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SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark
November 15, 2014
Televised on CBS Sports Network
MacCachren/A. McMillin/Voss ‘Rockstars’ earns Overall,
SCORE Trophy Truck win at 47th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
Brabec’s team on Kawasaki breaks Honda’s 17-year win streak for overall motorcycle crown;
Davis claims Class 1, Robles Jr team grabs overall ATV victory; Septien tops SCORE Ironman m/c
M. Johnson, Arredondo, Septien, Connor, Ruvalcaba, Moss, Pete Sohern, earn class wins;
1,275-mile odyssey down Mexico’s Baja California peninsula from Ensenada to La Paz;
celebrates SCORE;s 41st year as the world’s foremost desert racing organization
ENSENADA, Mexico—Running their game plan to perfection, a desert racing ‘dream team’ of Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren, San Diego’s Andy McMillin and
Jason Voss, of Gilroy, Calif. rolled like Rockstars, overcoming a brutally-rugged 1,275-mile course and over 200 challenge, driving to the overall and
SCORE Trophy Truck victory Friday at the 47th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
When the results became official after review of the data loggers in each finishing vehicle by SCORE officials, the MacCachren/McMillin/Voss trio
had rocketed to a memorable race down Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. The talented trio finished the mentally-draining, physically grueling race
from Ensenada to La Paz in 22 hours, 31 minutes and 27 seconds while averaging an impressive 56.64 miles per hour in the No. 11 Rockstar Energy
MacCachren Motorsports Ford F-150.
The sport’s newest dream team blew by a field of 237 starters in cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs for a victory margin of nearly 29 minutes.
The starting grid included 31 starters in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division for high-tech, 850-horsepower unlimited production trucks.
With the rugged course traveling on both sides of the peninsula, the world’s most famous desert race was a peninsula run, starting in Ensenada,
Baja California Norte and finishing in La Paz, Baja California Sur. With 10 checkpoints along the way, it was the longest course in race history for
the race in the 21 years it started in Ensenada and finished in La Paz.
OVERALL PODIUM
Finishing second overall and second in SCORE Trophy Truck to the desert dream team was the third-generation desert racing brother duo of Luke
McMillin, El Cajon, Calif. and Dan McMillin, La Mesa, Calif. with a time of 23:00:08 (55.56mph) in their new No. 83 Mark Racing Ford F-150.
Completing the SCORE Trophy Truck podium and finishing third overall was the team of Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif./Pat Dean, Las Vegas,
who covered the distance in 23:41:18 at an average speed of 54.29mph in the No. 16 Monster Energy Desert Assassins Chevy Silverado. A veteran racer,
who has raced and won his class in several classes, it was Steele’s first podium finish in SCORE Trophy Truck.
KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLE MAGIC
In the motorcycle competition, the storyline was the same as it has been for a decade and a half, who will beat Honda. A different ending was
revealed this year.
After a close battle nearly the entire length of the peninsula, emerging with the overall motorcycle victory was the THR Motorsports team of
Ricky Brabec, Oak Hills, Calif./Robby Bell, Glendora, Calif./Steve Hengeveld, Flagstaff, Ariz./Max Eddy Jr, Barstow, Calif. Bell and Hengeveld are
both veteran champion SCORE Baja racers riding previously for Honda.
The Brabec team rode the No. 4x Kawasaki KX450F to dethrone Honda for the preeminent position in SCORE Baja motorcycle racing, finishing in a
time of 24:24:01 with an average speed of 52.36mph.
The Honda No. 1x team this year was Colton Udall, Oceanside, Calif./Mark Samuels, Yucca Valley, Calif./Ian Young, San Clemente, Calif., nearly 27
minutes behind the winners in a time of 25:0:59 at an average speed of 51.67mph) on their No. 1x Honda CRF450X.
Colton and Samuels were part of the championship teams of the last two years. This year, Udall/Samuels were joined by Udall’s brother Young.
Winning its 10th overall title in the SCORE Baja 1000 and first since 1996, Kawasaki broke the lengthy streak by Honda who leads with 24 overall
victories in the race including 17 straight years of race championship teams until this year.
For the THR Motorsports team, this was Brabec and Eddy Jr’s first overall win in this race, the third for Bell and eighth overall win and 11th
class win in the SCORE Baja 1000 for the veteran Hengeveld.
Team two teams entered the race in a tie for season points with two race wins each.
In their winning march to the race triumph, Kawasaki’s Bell started the race, rode twice, Brabec rode three sections, Eddy drove one and
Hengeveld rode the night section from approximately race mile 965 in Loreto to the finish, nearly 310 miles.
Brabec said at the finish line, “We finally ended Honda's streak and it feels good. It didn't come easy because we were behind all day. We had
problems all day long with tires and lights. Max Eddy had a wheel blow out on him at about race mile 680 and later had to change a tire out there.
