TMW - 2-11-2007 at 12:09 PM
Tim Herbst and Chris Blais draw first starters
For 21st Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
February 10, 2007
Round 2, SCORE Desert Series
Herbst in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Blais in Motorcycles draw
First starting slots for 21th Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250
Brian Parkhouse receives first Class 1 start as over 350 entries expected in March 10 desert race in Mexico
LOS ANGELES—Las Vegas’ Tim Herbst and Southern California’s Chris Blais received the pole positions for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles in the
computerized drawing for starting positions held Friday for the upcoming 21st Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Herbst races in the featured SCORE
Trophy-Truck division while Blais competes in Class 22.
Round 2 of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series will be held March 10 in the tiny fishing village of San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico.
With over 350 entries expected to compete in 27 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes, the green flag will drop at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 10, for the
motorcycle and ATV classes, followed by the car and truck classes two hours later at approximately 8:30 a.m. The start and finish line area for the
course will once again be the landmark San Felipe arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe.
Following January’s season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, America’s Foremost Desert Racing Series will visit Mexico for the first of
three races in 2007.
Drawing the first starting slot for the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars was Brian Parkhouse, of Bell Gardens, Calif. Riding the
first ATV off the line will be San Diego’s Jovany Pimentel.
Herbst, 43, who will drive solo while his older brother Ed continues his rehabilitation from neck surgery he had last November, has four class
wins including three overalls in San Felipe in the No. 19 Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck.
With a race-record 35 entries so far in the class for 800 horsepower, unlimited production trucks, Steele and Stout will lead a strong field in
SCORE Trophy-Truck that features many of the world’s top desert racers.
Blais, 26, who led the overall motorcycle championship team in San Felipe in 2005, will split riding time this year with David Pearson, 23, of Las
Vegas, on the 2x Red Bull KTM 525XC. Blais became the first American to finish on the podium in January when he finished third on a KTM in the
challenging Dakar Rally.
In Friday’s computerized drawing, Class 1 had the most entries with 38, followed by SCORE Trophy-Truck with 35, Class 1-2/1600 with 25, SCORE Lite
with 20 and Class 10 with 17. With late registration accepted up until race morning, a race-record total of 306 vehicles officially entered in time
for the drawing.
Among the Pro Motorcycle classes, both Class 22 (open) and Class 30 (riders 30 years and over), both had 14 entries. Leading the Pro ATV entries
in the drawing was Class 25 (open) with 10.
Parkhouse, 47, will split driving time with another SCORE veteran, Tom Ridings, 52, Long Beach, Calif., in the No. 101 Parkhouse Motorsports
Chevy-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car in Class 1.
Helping Pimental, 22, lead the ATV entries off the line in a Yamaha YFZ450 will be riding mates Christian Vargas, 18, San Diego, Roberto Ulloa,
26, Chula Vista, Calif., and Rafael Guzman, 24, National City, Calif.
Besides Herbst, who with his brother Ed won the overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck titles in San Felipe in 1999, 2000 and 2001, the record SCORE
Trophy-Truck field includes last year’s overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck winner Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., in the No. 38 G&R Racing Ford F-150.
The 2004 SCORE Trophy-Truck race and overall San Felipe winner Mark Post, San Juan Capistrano returns in his No. 3 Riviera Racing Ford F-150 with new
teammate, Rob MacCachren, of Las Vegas, who won this race in 2003 with Gus Vildosola. Vildosola, Mexicali, Mexico, will split driving time this year
with his son Gus Vildosola Jr., in the No. 4 Vildosola Racing Ford F-150.
“We’ve had a bad run in recent start draws so this is a major improvement, especially in a race we have done so very well in over the years,” said
Herbst, who with his brother Ed make up the winningest All-Time SCORE Trophy-Truck team with 11 career race wins and four season point championships
in the 13-year history of the marquee SCORE racing division. “It won’t be the same without Ed doing some of the driving, but we have a great team and
together we have a lot of confidence that we can make up for his absence behind the wheel. Our biggest hope is that he has full recovery from his
surgery and is able to rejoin us behind the wheel this season.”
