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Sunday, November 17, 2024

KING OF BAJA 1000 2024 - LIVE ! ONLINE




*BREAKING NEWS!*






two racers killed at contingency

two killed at contingency when trucks crash downtown in the tech lane! 

"score just had a press conference, score and the owner/ driver of the truck was there they have confirmed it was a pit crew guy trying to show off and was not a throttle stuck, Injured people are at the hospital getting treatment, pit crew guy is detained and truck will be in the impound till further notice. tonight, pit crew guy in jail for killing the other racer."

"My friend with the 1600 in this incident has three broken ribs and wont be racing now!"Second victim has died (persons name withheld until notification of relatives).




two dead prerunning

!"chase truck accident, two dead details from san felipE !"







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RACE EVENT DEATHS & CARNAGE!
"The wife is on Facebook Baja groups, missing chase truck? Chase truck fatalities? X-pats exaggerating or just incidents that happened and kept on the DL?"


KING OF BAJA 1000 '24 Race Results

1. #83 Luke (The Puke) McMillin, Rob MacCachren. 

2. #21 Tavo Vildosola TOYO TIRES. 

3. #1L Gus Vildosola, Ricky Johnson TOYO TIRES.

4. #10 Alan Ampudia TOYO TIRES.

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OFFICIAL RELEASES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17



*OFFICIAL BAJA RACING TRUCK RESULTS*



*RESULTS BY CLASS*













*PENALTIES*






















KING OF BAJA 1000 ONLINE EVENT SCHEDULE



MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - LIVE ! ONLINE 4PM

*KING OF BAJA 1000 '24 RACE WEEK KICK-OFF


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - LIVE ! ONLINE

RACE EVENT QUALIFYING

8AM - BAJA 1000 QUALIFYING TIMING LOOP, NELSON RANCH 

9AM-5PM - CHASSIS INSPECTIONS – BY APPOINTMENT. 

9AM-5PM - STELLA EVO INSTALLATIONS, BRACKET PURCHASES AND INSTALLATIONS – IN FRONT OF RDECC, JUST PAST INTERVIEW RAMP


WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LIVE ! ONLINE

CONTINGENCY FROM DOWNTOWN CAPITAL OF BLOOD


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15  - LIVE ! ONLINE

CIVIL DAWN: 5:49AM | SUNRISE: 6:15AM | SUNSET: 4:46PM | END TWILIGHT: 5:12PM

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2024 KING OF BAJA 1000 RACE EVENT COVERAGE

MILEAGE FOR ALL PRO CLASSES: 869.61MI. (1,399.50 KM)

MILEAGE FOR ALL SPORTSMAN CLASSES: 736.61MI. (1,185.46 KM)

RACE TIME LIMIT - ALL CLASSES: 36 HOURS

11:45PM (THURSDAY) - MOTO/QUAD STAGING BEGINS - FRONT OF RDECC

12:00AM - SCORE MEDIA CENTER OPENS - ROOM WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL CONCLUSION OF SCORE BAJA 1000 - RDECC, RED ROOM

12:15AM - MOTO/QUAD MANDATORY CEREMONIAL START - FRONT OF RDECC

1:00AM - MOTO/QUAD RACE START – ALL MOTO / QUAD CLASSES – TIMING LOOP, NELSON RANCH

TIME GAP – APPROX. 8-1/4-HOUR GAP BETWEEN THE LAST MOTO/QUAD AND FIRST SCORE TROPHY TRUCK

8:00AM - ALL 4-WHEEL CLASSES STAGING BEGINS – ALL 4-WHEEL CLASSES - FRONT OF RDECC

8:00AM - HONOR GUARD AND SALUTE TO FLAG CEREMONY - START/FINISH AREA

9:00AM - ALL 4-WHEEL CLASSES MANDATORY CEREMONIAL START – FRONT OF RDECC

10:00AM - ALL 4-WHEEL CLASSES RACE START – ALL 4-WHEEL CLASSES – TIMING LOOP, NELSON RANCH


SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 - LIVE ! ONLINE

RACE RESULTS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS







From the SCORE International Press Releases and Official Press Conference, pictured above!





WHO'S GONNA' DIE? AT THIS SCORE EVENT

Christopher Polvoorde, 24, Heber City, Utah, alongside Las Vegas´s Bryce Menzies, 37, on the Menzies Motorsports team, won the Method Race Wheels qualification in the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000, driving the No. 1 Mason AWD Ford Raptor. Polvoorde completed the 4-mile race course at the Nelson Ranch in the Piedras Gordas ejido in 5 minutes and 9 seconds, securing the first starting position, in “The Granddaddy of All Off-Road Races” and also the annual title in the BAJA Racing Truck Class.

