May 30, 2008 –Round 3 of the five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series, featuring over 300 entries, competing in 27 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, will be held in Ensenada, Mexico, with pre-race activities starting Thursday and racing starting on Saturday and lasting until early Sunday morning. Traditionally one of the most popular events on the SCORE schedule, over 100,000 spectators are expected to enjoy the world’s best desert racers in action at this year’s 40th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500.

With late entries accepted up to race morning, entries in the 441.15-mile race are from 24 U.S. States from Hawaii to Connecticut, Mexico, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan and Uruguay.

The green flag will drop for the elapsed-time race at 6 a.m. (PT) on Saturday for the motorcycle and ATV classes in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, followed by the car and truck classes three hours after the last ATV at approximately 9:30 a.m. (PT) In the elapsed-time race, motorcycles and ATVs will start one every 15 seconds, while the faster car/truck classes will start one every 30 seconds and the slower ones will start in 15-second intervals. All starters will have a 20-hour time limit to become official finishers.

This race began in 1969 under the auspices of the old NORRA organization and SCORE began its enduring run on July 26, 1974. This year is the 35th anniversary of the first SCORE race in Baja.

40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500

May 29-June 1, 2008--Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

Total Entries: 309 (as of 5/30/08)

(24 States; Mexico, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Uruguay)

Pro Cars & Trucks

SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (20)

35 Robbie Pierce

36 Cameron Steele

1 Mark Post

39 Ron Whitton

97 B.J. Baldwin

2 Pete Sohren

12 Brian Collins

33 Chad Ragland

8 Roger Norman

96 Bobby Baldwin

22 Damen Jefferies

54 Jesse James

38 Garron Cadiente

84 Nick Vanderwey

7 Scott Steinberger

34 Danny Sullivan

77 Robby Gordon

71 Rick D. Johnson

60 Mike Voudouris

50 Jason McNeil

CLASS 1 (22)

101 Josh Rigsby

100 Bill Gasper

103 Enrique Bujanda

104 Paul Keller

106 Chuck Dempsey

107 Pat Dean

108 Armin Schwarz

109 Luis Ramirez Jr.

110 B.J. Richardson

111 Dale Lenk

112 Ryan Sharman

113 Eric Chase

114 Mike Voyles

115 Robert Ross

116 Rob Bruce

119 Ron Brant

120 Brian Parkhouse

121 Armin Kremer

122 Rick Ellison

123 Dale Ebberts

124 Miguel Sandoval

149 Adam Lunn

CLASS 1-2/1600 (21)

1601 Arturo Velazco

1602 Adam Pfankuch

1600 David Caspino

1604 Roman Pereyra

1605 Edgar Alvarez Jr.

1606 Cory Boyer

1607 Viry Felix

1608 Max Hanberg

1609 Arnoldo Ramirez

1610 Ramiro Escobedo

1611 Adrian Soto

1612 Edgar Avalos

1613 Chris Langmayer

1642 Brent Parkhouse

1643 Ray Files

1644 Gerardo Iribe

1645 Hiram Duran

1646 Hector Garcia

1647 Eliseo Garcia

1648 Josue Delgado

1649 Juan Gallo

CLASS 3 (2)

301 Donald Moss

302 William Frey

CLASS 5 (3)

501 Kevin Carr

502 George Seeley

519 Carlos Albanez

CLASS 5/1600 (16)

551 Gustavo Avina

552 Ernie Negrete

550 Mario Reynoso

554 Ruben Gutierrez Jr.

555 Tommy Craft

556 Alonso Angulo

557 Pedro Athie

558 Armando Garcia

572 Enrique Zazueta Jr.

573 Carlos Iribe

574 Ernesto Arambula

575 Javier Morales

576 Saul Garcia

577 Marcos Nunez

578 Omar Nunez

579 Jose Montoya

CLASS 7 (8)

701 Brandon Walsh

700 Dan Chamlee

703 Scott Ulrich

704 Aaron Celiceo

705 Guillermo Galvan

717 Chris Taylor

718 A.J. Rodriguez

719 Rick Battey

CLASS 7SX (11)

740 Rich Severson

741 Heidi Steele

742 Beto Iriarte

743 Noe Sierra

744 Rodolfo Suarez

745 Alonso Gonzalez

755 Norman Turley

756 Gerardo Novelo

757 Mike Horner

758 John Holmes

759 Jeff Fuller

CLASS 8 (3)

801 Noah Ostanik

802 Cory Susag

803 David Sykes

CLASS 9 (1)

949 Daniel Reyes Jr.

CLASS 10 (8)

1002 Mike Lawrence

1003 Brendan Fikes

1004 Alex Crostwaithe

1005 Tito Robles

1007 Rocky Merino

1008 Jesus Gonzalez

1000 Lobsam Yee

1049 Javier Buelna

SCORE LITE (13)

1202 Tim Pangborn

1203 Jake Jones

1204 Gary Johnson

1205 Luis Barragan

1206 Perry McNeil

1207 John Padgett

1208 Bill Hernquist

1209 Barbara Terry

1210 Steve Mamer

1211 Aaron Payne

1212 Rick St. John

1215 Lee Banning

1249 David Callaway

CLASS 11 (8)