Cameron Steele, 38, an ESPN action-sports announcer from San Clemente, Calif., has entered in three classes for San Felipe. Steele drives the
Desert Assassins No. 16 Ford F-150 in SCORE Trophy-Truck.
Steele, whose wife Heidi Steele is a SCORE regular in Class 7SX in a Ford Ranger, will ride a Suzuki DRZ450 in Class 22 and a Desert Assassin-VW
in SCORE Lite.
Among the other racers to draw first starting position in their respective classes were: Steven Eugenio, El Centro, Calif. (Class 1-2/1600,
Lothringer-VW), Ricardo Malo, Mexicali, Mexico. (SCORE Lite, Curry/BRP-VW) and the Las Vegas husband and wife team of Adam and Bekki Wik (Class 10,
Jimco-Honda).
Fresh from a season-opening class 1 win at the 13th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, John Herder, Tucson, Ariz., finds himself in the Overall
SCORE Desert Series point lead after one of six-races. Herder, who drives a Chevy-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car, has 70 points after
picking up his second career win in the popular SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge.
Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren, who won Class 1-2/1600 in a 1600cc VW-powered Fraley is second with 68 points but is not expected to run the full
season in the limited open-wheel class as his primary driving responsibility is as the second driver for Mark Post’s No. 3 Riviera Racing Ford F-150
in SCORE Trophy-Truck.
A total of just 19 points separate the top 22 overall point leaders after January’s season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge.
Third in overall points with 65 after winning the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division for high-tech, 800 horsepower unlimited production trucks
for the second straight year is Las Vegas’ B.J. Baldwin in the Baldwin Motorsports No. 1 Chevy Silverado. Baldwin’s truck is prepped and the crew
provided by Collins Motorsports of Las Vegas.
Fourth in overall points with 64 is Las Vegas’ B.J. Richardson, who is second in Class 1 in a Bunderson-Chevy, while fifth is Matt Gumz, Barstow,
Calif., who is second in Class 1-2/1600 with 62 points in a Lothringer-VW.
Just four points separate the next five drivers in SCORE Overall points, led by Ronny Wilson, Long Beach, Calif., who is sixth overall and third
in Class 1 with 60 points in another Jimco-Chevy. Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., is seventh overall and second in SCORE Trophy-Truck just one point
behind Wilson in his G&R Racing Ford F-150.
Eighth overall and third in Class 1-2/1600, just one point behind Cadiente with 58 is Las Vegas’ Aaron Hawley, who drives a Sea Grove-VW.
Just one more point back with 57 each, tied for ninth overall after Laughlin are the team of Stan Potter, San Marcos, Calif./Dan Worley,
Encinitas, Calif., who lead SCORE Lite in a Jimco-VW and Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif., who is fourth in Class 1 in a Jimco-Chevy.
Baldwin is a regular in SCORE Trophy-Truck in the No. 86 Baldwin Racing Ford F-150, and isn’t expected to run the full SCORE season in Class 1.
Baldwin is sixth in SCORE Trophy-Truck points after Laughlin.
SCORE points are determined both on final finishing position and number of vehicles that started the race within the individual class.
Pre-race festivities at the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 will include the colorful SCORE Midway and tech inspection on the Malecon beachfront in
downtown alongside the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday (March 9).
At 9 p.m. on Saturday (March 10), the awards celebration will be held in front of The Beachcomber Night Club on the Malecon.
The 2007 SCORE Desert Series also includes the chase for the $75,000 Kartek Off-Road contingency bonus to be awarded to several 2007 SCORE Class
point champions along with the run for the $12,000 Toyota True Grit and Toyota Milestone Awards.
Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Sunoco Race Fuels/Bryant Petroleum-official fuel supplier,
Bilstein-official shock, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, American Racing ATX Series-official wheel, Slime-official tire
sealant, Airstar America-official space lighting provider and Red Bull,--official energy drink. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of
Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Communications, Kartek Off-Road, Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Bendix, American Suzuki, SignPros,
P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
Associate sponsors for the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 are the Tourism and Convention Bureau of Mexicali/San Felipe, Cotuco and the El Cortez
Hotel.
The race annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the entire month-long ‘Spring Break’.
For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2007 SCORE Desert Series at
www.score-international.com.
21st Annual TECATE SCORE SAN FELIPE 250
March 9-11, 2007 San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
Total Entries: 306 (as of 2/10/07)
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (35)
19 Tim Herbst
2 Pete Sohren
60 Mike Voudouris
39 Ron Whitton
96 Bobby Baldwin
91 Bill McBeath
4 Gus Vildosola
64 Craig Bell
35 Robbie Pierce
7 Scott Steinberger
29 Richard Boyle
20 Mike Julson
85 Todd Wyllie
28 Alan Pflueger
17 Carl Renezeder
69 Francisco Cervantes
40 Chet Huffman
31 Andy McMillin
12 Larry Ragland
55 Luis Wallace
5 Marty Coyne
3 Mark Post
76 Jesse Jones
38 Garron Cadiente
51 Kory Scheeler
32 Juan C. Ibarra
15 Jim Beaver
16 Cameron Steele
1 B.J. Baldwin
22 Damen Jefferies
82 Ryan Arciero
50 Jerry Larimore
54 Jesse James
86 Josh Baldwin
77 Travis Coyne
CLASS 1 (38)
101 Brian Parkhouse
102 Brian Kirby
103 Darren San Angelo
104 Robert Ross
105 Gonzalo Pirron
106 Dale Lenk
107 Luis Ramirez Jr.
108 Mark Levrett
109 Harley Letner
110 John Herder
111 Barry Blue
112 Rick Romans
112 Hiram Ibarra
114 Bill Gasper
100 Larry Roeseler
116 Mark McMillin
117 Enrique Bujanda
118 Brendan Gaughan
119 Ronny Wilson
120 Adam Pfankuch
121 Eric Chase
122 John Harrah
123 Randy Wilson
124 Chuck Hovey
125 Michael James
126 Dan Myers
127 Steve Sourapas
128 Dave Mason
129 Raymond Potter
130 Eddy Gonzalez
131 Richard Boyle
132 Max Thieriot
133 John Gould
134 B.J. Richardson
135 Pat Dean
136 Josh Rigsby
137 Mark Peterson
159 Brian Coneen
CLASS 1-2/1600 (25)
1601 Steven Eugenio
1602 Daniel McMillin
1603 L.J. Kennedy
1604 Layton Bowles
1605 Carlos Montalvan
1606 Brent Parkhouse
1607 Hiram Duran
1608 Jeremy James
1609 Arnoldo Ramirez
1610 Arturo Velazco
1611 Leonardo Navarrete
1612 Myan Spaccarelli
1613 Luis Martinez
1614 Edgar Alvarez Jr.
1615 Lorenzo Rodriguez
1616 Matt Gumz
1617 David Caspino
1618 Ed Bonanni
1619 Ray Files
1620 Mario Gastelum
1621 Pacho Garcia
1646 Brett Maurer
1647 Billy Skinner
1648 Eliseo Garcia
1649 Adam Ashcraft
CLASS 3 (2)
301 Alejandro Cancino
349 Ken Leavitt
CLASS 5 (5)
501 Michelle Bruckmann
502 Victor Cesena
503 Chris Bowman
518 Luivan Voelker
519 Kevin Carr
CLASS 5/1600 (7)
551 Raul Plasenia
552 Albert Castro
553 Mario Reynoso
554 Gregoria Villarino
550 Marcos Nunez
578 Larry Negrete
579 Ernesto Arambula
CLASS 7 (3)
701 Shannon Dierkop
700 Dan Chamlee
703 Steve Looney
CLASS 7S (2)
720 Mike Horner
739 Nick Moncure
CLASS 7SX (7)
741 Rich Severson
742 Norman Turley
755 Rick Doetsch
756 Noe Sierra
757 Heidi Steele
758 Gerardo Novelo
740 John Holmes
CLASS 8 (5)
801 Dave Raimonde
802 Noah Ostanik
800 Nick Vanderwey
804 Ron Akin
805 Rodrigo Ampudia
CLASS 9 (1)
900 Eric Fisher
CLASS 10 (17)
