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Baja 1000
SCORE Baja 1000 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in November. The Baja 1000 is part of the SCORE Championship Desert Racing Series that include the Baja 500, San Felipe 250 and the new San Felipe Challenge of Champions in place of the Primm 300 which had...
as well as the Baja 500
Baja 500
SCORE Baja 500 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in early June. The Baja 500 is part of a series of races that include the Baja 1000, San Felipe 250 and Primm 300. The event includes various types of vehicle classes such as small and large bore motorcycles,...
and San Felipe 250
San Felipe 250
Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in late February or early March. The San Felipe 250 is part of a series of races that include the Baja 1000, Baja 500 and Primm 300...
. SCORE races are held in United States and Mexico. Founded by Mickey Thompson
Mickey Thompson
Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson was an American off-road racing legend. He won many championships as a racer, and later formed sanctioning bodies SCORE International and Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group . He also raced in dragsters and land speed record automobiles.Thompson was born in Alhambra,...
in 1973, SCORE continues today under the direction of Sal Fish
Sal Fish
Sal Fish is CEO/President of SCORE International, the leading sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing....
.
Race Description
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 Laughlin, Nevada Laughlin is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, and a port located on the Colorado River. Laughlin is south of Las Vegas, located in the far southern tip of Nevada. It is best known for its gaming, entertainment, and water recreation. As of the 2010 census, the... |
January |
| Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 San Felipe 250 Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in late February or early March. The San Felipe 250 is part of a series of races that include the Baja 1000, Baja 500 and Primm 300... |
Starts and finishes in San Felipe, Baja California San Felipe, Baja California San Felipe is a town on the Gulf of California in the Mexican state of Baja California, 190 km south of the United States border and within the municipality of Mexicali. It also serves as a borough seat of its surrouding area.... . |
March |
| Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Baja 500 SCORE Baja 500 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in early June. The Baja 500 is part of a series of races that include the Baja 1000, San Felipe 250 and Primm 300. The event includes various types of vehicle classes such as small and large bore motorcycles,... |
Starts and finishes in Ensenada, Baja California Ensenada, Baja California Ensenada is a coastal city in Mexico and the third-largest city in Baja California. It is located south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula. The city is locally referred to as La Cenicienta del Pacífico, or, The Cinderella of the Pacific... . |
June |
| Terrible's SCORE Primm 300 Primm 300 Terrible's SCORE Primm 300 is an off-road race that takes place yearly in Primm, Nevada in September. The Primm 300 is part of a series of races that include the Baja 1000, Baja 500 and San Felipe 250. The event includes various types of vehicle classes such as stock VW, production vehicles,... |
Starts and finishes in the parking lot of Buffalo Bills casino in Primm, Nevada Primm, Nevada Primm is a tiny community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the border between California and Nevada... near the California state line. |
September |
| Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Baja 1000 SCORE Baja 1000 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in November. The Baja 1000 is part of the SCORE Championship Desert Racing Series that include the Baja 500, San Felipe 250 and the new San Felipe Challenge of Champions in place of the Primm 300 which had... |
Starts in Ensenada. Finish includes Ensenada, La Paz La Paz, Baja California Sur La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro... or Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas , commonly called Cabo, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the municipality of Los Cabos in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,463 people... . |
November |
Current and past classes
Cars and Trucks
- SCORE Trophy Truck: Open Production Unlimited Trucks.
- SCORE Class 1SCORE Class 1SCORE Class 1 is an open wheel unlimited class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. Unlimited 4 wheel single and two seat vehicles...
: Unlimited open-wheel single- or two-seaters. - SCORE Class 1/2-1600SCORE Class 1/2-1600SCORE Class 1/2-1600 is an Open Wheel limited suspension, limited VW motor class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge...
: Limited suspension. open-wheel single- or two-seaters. (1600 cc) - SCORE Class 2SCORE Class 2SCORE Class 2 is a limited 2.2 liter buggy that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. Class 2 was added in 2009.-Vehicle description:...
: Limited 2.2 liter buggy. - SCORE Class 3SCORE Class 3SCORE Class 3 is production short wheelbase 4x4 class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series races including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge.-Vehicle description:...
: Production short wheelbase 4X4 Jeeps. - SCORE Class 4SCORE Class 4SCORE Class 4 is an unlimited 2.2 liter open wheel vehicle that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. Class 4 was added in 2009.-Vehicle description:...
: Unlimited 2.2 liter open wheel. - SCORE Class 5SCORE Class 5SCORE Class 5 is open wheel unlimited Baja Bug class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series races including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge.-Vehicle description:...
: Unlimited Baja Bugs. - SCORE Class 5-1600SCORE Class 5-1600SCORE Class 5-1600 is open wheel limited Baja Bug class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series races including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge.-Vehicle description:...
: Baja Bugs. (1600cc) - SCORE Class 6SCORE Class 6SCORE Class 6 is an open production unlimited class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. Unlimited 4 wheel vehicles...
: V6 powered tube chassis trucks - SCORE Class 7: Open mini trucks.
- SCORE Class 7S: Stock mini trucks. (3000cc)
- SCORE Class 7SXSCORE Class 7SXSCORE Class 7SX is a stock production Mini Pickup class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series races including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge.-Vehicle Description:...
: 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 10SCORE Class 10SCORE Class 10 is an open wheel limited motor class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. 4-wheel single and two-seat vehicles less than 2000 cc in size...