1101 Eric Solorzano

1102 Ernesto Martinez Jr.

1104 Mauro Diaz

1100 Ramon Fernandez

1146 Cisco Bio

1147 Jacob Mueller

1148 Carlos Villa

1149 John Ledyard

STOCK FULL (6)

861 Josh Hall

862 Chad Hall

863 Pedro Vargas

864 Kent Kroeker

860 John Griffin

879 Clyde Stacy

STOCK MINI (4)

760 Rod Hall

761 Steve Kovach

762 Kevin Necessary

779 Gavin Skilton

PROTRUCK (7)

250 Gary Magness

203 Dave Creagan

234 Rob Reinertson

253 Ken Losch

235 Jason Voss

282 Jason Jernigan

240 Rob Kittleson

PRO MOTORCYCLES

CLASS 22 (18)

2x Anthony Pico

3x Grant Steele

4x Jimmy Roberts

1x Robby Bell

6x Cory Brewer

7x Jesse Sharpe

8x Ryan Penhall

9x Cory Evenson

10x Michael Gordon

11x Nick Blais

12x Nick Saia

13x Caleb Goselear

14x Keith Webster

15x Terence Montelongo

16x Adrian Rodriguez

17x Ivan Ramirez

18x Samuel Garcia

49x Daniel Allford

CLASS 20 (5)

151x Chad Black

152x Larry Perkins

153x Duane Dickinson

154x Mario Acosta

179x Anna Cody

CLASS 21 (4)

101x Robert Gustine

103x Edy Garcia

104x Bernard Bohner

100x Carlos Sosas

CLASS 30 (11)

301x Chad Erl

302x Chris Parker

303x Scott Myers

304x Dennis Green

305x Ricardo De La Pena

300x Jim O’Neal

307x Matt Reynolds

309x Javier Hernandez

310x Mike Johnson

311x Jamey Kabish

312x Jonah Street

CLASS 40 (4)

400x Brett Helm

401x Stuart Goggins

402x Kevin Newton

449x Todd Winslow

CLASS 50 (6)

501x Jaime De La Torre

502x Eizaburo Karasawa

500x Jim O’Neal

504x Charles Marshall

505x Kenny Hayden

506x Lyman Scherer

CLASS 60 (1)

600x Don Lewis

PRO ATVs

CLASS 25 (11)

2a Jason Greenhaw

3a Wayne Matlock

4a Javier Robles

5a Reid Rutherford

6a Max Hernandez

7a Stefano Caputo

1a Danny Prather

9a Travis Dillon

10a Kyle Needham

11a Charles Barfield

12a Joel Aldrete

CLASS 24 (15)

102a Craig Christy

103a Benjamin Lopez Jr.

104a Ray Fay III

105a Javier Beltran

106a Francisco Servin

107a Carl Penny

108a Rodrigo Gonzalez Jr.

109a Abraham Romero

110a Romulo Gomez

111a Carlos Mancillas

112a Jorge Juvera

113a Armando Esparza

114a Jose Juarez

148a Rob Ransford

149a Luis Berumen

SPORTSMAN

SPT CAR (3)

1401 Wendell Mortensen

1400 Peter Lang

1403 Rob Caveney

SPT TRUCK (4)

1501 Bob Land

1502 Joe Aguayo

1548 Gregg Hempel

1549 Randy Swink

SPT UTV (6)

1800 Thomas Graves

1801 Mark Page

1802 Shane Morgan

1803 Jim Creagan

1804 John Crowley

1819 Mark Lindsay

SPT M/C< (11)

201x Tony Gurule

203x Anthony Arballo

204x Nemrod Bracamontes

206x Fred Sobke

207x Matt Ladendorf

208x Trisha West

209x Marco Bernaldez

210x Scott Anderson

211x Jesus Rios

212x LuisGarcia

249x Ivanhoe Ochoa

SPT M/C> (40)

251x Hiroshi Hirakawa

252x Chad Thornton

253x Thomas Cushman

254x Andy Padulo

256x Carlos Becerril

257x Masaaki Senoo

258x Andrew Hursh

259x John Crowley

260x David Rentfro

261x Pat Moore

262x Gary Sparks

263x Thierry Mas

265x Craig Anstine

266x Kazuhiro Nakamur

267x Jason Scherer

268x Jorge Rivas

270x Jeb Avery

271x Bill Gilbert

272x Andrew Gutierrez

273x Randy Roy

274x Bryan Slaughter

275x Todd Goetze

276x Gary Gonzalez

277x Glen McGuire

278x Chris Shewmaker

279x Levi Colton

280x Ken Kosiorek

281x Enrique Guerra

282x Mark Bradford

283x Tibi Imbuzan

284x Nick Imbuzan

285x Stephan Hoffmann

286x Edward Fields

287x Larry Butler

288x Luis Napoles

289x Jorge Carvajal

290x Laurent Lazard

291x Sergio Diaz

298x John Legate

299x Jeff Leonard

SPT ATV (17)

51a Luciano Felix

52a Daniel Montana

53a Julio Gomez

54a Flavio Perez Jr.

56a Ken Lehmann

57a Derek Christina

58a Alan Wahlstrom

59a Victor Lopez

60a Mario Yorba

61a Jorge Valenzuela

62a Roberto Ruiz

63a Joselito Muro

64a Eric Ibarra

65a Jesus De La Rocha

66a Moshe Yosef

67a Jorge Acosta

99a Gustavo Ameca