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Friday, Saturday at LVMS Dirt Track
Herbsts, Steele, J Baldwin, Ramirez, Freemans, Noe/Watson all Entered in two classes for SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup III
Event starts Thursday with SCORE Las Vegas Pit Stop for SCORE Trophy-Trucks at Fremont Street Experience
Las Vegas, NV (July 17th, 2007) —
Long known as the hard-core, endurance racers of motorsports, the world’s best desert racers take a break from their normal open-desert long courses to compete in this weekend’s SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup III at the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The two-day special stadium-style event, Round 4 of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, will be held on a fan-friendly 1.5-mile purpose-built desert race course.
Racing will begin at 7 p.m. each night at LVMS and both nights will include the crowd-pleasing Terrible’s Fireworks Shows.
Festivities for the event kickoff on Thursday with the SCORE Las Vegas Pit Stop being held at the Fremont Street Experience. At the SCORE Las Vegas Pit Stop, starting at 6 p.m., there will be a vehicle display and the $10,000 Terrible’s Pit Crew Challenge for SCORE Trophy-Trucks, meet the SCORE racers party for all competing SCORE racers under thse multi-million dollar canopy on Fremont Street.
Single-day general admission tickets or special two-day SCORE Combo packages are available online at the event website at www.scorelasvegas.com or by calling UNLVtickets.com at 866.388.FANS, locally at 739.FANS. SCORE Pit Passes are also now on sale. Children, three and under, with an adult, will be admitted free. General Admission tickets are priced at $15 for Friday/$20 for Saturday and $30 for the discounted two-day SCORE Combo. Permanent seating at the facility is 8,026.
SCORE Pit Passes are available for $10 per day or $15 for the discounted two-day SCORE Pit Combo.
The event will also feature TERRIBLEvision for the first time, with a 16’ X 26’ LCD screen bringing the live race action from throughout the course and scenes and interviews from the pits even more up-close and personal. Terrible’s Fireworks shows will explode each night during to the second intermission.
The tightly-timed, three-hour, 15-minute event has added an exhibition event each night as the increasingly popular new Trophy-Karts with drivers from 8 to 12 years old making their Las Vegas debut.
With gates opening at 5 p.m. each night, early-arriving fans will again be able to participate in the popular pre-race driver autograph party and vehicle display of all vehicles entered in the race down on the race track each night from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. The first 2,500 fans each night will receive a miniature replica of the No. 19 Terrible Herbst Motorsport SCORE Trophy-Truck, the winningest truck in the history of the SCORE’s marquee racing division.
Reflecting the nature of the sport, family ties will be very evident in this SCORE race as will be the fact that several drivers will race in multiple vehicles. The entry list includes several fathers and their sons, as well as brothers, cousins, wives and there are also three female drivers of record entered.
There are also seven racers who have entered in two vehicles each. Las Vegas brothers Ed and Tim Herbst, who race together in SCORE Trophy-Truck, have each entered a vehicle in Class 1-2/1600 and Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., will be racing in both SCORE Trophy-Truck and SCORE Lite.
Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif., has entered both SCORE Trophy-Truck and Class 1 while Mexico’s Luis Ramirez Jr. is entered both in Class 1 and Class 1-2/1600. Teammates Tim Noe, San Diego/Tom
Watson, El Centro, Calif., have entered two vehicles in SCORE Lite with each being driver of record in one car and second driver in the other.
Brothers Bryan and Cody Freeman, of Las Vegas, are entered as driver of record in Class 1-2/1600 and SCORE Lite respectively and second-driver in the other entry.
The three female drivers of record entered are Lisa Grint, Sargent, Neb., in Class 1-2/1600, Patty Hayos, Santa Clara, Calif., in Class 7 and Eve Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif., in SCORE Lite.
In a season of tight point competition, it will be a point’s race for the first time in its brief three-year history and there are a race-record 95 official entries from eight states and Mexico in the limited-field event.
The talented field includes 19 entries from Southern Nevada.
Six car and truck classes will compete in the unique short-course, stadium-style event that will be part of this year’s championship point races in the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series for the first time.
Nearly 90-percent of the specially-made ‘chunk of Baja’ 1.5 mile course will be viewable from the grandstands in the 8,026-seat facility. Competing in individual races will be the marquee SCORE Trophy-Trucks, the unlimited SCORE Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars along with open-wheelers in Class 1-2/1600, Class 10 and SCORE Lite and the competitive mini-trucks of Class 7.
Each class will race twice each night as full fields, while the SCORE Trophy-Trucks will be split into two heats with a full-field semi-main event on Friday and a main event on Saturday. There will be points awarded both nights in the second race for each class.
Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., another of the talented second-generation SCORE desert racers, will be pulling double-duty this weekend. Besides racing the No. 82 Arciero/Miller Chevy C1500 in SCORE Trophy-Truck, he will also be computing to race in a VW Touareg Race 2 in Saturday’s Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado.
Celebrity racer Jesse James, Sunset Beach, Calif., who is married to superstar actress Sandra Bullock and star of the old Monster Garage TV series, will race for the first time in this event, driving his No. 54 West Coast Choppers Racing Chevy C1500.
Action sports television announcer Cameron Steele, another celebrity SCORE regular, has entered two classes. The popular racer will drive his No. 16 Dessert Assassin Cadillac Escalade in SCORE Trophy-Truck and the No. 1201 Desert Assassin-VW in SCORE Lite. The popular Steele, who leads the point standings in SCORE Lite, will spend his ‘free’ time at the event as one of the event Public Address announcers.
Max Theriot, 18, Petaluma, Calif., is a budding Hollywood actor and one of the top racers in Class 1 this season with driving help from Glenn Harris, Camarillo, Calif. Theriot has four major film credits, including this summer’s hit ‘Nancy Drew’, where he plays the hometown boyfriend of the lead actress. He is currently third in the 2007 SCORE Class 1 season point standings.
The 2007 SCORE Desert Series also includes the chase for the $75,000 Kartek Off-Road contingency bonus to be awarded to several 2007 SCORE Class point champions along with the run for the $12,000 Toyota True Grit and Toyota Milestone Awards.
Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Sunoco Race Fuels/Bryant Petroleum-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Volkswagen-official vehicle, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, American Racing ATX Series-official wheel, Slime-official tire sealant, Airstar America-official space lighting provider, Red Bull--official energy drink and Bosch Power Tools-official power tool. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Communications, Kartek Off-Road, Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Bendix, American Suzuki, NAPA Chassis, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products, Advanced Color Graphics.
Special sponsors for the SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup III are: Las Vegas Events in association with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Terrible Herbst Inc.. Associate sponsors to date include the Fremont Street Experience, Red Bull, Budweiser and DIRTsports Magazine. Official host hotels are Terrible’s Hotel/Casino and the Golden Nugget.
For more information or to order tickets on-line, visit the official SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup IIII website at www.scorelasvegas.com. For more information on LVE, contact 702.260.8605 or visit the LVE website at www.lasvegasevents.com.
For more information regarding this SCORE event, contact SCORE International at its Los Angeles Headquarters at 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2007 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.
SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup III
Round 4 of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series
July 20-21 The Dirt Track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
OFFICIAL ENTRIES
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (Unlimited Production Trucks)--
1 B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
2 Pete Sohren, Glendale, Ariz., Ford F-150
3. Mark Post, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
12 Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz./Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