When I got on the bike the lights went out so I had to pull the radio out of my bag and get a hold of my chase crew. I got the new set of lights it
all started coming together. Honda can be beat and we did it today.”
CHAMPIONSHIP RUN
Planned to precise detail, MacCachren started the race and drove to race mile 472 where A. McMillin took over for the next 450 miles to race mile
922. Voss took the wheel of the No. 11 Ford F-150 from there to the finish line, a total of 353 race miles. It was the seventh class win and second
overall for MacCachren, the fourth overall and fourth class win for A. McMillin, and first for Voss who has won two domestic desert races this year
and was second in June’s 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 500.
The win also moved MacCachren into the all-time career leader SCORE Trophy Truck race wins with 12 while McMillin picked up his seventh career
SCORE Trophy Truck race win and and Voss his first.
MacCachren, whose last win in this race was in the 2007 with Mark Post in the 40th anniversary race of this great international race, commented
afterwards, “Andy and I drove last year's Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 together and we really wanted to win that race but some things didn't quite go our
way so I wanted Andy to come back and run with me again this year. I had a conflict earlier in the season so I had Andy drive my truck and he won
which got us in the points lead. Andy and I were going to split it up this year but when we started hearing about all the devastation down here from
the hurricane I woke up early one morning and the light bulb went off that we needed three drivers.”
“I gave Jason (Voss) a call and asked him to give some thought to it. He called me back the next morning and was all in. To win the Tecate SCORE
Baja 1000 on a peninsula run takes a lot of planning and a lot of people. We had over 100 people down here supporting us and 60 of them were south of
Ensenada on Monday. Starting the race really took the pressure off me because I just needed to get the truck down the trail in a timely fashion. It
really paid off.
“I took care of the truck, Andy took care of the truck and when Jason got in north of Loreto he was putting about a minute every 10 miles on the
rest of the people. When that happened I knew that our strategy was a good one. It was really important to SCORE and all of us to make this race come
all the way down the peninsula and when the hurricane happened we thought it might not. I knew we were going to La Paz when he (Roger Norman) said La
Paz needs us more now than ever.
ATV WINNER & QUICK FACTS
Winning the overall ATV title was the veteran team led by Mexico’s Javier Robles Jr of Guadalupe Victoria. The Robles Jr team covered the course
on a Honda TRX450R in 27:59:29, averaging 45.83 mph. Co-riders with Robles Jr on this difficult challenge were Manlio Diaz/Felipe Velez/Michael
Cafro/Jorie Williams and Josh Row on a Honda TRX450R.
In the battle of car and truck manufacturers, Ford now leads with 10 chassis wins and extended its lead with 16 engine wins in this race.
Eight of the top 10 overall 4-wheel finishers in Ensenada were from the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division for high-tech, 850-horsepower
unlimited production trucks.
This year’s legendary desert classic was the final event of the five-race 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship.
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK SHOWDOWN
With the season point championship on the line, two of the top five SCORE Trophy Truck point leaders were DNFs in the season-ending race.
Entering number one and number four in the standings, leaving the race early with mechanical issues were Gustavo Vildosola Jr, Mexicali, Mexico in the
No. 21 Vildosola Racing Branix Ford Raptor and B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas in the No. 1 Baldwin Motorsports Monster Energy Chevy Silverado.
FOURTH & FIFTH
Fourth overall and in SCORE Trophy Truck was the team of Troy Herbst, Las Vegas/Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif. in 24:04:23 (53.04mph) in
the No. 91 Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150.
Fifth was unlimited Class 1 winner Justin Davis, Chino Hills, Calif./Scott Schovajsa, Humble, Texas, with a time of 24:31:26 (52.14mph) in the
No. 185 Green Army Motorsports Chevy-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car.
CLASS 3 STALLION
Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., won Class 3 for the 11th consecutive year in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in his sturdy Ford Bronco.
NEAR PERFECT SEASONS
Winning Class 7 for the fourth time in five races this year was Pete Sohren, Phoenix, in a Ford Ranger and winning for the fourth time this year
in Pro ATV was the team led by Javier Robles Jr, Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico in a Honda TRX450R.
TRIPLE TIMERS
Winning their respective classes for the third time in 2014 were Brabec (Open M/C, Kawasaki KX450F), James Burman, Heber City, Utah (Class 7SX,
Ford Ranger), Moss (Class 3), Mike Meeks, Marion, Texas, (Class 8, Dodge Ram SRT10) and Reid Rutherford, Montrose, Colo. (Class 3000, Mason-Chevy).
TWIN WINS
Earning the top spot on the podium for the second time this season were MacCachren (SCORE Trophy Truck), Mike Johnson, Santa Monica, Calif.
