Official race course of a majestically rugged 1,227 miles to again challenge desert racers from around the world
Pre-running opens Oct. 23 on monstrous 1,227.00-mile course down Baja California peninsula for iconic finale of 4-race 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship;
Start next to Ensenada’s Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center and finish in La Paz
SCORE International is well known around the globe as the ‘World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization.’ Celebrating its 48th season in 2021, the flagship event for the SCORE World Desert Championship is November’s season-ending BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts.
While ever year for the Granddaddy of All Desert Races is mesmerizing, a peninsula run down Mexico’s magnificent Baja California peninsula is, for lack of a better term, hypnotizing. This year’s race course promises to easily live up to the lasting legacy of races past as SCORE has released the official map for the gargantuan 1,227-mile race course for this year’s renewal of a pilgrimage for the ages.
The SCORE Baja 1000 is at the pinnacle of motorsports as the most iconic, oldest, prestigious, toughest and longest continuously held desert race in the world.
Starting and finishing under Mexico’s strict BioSecurity health and safety protocols, race-week festivities and the race itself will be held Nov. 15-20.
This year’s race will be a peninsula run of 1,227 miles down majestic Baja California, starting in Ensenada, Baja California and finishing in La Paz, Baja California Sur.
54th SCORE BAJA 1000
Most of the world’s best desert racers will be in action at this year’s massive BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts. The 2021 season-finale will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour special on ESPN2’s World of X Games programming.
Race week activities will be held Nov. 15-20.
Nearly 300 vehicles are expected at the start line with racers from nearly 40 U.S. States and as many as 20 countries anticipated. Pro and Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads will be competing in the Granddaddy of All Desert Races.
This year’s SCORE Baja 1000 will be a point-to-point race of a spectacular 1,224 miles starting in Ensenada in the northern state of Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula and finishing in La Paz, Baja California Sur.
Ensenada, “The Off-Road Capital of the World” is a coastal city on the Bahia de Todos Santos area of the Pacific Ocean, 80 miles south of the U.S. border at San Diego.
La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur, is the gateway to the Sea of Cortez and 1,000 miles south of the U.S. Border at San Diego.
It will start for the 47th time in Ensenada, finish for the 21st time in La Paz, 23rd time overall to run down the peninsula as 2000 and 2007 finished in Cabo San Lucas. This race is annually the finale of the SCORE World Desert Championship, which has been held exclusively for the past six years in Baja California.
It will be the first peninsula run since the 50th SCORE Baja 1000 in 2017.
EARLY ENTRIES
With nearly 300 entries anticipated at the start line, as of today 79 total early entries have been received for the Granddaddy of All Desert Races, with racers representing 25 U.S. States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico and nine countries. The countries are United States, U.S. Territory Puerto Rico, host country Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Guatemala, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Spain and Sweden.
ONLINE RACER ENTRY APPLICATIONS
Racer entry applications are now available at www.SCORE-International.com under Race Info on the SCORE Baja 1000 page. Questions should be directed to SCORE Registration and Membership Director Audreonna Garcia at 775. 852.8907. Online racer entry applications will be accepted through Friday, October. 22.
The SCORE Ensenada office will accept walk-in entries up to Friday, Oct. 29.
LA RUTA
The race will feature a course, when fully plotted and then marked over the next few weeks by SCORE President/Race Director Jose A. Grijalva, of 1,227.00 miles of rugged Baja California terrain.
The challenging race course will be another memorable example of all that Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula has to offer, including high-speed dirt trails, sandy, rocky and silty natural terrain, beautiful Baja washes and canyons, stretches along the ocean and the seashore with elevations from sea level to over 3,000 feet. The course will be another jewel reflecting the stark beauty of Baja California.
It will run east from Ensenada to Ojos Negros, south to Valle de Trinidad, back southwest to Colonet, south to San Quintin. The course will start heading inland to Catavina then south to Coco’s Corner to Bahia de Los Angeles. From there it heads inland to San Ignacio and back to the Pacific Ocean at race mile 750. At about race mile 825 it heads east to the Sea of Cortez at race mile 880 and down along the Sea of Cortez past Loreto. After Loreto it runs southwest and back along the Pacific past Villa Insurgentes and Ciudad Constitucion until race mile 1,180 were it turns southeast and finally into the finish in La Paz.
The official course map is now posted on the SCORE website. Posting Preliminary course notes, racer brief, penalty bulletin and GPS files will be posted on the SCORE website under Race Info after 6 p.m. PT on Thursday, Oct. 21.
Source SCORE International
