SCORE Baja 500 Shines The Pacific Coast:
Thursday Coverage

Ensenada, Baja, Mexico (June 1, 2006)

SCORE Baja 1000 Class 21 Motorcycle Champion, Mikey Childress, flagged down the DirtNewz crew at the Pepsi Stand after climbing off his Honda XR650R. Childress had just completed a full day of wide-open prerunning on his Honda prerunner bike in anticipation of the 38th Annual SCORE Tecate Baja 500.

“We were the first out of the hotel this morning as the sun rose and we’ll be the last ones in. For the past two weeks we have been prerunning and logging big miles. I’m feeling really good on the bike,” commented a smiling Childress.

The prerun crew ran across TSCO’s crew and Mark Weyrich at Ojos Negros after they came in from the first 130 miles and Weyrich said,” The course is going to be great. At first we were a little worried about the tight and technical sections, however the course has really been worn in. We’re ready for a great race.”

SCORE San Felipe 250 Trophy Truck Champion – Garron Cadiente and the entire G&R Race Team preran a ton of miles today in search of their fourth team Trophy Truck victory in as many races. Garron captured victory at the San Felipe 250 race and then again at the BITD Terrible’s Town 250. That was followed by Ron Whitton’s victory at the inaugural PRO Desert Race in Punta Penasco, Sonora, Mexico.

G&R Racing is on-fire and they continue to push hard here in Ensenada, Baja California in search of yet another big win. Cadiente told DirtNewz mid-afternoon, “We’ve been prerunning the DuneBuggy.com cars all week long without any problem. We’re ready for Saturday’s race and our trucks are ready.”

CORR Pro-2 Chula Vista Winner, Todd LeDuc caught up with DirtNewz staffers at Papa’s N Beer on Avenida Ruiz in downtown Ensenada as he had his DC Shoes cleaned and polished while preparing for his run at this year’s race. LeDuc said, “Wow, winning the Chula Vista Pro-2 race was awesome and we’re looking forward to heading to Crandon in a couple weeks. I’ve been prerunning this week although I’m not scheduled to race, I’m here ready for the call from any team needing a driver,” as LeDuc smiled widely.

Mastercraft Seats Pro Truck #230 Driver Robbie Pierce Interview

MasterCraft CEO, Robbie Pierce, has spent the past two-weeks prerunning for his inaugural Baja 500 race in the #230 Pro-Truck.

Vildosola Racing’s Bryan Freeman, racing the Mexicana Logistics Pro-Truck told DirtNewz he’s racing the second half of the race beginning at RM 256 to the finish. “I have the fun beach section and I’ve run it many times. It’s going to be fun,” grinned Freeman.

The wild action at Papa’s N Beer never stopped all afternoon as the cruise ship, Monarch of the Seas, a Royal Carribbean registered cruise liner, off loaded a few thousand tourists who all mixed in with race teams, crews and paparazzi for what turned out to be an epic afternoon in the warm sun on the patio of the famed bar.

Rock stars, racers and the nation’s top teams have converged here in Ensenada to enjoy the warm sun and the tradition of race prerunning. This is just the beginning of what is expected to be an outstanding race event that begins tomorrow morning with contingency and technical inspection in downtown Ensenada.