1001 Adam Wik
1002 Scott Beale
1000 Darren Hardesty
1004 Victor Orellana Jr.
1005 Phillip Finch
1006 Edgar Avalos
1007 Matt Loiodice
1008 Will Higman
1009 Corey Keysar
1010 Chris Harrold
1011 Dale Dondel
1012 Mark Hutchins
1013 Robert McBeath
1014 Mark Weger
1015 Lonny Hart
1016 Michael Deardorff
1017 Lobsam Yee
SCORE LITE (20)
1201 Ricardo Malo
1202 Santos Del Prado
1203 Tom Shaw
1204 James Marquez
1205 Hector Garcia Jr.
1206 Chuck Sacks
1207 Matt Cullen
1208 Mike Halliday
1209 David Callaway
1210 Kelly Ross
1211 Brent Gustin
1212 Ty Goode
1213 Scott Wisdom
1214 Stan Potter
1215 Randy Ross
1200 Tim Noe
1217 Kevin Derby
1218 Bill Hernquist
1248 Cameron Steele
1249 Richard Garavito
CLASS 11 (1)
1100 Eric Solorzano
STOCK MINI (2)
761 Steve Kovach
779 Gavin Skilton
PROTRUCK (1)
235 Jason Voss
CLASS 17 (1)
1700 Bob Land
PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (14)
2x Chris Blais
3x Jack McCormick
1x Robby Bell
5x Kevin Johnson
6x Marc Carlson
7x Scott Bloom
8x Steve Thompson
9x Bryan Pruter
10x Steven Soto
11x Joe Desrosiers
12x Marc Burrett
13x Jesse Sharpe
14x Dan Walsh
15x Cameron Steele
CLASS 21 (11)
101x Collin Corrigan
102x Chad Erl
103x Shaun Hanson
104x Cory Evenson
105x Joey Lane
106x Chris Parker
107x Luis Valencia
108x Justin Herrmann
109x David Gonzalez Jr.
110x Luke Dodson
149x Martin Bejarano
CLASS 20 (5)
151x Mario Acosta
152x Jerry Jones
153x Brett Grimsley
154x Mark Chicado
155x Ryan Grandon
CLASS 30 (14)
301x Bryce Hartman
302x Scott Polimeni
303x David Potts
304x Mitchel Sanchez
305x Scott Brunke
306x Stuart Goggins
307x Charlie Wilson
308x Jim O’Neal
309x Francisco Septien
310x Rodrigo Basave
311x Dan O’Neal
312x John Trabucco
313x errance Peregodoff
314x Gerardo Rojas
CLASS 40 (9)
401x Curt Insley
402x Paul Needels
403x Dave Simpson
404x Kent Perkins
405x Bill Boyer
406x John Connolly
407x Steve Downey
408x Brett Helm
409x Steve Downey
CLASS 50 (3)
501x Keith Speir
502x Bruce Evenson
503x Craig Adams
500x Jim O’Neal
CLASS 60 (1)
601x Don Lewis
PRO ATVs
CLASS 25 (10)
2a Jovany Pimentel
3a Randy Dyer
4a Wayne Matlock
5a James Woodford
1a Danny Prather
7a Adolfo Arellano
8a Josh Row
9a John Padgett
10a Christian Fernandez
11a Jeff Hanc-ck
CLASS 24 (2)
101a Broc Yuskin
102a Scott Taylor
SPORTSMAN
SPT CAR (4)
1400 Peter Lang
1401 Sarah Bearden
1402 George Jackson
1403 Tim Price
SPT TRUCK (5)
1501 Miguel Jimenez
1502 Andrew Leavitt
1503 Mark Growe
1504 Mike Jenkins
1505 Randy Swink
SPT RHINO (5)
1801 Doug Mendez
1802 Cory Sappington
1803 Rut Tabcum
1804 Matthew Kimmerle
1805 Matt Parks
SPT M/C< (4)
201x Brent McCoy
202x Garrett Tolman
203x Bob Briggs
204x Kurt Steffien
SPT M/C> (25)
251x Javier Hernandez