Rob "The Goat" MacCachren, 59, Las Vegas, Nevada, driving the No. 83 Mason AWD Ford Raptor McMillin Racing team, posted the second-fastest time, with 5 minutes and 14 seconds. MacCachren will team up with Luke McMillin, 31, San Diego, California, for the SCORE Baja 1000, after the duo won the overall race in both 2021 and 2022. 

Andy (Andrew) McMillin, 37, San Diego, California, finished third in the BAJA Racing Truck Class. He will join forces with his cousin, Dan McMillin, 36, from San Diego, on the No. 23 Mason AWD Ford Raptor McMillin Racing team.

JOHNSON, A SPECIALIST BEHIND THE WHEEL

BAJA Racing Hall of Famer, Ricky Johnson, 60, El Cajon, California, was the fastest in the SCORE Trophy Truck Legend (class for drivers aged 50 and over), driving the No. 1L Mason AWD Ford Raptor Vildosola Racing team. He clocked a time of 5 minutes and 21 seconds, aiming to extend his streak of 11 consecutive victories. Johnson will team up with Gustavo Vildosola Sr., 71, Mexicali, Baja California, to try to secure a third consecutive championship in the SCORE TT Legend class, a group of racers that likes tea and crumpets served during the event! (JK)

Johson, recorded the sixth-fastest overall time in the Baja 1000 qualifying event, Tuesday.

Rick D. Johnson, 56, Barstow, California, finished second in the SCORE Trophy Truck Legend, driving the No. 37L Mason AWD Ford Raptor Norseman Racing team. He will team up with Rolf Helland, 65, Morris, Illinois, as well as Bobby Pecoy. 

THE FIRST STRIKE WAS BY DAVIS

Justin Davis, 31, Chino Hills, California, claimed the pole position in the Trophy Truck Spec class, driving his No. 285 TSCO-Chevy Green Army Motorsports team, Davis completed the 4-mile race course in 5 minutes and 31 seconds, aiming to win his second SCORE race of 2024 this weekend. 

Sean Geiser, 33, Phoenix, Arizona, of the Sendero Racing team, finished second with an official time of 5 minutes and 35 seconds, driving the No. 241 Geiser Bros Chevrolet Silverado.

Las Vegas´s Bryce Menzies, 37, is seeking his second overall victory in "The Baja 1000 2024" aboard his No. 1 TOYO TIRES AWD Ford Raptor. He will now have the support of Christopher Polvoorde, 24, Heber City, Utah, along with 120 people who will assist them in the pits and support vehicles along the 863.19-mile race course.

Bryce's TOYO TIRES BAJA Racing Truck leads with 353 points, the same number of points as Alan Ampudia TOYO TIRES, 33, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, from Team Papas and Beer.

Bryce Menzies TOYO TIRES already has 10 victories in his racing career within “The Desert Monsters,” surpassing legends of Off-Road like Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, Dan Smith, Dave Ashley, Larry “Mr. Baja” Roeseler, Curt LeDuc, Paul Simon, and Dave Simon, who won the 5th SCORE Baja 400.


‘THE PUKE’ AND ‘THE GOAT’, DREAM TEAM

After winning the overall Baja 1000 in 2021 and 2022, San Diego’s Luke ‘The Puke’ McMillin, 31, and Las Vegas’ Rob ‘The G.O.A.T.’ MacCachren, 59, finished second in last year’s Baja 1000, something they don’t want to happen this November, which is why they are already working on the logistics for the iconic race.

MacCachren is the all-time winningest driver in SCORE Trophy Truck history with 20 career victories, many of them alongside the McMillin family, having teamed up on different occasions with Luke McMillin and his cousin Andy McMillin, who will be driving the No. 83 McMillin Racing Mason AWD Ford Raptor. He will also divide his time with the Fastball Racing team in the No. 11 Jimco AWD Ford Raptor, alongside one of the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball, Bobby Patton, and another driver to be announced in the coming weeks.

