After three days of on-site racer registration and late-entry registration this week in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, 208 vehicles have officially entered Saturday’s BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 500. The historic early summer race will start and finish on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the iconic Riviera de Ensenada Cultural Center.
Race week is Wednesday through Sunday (June 4-8) for Round 2 of the four-race 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship. The race is being held over a technical, rugged race course of 461.03 miles around the Northern part of the majestic Baja California peninsula.
All four 2025 SCORE races are being held on Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula for the 10th consecutive year.
With classes for Pro and Sportsman cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads, racers from 27 U.S. States, the U.S. Territory Puerto Rico and 10 countries have entered so far. The elapsed-time race will start at 3:30 a.m. PT on Saturday for motorcycle/quad classes followed by the start of car/truck/UTV classes at 9:15 a.m. PT on Saturday.
While the fastest finishers are expected to finish in approximately nine hours, all vehicles will have an 18-hour time limit from the time each starts to become an official finisher in this spectacular elapsed-time race.
SCORE LIVE
From the state-of-the art SCORE Studio in El Cajon, Calif., host Brandon Johnson provide exclusive race day coverage, along with vehicle tracking, live drone, live timing, and in-car camera footage from various locations around the race course.
Legendary SCORE racers who will be working with Johnson during the race-day in-studio coverage will be Wes Miller, and Heidi Steele.
Popular and gregarious Rat Sult, in his 10th season with SCORE, will be the host announcer on the SCORE ramp during contingency, the race start, and race finish in San Felipe. Assisting Sult will be Kevin Johnson and ramp assistant will be Brian Eaton.
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 40 total entries in the three featured SCORE Trophy Truck classes--including 15 in SCORE Trophy Truck (unlimited), 19 in the new SCORE Trophy Truck 2WD, and five in SCORE TT Legend (for SCORE Trophy Truck drivers over 50 years old), all part of the marquee racing division in desert racing for high-tech, 1000-horsepower custom trucks.
Besides the three SCORE Trophy Truck classes, the other Pro four-wheel vehicle classes with double figure entries and their totals so far are Trophy Truck Spec with 26 entries, Pro UTV Stock and Pro UTV FI with 22 entries, Pro UTV Open with 20 entries and Class 10 with 12 entries entering on-site late registration from Wednesday through Friday of this week.
Among two-wheel classes in this race, Pro Moto Unlimited has three entries, and Pro Moto Limited has nine entries.
History of SCORE
SCORE International was founded in 1973 by the late Mickey Thompson, and one year later, under the leadership of Sal Fish, until he sold the company on December 20, 2012. SCORE remains the leading company in off-road racing. SCORE features various professional and Sportsman classes for motorcycles and cars, along with extensive internet coverage of its 4 races in the SCORE World Desert Championship.
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Source: Score International
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