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SCORE Announces Five-Race Schedule for 2004; Baja Mil going to La Paz
http://www.score-international.com/press/pressRead.ihtml?id=...
December 9, 2003
LOS ANGELES-Starting it's fourth decade as America's foremost desert racing sanctioning body, SCORE International officially announced today its
five-race schedule for the 2004 SCORE Desert Series.
Keeping the same venues for its five races as in 2003, the significant change is that the SCORE 3rd Annual Henderson's Terrible 250, has been moved to
2005 because no suitable replacement date could be found for 2004. It was held the past two years in July in the scorching Southern Nevada desert.
"We have incredible marketing partners with Herbst Gaming and the Henderson Convention and Visitors Bureau and last year we put together an incredibly
challenging racecourse," said Sal Fish, CEO/President of SCORE, which is based in Los Angeles. "Despite some terrific ancillary events, great
Henderson and Terrible's Hotel/Casino hospitality and Terrible's big bonus purse, the heat is unbearable, reaching over 120 degrees both years. The
heat definitely reduced the number of participants both years and we had to consider the safety issues inherent to that brutal heat."
"There wasn't a suitable date in 2004, but as soon as we can find an acceptable one on the busy desert racing calendar, the SCORE Henderson's Terrible
250 will return bigger and better than ever," Fish added. "In the meantime, Herbst Gaming is putting it's 'Terrible' bonus money from the Henderson
race into the overall purse for next November's 37th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. The 2004 race will be going from Ensenada all the way down the
Baja California peninsula to La Paz."
The SCORE Desert Series, which features 23 Pro and five Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycle and ATVs, will kick off Jan. 15-18 with the
popular 10th 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. 18-21 with the legendary 37th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, the granddaddy of all desert racing.
The 2004 SCORE Desert Series will again start with the most unique and the shortest race of the season and finish with the oldest and most recognized
desert race in the world. After starting the season in Laughlin, 90 miles south of Las Vegas, it will conclude with the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, which
will start in Ensenada in the Northwest and finish in La Paz on the Southeast tip of the majestic Baja California peninsula.
For the 2004 SCORE Desert Series, two races will be in Southern Nevada and three in Mexico.
Since its debut in 1995, the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge has helped establish Laughlin as a viable host for special events. Thousands of
spectators join over 130 racers and their crews in converging on the city each year to watch the best of the best desert racers compete in a
unique-format, two-day race that includes a temporary stadium surrounding the start/finish line area and the main pits.
A total of 16 different classes for cars and trucks are split into seven groups in Laughlin, each running as part of one of seven races of two to five
laps each over the much-abbreviated 11-mile loop each day. The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge also includes a pre-race activity that is not part of
any other race on the schedule-the $26,000 Laughlin Leap and SCORE Pit Crew Showdown. The Laughlin Leap is held under the lights on Thursday evening
of race week and the SCORE Pit Crew Showdown is held on Friday afternoon as the final pre-race special event at the Laughlin Events Park.
The newest element that brings the racing up close and personal was added in 2003 and will continue in 2004. The immensely popular SCOREvision
large-screen LCD display will broadcast live footage from various locations around the racecourse to the grandstand seating area.
The 2004 race will be the first of a new three-year agreement to bring the event to Laughlin. Round 2 and 3 of the 2004 SCORE Desert Series will both
be held in Mexico. The 18th Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 is set for Feb. 27-28, followed by the 36th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500, June 4-6, in
Ensenada. The series returns to Southern Nevada for Round 4, the 9th Annual SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 which will be held Sept. 10-11 in Primm, Nev.,
35 miles south of Las Vegas.
2004 SCORE Desert Series
Schedule of Events
Date Event/Location
Jan. 15-18 10th SCORE LAUGHLIN DESERT CHALLENGE
Laughlin, Nevada
Feb. 27-28 18th TECATE SCORE SAN FELIPE 250
San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
June 4-6 36th TECATE SCORE BAJA 500
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Rescheduled to 2005 3rd SCORE HENDERSON'S TERRIBLE 250
Henderson, Nevada
Sept. 10-11 9th SCORE LAS VEGAS PRIMM 300
Primm, Nevada
Nov. 18-21 37th TECATE SCORE BAJA 1000
Ensenada, Baja California to LaPaz, B.C., Sur, Mexico
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I would prefer a late March or April date for the SF 250 race. But you can't have everything.
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