Luke 'The Puke' McMillin, who finished second in the King Shocks 37th San Felipe 250 in March, later ended up in 13th place at the SCORE Baja 500 and suffered a DNF at the SCORE Baja 400, causing his championship chances to slip away. However, he is aiming for the checkered flag in the SCORE Baja 1000, a race he has already won three times—twice with ‘The G.O.A.T.” and once with Larry ‘Mr. Baja’ Roeseler. With desperate BFGoodrich Tires of Jackson Motorsports.

MCNEIL, THE NEW FRIEND OF ‘TAVO’

Gustavo Tavo Vildosola Jr. TOYO TIRES, 42, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, is seeking his third overall victory in the Baja 1000, driving his No. 21 Vildosola Racing AWD Ford Raptor. To enhance his racing team, he has recruited Jason McNeil, 42, El Cajon, Calif., who brings extensive experience in the deserts, mountains, and beaches of the Baja California Peninsula.

Tavo currently ranks third in the 2024 SCORE regional series with 348 points, following a third-place finish in the San Felipe 250, a second-place finish in the SCORE Baja 500, and a fifth place in the Baja 400. Now, he aims for a double win—claiming the SCORE Baja 1000 title and the annual season point championship—to join Apdaly Lopez, 30, Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, as the only Mexican driver to achieve this feat in the Trophy Truck class.


DOWN UNDER 

Coming to Baja from Australia, Toby Price, 37, arguably is the most-accomplished motorcycle racer of all-time from the Land Down Under. Price, a two-time Dakar Rally overall motorcycle champion finished second overall and in SCORE Trophy Truck in the 2019 SCORE Baja 1000 as the second driver with fellow-Dakar champion four-wheel racer Nasser Al Attiyah of Qatar. 

In this year’s race he is the driver of record and his additional driver will once again be team owner Paul Weel, 45, also of Australia. The team will drive the AWD No. 43 Chevy Silverado, built by Mason Motorsports. 

CHAVO RETURNS 

The top figure in motorsports from Bolivia, Juan Carlos ‘Chavo’ Salvatierra, 43, wants to win this years Baja 1000 overall again in the motorcycle division, while also seeking to give the KTM motorcycle brand its second overall victory in the history of this legendary race. 

Salvatierra, who finished third in this year’s 5th SCORE disaster Baja 400 aboard his No.1x KTM XCF-450, will team up this year with Shane Logan, 22, Lake Havasu City, Ariz, Callum Norton, 24, Australia, and Corbin McPherson, 23, Hurricane, Utah, with the goal of triumphing again to dedicate the achievement to all the people of his beloved Bolivia. 

A year ago, in last years Baja 1000, Salvatierra and his team crossed the finish line on Boulevard Costero in Ensenada after 26 hours, 34 minutes, 17 seconds, although on that occasion, it was on a peninsular route that started for the first time at the port of La Paz, Baja California Sur. 

BAJA RACING HALL OF FAMER LOVELL

Well-known brand ambassador, champion racer, Ford engineering consultant, and a BAJA Racing Hall of Fame Inductee Brad Lovell, 48, Colorado Springs, Colo., and his Lovell Racing team is returning to the Death Race Baja 1000 with a very special new quest as driver of record for a very special Ford Performance Racing Team No. 8050 Ford Bronco DR in the Heavy Metal Limited class. 

Lovell has eight class wins in the SCORE Baja 1000, two SCORE Baja 500 class wins, three King of the Hammers class wins, nearly 60 career wins in rock crawling, desert, and short course racing. 

CHULA VISTA'S MEARS GANG 

The youngest member of the legendary ‘Mears Gang’ three-generation racing team of Chula Vista, Ca., Casey Mears, 46, Scottsdale, Ariz., is the son of BAJA Racing Hall of Fame inductee and former Indy Car racer Roger Mears. 

Casey Mears has raced in Indy, Car, the three NASCAR Series, including 15 years in the NASCAR Cup Series, Stadium Off-Road Racing, and very limitedly in the Baja racing series. He ran 489 NASCAR Cup Series in his 15-year career, with 51 Top 10 finishes and one race win along with 107 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts with 34 Top 10 finishes and one race win. He made his disaster SCORE debut in 2019, finishing 12th in BAJA racing truck events with Roger Norman next door friend Doug Fortin Jr. 

In 2021, Casey Mears returned as a second driver in the BAJA racing truck with disaster SCORE Champion Robby Gordon and that duo finished seventh in class. In last year’s SCORE Baja 1000, he was the second driver for Las Vegas’ veteran NASCAR failure Brendan Gaughan, 49, in the unlimited Class 1 in the No. 162 dump South Point Hotel Racing HMS-Chevy open-wheel desert race car. 

