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2015 Baja 500 Starting Draw
From: dominiccnv@aol.com
Date: May 14, 2015 at 8:43:53 PM PDT
To: dominiccnv@aol.com
Subject: Start draw results for 47th Annual Bud Light SCORE Baja 500, 5.14.15
SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark, dominiccnv@aol.com
May 14, 2015
Airing on CBS Sports Network
Udall draws first motorcycle start as SCORE Trophy Trucks,
Class 1 to have qualifying for 47th Bud Light SCORE Baja 500
Round 3 of five-race 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship set for June 4-7;
internationally-televised 495.58-mile race in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico;
more info at www.score-international.com;
Entries from 25 U.S. states, 10 countries to celebrate SCORE’s 42nd anniversary;
Riviera del Pacific Cultural Center in Ensenada hosting several race activities
RENO, Nevada—Following Thursday night’s drawing for starting positions, So Cal’s Colton Udall will be the first motorcycle off the starting line
in the upcoming 47th annual Bud Light SCORE Baja 500 desert race. Entries from around the world continue to arrive for Round 3 of the 2015 SCORE World
Desert Championship, to be held June 4-7 in Mexico’s Baja California Norte, starting and finishing in Ensenada, the seaside port on the Pacific Ocean,
85 miles south of San Diego.
With SCORE Trophy Trucks, the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 850-horsepower unlimited production trucks, and unlimited Class 1
open-wheel desert race cars qualifying for starting positions on Thursday of race week (June 4), Udall is certain of the starting position for his
multi-rider team on race day.
SCORE is celebrating its 42nd year as the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization in 2015 and this race is traditionally one of the most
popular events on the SCORE schedule.
The draw for starting positions will be held this Thursday evening at 7 p.m. and pre-running on the official 495.58-mile race course will open on
Friday for this year’s 47th anniversary of the Bud Light SCORE Baja 500, the original desert race produced by SCORE on July 26, 1974.
It is an elapsed-time race with staggered starts as the green flag on Saturday (June 6) will drop first for the motorcycles and quads at 5:30
a.m. and approximately 10 a.m. for the cars, trucks and UTVs.
Nearly 250 entries are expected at the start line with entries from 25 U.S. States and 15 countries anticipated.
PRE-RUNNING
While pre-running begins on Friday, the first 35 miles of the race course to Ojos Negros (which is used both directions) will be open for
outbound pre-running only on Thursday and Friday of race week (June 4-5). The official course map will be available tonight online on the SCORE
website and the GPS files will be posted there this Thursday evening prior to Friday’s opening day of course pre-running.
ENTRY LEADERS
While SCORE Trophy Truck with 28 has the most entries of any class in the race, other car/truck/UTV classes with double figure entries so far is
Class 19 with 19, Class 10 with 17, Class 1 with 16 and Trophy Truck Spec with 12 entries in the start draw.
Leading the Pro motorcycle classes is the Unlimited M/C class with 10 entries in the start drawing.
Leading the Sportsman classes is SPT M/C with seven entries so far.
TEAMMATES
After winning the first two races of the year on the No. 5x WFOx MotorsportsHonda CRF450X, Udall, of Oceanside, Calif., will have a lot more help
from his friends in round 3 of the 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship. Riding on the No. 5x in this race will be teammates Mark Samuels, Yucca
Valley, Calif., Justin Jones, Murrieta, Calif. and Ray Dal Soglio, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Jones split the riding time with Udall during their win in the 29thBud Light SCORE San Felipe 250 in January and Udall rode solo to victory in
April at the inaugural Bud Light SCORE Baja Sur 500.
QUALIFYING
On Thursday, June 4 qualifying for starting positions will be held. Qualifying will be for both the SCORE Trophy Truck and the unlimited Class 1
and will be held over a special course near Ensenada and is not open to the public. The start drawing for these two classes will determine their
respective qualifying orders.
While most entries in these two top classes are expected to qualify, those who elect not to will be given the remaining start positions in the
elapsed-time race based on the original drawing or entry into the race.
Qualifying is closed to the public because of safety concerns, but taped highlights of qualifying will be shown starting Thursday evening (June
4) on the SCORE website.
ENTERING HISTORY
Online registration, with classes grouped into four Pro and two Sportsman levels is ongoing through the SCORE website. Questions regarding SCORE
racer registration should be directed to SCORE headquarters at 775.852.8907.