: Open-wheel single or two-seaters. (2000cc) - SCORE Class 11SCORE Class 11SCORE Class 11 is a stock production VW sedan class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. Class 11 is the most grueling of all off-road race vehicles as they are stock VW Bugs with...
: Stock VW Sedans. (1600cc) - SCORE LitesSCORE LitesSCORE Lites Class 12 is an open-wheel air-cooled VW motor class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. 4 wheel single and two seat vehicles less than 1835cc in size...
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 MiniSCORE Stock MiniSCORE Class Stock Mini is a stock production class that competes in the SCORE off-road race series including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge. The vehicle must have been series Produced in quantities greater than 5,000 in a 12-month period and be...
: Stock mini trucks. (4300cc) - SCORE Class M-TruckSCORE Class M-TruckSCORE Class M-Truck is 2 or 4-wheel drive medium utility vehicle that competes in the SCORE off-road race series races including the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge.-Vehicle description:...
: 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 EvansWalker Evans (racer)Roger Walker Evans is an Off-road Motorsports Hall of Famer . He was also a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Walker Evans is nicknamed "the Legend". Walker is the father of off-road racer Evan Evans...
- Rod HallRod Hall (racer)Rod Hall is an off-road racer. He was inducted in the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005. He has spent his entire adult life around four-wheel-drive vehicles.-Racing career:...
- Rod MillenRod MillenRodney K. "Rod" Millen is a racing competitor, vehicle designer, and business owner. He has competed in numerous genres of motorsports, including rally racing, off-road racing, hillclimbing, drifting, and super touring.-Personal life:...
- Jimmie JohnsonJimmie JohnsonJimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
- Robby GordonRobby GordonRobert W. "Robby" Gordon is an American racecar driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as an owner-driver, driving the No. 7 Speed Energy Dodge Charger for Robby Gordon Motorsports, and also competes part-time in the Nationwide Series...
- Parnelli JonesParnelli JonesRufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones , is a retired American racing driver and racecar owner. He is most remembered for his 1963 Indianapolis 500 win, and almost winning the 1967 Indy 500 in a turbine car...
- Rob MacCachrenRob MacCachrenRob MacCachren is an American off-road racer from Las Vegas, Nevada. He raced the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series early in his career and went on to win championships in Championship Off-Road Racing , SCORE International, SODA, and Best in the Desert...
- Don McBride
- Corky McMillinCorky McMillinMacey L. “Corky” McMillin Jr. was a well-known off-road desert racer, philanthropist and land developer.-Biography:...
- Steve McQueenSteve McQueenTerrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination...
- Gunnar NilssonGunnar NilssonGunnar Nilsson was a Swedish racing driver, born in Helsingborg. Before entering Formula One, he won the 1975 British Formula Three Championship....
- Larry RaglandLarry RaglandLarry Ragland is a professional offroad racing competitor and 5 time SCORE International Baja 1000 Trophy Truck overall winner. "Lightning" Larry Ragland is the second most winning driver in desert racing's history and a trophy truck expert....
- Larry RoeselerLarry RoeselerLarry Roeseler is a professional off-road racer in motorcycle and Trophy Truck classes. He is a 10-time overall winner of the Baja 1000, 12-time overall winner of the Baja 500 and a 10-time gold medalist in the International Six Days Enduro. He has spent the past 25 years racing in numerous...
- Ivan StewartIvan StewartIvan "Ironman" Stewart is an off road racing driver.-Racing career:In 1973, Ivan was scheduled to co-drive in the Ensenada 300 in a Class 1-2 buggy. His co-driver broke his leg, so Stewart drove the car, and won the race. After some wins under his belt, he joined Toyota factory team in 1983 for...
- Mickey ThompsonMickey ThompsonMarion Lee "Mickey" Thompson was an American off-road racing legend. He won many championships as a racer, and later formed sanctioning bodies SCORE International and Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group . He also raced in dragsters and land speed record automobiles.Thompson was born in Alhambra,...
- Frank "Scoop" VesselsFrank "Scoop" VesselsFrank "Scoop" Vessels III was an American off-road truck racer, winner of the 1977 Baja 1000 desert off-road race. He was sponsored by BFGoodrich Tires...
See also
- Dust to GloryDust to GloryDust to Glory is a documentary about the famous Baja 1000 off-road race. Filming occurred throughout the 2003 event. The film is directed by Dana Brown of Step Into Liquid fame. The film was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro. The film score was by Nathan Furst.-Cast:Mario Andretti, Sal Fish, Jimmy...
, the documentary about the 2003 Baja 1000 race - San Felipe 250San Felipe 250Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in late February or early March. The San Felipe 250 is part of a series of races that include the Baja 1000, Baja 500 and Primm 300...
(San Felipe, Baja CaliforniaSan Felipe, Baja CaliforniaSan Felipe is a town on the Gulf of California in the Mexican state of Baja California, 190 km south of the United States border and within the municipality of Mexicali. It also serves as a borough seat of its surrouding area....
loop in February or March) - Baja 500Baja 500SCORE Baja 500 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in early June. The Baja 500 is part of a series of races that include the Baja 1000, San Felipe 250 and Primm 300. The event includes various types of vehicle classes such as small and large bore motorcycles,...
(Ensenada loop in June) - Baja 1000Baja 1000SCORE Baja 1000 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in November. The Baja 1000 is part of the SCORE Championship Desert Racing Series that include the Baja 500, San Felipe 250 and the new San Felipe Challenge of Champions in place of the Primm 300 which had...
(from Ensenada, in November),