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October 5, 2006
by Dominic Clark
LOS ANGELES -- Completing its 33rd year as the World’s foremost desert racing sanctioning body, SCORE International officially announced today its
six-race schedule for the 2007 SCORE Desert Series.
Keeping the same venues and all but one of the same race weekends for its five open desert races and one stadium-style short-course event as the past
two years, the 2007 SCORE Desert Series will again feature three races in Southern Nevada and three in Mexico.
“We have incredible marketing partners on both sides of the border, the world’s greatest desert racers and the world’s toughest race courses, so we
will make only minor changes for the 2007 SCORE season,” said Sal Fish, CEO/President of SCORE, which is based in Los Angeles. “Our six-race schedule
in both the U.S. and Mexico offers tremendous variety for the racers, sponsors, media and fans. We will have some major news at our season-ending
SCORE Awards Night in December regarding our plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000”
“With necessary restrictions in place for spectators in the U.S. still our attendance continues to rise, but in Mexico, it’s absolutely unbelievable.
Our crowds for the last three races in Baja California have averaged over 200,000, and SCORE racers are as popular in Baja California as any racing
figures in the world. From a participant perspective, there have never been more desert racers and SCORE entries continue to rise at a phenomenal rate
of over 25 percent for the last three years.”
The SCORE Desert Series, which features 27 Pro and five Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycle and ATVs, will kick off Jan. 18-21 with the
popular 13th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in the Southern Nevada resort city of Laughlin on the banks of the Colorado River. The season will
conclude Nov. 12-17 with a very special 40th anniversary of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, the granddaddy of all desert racing.
“The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge is the most unique and increasingly popular desert race in the U.S. and the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is
the best known desert race in the world,” added Fish, who has been at the head of SCORE since 1974. “These two races provide wonderful ways to start
and finish our SCORE racing season.”
Round 2 and 3 of the 2006 SCORE Desert Series will both be held in Mexico. The 21st Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 is set for March 9-11, followed by the
39th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500, June 1-3, in Ensenada. The series returns to Southern Nevada for Round 4 and Round 5, Round 4 will be the special
SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup III short-course event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Round 5 will again be the 12th Annual SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 which will be held Sept. 8-10 in Primm, Nev., 45 miles south of Las Vegas.
SCORE International, founded in 1973 by the late Mickey Thompson and headed by Sal Fish since 1974, continues today as the premier sanctioning body in
the sport of desert racing. SCORE races feature 17 Pro and two Sportsman classes for cars and trucks in the U.S. with seven additional Pro and three
more Sportsman classes for motorcycles and ATVs competing in the races in Mexico. SCORE races in the U.S. average 200 entries while the average in
Mexico, with motorcycle and ATV classes running as well as the cars and trucks is 300.
2007 SCORE Desert Series; Schedule of Events
Dates Event/Location
Jan. 18-21 13th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge
Laughlin, Nevada
March 9-11 21st Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
June 1-3 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
July 19-21* SCORE Las Vegas Terrible's Cup III*
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
*select classes, closed-course event
Sept. 7-9 12th SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300
Primm, Nevada
Nov. 12-17 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
Baja California, Mexico