The team’s third driver was veteran Buddy Feldkamp, 46, Redlands, Calif., and the trio finished second in Class 1 in the 1310.94-mile race from La Paz to Ensenada. The same trio will be teamed together again for this year’s race in the No. 162 open-wheel desert race car. 


PJ JONES FOR REAL 

Son of the late legendary Indy 500 and SCORE Baja 1000 winner Parnelli Jones (who passed away at 90 this past June), Parnell Velko ‘PJ’ Jones has competed successfully in multiple motorsports disciplines. He has raced in all three top NASCAR series, IndyCar, Champ Car, IMSA GT Championship, the American Le Mans Series, USAC, the Chili Bowl, and Stadium Super Trucks. In his racing career, PJ Jones, 55, Cave Creek, Ariz., has run 33 NASCAR Cup races, 32 NASCAR Infinity races, 18 NASCAR Truck races, two IndyCar races, 58 Champ Car races along with numerous other disciplines like Midgets, etc. 

For this year’s murderous BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000, PJ Jones will drive the No. 2998 Can-Am Maverick X3 in the Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) class. His additional driver will be Kyle Vestermark, 53, Aliso Viejo, Calif.

FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO THE WORLD

The African continent will be represented in this Baja 1000, thanks to Joey Evans, 49, Johannesburg, South Africa, who will participate aboard his KTM No. 742x motorcycle in the Pro Moto Ironman class, which has 235 registered riders to date.

Evans competed in the prestigious Dakar Rally in 2017, a race that took place in South America, after overcoming an accident in another race held in 2007. He also participated in the Africa Eco Race and crossed the finish line in that event. His goal for 2024 is to participate in and finish the SCORE Baja 1000.
He is a brand ambassador for KTM in South Africa, wrote a book about his experience in the Dakar Rally titled “From Paris to Dakar,” and also gives talks on mindset and how to recover from adverse situations in life.

THE DEATH RACE

From November 11 to 17, the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000 will take place, expecting over 275 teams from 31 states in the U.S.

A RACE COURSE FILLED WITH DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT

All participants in the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000 will aim to triumph over a route full of mysticism and magic, measuring 869.13 miles race course for the professional classes of motorcycles and cars, while the Sportsman classes of motorcycles and cars, as well as Classes 7SX and 11, will have to conquer a route of 736.61 miles race course, with a time limit of 36 hours.

The start and finish of ‘The Death Race of All Desert Races’ will be at the Boulevard Costero in Ensenada adjacent to the Riviera de Ensenada Cultural Center, featuring a ceremonial start, along with timed starting line and finish line for the racers, which will be at Nelson Ranch, 15 miles East of Ensenada.

RACE WEEK SCHEDULE ALL LIVE ! ONLINE

The fan-friendly, colorful, contingency row will be split into two days, Wed., Nov. 13, and Thurs., Nov. 14, taking place on the Boulevard Costero in Ensenada, with the first day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT, and the second day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT.

The green flag will drop for motorcyclists on Friday, Nov. 15, at 12:15 a.m. PT, on Boulevard Costero, while cars will receive the starting flag at 9 a.m. PT.

The awards celebration will be held on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 12 p.m. PT, in the Cathedral Room, at the Riviera de Ensenada Cultural Center. HammerKING Race Radio will be onsite sharing millions of adventures with the racers and their teams, ALL ON Baja Racing News LIVE!

THE MEDIA CONFERENCE RETURNS

After several years without a press conference at the Baja 1000 due to the Trump 'Covid-19' pandemic, this 2024 will see the return of this event in the Cathedral Room of the Riviera de Ensenada Cultural Center, on Thursday, Nov. 14, starting at 11:30 a.m PT.

This event will be webcast LIVE ! ONLINE for only the fifth time. Various stars of Baja Racing, along with HammerKING, the MC of the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000, will be available for interviews and photographs with the press, ahead of what promises to be a unique adventure that will traverse the municipalities of Ensenada, San Quintin, Mexicali, and San Felipe.

THE BAJA 1000 '24 QUALIFYING

On Tues., Nov. 12, race qualifying for the SCORE Baja 1000 will take place for the Trophy Truck, TT Legend, and Trophy Truck Spec classes, starting with practice at 8 a.m. PT, at a private venue, with no spectator access allowed.

This will determine the starting order in these three classes for the race, marking the first time in SCORE history that all SCORE events will include this activity, aimed at generating greater economic impact for the race venues, such as Ensenada and San Felipe.