Official entries received after the drawing will be given the next available starting position within their respective classes. Late entries
received after May 29 or registering on-site will be assessed a $100 late fee.
MAIN COURSE
The race features a 495.58-mile course, designed by SCORE CEO/President Roger Norman along with co-race directors Abelardo Grijalva and Dick Gray.
The historic race course is another memorable example of all that Mexico’s Baja California has to offer, including high-speed dirt trails, sandy,
rocky and silty natural terrain, majestic Baja washes and canyons, stretches along the seashore with elevations from sea level to over 4,000 feet. The
course will be another jewel reflecting the stark and magnificent beauty of Baja California.
SCORE BAJA FIESTA
Colorful race week festivities will start with qualifying for SCORE Trophy Truck and Class 1 followed by the Monster Energy SCORE Kick Off Party
on Thursday, June 4 from 7 p.m. until Midnight at the start/finish line area in the heart of Ensenada. With donations for La Cruz Roja Mexicana
(Mexico’s Red Cross), the event will be include a racer’s autograph party and vehicle display.
Friday, June 5 will see the day-long, pre-race Manufacturer’s Midway and contingency festival in the start finish line area in Ensenada.
On Friday evening (June 5), the Monster Energy Papas Y Beer SCORE Street Party will be held from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Avenida Ruiz in downtown
Ensenada.
During the race on Saturday, June 6 the Monster Energy SCORE VIP hospitality area, will be part of the start/finish line compound. The area will
also include the massive SCOREvision LED screen broadcasting race festivities and start and finish line interviews.
All of the week’s festivities will be aired both live and same-day including the race, airing via the internet on the SCORE website.
AT THE RIVIERA
The Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, in the heart of Ensenada, will again be the site of many of the activities surrounding the Bud Light
SCORE Baja 500. Racer registration and Media registration will be held in the Red room at the Riviera on Thursday and Friday (June 4-5) and the SCORE
Media Center will be in the Red room during the race (June 6-7) with internet access and live race updates, vehicle tracking displays including
unofficial elapsed times.
In the Cathedral Room at the Riviera will be pre-race media conference as well as the mandatory pre-race racer’s meeting on Friday (June 5). The
post-race awards celebration will be in the outdoor Riviera amphitheater at noon on Sunday (June 7).
The start/finish line for the race will once again be adjacent to the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center as well on Blvd. Costero.
GRAN HISTORIA
The Bud Light SCORE Baja 500 is one of the top motorsports events in the world. It was started originally in 1969 by the NORRA organization.
Mickey Thompson and his SCORE International organization were asked by Mexican government to take over the event in 1974. Sal Fish ran and later owned
and produced the Bud Light SCORE Baja 500 for 39 years until he sold SCORE to Roger Norman in December of 2012.
Ensenada has been the heart and soul of the Bud Light SCORE Baja 500. This year marks the 42nd time it has started and 38th time it has finished
in Ensenada.
GRANDEST MARSHAL
SCORE is honored to have the legendary desert racer Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart, who turns 70 on Thursday (June 4) as the Grand Marshal of this year’s
race. Racing since 1973, Stewart joined the Toyota factory team in 1983 for Cal Wells at Precision Preparation Inc. (PPI). He won a total of 82
victories with PPI.
Stewart won a record 17 races in Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group’s (MTEG) stadium series, a record 17 SCORE Baja 500s, three SCORE Baja
1000s, and five SCORE season class point titles, including SCORE overall point championships in 1990 and 1993. He also won four SCORE World
championships and three MTEG stadium racing titles.
Stewart was a 2006 inductee in the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame. In 2009, Stewart was also inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions
Breitbard Hall of Fame.
DAKAR CHALLENGE 2015
This year’s Bud Light SCORE Baja 500 has been identified as a qualifying race for special entry packages into the 2016 Dakar Rally in South
America. The winner in car and truck classes will come from SCORE Trophy Truck, Class 1 and Class 10 (all calculated with time adjustments). Complete
regulations and other information on Dakar Challenge 2015 are available at http://score-international.com/dakar-challenge/.
SCORE JOURNAL
Issue No. 4 of the SCORE Journal, the new monthly on-line digital magazine of SCORE International and the five-race SCORE World Desert
Championship, is live on the SCORE website at www.SCORE-International.com and is available through SCORE social media channels as well as a direct link at http://scorejournal.digital/
The new digital magazine, which includes numerous attached video segments, is a major element in the media expansion that SCORE is implementing
for 2015 which includes its most aggressive national and international television packages, four new online video series, each with 26 episodes and a
new consumer based SCORE website.
