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Score Baja 1000 2024: 284 total entries from 5 continents, For 57th BFGoodrich Tires 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—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 and Eva Hernandez assisting
ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico— It's time for “The Granddaddy of All Off-Road Races” in Ensenada, Baja California, with 284 teams in the 57th BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja 1000, which will start at the heart of Ensenada, the Boulevard Boulevard for the cars at 9 a.m. PT on Friday (Nov. 15).
The season-finale of the four-race 2024 SCORE World Desert Championship is being held over a technical, rugged race course of 864.13 miles around much of the Northern part of the majestic Baja California peninsula.
Class 11 and Class 7SX all Sportsman classes, will run a reduced course of 736.61 miles for this year’s BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000.
All four 2024 SCORE races are being held on Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula for the ninth consecutive year.
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 and Eva Hernandez will be assisting Sult with interviews on the ramp.
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 34 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 27 entries, Pro UTV FI with 22 entries, Pro UTV Open with 20 entries, Class 10 with 16 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.
Source: Score International / Gabriel Garcia
Picture: GetSome Photo.
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