252x Larry Ingraham
253x Billy Foltz
254x Adam McCamish
255x Brent Downing
256x Craig Bouman
257x Mike Short
258x Erik Litzenberg
259x Sean DIiUllo
260x Robert Cirac
261x Bill Eddings
262x Luke Terry
263x Justin Vaughn
264x Tom Madlen
265x Jeremiah Kolbenvik
266x Michael Gilbert
267x Mike Crawford
268x Manuel Reyes
269x Birt Dewitt
270x Patrick Dunn
250x Jeff Leonard
272x Brand Anderson
273x Nathon Verdugo
274x James Enyart
299x Pete Breslin
SPT ATV (22)
51a Luis Salgado
52a Heriberto Marquez
53a Shawn Monro
54a Craig Christy
50a David McCarroll
56a Carlos Lopez
57a Jason Wade
58a Phillip Holdsworth
59a Richard Garcia
60a Ken Lehmann
61a Daniel Guerrero
62a David Jaume
63a Kevin Mikusky
64a John Crowley
65a Don Kerr
66a Reid Rutherford
67a Brianna Mancillas
68a Ramon Soto
96a Robby Robinson
97a Gustavo Figueroa
98a Mark Lindsay
99a Miguel Arellano
TMW - 2-11-2007 at 12:21 PM
I noticed a couple of things. Jim O'Neal is racing class 30 and 50, maybe 40 is just too tough, just kidding. Glad to see class 20 coming back to
life. What is the deal with Cameron Steele, he's again in a Thophy Truck, buggy and MC. He must really like to get beat up. Also nice to see Joey Lane
running class 21. David Pearson, 23, of Las Vegas is a really good desert racer. I have the feeling the Honda dominance may be near the end,
especially if Mike Childress is part of the KTM effort.
DEVEAU - 2-12-2007 at 12:12 PM
I show a different result in Class 40, only noticed because I'mm 407X?
CLASS 40:
401x CURT INSLEY
402x PAUL NEEDELS
403x DAVE SIMPSON
404x KENT PERKINS
405x BILL BOYER
406x JOHN CONNOLLY
407x RICHARD DEVEAU
408x BRETT HELM
409x STEVE DOWNEY
TMW - 2-12-2007 at 01:15 PM
I copied my list from the SCORE press release and it must have been corrected when it was posted to the SF250 display site.
Good luck in the race, have fun.
[Edited on 2-12-2007 by TW]
David K - 2-12-2007 at 06:00 PM
Good luck Richard! Need a small 'got baja?' sticker for your helmet or bike? We met at Baja Cactus after you crossed over on the Bill Nichols trail, I
believe!
We want Nomads to win!!!
Minnow - 2-12-2007 at 06:20 PM
JOe's back on the bike. Go 11x and 13x. Looks to be a good race.
TMW - 2-12-2007 at 07:08 PM
David Pearson won the National Hare and Hound race in Ridgecrest yesterday. Honing those skills and getting ready for Honda.
capt. mike - 2-13-2007 at 05:46 AM
tom, you going?
i'll be there buit not sure which motel, i need to hook up with Seve and DP too.
i am flying some RR peoples. from phx.
TMW - 2-13-2007 at 07:35 AM
I'll be there. Tunaeater is racing in class 21 and we'll be helping him however we can. We'll be camping. I hope the weather is warm and windy.