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Baja 1000 2024: Entering late, on-site registration 271 total entries, For BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000
- 864.13-mile race is finale of 4-race 2024 SCORE World Desert Championship;
- S/F line compound on Blvd Costero adjacent to Riviera de Ensenada CC;
- Friday—motorcycles/quads start-12:15am PT, cars/trucks/utvs-9am PT
SCORE LIVE—S/F, tracking, course action, in-car action, studio updates — Rat Sult in ninth season as lead ramp announcer; Kevin Johnson assisting
Entering four days of on-site racer registration and late-entry registration this week in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, 271 vehicles have officially entered the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000. The Granddaddy of All Desert Races will start and finish in the heart of Ensenada, Baja California on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the Riviera de Ensenada Cultural Center.
With classes for Pro and Sportsman cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads, racers from 32 U.S. States, and 18 countries have entered so far. The elapsed-time race will start at 12:15 a.m. PT on Friday (Nov. 15) for the motorcycle/quad classes followed by the start of the car/truck/UTV classes at 9 a.m. PT on Friday (Nov. 15).
While the fastest finishers are expected to finish in approximately 15 hours, all vehicles will have a 36-hour time limit from the time each starts to become an official finisher in this spectacular elapsed-time event.
SCORE LIVE
From the state-of-the art SCORE Studio in El Cajon, Calif., host Brandon Johnson provide exclusive race coverage, along with vehicle tracking, live drone, and in-car camera footage from various locations around the race course.
Legendary SCORE racer who will be working with Johnson during the race-days in-studio will be Wes Miller, Heidi Steele, and Jerry Zaiden.
Popular Rat Sult, in his ninth season with SCORE, will be the host announcer on the SCORE ramp during contingency, the race start, and race finish in Ensenada. Kevin Johnson will be assisting Sult with interviews on the ramp.
For the Method Race Wheels Qualifying on Tuesday, hosts in the SCORE Studio for SCORE Live were Austin Farner and Nicholas Isenhouer. Qualify will be held to determine starting spots in three classes—SCORE Trophy Truck, SCORE TT Legend, and Trophy Truck Spec.
SCORE LIVE may be viewed on the SCORE website, SCORE APP, SCORE Facebook page and the SCORE International YouTube Channel.
DOUBLE DIGITS
The race includes 35 entries in the featured SCORE Trophy Truck division (Including eight in SCORE TT Legend for SCORE Trophy-Truck drivers over 50 years old), the marquee racing division for high-tech, 1000-horsepower unlimited custom trucks.
Besides SCORE Trophy Truck, the other Pro four-wheel vehicle classes with double figure entries and their totals are Trophy Truck Spec with 26 entries, Pro UTV FI with 20 entries, Pro UTV Open with 19 entries, Class 10 with 14 entries, and Pro UTV Stock with 14 entries.
Among two-wheel classes in this race, Pro Moto Unlimited has 14 entries, Pro Moto 30 has 11, and Pro Motorcycle Ironman (solo riders) has a SCORE-record 32 entries.
SCOREscope
Source: Score International / Gabriel Garcia
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