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Baja 400 2024: Entering late, on-site registration 183 total entries,for Saturday’s 5th SCORE Baja 400
- 424.96-mile race is R3 of 4-race 2024 SCORE World Desert Championship;
- Start/finish line compound on Blvd Costero adjacent to Riviera del Pacifico CC;
- Saturday—motorcycles/quads start-4:15am PT, cars/trucks/utvs-9am PT
ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico—Entering three days of on-site racer registration and late-entry registration this week in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, 183 total vehicles have officially entered so far for Saturday’s 5th SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing.
Continuing its sixth decade of SCORE International this year, the third-round of the four-race 2024 SCORE World Desert Championship is being held over a technical, rugged race course of 424.96 miles around much of the Northern part of the majestic Baja California peninsula. It will start and finish on Boulevard Costero in Ensenada, adjacent to the iconic Rivera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Race-week festivities start Tuesday and go through Sunday.
All Motorcycle and Quad classes will run a course of 434.52 miles and Sportsman moto and quad classes, will run a reduced course of 393.91 miles for this year’s SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing.
All four 2024 SCORE races are being held on Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula for the ninth consecutive year.
With classes for Pro and Sportsman cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads, racers from 22 U.S. States, and 11 countries have entered so far. The elapsed-time race will start at 4:15 a.m. PT on Saturday for the motorcycle/quad classes followed by the start of the car/truck/UTV classes at 9 a.m. PT on Saturday.
While the fastest finishers are expected to finish in approximately eight hours, all vehicles will have a 16-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.
Popular Rat Sult, in his ninth season with SCORE, will be the host announcer on the SCORE ramp during contingency, the race start, and finish in Ensenada. Kevin Johnson will be assisting Sult with interviews on the ramp.
For the Method Race Wheels Qualifying on Wednesday starting at 7 a.m., hosts in the SCORE Studio for SCORE Live were Austin Farner and Nicholas Isenhouer.
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 31 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 Open with 18 entries, Pro UTV FI with 13 entries, Class 10 with 12 entries, and Pro UTV Stock with 12 entries.
Among two-wheel classes in this race, Pro Moto Unlimited has seven entries and Pro Motorcycle Ironman (solo riders) has five entries.
More on www.scoreinternational.com
Source: Score International / Gabriel Garcia
Photo: GetSome Photo
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