ENSENADA, Mexico—A total of 256 vehicles have officially entered Saturday’s 43rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 with 16 class wins, including 11 overall victories in this race. Roeseler will pace over 250 with a few more expected tomorrow morning before the green flag drops.
Round 3 of the five-race 2011 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series, features 28 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs.
SCORE is in its 38th year as the world’s foremost desert racing organization. This race is traditionally one of the most popular events on the SCORE schedule, and most of the world’s best desert racers are expected to be in action at this year’s 43rd anniversary of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, the original desert race produced by SCORE on July 26, 1974.
With late entries accepted up to race morning in the 452.84-mile race, entries so far have come from 30 U.S. States from Hawaii to New York and the U.S. Territory of Guam along with the additional countries of Mexico, Canada, Finland, Germany, Guatemala and Japan.
The green flag will drop for the race at 6 a.m. on Saturday for the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the car and truck classes three hours after the last ATV at approximately 10 a.m. Vehicles will start in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race and will start and finish in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center on Boulevard Costero in the heart of Ensenada, leaving and returning into the city through the Arroyo Wash. All vehicles will have a 23-hour time limit from the time each starts to become and official finisher, but the fastest vehicles are expected to finish in approximately nine hours.
Following is the official number, name entry list, by class, as of the close of registration Friday evening:
43rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500
June 2-5, 2011—Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 452.84 miles
Total Entries: 256 (as of 6/3/11)
(from 30 States, Canada, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico and U.S. territory-Guam)
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (29)
70 Bryce Menzies
31 Andy McMillin
19 Tim Herbst
84 Nick Vanderwey
27 Dave Crinklaw
24 Adam Householder
54 Jesse James
98 Gary Weyhrich
20 Rob MacCachren
16 Cameron Steele
1 Jesse Jones
30 Robbie Pierce
7 Scott Steinberger
39 Ron Whitton
78 Jesse Ashcraft
10 Ken Losch
8 Roger Norman
18 Clyde Stacy
71 Rick D. Johnson
28 Alan Pflueger
49 Troy Herbst
47 James Bult
60 Mike Voudouris
51 Kory Scheeler
2 Pete Sohren
77 Robby Gordon
97 B.J. Baldwin
21 Gus Vildosola Jr.
95 Scott Whipple
CLASS 1 (27)
101 Dan Martin
102 Randy Wilson
103 David Greenhill
104 Justin Davis
105 Ronny Wilson
106 Josh Rigsby
107 Steve Appleton
108 Brian Parkhouse
109 Daniel McMillin
110 Damen Jefferies
111 Armin Schwarz
112 Richard Boyle
113 Mike Childress
114 Chris Kemp
115 Dan Myers
116 Harley Letner
117 Jon Walker
118 Garrick Freitas
119 Ryan Sharman
120 Brett Lenk
121 Conan Barker
122 Steven Eugenio
123 Steve Schovajsa
124 William Eriksen
125 John Koltura
126 Vince Galewick
149 Mark Lawrence
CLASS 1-2/1600 (16)
1601 Eliseo Garcia
1602 J.J. Schnarr
1603 Brad Wilson
1604 Wes McKenzie
1605 Arturo Velazco
1600 Luke McMillin
1607 Cody Robinson
1608 Brian Wilson
1609 Juan Fernandez III
1610 Alejandro Blengio
1611 Kevin J. Walsh
1612 Francisco Escareno
1613 Andrew Myers
1614 Quentin Tucker
1648 Daniel Lopez
1649 Arnoldo Ramirez
CLASS 3 (6)
300 Donald Moss
301 Ralph Pickering
302 Justin Perkins
303 Dellen Millard
304 Bill Frey
349 Billy Bunch
CLASS 5 (3)
501 Cody Kellogg
500 Kevin Carr
503 Ronald Cook
CLASS 5/1600 (5)
551 Cameron Thieriot
552 Emilio Salcido
550 Gustavo Avina
578 Carlos Rivas
579 Faisal Diaz
CLASS 6 (10)
601 Marc Burnett
602 Jeff Holmes
603 Scott Ulrich
604 Robert Pickering
605 Gregg Hempel
606 Javier Manzo
616 Robert Quarnstrom
617 Mike West
618 Heidi Steele
600 David Caspino
CLASS 7 (3)
700 Dan Chamlee
701 Arturo Alvarez
702 Brandon Walsh
CLASS 7SX (2)
741 Jon Anderson
740 Elias Hanna
CLASS 8 (6)