SCOREscope
In its 42nd year as the world's foremost desert racing organization in 2015, the five-race 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship series includes
four special events in Baja California, Mexico, and one in the United States. Here is the 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship schedule:
· 29th Bud Light SCORE San Felipe 250, held Jan. 22-25, San Felipe, Mexico
· Inaugural Bud Light SCORE Baja Sur 500, held April 15-19, Cabo San Lucas to Loreto, Mexico
· 47th Bud Light SCORE Baja 500, June 4-7, Ensenada Mexico
· 3rd SCORE Imperial Valley 250, Sept. 24-27, Coyne Powersports Motorplex-Plaster City, Calif.
· 48th Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000, Nov.18-21, Ensenada, Mexico
CBS SPORTS NETWORK COVERAGE
All races in the 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship series, along with the special SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 Experience and qualifying for the Bud
Light SCORE Baja 1000 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, will once again be aired in the USA and Canada on the CBS Sports Network. New for 2015, in
addition to SCORE Trophy Truck coverage, the shows will also feature top action and highlights from many other classes of trucks, buggies,
motorcycles, quads and UTVs – making sure that the most exciting footage and most compelling stories are now part of each race event broadcast.
Capping off the 2015 broadcast season, the Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 broadcast on CBS Sports Network will be expanded to a full two-hour program –
providing the most expansive television coverage of the “Main Event” of all desert races ever, allowing all the major class action to be showcased
around the globe to the SCORE International fan base.
2015 CBS Sports Network Original Broadcast Schedule (subject to change, check local listings)
· Bud Light SCORE San Felipe 250 (first telecasts-Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m. ET & 11 p.m. ET)
· Bud Light SCORE Baja Sur 500 (first telecast-Sunday, May 31, 9 p.m. ET; key repeat broadcast-Sunday, June 7, 9 p.m. ET) (Trailer -- https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=601704029970642)
· Bud Light SCORE Baja 500 (first telecast-Sunday, July 26, 9 p.m. ET; key repeat broadcast-Sunday, August 2, 9 p.m. ET)
· SCORE Imperial Valley 250 (first telecast-Sunday, November 15, 9 p.m. ET; key repeat broadcast-Sunday, November 29, 9 p.m. ET)
· Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 Qualifying @SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 Experience (first telecast-Sunday, January 10, 9 p.m. ET)
· Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 (two-hour special) (first telecast-Sunday, January 17, 9 p.m. ET)
CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and
Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, including a full programming schedule and how to get CBS Sports Network, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
SCORE SPONSORS…
SCORE corporate offices are located in Reno, Nev. and the SCORE Tech Shop is in El Cajon, Calif., just east of San Diego.
Official Sponsors: Bud Light-Official Beer/Official Race Sponsor, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Rigid
Industries LED Lighting-Official Lights, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, Polaris-Official UTV, Vision Wheel – Official Wheel, Axial R/C-Official
R/C Vehicle, CBS Sports Network-Official Television Partner, Coca-Cola-Official Soft Drink, Coyne Powersports-Official Powersports Supplier,Wide Open
Excursions- Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino.
Associate Sponsors: All Road Satellite, Symons Ambulance Company, Aero Calafia, Tessco.
Additional SCORE Partners: Proturismo Ensenada, Visit Baja California Sur, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, Baja California Sur State
Government, Mexicali Ayuntamineto, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Corporate Helicopters, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, GoPro, PCI
Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products, Advanced Color Graphics.
For more information, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com.