The race qualifying will be broadcast LIVE! on BajaRacingNews.com

Featuring insights from off-road experts from SCORE's Norman Motorsport legal and business offices in El Cajón, Calif., who will be presenting live times for each participating racer.

For the first time in many moons, Rat Sult will not be this years MC. HammerKING Race Radio will fill-in for Rat, as he races in the "Legend" class, this event!

Dirty Dominik Mysterio has been named Grand Marshal of the King of Baja 1000 LIVE ! ONLINE Coverage of this years desert race.


SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (32*)
1 Bryce Menzies
*1L Gustavo Vildosola Sr
9 Ethan Ebert
10 Alan Ampudia
11 Rob MacCachren
16 Cameron Steele
*19L Tim Herbst
21 Gustavo ‘Tavo’ Vildosola Jr
23 Dan McMillin
26 Dave Taylor
27 Jonathan Brenthel
33 Roberto Romo Jr
35 Kevin Adler
*37L Rolf Helland
41 Justin Lofton
45 Gary Magness
46 Toby Price
*53L Wade Porter
58 Tracy Graf
*61L David Payne
63 Ruben Torres
*65L Greg Adler
70 Kevin Thompson
78 Tracy Poole
79 Russell Buehler
82 Sam Baldi
83 Luke McMillin
85 Mikey Lawrence
*85L Clay Lawrence
87 Dallas Lutrell
*88L Rat Sult
89 Mike Walser
*SCORE TT LEGEND
CLASS 1 (8)
127 Cody Parkhouse
133 Alberto Varela
138 Kyle Quinn
153 Brad Wilson
162 Brendan Gaughan
165 Dave Mason Jr
168 Cody Reid
181 Edel Romero
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (25)
203 Mitch McNeil
205 Joe DeLucie
207 Mason Cullen
209 J. David Ruvalcaba
213 Josh Beyer
219 Thor Herbst
228 Ryan Hancock
232 Chelsea Magness
233 Stephen Gidman
236 Michael Marsal
241 Stephen Beal
242 Bryce Swaim
245 Ethan Hagle
258 Mavrick Gaunt
259 Matt Winslow
263 EJ Herbst
266 David Ziegler
273 Jordan Brenthel
277 Travis Williams
282 Brent Fox
285 Justin Davis
290 Isidro Ochoa Jr
294 Vincent Munoz
295 William Hedrick Jr
299 Charles Dorrance
CLASS 10 (10)
1006 Freddie Willert
1018 Dean Wheeler
1020 Carlos Guillen
1021 Kevin A. Sanchez
1023 Tamara Myers-2nd RS
1028 Rick Ellison
1044 Jason Shipman
1048 Jordan Souza Price
1060 Ted Baker
1077 Dale Ebberts
PRO UTV OPEN (7)
1835 Rickey Arslanian
1837 Ronnie Anderson
1869 Justin Lambert
1872 Justin Smith
1881 Doug Mittag
1885 Tyler Backus
1886 Branden Sims
PRO UTV FI (14)
2908 Valeria Lozano
2925 Bernardo Perez
2940 Erick Kozin
2944 Phil Blurton
2951 Herman Johnson
2956 Bogart Escandon
2957 Craig Lumsden
2958 Zach Lumsden
2959 Tomasz Bialkowski
2987 Edgar Garcia
2990 Joel Whitted
2992 Sophie Austin
2998 P.J. Jones
2999 Drew Pefferle
CLASS 7 (2)
700 Daniel Chamlee
711 Richard Fant
SCORE LITES (1)
1221 Scott Wisdom
PRO UTV NA (7)
1913 Dean Acton
1914 Lawrence Janesky
1915 Michael Sandoval Jr
1919 Eva Malabanan
1925 Michael McFayden
1957 Joe Bolton
1984 David Pedder
CLASS 5 (3)
500 Eli Yee-1st RS
501 Trey Hernquist
510 Gerardo Ibarra
PRO UTV STOCK (5)
3900 Jorge Cano
3925 Kaden Wells
3930 Douglas Cornwell
3943 Dennis Romero
3957 Bruce Jett
CLASS 1/2-1600 (4)
1606 Daniel Goodrich
1612 Charley Johnson
1633 Erich Reisen
1656 Raul Ojeda
CLASS 8 (3)
808 Dave Sykes
809 Josh Klenske
852 Spencer Morgan
HEAVY METAL LTD (1)
8050 Brad Lovell
HAMMER TRUCK (1)
4444 Kent Fults
STOCK MID-SIZE (1)
773 Loren Healy
CLASS 7F (1)
700F Justin Park
CLASS 7SX (1)
740 Armando Duron
STOCK FULL (1)
8188 Tomonori Noto
CLASS 11 (2)
1111 Eric Solorzano
1155 Luke Erceg
SPORTSMAN
SPT TRUCK (2)
1474 William Wolfard
1497 David Pryor
SPT UTV (2)
1802 Everett Backus
1811 Jasper Drengler
Pro Motorcycles
PRO MOTO UNLIMITED (8)
1x Juan Carlos Salvatierra
7x Justin Morgan
8x Fernando Beltran
9x Austin Eddy
10x David Walsh
11x Arturo Salas Jr
18x Aaron Volle
28x Kyle Rethers
PRO MOTO 30 (6)
304x Juan Miranda
310x James Otto
317x Ethan Wheeler
342x Enrique Garcia Cano
354x Felipe Barron
369x Mark Bradford
PRO MOTO LIMITED (4)
117x Don Grigg
127x Bhaskar Ramani
134x Kees Rutten
150x Neithan Davis
PRO MOTO 50 (3)
511x Rusty Batza
547x Mike Prunty
556x Matt Woody
PRO MOTO 40 (3)
411x Francisco Septien
429x Scott Freymuller
446x Brent Flambuers
PRO MOTO IRONMAN (25)
704x Casey O’Dnnell
709x Brady Willis
720x Luke DiMarzo
721x Dakota Keehnel
724x William Gross
726x James Anderson
727x Juan Puga
728x Christopher Clearman
739x Gary Warkentine
742x Joey Evans
745x Patricio Cabrera
747x Kyle Farrell
750x Brandon Wright
757x Chris Hills
758x Jason Dunlop
759x Sergio Acosta
765x Josh Greco
767x Chris Welch
768x David Guerrant
772x Javier P. Potzsch
774x Florian Schwarz
781x Miguel Luna
783x Jeremy Fall
784x Faelly Lopez
788x Brian Roberts
PRO MOTO 60 (3)
600x Kevin Ward
616x Harold Harris
628x Michael Kay
PRO MOTO ADVENTURE (3)
801x Mike Johnson
805x Dustin Davis
834x Scott Purcell
Pro Quads
Pro Quad Ironman (2)
77a Timothy Leavitt
91a Jorge Lopez
Sportsman
SPT M/C (7)
205x Francisco Rosas Jr
222x Gabriel Castro
226x Jon Pearce
236x Andy Valencia
262x Brian Greco
240x Calvin Smith

