NOTE – Racers divided into seven different groups, by individual class, to race three, four or six laps over an eight-mile desert course.  The competition starts and finishes with a stadium-style course in front of grandstand seating.  Combined with the hillside viewing and the event VIP tent, more than 35,000 spectators were on hand for the second of two days of racing (according to Bureau of Land Management estimates).  Racers had one-hour five-minute (65 minutes) to one-hour, 20-minute (80 minutes) time limits from the time each starts to complete the required laps each day to be an official finisher for that day.  The event finishing order, by class, will be based on the combined two-day elapsed time of each racer.  Sunday’s start order was the same order as they finished Saturday, except for classes with 10 or more racers where the top 10 starters were determined by a draw from Saturday’s top 10 finishers.

GROUP #1 Classes 5/1600 (6 laps), 9 (5 Sunday), 11 (3), Sportsman Car (3) - (27 Total Starters, 12 Finishers)
• Danny Ledezma (557 from El Centro, Calif., 2:14:12) continued to build on his 13-second first-day lead to win Class 5/1600 by 54 seconds over Brent Shermak (Bullhead City, Ariz., 2:15:06), who won the 2003 Laugling Class 5/1600 title..  Five of the 14 vehicles that started the 2006 Laughlin Class 5/1600 competition finished the required 12 laps.  Billy Gereghty (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.), who finished second in the 2005 Laughlin race behind winner Jeffrey Sack, completed only five laps Sunday after finishing third Saturday.
• Despite finishing three minutes, 32 seconds behind Sunday’s Class 9 winner Forest Creasy (901, Sacramento, Calif., 1:08:25), Brian Church (949 from Hesperia, Calif., 2:24:13) won the class by nearly four minutes over Tony Modica (903 from Long Beach, Calif., 2:28:03).  Creasy failed to finish a lap Saturday to post an overall DNF.  Sigal Greenberg (902 from Desert Hills, Ariz.), who finished second on the 2005 SCORE Desert Series Class 9 overall standings, completed only three laps Saturday and was second Sunday (1:09:58).  Two of the four starters finished the required 11 laps.  Eric Fisher, the 2004 and 2005 SCORE Desert Series Class 9 champion and 2004 and 2005 Laughlin winner, did not compete.
• Eric Solorzano (1100 from Tijuana, Mexico and competing with Felipe Ortega, 1:25:15) was the only racer to complete all three laps each day in the two-car Class 11.  Defending Scott Pellerin Class 11 Laughlin champion did not compete. Solorzano has now won four Laughlin Class 11 titles (1998, 1999, 2004, 2006), including 2004 when he out-raced Pellerin, who won the Laughlin titles in 2002 and 2003.  Solorzano has won seven SCORE Desert Series Class 11 titles (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005).
• Mark Weger (1402, Lancaster, California, 1:24:35) won the Sportsman Buggy by 10 seconds over Rory Ward (1498, Mohave Valley, Calif., 1:25:45).  First day leaders Kory Scheeler/James Wischmeyer Benites (1406, Las Vegas) completed only two of four laps Sunday to post a DNF.  Ward finished 63 seconds behind Scheeler Saturday and led Weger by three seconds entering Sunday’s race.  Four of the seven starters completed the required eight laps for two days of racing.

GROUP #2 SCORE Lites (6 laps), Class 5 (6) - (24 Total Starters, 17 finishers)
• Cameron Steele/Heidi Steele (1205, San Clemente, Calif., 1:52:47) finished third Sunday by 73 seconds, but their 187-second advantage from Saturday’s six-lap race was enough to secure the SCORE Lites title.  Fourteen of the 21 SCORE Lites racers finished the required 12 laps for two days with Jason Batulis/Jeff Lothringer (1211, San Clemente, Calif., 1:54:45) second after winning Sunday’s race.  Vic Bruckmann (1213 from Lemon Grove, Calif., 1:58:30), the 2002 Laughlin SCORE Lites winner, place sixth.  Ken Stroud/Chris Harrold (1206, Alpine, Calif., 1:58:22), the 2002 SCORE Lites series champion, placed fifth while 1999 Laughlin SCORE Lite winner John Kawall (1219, Yorba Linda, Calif., 1:58:36) was seventh.
• George Seeley (502 from Glendale Calif., 2:11:19), who had won six of the last nine Laughlin Desert Challenge Class 5 titles (excluding 1998, 2003 and 2005), started Sunday with almost a 5 minute over Michelle Bruckmann/Michael Loomis (501, Lemon Grove, Calif., 2:09:50) as all three starters completed the required eight laps.  However, Bruckmann/Loomis had a six-plus minute advantage Sunday (1:02:25 to 1:08:50) over Seeley Sunday.

GROUP #3 Class 10 (6 laps) - (24 Total Starters, 12 finishers)
• Twelve (12) of the 24 vehicles that started the group finished the required 12 Class 10 laps as Saturday’s leader Darren Hardesty (1012, Ramona, Calif., 1:51:52) won Sunday’s six-lap race by 47 seconds over Rick Ellison (1022, Selma, Calif./Bill Witt, Henderson, Nev, 1:54:27).  Hardesty, the No. 5 Class 10 SCORE Desert Series racer for 2005, finished second to Kash Vessels last year by four seconds in Laughlin.  John Cooley (1000, Santee, Calif.,1:54:27), who was the 2005 SCORE Desert Series Class 10 champion, finished second after placing fourth Saturday and fifth Sunday.  Eli Yee (1005, Tijuana, Mexico) did not complete a lap Sunday after finishing second Saturday.  Ron Dalke (1008, Tucson, Ariz., 1:54:33) placed third this year after finishing third both days.

