CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico–Mark Post of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., capped off a sensational 2007 SCORE Desert Series Wednesday by driving his Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck to the overall victory in the 40th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, the granddaddy of all desert races. Only 30 vehicles had completed the course in the first 32 hours of the grueling 1,296.39-mile race. With a 53-hour time limit in the elapsed-time race that started early Tuesday morning in Ensenada, Baja California, racing will continue until the course closes officially at 6 p.m. (PST) Thursday.
Post, 49, teamed with veteran drivers Rob MacCachren of Las Vegas and Carl Renezeder of Laguna Beach, Calif., to record the fastest overall speed in a four-wheel vehicle on down the length of the peninsula of Baja California, Mexico. Post’s Rivera Racing No. 3 Ford averaged 51.13 miles per hour in covering the distance in 25 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds despite rain and dust throughout the distance.
The Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 win for Post was his third victory on the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series and helped him clinch his first and MacCachren’s second SCORE Trophy-Truck season point championship. Entering the legendary granddaddy of all desert racing, Post/MacCachren held a slim one-point margin and five drivers had a shot at claiming the coveted point title. They beat a near-record field of 424 starters from a SCORE-record 44 U.S. States and a SCORE-record 19 countries. They are competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs.
Dirtnewz Talks with Racers as They Prepare for the 40th SCORE Baja 1000
Todd Leduc Tells Dirtnewz about his plans to team with G&R Racing for the 40th anniversary SCORE Tecate Baja 1000
SCORE's 40th Anniversary Tecate Baja 1000 Packed the Streets of Ensenada
Race Teams and Fans make their way thru the soaked streets of Ensenada at SCORE's Contingency & Tech Inspection
Ensenada, Baja, California – Nov. 12, 2007 – After southern storms soaked the streets of Ensenada over 400 racers, all vying for a chance to beat the Baja terrain this week, joined together for SCORE's 40th annual contingency and tech inspection. Dirtnewz staffers got a chance to catch up with some racers who all agreed that this year's race was going to be a battle to beat baja and not each other. Cameron Steele took time with Dirtnewz and told us that Loreto was a swamp after the huge storm that recently came thru, and that slower is faster for this years 40th Anniversary SCORE Baja 1000.
Check Out the Latest Action as Dirtnewz Makes Their Way Down the Baja Peninsula
JIM BEAM® BOURBON UTILIZES NEW TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT FANS WITH VERSATILE DRIVER ROBBY GORDON
Beam, Robby Gordon Motorsports to provide behind the scenes look at Robby’s Challenging Schedule
Deerfield, Ill. – Nov. 9, 2007 – Jim Beam®, the Official Spirit of Racing™, announces the launch of the Jim Beam Baja 1000 Tracker, an initiative that incorporates technology never before used in racing to enable driver Robby Gordon to communicate directly to fans.
With the introduction of the Jim Beam Baja 1000 Tracker, Jim Beam is taking its partnership with accomplished stock car and off-road racecar driver and team owner Gordon to a new level, supporting his efforts as he competes in three races in two countries in eight days.
BFGoodrich Tires Partners with "Chasing Baja" Documentary for the 40th Annual SCORE Baja 1000
GREENVILLE, S.C. – November 7, 2007– Off-road racing’s oldest and most prestigious event, the SCORE Baja 1000, celebrates 40 years of racing in 2007. To commemorate this milestone, the producer of “Rides” and “Overhaulin’,” have collaborated with BFGoodrich Tires to establish a unique race team and produce a feature-length documentary film appropriately titled “Chasing Baja.” The documentary will feature the challenges of the race team, both on and off the course, and will include captivating footage of the chase team, pit crew and driver changes while showcasing BFGoodrich’s newest light truck tire, the Mud-Terrain T/A®KM2. Rock-crawling champion Tracy Jordan and television producer Bud Brutsman will team up with NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racer Erin Crocker and former Navy Seal Bill Weber as Team BFGoodrich Tires for the grueling 1296-mile race.
Monster Energy-Backed Robby Gordon Suits Up For SCORE International Tecate
Baja 1,000 This Weekend!
Top NASCAR Racer Cut His Teeth Behind the Wheel in Baja - An Off Road Career That Features Six Victories, Including the Defending Title
CORONA, Calif., (Nov. 9, 2007) - Monster Energy-backed NASCAR racer Robby Gordon returns to his roots this weekend when the all-time off road legend gets back behind the wheel of a Trophy Truck for the 40th running of the legendary SCORE International Tecate Baja 1,000 - an all-out burner from Ensenada down to Cabo San Lucas on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.
This year's Baja 1,000 marks Gordon's 22nd year of racing the off road
classic, considered by many to be the Western Hemisphere's premier off road event.
G&R Racing To Campaign Two Trophy Trucks At The 40th Anniversary SCORE Baja 1000
With a three-race winning streak under their belts, the G&R team of Ron Whitton and Garron Cadiente are set to battle for podium spots at the prestigious SCORE Baja 1000. The team will be running both the #38 and #39 Trophy Trucks for the legendary race. This year’s SCORE Baja 1000 marks the 40th anniversary of brutal 1,296 mile marathon down the Baja peninsula, and features an all you can eat buffet of sand washes, high-speed graded roads, technical cutbacks, silt beds, and many more natural and man-made obstacles.
NASCAR, NHRA, WRC, IndyCar, SCCA, Supercross Racers, Hollywood Celebs all Lured to 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
NASCAR’s R. Gordon and ‘Dr. McDreamy’ Leading Crossovers To1,296.39-mile Adventure Down Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula
LOS ANGELES—From NASCAR’s Robby Gordon to Hollywood’s Patrick Dempsey and Jesse James, the lure of the extreme adventure has drawn over 30 crossover racers and celebrities to challenge the 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race, the granddaddy of all desert races.
With pre-race festivities starting Sunday and the race starting Tuesday morning, this year’s historic 40th anniversary odyssey of the world’s longest non-stop and most famous desert race will be a grueling and memorable 1,296-39 mile adventure down Mexico’s mysterious Baja California peninsula starting in Ensenada, Baja California and finishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Sur.
November 9, 2007–The SCORE Baja 1000 is the most prestigious off-road race in the world. This years SCORE Baja 1000 marks the 40th anniversary of the famed race. The race will begin Tuesday morning in the port town of Ensenada, Mexico. Tens of Thousands of spectators will line the start to watch the racers go off the line, through the wash, over the jumps, and rocket out through the streets of Ensenada. This year’s course features a grueling 1,296-mile battle down Mexico’s untamed Baja California peninsula starting in Ensenada, Baja California and finishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California.
40 Years to Glory Parade of Champions Sunday from Tijujana to Ensenada to Start Fiesta for 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
Baja Legends Sal Fish, Malcolm Smith, Drino Miller, Parnelli Jones, Walker Evans, Doug Robertson, Bruce Meyers all part of special prelude to 40th Anniversary of granddaddy of all desert races
LOS ANGELES—Taking a page out of history, over 15 vintage desert racing vehicles will be part of a historic re-tracing parade Sunday of the start of the first Baja 1000 desert race in 1967 from Tijuana to Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Starting from the Tijuana Bull Ring and going primarily on the toll road to Ensenada’s Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, Baja Legends including SCORE CEO/President Sal Fish and racers Malcolm Smith, Parnelli Jones and Walker Evans will drive classic resorted vehicles.