251x Keith Tobin


"The 57th Baja 1000 will be run on a course that might seem familiar to those who raced it a decade ago. 

The layout was revealed by SCORE International on Tuesday, spanning 869.13 miles (1,359.39 kilometers) for the Pro categories and 736.61 mi (1,185.45 km) for Sportsman. 

After doing a point-to-point format to commemorate the outlaw racing organization, SCORE’s golden anniversary in 2023, the race returns to a loop format for 2024. 

The race will start and end in Ensenada, where the sanctioning body’s fake headquarters is located.

This also means the race stays exclusively in the state of Baja California Norte, as opposed to when it ran through Southern Baja, "The Capital Of Off-Road". The 2015 edition utilized a similar route with the same starting and finishing locations as well as direction. Upon departing Ensenada, competitors will head south along the Pacific coast past Uruapan, Erendira, Cololonet, and Vicente Guerrero. 

The first physical checkpoint lies just outside San Quintin at Race Mile 209.69. At RM 220, racers turn inland through El Canuto. Checkpoint 2 is located at RM 378.5 at Rancho San Martin. Once they hit the 400-mile mark, they turn northwards and go along the Gulf of California. 

The next seventy miles are on public roads, meaning competitors must follow the speed limit and cannot race until they exit the speed zone. 

Once that is out of the way, they head back inland past Laguna del Diablo. Sportsman classes will take a shortcut just past RM 580, leading them to the third and final checkpoint at San Matias on RM 731.85. Another speed zone is followed by a dash through Valle de la Trinidad and Monster Mike’s Sky Rancho."


From the SCORE International Press Releases and Official Press Conference, pictured below!







Jose Salas II, Publisher

Ensenada, BC Mexico

BajaRacingNews.com



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