13 Ed Stout, Santa Ana, Calif., Ford F-150
16 Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Cadillac Escalade
19 Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
22 Damen Jefferies, Oak Hills, Calif., Chevy Silverado
28 Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado
31 Andy McMillin, National City, Calif., Chevy 1500
38 Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150
40 Chet Huffman, Northridge, Calif., Chevy Silverado
47 Tim Gendreau, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado
54 Jesse James, Sunset Beach, Calif., Chevy 1500
76 Jesse Jones, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Ford F-150
77 Travis Coyne, El Centro, Calif., Ford F-150
82 Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Chevy C1500
85 Todd Wyllie, New River, Ariz., Chevy Silverado
86 Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif., Ford F-150
91 Bill McBeath, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
96 Bobby Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
CLASS 1 (Unlimited single or two-seaters)--
101 Pat Dean, Las Vegas, Chenowth-Chevy
102 Luis Ramirez Jr., Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Porter-Chevy
103 Dale Ebberts, Canyon Lake, Calif., Jimco-Toyota
104 Eric Chase, San Diego/Stuart Chase, Burbank, Calif., Penhall-Chevy
100 Larry Roeseler, Hesperia, Calif./Troy Herbst, Las Vegas, Smithbuilt-Ford
106 Jeff Farris, Kerman, Calif./Jason Roxell, Kingsburg, Calif., Porter-Ford
107 Robert Ross/Evan Stanley, Chula Vista, Calif., Potter-Chevy
108 B.J. Richardson, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Chevy
109 Dan Myers, Huntington Beach, Calif., Porter-Chevy
110 Bill Gasper, Chino Hills, Calif., Porter-Chevy
112 James Scott/J.D. Marsh, Hemet, Calif., RPS-Chevy
113 Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
114 Barry Blue/Taylor Lynch, Carlsbad, Calif., Baja Motorsports-Chevy
115 Max Thieriot, Petaluma, Calif./Glenn Harris, Camarillo, Calif., RPS-Chevy
116 Brian Kirby, Rowland Heights, Calif./Bobby Ouellette, Ontario, Calif., Kirby-Chevy
117 Andrew Buck, Fullerton, Calif., Buckshot-Ford
118 Ronny Wilson, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
119 Charles Rudolph, La Jolla, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
120 Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
CLASS 1-2/1600 (VW-powered, single or two-seaters to 1600cc)--
1601 Steven Eugenio, El Centro, Calif., Lothringer
1602 Hiram Duran, Tecate, Calif., Neth
1603 Luis Ramirez Jr., Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Porter
1604 Curt Geer, San Dimas, Calif., Lothringer
1605 Bryan Freeman, Las Vegas/Cody Freeman, Henderson, Nev.
1606 L.J. Kennedy, Orange, Calif./Sammy Ehrenberg, Las Vegas, Chenowth
1607 Adam Ashcraft, Vista, Calif./Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif., Ashcraft
1608 Arnoldo Ramirez, San Deigo, Curry
1609 Kevin Graves/Jimmie Combes, El Cajon, Calif., Jimco,
1610 Arturo Velazco/Abel Velazco, Beaumont, Calif., Porter
1611 Layton Bowles, Huntington Beach, Calif./Bobby Moncada, Corona, Calif., Bunderson
1612 Dave Caspino, Woodland Hills, Calif., Lothringer
1613 Leonardo Navarrete, Mexicali, Mexico, Seagrove
1614 Daniel McMillin, El Cajon, Calif./Caleb Gaddis, El Centro, Calif., Jimco
1615 Kevin Walsh, San Diego, Bunderson
1616 Bill Witt, Henderson, Nev., Porter
1617 Lisa Grint, Sargent, Neb., Bunderson
1618 Aaron Hawley, Las Vegas, Seagrove
1619 Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Jimco
1620 Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, Jimco
CLASS 7 (Open mini trucks)--
700 Dan Chamlee/Tom Chamlee, Carpenteria, Calif., Ford Ranger
701 Aaron Gomez/Nathan Labono, Fallbrook, Calif., Ford Ranger
702 Broc Ross, Deer Island, Ore., Ford Ranger
703 Doug Chadwick, San Clemente, Calif., Toyota Tacoma
704 Barry Karakas Sr., Oak Hills, Calif., Toyota Tacoma
705 Patty Hayos, Santa Clara, Calif., Toyota SR5
706 Shannon Dierkop, Campo, Calif., Ford Ranger
707 Robert Anderson, San Clemente, Calif., Ford Ranger
708 Chris Taylor, El Centro, Calif., Ford Ranger
709 Jason McNeil, El Cajon, Calif., Ford Ranger
710 Randy Sorensen, Las Vegas, Ford Ranger
711 Brandon Walsh, Encinitas, Calif., Toyota Tacoma
712 Nick Tonelli, Huntington Beach, Calif., Ford Ranger
CLASS 10 (Single or two-seaters to 1650cc)--
1001 Lobsam Yee, Tijuana, Mexico, Jimco-Honda
1000 Darren Hardesty, Ramona, Calif., AlumiCraft-VW
1003 Will Higman, Newport Beach, Calif., Kreger-Honda
1004 Mike Lawrence, Brea, Calif./Chris Lawrence, Los Alamitos, Calif., Lawrence-VW
1005 Adam Wik, Las Vegas, Jimco-Honda
1006 Alex Crosthwaite, Chula Vista, Calif., Jimco-Honda
1007 Sean Kennedy, Huntington Beach, Calif., Jimco-Honda
1008 Brian Cotham, Corona, Calif., Suspensions Unltd-Subaru
1009 Robert McBeath, Las Vegas, Jimco-Honda
SCORE LITE (VW-powered, Limited single-1776cc-or two-seaters-1835cc)--
1201 Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Desert Assassin
1202 Ty Godde, Palmdale, Calif., Fusion
1200 Tim Noe, San Diego/Tom Watson, El Centro, Calif., Jimco
1204 Tom Watson, El Centro/Tim Noe, San Diego, Prill
1205 David Callaway, Menifee, Calif./Scott Mapes, Riverside, Calif., Callaway
1206 Stan Potter, San Marcos, Calif./Dan Worley, Encinitas, Calif., Jimco
1207 Jason Batulis, Tustin, Calif./Cameron Brewer, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Prep-by-Jake
1209 Chad Cummings, Palmdale, Calif./Travis Howard, Phelan, Calif., Boon Duggy
1210 Cody Freeman/Ken Freeman Jr., Henderson, Nev.
1211 Bill Hernquist, San Diego/Mike Lund, La Mesa, Calif., Jimco
1212 Scott Wisdom, Lake Forest, Calif., Mirage
1213 Hector Garcia Jr., Chino, Calif./Ruben Garcia, Downey, Calif., Mirage
1214 Eve Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif., Jimco