801 Noah Ostanik
802 Justin Matney
803 Kent Kroeker
804 Mike Szlauko
805 Rick Sanchez
806 Thomas Haliburda Jr.
CLASS 10 (11)
1000 Sergio Salgado
1001 Matt Cullen
1002 John Langley
1003 Peter Hajas
1004 Jesus Gonzalez A.
1005 Jesus Gonzalez M.
1006 Christian Hammarskjold
1007 Pete Pigott
1008 J. Allard
1009 Edgar Avalos
1049 Alex Mendez
SCORE LITE (13)
1202 Brent Parkhouse
1203 Jeff Sanca
1204 Perry McNeil
1205 Dave Callaway
1206 Steven Lisa
1207 Zak Langley
1209 Rafael Navarro IV
1210 Carlos Montalvan
1211 Robert Smith
1212 Samuel Araiza
1213 Luis Martinez
1214 Carlos Gonzalez
1249 Lee Banning
CLASS 11 (5)
1101 Justin Matney
1102 Gilberto Garcia
1103 Matt Cullen
1104 Carlos Villa
1149 Daniel Reyes Jr.
STOCK FULL (3)
861 John Matney
860 Joe Bacal
863 Wes Bevly
PROTRUCK (1)
1331 Jessica McMillin
CLASS 7-2 (6)
721 Bruce Finchum
720 Reid Rutherford
723 Brian Antle
724 Dana Dague
725 Wes Bevly IV
739 Ben Phillips
CLASS 4 (4)
401 Brian Hewitt
402 Clyde Stacy
403 Tony Miglini
404 Jason LaFortune
CLASS 2-D (1)
221 Robb Rill
PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (9)
2x Shane Esposito
1x Kendall Norman
0x Colton Udall
4x A.J. Stewart
5x Francisco Arredondo
7x Doug Swerbus
8x Chad Thornton
9x Marco Bernaldez
10x Ivan Ramirez
CLASS 21 (6)
101x Adam Neuwirth
102x David Gonzalez Jr.
103x Brody Kunz
104x Trevor Insley
105x David Kleiman
106x Carlos Miranda
CLASS 30 (7)
301x Kelly Oldroyd
302x Tim Abshire
300x Francisco Septien
304x Scott Arneill
305x Mike Johnson
306x Adrian Cruz
307x Felix Figueroa
CLASS 40 (5)
401x Oscar Fazz
400x Jeff Kaplan
403x Mike Prunty
404x Todd Lopez
449x Rob Barnum
CLASS 50 (6)
501x Gregg Haggart
502x Glen McGuire
503x Tim Burr II
504x Ken Kosiorek
505x Jim Dizney
500x Jim O’Neal
CLASS 60 (1)
600x Donald Lewis
PRO ATVs
CLASS 25 (8)
2a Roberto Ruiz
3a Travis Dillon
1a Wayne Matlock
5a Paul Velasquez
6a Craig Christy
7a Rafael Torres
8a Edgard Saldivar
9a Scott Chandler
CLASS 24 (11)
101a Jamie Kirkpatrick
100a Brandon Brown
103a Juan Sanchez
104a Heriberto Marquez
105a Marco Marrujo
106a Jorge Brambila
107a Luis Berumen
108a Fernando Amador
109a Joselito Muro
110a Adan Arellano
111a Nick Nelson
CLASS 26 (2)
201a Carl Vella
219a Joe Rice
SPORTSMAN
SPT CAR (3)
1401 Viry Felix
1400 Peter Lang
1403 Shea McIntyre
SPT TRUCK (2)
1501 Randy Swink
1549 Nick Tonelli
SPT UTV (6)
1800 Thomas Graves
1801 Kevin Fuller
1802 William Morris
1803 Michael Lansky
1804 Sergio Castillo
1805 Jorge Valdes
SPT M/C< (8)
201x Richard Heinauer
202x Marco Meave
203x Patrick Williams
204x Diego Lopez
206x Christian Espinoza
207x Raymond Gray
208x Dennis Garcia
209x Fred Sobke
SPT M/C> (20)
251x Mark Adams
252x Mark Winkelman
253x Daniel O’Leary
254x Steve Malley
255x Matthew Banuelos
256x Akihiri Saito
257x Eric Saltzer
258x Carlos Valdez
259x Tomohiro Murakami
260x Mike Mensinger
262x Jay Pierce
263x Darren Lowrey
264x Andrew Tweddle
265x Ulises Fierro
267x Jeff Palmer
268x Levi Colton
269x Cody Larsen
271x Risto Niemi
272x Octavio Amador
298x Stuart Gildred
SPT ATV (11)
51a Paul Engen
52a Rusty Batza
53a Moises Saiza
54a Jesus Sanchez
55a Richard Epperson
56a Juan Dominguez
57a Juan Gonzalez
58a Ciro Calderon
59a Daniel Montano
60a Ivan Espinoza
61a Carlos Lopez M.