Casting race festivities, the start, live race action from around the course and finish line interviews.


"BOMBASTIC BAJA"? WTF? THE RACE COURSE

The race features a SCORE Horrific course, designed, plotted, and fully marked by "SCORE President/Race Director" Jose A. Grijalva, "SCORE Assistant Race Director" Rodolfo Fernandez and their staff, of 384.66 miles of rugged Baja California terrain in the Northern part of the State. The race course runs a clockwise direction in Baja Norte, staying almost entirely on the West side of Highway 3. The farthest South that it goes is just past Mike’s Sky Rancho (Race Mile 149.90) and includes the magnificently beautiful stretch of more than 10 miles along the coast of the Pacific Ocean past Erendira. The course has one physical checkpoint at race-mile 222.00 at Llano Colorado, 185 total virtual checkpoints and a total of 10 speed zones for a total of 54.47 miles.
 
Why Horrific? The numerous storms to hit Baja lately have left mucho rockas, MUCHO.

The highest point on the course is at race mile 152.05 at Cerro Blanco with an altitude of 4,741 feet. The first 33.98 miles of the route East and West to and from the Ojos Negros area will be raced in both directions. Heading South from Ojos, the course winds slowly east until it hits Highway 3 for a brief speed zone section before traveling near Santa Catarina (rm 89.23), Jamau (108.16) before going downhill on the infamous Goat Trail. After a short section on Highway 3, the course moves Southwest up to Mike’s Sky Rancho (Race Mile 149.90) before taking the downhill at Simpson Ranch heading North. The race course turns west towards the Pacific Ocean Southeast of Valle de la Trinidad then West to the only physical checkpoint at rm 220 (Llano Colorado). The course turns north to run up the coastline near Colonet (Race Mile 243.75). At La Calavera (Race Mile 281.30), the course leaves the Pacific Ocean and winds slowly inland up to Santo Tomas (Race Mile 302.06) then just south of Uruapan (Race Mile 307.96) and east and then north up to Rancho El Mezcal (Race Mile 343.70) and the final section to the finish, running just west of Ojos Negros and past Ejido Piedras Gordas to the finish line in Ensenada.

Overall, the SCORE Horrific race course is another memorable example of all that SCORE's Roger Norman has to offer, including high-speed dirt trails, sandy, rocky, and silty natural terrain, majestic Baja washes and canyons, stretches along the seashore with elevations from sea level to 4,741 feet. The course is another jewel reflecting the stark and eternal death threat of Baja Norte.

GREEN FLAG

It is an elapsed-time race with staggered starts with the green flag dropping on Saturday (Sept. 16). Motorcycles and Quads will start at 5:30 a.m. PT (WEST), Cars, Trucks, and UTVs will start at 8:15 PT. The race course is 384.66 miles. While the fastest vehicles will finish in about seven hours, the elapsed-time race will have a 16-hour time limit to become an official finisher.

START GRID - 2023 BAJA 1000

The results of the SCORE Baja 400 [LIVE ! ONLINE Coverage KING OF BAJA 400] also will determine the start order within each class for November’s 56th SCORE Baja 1000 [KING OF BAJA 1000, LIVE ! ONLINE] at BajaRacingNews.com

QUALIFYING

Qualifying for starting positions within their respective classes will be held on Thursday (Sept. 14), starting at 7 a.m. PDT. Classes that will be qualifying for the 4th KING OF BAJA 400 2023, presented by MAC MEDA Destruction Company, are BAJA Racing Trucks, Old Guys BAJA Racing Trucks and Spec BAJA Racing Trucks. Starting order for qualifying will be determined by the order in which each vehicle enters the race.
 

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ACME SAID: "I can see the value of a sportsman bike cutoff to give them more of a lead on the car classes, but it doesn't seem like this one will be very significant considering the slower bikes and fastest 4wheel classes.  SCORE IS Retarded! IMO Giving sportsman cars a cutoff is stupid; and in theory, yes you are basically penalized if you do NOT use it, as the other vehicle will have a shorter, faster and easier line with way less challenges. At least SCORE is now publishing the cutoff's in advance instead of the secret handshake BS that used to happen". 
 




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DON'T FORGET! ROGER NORMAN IN HIDING!!!

 

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RACERS GETTING LYNCHED? CLICK HERE 

 

THE DEATH RACES - BFGoodrich Tires/MICHELIN

 

DON'T FORGET! SCameron Steele IN DRESSES - HIDING!!!

 

CLICK HERE! LINDSEY PENA GETS HER SCARPUZZI LICKED  

 

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2014 - THE BEGINNING OF THE END

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*HEY? WHERE'S SCameron Steele?

 

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Good Morning Baja Racing Fanatics! 

 
Reported August 30
By: Jose Salas II, Publisher 

We were taking a break from pre-running the Baja 1000 in Southern Baja to fully report on the infamous Baja 400 '23 event, here in Ensenada, Baja Norte.
 
Luckily, we completely missed the shit-storm, Hilary. Too bad for you if you didn't! Many locations were wiped out by flood waters.

So, what Rich Racer will get yanked out of their race truck and strung-up! We have lists, below, of the most likely to die.

We'll get the gringo perspective to launch RaceWeek on Monday, September 11.

RaceWeek will be covered as in years past. This will be our first race event with our new team here in the Capital of Blood, Baja Norte!
 
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The capital here has a long, rich history of death and destruction. The local indian killings, the arellano felix el sauzal massacres of innocents, the american kraft incident with the baja california state official, demanding cash as the gringo kraft, lay dead in the hospital bed.



 
Many of the women pictured in the videos on this page, are gone. Disappeared, found murdered in the hills surrounding the blood capital, Ensenada, Baja California.


In front of God and everyone, on the street of Ensenada, with BLOOD FLOWING on the asphalt and sand of Baja Norte! 

The murderers are all around us in town. At Papas & Beer, at the taco stands and they are watching us. Taking notes, planning their next-next, calculated moves.

All under the authority of the state attorney office, in the capital of the state, Mexicali.

Mexicali is out of control. Murders and crime happen every moment now, on the public streets, in front of you and your children.

The rest of the world is at war with other countries. We are at war with ourselves, our brothers and sisters under the control of the cartels. And fully authorized by the government.

Millions of mexican citizens have escaped north. The rest of us, here in country, are victimized by the government and the cartels, daily.

The racing fun here is a very thin covering, almost hiding the thick stench of death.

Decades of cartel control over the state governments has allowed the killers to multiply and spread out like blood-thirty insects. They have no souls, only the demands of criminals.

The word is out here in town. The busy seaport town of Ensenada, is ready to welcome international racers, after the massacres of the Baja 500 '23
 
 
 REFRESH OFTEN!-REFRESH OFTEN!
 
 

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