47th Bud Light SCORE Baja 500
June 4-7, 2015—495.58 miles
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Total Official Entries: 151 (as of 5/14/15)
(from 21 U.S. States, Austria, Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan and Mexico)
(By starting order within class)
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (28)
(Qualifying Order)
23 Dan McMillin
36 Glen Greer
9 Mark Weyhrich
50 Zak Langley
85 Justin Davis
88 Sergio Salgado
91 Troy Herbst
45 Gary Magness
19 Tim Herbst
35 Jason Voss
11 Rob MacCachren
97 B.J. Baldwin
83 Luke McMillin
40 Chris Miller
75 Mike Cook
99 Lyle Bask
76 Jesse Jones
5 Carlos Lopez
21 Gus Vildosola Jr
70 Bryce Menzies
44 Kyle Jergensen
47 James Bult
22 Casey Currie
1 Steven Eugenio
77 Robby Gordon
58 Tracy Graf
2 Jason McNeil
17 Eduardo Laguna
CLASS 1 (16)
(Qualifying Order)
195 Don Chase
127 Cody Parkhouse
125 Scott Rueschenberg
168 Shelby Reid
156 Thomas Kirkmeyer
187 Ryan Sharman
138 Randy Wilson
180 Jim Anderson
104 Rob Archibald
166 Brady Turner
169 Andrew Myers
175 Jaime Huerta Jr
145 Mike Boone
131 George Peters
114 Lee Mundt
109 Tony Murray
CLASS 1/2-1600 (6)
1647 Wes McKenzie
1606 Ruben Sanudo
1661 Brennan Lambert
1605 Miguel Cortez-3rd RS
16XX Ely Yee-2nd RS
1689 Marco Venegas-1st RS
CLASS 3 (1)
300 Donald Moss
CLASS 5-1600 (3)
555 Tomas Fernandez
553 Armando Garcia
578 Gustavo Avina-1st RS
CLASS 7 (2)
700 Dan Chamlee
701 Brandon Walsh
CLASS 10 (17)
1058 Clay Lawrence
1045 Travis Clarke
1062 J.J. Schnarr
1099 Adam Pfankuch
1089 Arnoldo Gutierrez Jr
1040 Cody Robinson
1027 Rick St. John
1081 Todd Winslow
1009 Rafael Navarro IV
1080 Peter Hajas
1011 Morgan Langley
1068 Cody Reid
1050 John Langley
1098 Shane Scully
1017 Jesus Marchena
1002 Steve Lawler
1053 Brad Wilson
SCORE LITES (3)
1209 Rafael Navarro III
1207 Michael Crichton-2nd RS
1283 Brian Cancimilla-1st RS
CLASS 11 (2)
1121 Dennis Hollenbeck
1156 Art Penner
STOCK FULL (1)
8125 John Gonzales
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (12)
871 Larry Connor
874 Elias Hanna
868 Pat Sims
880 Scott Serven
875 Jerry Zaiden
854 Chelsea Magness
873 Jonathan Brenthel
855 Lee Banning
848 Billy Wilson
852 Russell Buehler
872 Jordan Brenthel
846 Jose Gomez
CLASS 3000 (1)
3030 Chad Broughton
CLASS 19 (19)
1937 Marc Behnke
1917 Derek Murray
1915 Thomas Graves
1942 Scott McFarland
1927 Ben Wilson
1921 Johnny Angal
1904 Cory Sappington
1905 Marc Burnett
1922 Jonathan McVay
1946 Jose Juarez
1916 Cody Nygren
1908 Justin Lambert
1949 Alonso Lopez
1971 Wayne Matlock
1988 Wes Miller
19XX Christopher Lent
1930 Sean Cook
1932 Brandon Schueler
1924 Jorge Hernandez-1st RS
Pro Motorcycles
UNLIMITED M/C (10)
5x Colton Udall
35x Nicholas Gust
19x Scott Myers
45x Francisco Arredondo
3x Mark Samuels
21x Dustin McCarthy
8x CR Gittere
1x Ricky Brabec
13x Jon Winkelman
26x Nick Owens
CLASS 30 (2)
301x Christopher Schultz
300x Mark Winkelman
CLASS 40 (5)
424x Jeff Powell
403x Oscar Fazz
404x Jano Montoya
411x Colie Potter
444x Kyle Abney
CLASS 50 (4)
520x Seiji Kubota
511x Robert Meottel
501x Marc Prince
515x Walter Lemonovich
CLASS 60 (2)
603x Susumu Ishi
6XXx David Davis
SCORE IRONMAN (6)
706x Kevin Daniels
700x Tony Gera
740x Boe Huckins
7XXx Jere Don Kellough
713x Francisco Teran-2nd RS
750x Brent Balika-1st RS
Sportsman
SPT BUGGY (1)
1515 Derek Fletcher-1st RS
SPT UNLIMITED TRUCK (1)
1431 Raferty McDougall
SPT M/C (7)
271x Shinichi Yamada
274x Louie Abeyta
245x Jack Lundin
222x Hideyuki ***uoka
265x Ramon Murillo
235x Fernando Barbosa
262x Tyler Acosta-1st RS
SPT QUAD (2)
119a Rusty Batza-1st RS
116a Adulfo Loya Torrez-2nd RS
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Way to go Zak Langley - fourth TT off the line!
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