SCORE International

SCORE Trophy Truck competing in the Baja 1000

SCORE International is an rally raid sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing and is famous for its flagship event, the Baja 1000 as well as the Baja 500 and San Felipe 250. SCORE races are held in United States and Mexico. Founded by Mickey Thompson in 1973, SCORE continues today under the direction of Sal Fish.

Race Description

Gus Vildósola driving his SCORE Trophy Truck during the 2005 Baja 500

Vehicles are released from the start line individually, 30 seconds between vehicles and 2:30 minutes between vehicle classes. Baja races include motorcycles and quads which start releasing when light is available around 6 AM. Four wheel vehicles start releasing approx 4 hours later around 10 AM. Race results are determined by calculating a finish time for each vehicle. The finish time for a vehicle can include time for penalties such as speeding on the highway or other regulated area. GPS tracking devices are used to enforce speed regulations and penalties.

Awards are given for the winner of each class (if a vehicle in the class finishes) as well as overall winner across classes. Overall 4 Wheel and overall Motorcycle/ATV.

Points are awarded based on finishing position in class. The racer with the most points at the end of the season is the overall winner for the class. In the following race season, the vehicle number will end in two zeros "00" to indicate that vehicle as the class champion. As an example the vehicle number of the Class 1 champion will be 100. Trophy Trucks are exempt from this as they always retain the same vehicle number. All other vehicle classes are issued new vehicle numbers for each race based on starting position which is determined by a random draw. The last two digits of the vehicle number indicate the starting position of the vehicle, except the class champion and rear start requests which are numbered in descending order starting at 49.

Course terrain is primarily off-road in remote areas but it includes highway segments when an alternate off-road path is not available.

Yearly Races

Race	Description	Month
SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge	Laughlin, Nevada	January
Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250	Starts and finishes in San Felipe, Baja California.	March
Tecate SCORE Baja 500	Starts and finishes in Ensenada, Baja California.	June
Terrible's SCORE Primm 300	Starts and finishes in the parking lot of Buffalo Bills casino in Primm, Nevada near the California state line.	September
Tecate SCORE Baja 1000	Starts in Ensenada. Finish includes Ensenada, La Paz or Cabo San Lucas.	November

Current and past classes

SCORE Class 1 SCORE Class 10 SCORE Stock Mini

Cars and Trucks

• SCORE Trophy Truck: Open Production Unlimited Trucks.
• SCORE Class 1: Unlimited open-wheel single- or two-seaters.
• SCORE Class 1/2-1600: Limited suspension. open-wheel single- or two-seaters. (1600 cc)
• SCORE Class 2: Limited 2.2 liter buggy.
• SCORE Class 3: Production short wheelbase 4X4 Jeeps.
• SCORE Class 4: Unlimited 2.2 liter open wheel.
• SCORE Class 5: Unlimited Baja Bugs.
• SCORE Class 5-1600: Baja Bugs. (1600cc)
• SCORE Class 6: V6 powered tube chassis trucks
• SCORE Class 7: Open mini trucks.
• SCORE Class 7S: Stock mini trucks. (3000cc)
• SCORE Class 7SX: Modified mini trucks. (4000cc)
• SCORE Class 8: Full-sized two-wheel drive trucks.
• SCORE Class 9: Short wheelbase, open-wheel. single- or two-seaters. (1600cc)
• SCORE Class 10: Open-wheel single or two-seaters. (2000cc)
• SCORE Class 11: Stock VW Sedans. (1600cc)
• SCORE Lites Class 12: VW limited open-wheel. single seat(1776cc) or two-seaters(1835cc).
• SCORE Class 17: Production short wheelbase 4X4 Modified Jeeps.
• SCORE Stock Full: Stock full-sized trucks.
• SCORE Stock Mini: Stock mini trucks. (4300cc)
• SCORE Class M-Truck: 2 or 4-wheel drive medium utility vehicle with a minimum weight 12,000 pounds.
• SCORE Baja Challenge: Limited, identical open-wheel Baja touring cars.
• SCORE Sportsman Buggy:
• SCORE Sportsman Truck:
• SCORE Sportsman UTV: 660cc, 4-wheel utility vehicle.
• ProTruck: Limited Production Trucks governed by the Baja ProTruck Off-Road Race Series

Motorcycles

• SCORE Class 20: 125 cc or smaller two-stroke and 250 cc or smaller four-stroke motorcycles.
• SCORE Class 21: 126 cc to 250 cc.
• SCORE Class 22: 250 cc or more.
• SCORE Class 30: Riders over 30 years old.
• SCORE Class 40: Riders over 40 years old.
• SCORE Class 50: Riders over 50 years old.
• SCORE Class 60: Riders over 60 years old.

ATVs

• SCORE Class 24: 250 cc or less.
• SCORE Class 25: 251 cc or more.
• SCORE Class 26: Limited utility ATV

Notable drivers

• Walker Evans
• Rod Hall
• Rod Millen
• Jimmie Johnson
• Robby Gordon
• Parnelli Jones
• Rob MacCachren
• Don McBride
• Corky McMillin
• Steve McQueen
• Gunnar Nilsson
• Larry Ragland
• Larry Roeseler
• Ivan Stewart
• Mickey Thompson
• Frank "Scoop" Vessels

See also

• Dust to Glory, the documentary about the 2003 Baja 1000 race
• San Felipe 250 (San Felipe, Baja California loop in February or March)
• Baja 500 (Ensenada loop in June)
• Baja 1000 (from Ensenada, in November),

References

• SCORE International (2006). "2006-2010 Off-Road Racing Rules and Regulations".
• SCORE International. "2009 New Classes & Existing Class Rule Amendments"

External links

• Official SCORE International website
• ProTruck Off-Road Race Series