(Class 10, Alumi Craft-Chevy), J. David Ruvalcaba, Ensenada, Mexico (Class 1/2-1600, VBR-VW), Larry Connor, Centerville, Ohio (Trophy Truck Spec,
Chevy Silverado), Francisco Septien, Ensenada (SCORE Ironman, Kawasaki KX450), Richard Jackson, Acton, Calif., (Class 60, Honda CRF450X), Luis
Martinez, Mexicali, Mexico (SCORE Lites, Foddrill-VW) Francisco Arredondo, Guatemala (Class 30, Honda CRF450X) and Chelsea Magness, Desert Hot
Springs, Calif. (Protruck, Ford Raptor).
MORE CLASS WINNERS
Among the other car and truck class winners in this year’s 47th anniversary event were Justin Davis, Chino Hills, Calif. (Class 1, Jimco-Chevy),
Kevin Carr, San Diego (Class 5, VW Baja Bug), Enrique Zazueta, La Paz, Mexico (Class 5-1600, VW Baja Bug), Andrew Bell, Long Beach, Calif. (Stock
Full, Toyota Tundra), Jon Largent, Riverside, Calif. (Baja Challenge, BTC-Subaru), Boe Huckins, Pueblo West, Colo. (Limited M/C, KTM 350SXF), Mike
Prunty, Temecula, Calif. (Class 40, Honda CRF450X), Akira Miyuki, Japan (Class 50, Honda CRF450X).
SCORE IRONMAN CLASS
With four of six starters in the motorcycle class for solo riders for the entire race finishing, capturing the checkered flag was Mexico’s
veteran Francisco Septien, of Ensenada, who covered the daunting distance in 31 hours and four seconds, averaging 41.13 mph in the grueling run down
the peninsula. It was his seventh class win in this race.
REVVING THE RPMs
RPM Racing, based in Bristol, Tenn., had four entries in this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 and ended up with solid finishes in all four classes.
With team principals Justin Matney and Clyde Stacy leading the way, RPM Racing had finishers in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck: No. 5 Clyde Stacy
(seventh-place class finish), Class 1: No. 101 Justin Matney (second), Sportsman Unlimited Truck: No. 1444 Jim Bunn (first) and Sportsman Buggy, No.
1515 Derek Fletcher (second).
McMILLIN QUADRUPLE
San Diego’s three-generation McMillin family made its presence felt again in a SCORE Baja race as entries with McMillin drivers were part of the
first, second, fifth and 16th in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck racing division.
Brothers Mark and Scott McMillin both drove in this race as did their children. The third generation SCORE desert racers competing in this race
were Mark’s son Luke and Daniel as well as Scott’s children Jessica and Andy.
The popular second and third generation McMillin racing family had three vehicles finished in the top seven overall 4-wheel vehicles as Andy
McMillin was part of the race-winning Rockstar team of Rob MacCachren, Mark McMillin was the driver of record in the fifth-place SCORE Trophy Truck
that finished seventh overall. Brothers Luke and Dan were second overall and second in SCORE Trophy Truck and both Jessica and her father Scott both
drove in the No. 14 Desert Assassins Chevy Silverado that finished 14th in SCORE Trophy Truck with driver of record Heidi Steele.
TIME TRAVEL
This year marked the 40th time in the first 47 years of the storied race that it started in Ensenada in Baja California Norte and it was the 20th
time it finished in La Paz in Baja California Sur.
This race not only culminated the five-race 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship, but concluded the celebration of the 41st anniversary of SCORE
International, the world’s foremost desert racing organization.
BFGOODRICH TIRES UNMATCHED
In 2014, BFGoodrich Tires is celebrating its 39th year as a major player in SCORE Baja racing. In addition to being the official tire of SCORE
International for nearly four decades, BFGoodrich Tires has produced the tire of choice for 26 of the overall 4-wheel vehicle winners in the Tecate
SCORE Baja 1000, including 26 of the last 29 years along with a record-run of 20 straight from 1986 through 2005.
BFGoodrich Tires also provided unmatched pit support for pre-registered racers using their tires with seven full-service pit areas along the race
course along with complete radio relay the entire 1,275.0 miles.
HALL-MARKS ALL OVER BAJA
This year’s race may have indeed marked the end of an era as the legendary desert racer Rod Hall may well have competed in his last Tecate SCORE
Baja 1000, which would end his record of having raced in all 47 editions of this great race. Unfortunately, he was a did not finish in this year’s
race, running in Stock Full when his Hummer had an early-race terminal issue, but his legacy will live on. Hall, who will turn 77 on Nov. 22, has a
record 22 class wins (including one overall win in 1972), and is the only racer who has competed in all 47 SCORE Baja 1000 races.
Hall was racing this year in the Stock Full class with his son Chad Hall, granddaughter Shelby Hall and Damien Michelin as he attempts to add to
his untouchable legacy. Shelby and Michelin helped give the elder Hall his 22nd class win in 2012. The popular and venerable racer has indicated that
his may have been his final attempt at this race.
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin (1759)
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