GROUP #4 Protruck (6 laps), Classes 8 (6), 7 (6), 7S (4), 7SX (4) Stock Full (4), 17 (4), 3 (4), Sportsman Truck (4) - (53 Total Starters, 25 finishers)
• Entering Sunday with a lead of more than seven minutes, Gus Vildosola Jr. (204, Mexicali, Mexico with Bryan Freeman, Henderson, Nev., 1:58:07) won the second of two days of Protruck racing by three seconds over Alan Levinson (207, Blue Diamond, Nev.), who completed only four of six required laps Saturday.  Jason Voss (235, Cupertino, Calif., with Rich Voss, 2:10:55) and Dave Creagan (203, Woodland, Wash. With Jim Wasson, Renton, Wash., 2:15:56) finished second and third, respectively, as three of the six vehicles completed all 12 required laps.  Vildosola was second in the 2005 SCORE Desert Series Protruck standings to Jim Nuckles, who won the 2005 Laughlin event.
• Donald Moss (301, Sacramento, Calif., with Kenneth Moss, Marysville, Calif., 1:40:41) won both days of racing to win his fifth-straight Laughlin Class 3 title.  Two of five vehicles completed the required eight laps with Salvador Cervantes (348, Covina, Calif., 2:01:54) finishing more than 21 minutes behind Moss, who has also won the last four Class 3 SCORE Desert point’s titles.
• Two (2) of the 12 Class 7 starters finished the required 12 laps led by Victor Herrera Jr. (707, with Victor Herrera, Tijuana, Mexico, 2:06:38) as the vehicle won both days of racing, including a 121-second win over Doug Siewert (702, Fallbrook, Calif.) Saturday and a 10-minute, one-second victory Sunday over Dan Chamlee (705 with Tom Chamlee, Summerland, Calif., 2:22:57) Sunday.  The Herrera’s placed second in the 2005 Laughlin Class 7 race behind Craig Turner.  Chamlee was the Class 3 SCORE Desert Series champion in 2004 and runnerup in 2005 to Turner.
• Tyler FOX (729, Ramona, Calif., 1:45:29) entered Sunday’s action nine seconds behind Nick Moncure (739 with Ted Moncure, Long Beach, Calif., 1:47:28), but won the final day’s race by 80 seconds over Mike Horner (722, Mission Viejo, Calif., 1:47:00).  Four of the six starters completed the required eight laps.  Nick Moncure won the Class 7S SCORE Desert series title in 2004 while Ted Moncure placed second in 2005 behind John Holmes, who won the Class 7S Laughlin title.
• Two of the five vehicles in Class 7SX finished the required eight laps as first-day leader Jess and Pepe Rodriguez (741, Orange, Calif.) failed to complete a lap Sunday.  Noe Sierra (759, San Bernardino, Calif./Tony Sierra, Fontana, Calif., Ford Ranger, 1:53:10) finished second Sunday behind Cody Swanty (742, Kingman, Ariz. 1:57:06), but his Saturday’s performance led to the win.  Swanty won the 2005 Laughlin 7SX title.
• Todd Wyllie (800, New River, Ariz.), who has won the last two Class 8 points champion on the SCORE Desert Series, did not finish Saturday, but posted Sunday’s best six-lap time (:57.40).  Wylie also won the 2005 Laughlin Class 8 title.  Glen Greer (805, Green Valley Ariz., with Bruce Greer, Jr., Oro Valley, Ariz., 2:04:53) drove the only vehicle to finish the required 12 laps to secure the win.
• In Stock Full, Gregory Foutz (861, Mesa, Ariz., :45:11) has a three minute, 39-second lead after Saturday’s race with Bob Graham (862, Santa Ana, Calif., :48:50) second and Mark Handley (866, San Marcos, Calif. with co-driver Marc Stein, San Diego, :50:15) third.  All five vehicles that started Saturday finished.   John Griffin (860, Mission Viejo, Calif., with Mike Sabbarese, Huntington Beach, Calif., :51:35), who has won the last five 2004 SCORE Desert Series Stock Full point’s titles, is fourth.
• In Class 17, Bob Land (1701, Lake Forest, Calif., with Jim Winovitch, Murrieta, Calif.) completed only two of the four laps Sunday after completing only three of the required four laps Saturday..
• Matt Torian (1599, Escondido, Calif., 1:34:11) used a 168-second lead in Sportsman Truck after Saturday’s race to coast home to victory byu winning the class by over six minutes.  Dan Vance (1598, Huntington Beach, Calif./Austin Farner, Vista, Calif., Toyota SR5, 1:40:43) was second after winning Sunday’s four-lap race by over two minutes ahead of Torian.  Six of the eight vehicles that started Saturday completed the required eight laps of racing.

GROUP #5 Class 1-2/1600 (6 laps) – (36 Total Starters, 26 finishers)
• Twenty-six (26) of the 36 starters completed all 12 racing laps as Rob MacCachren (1612, Las Vegas, 1:58:28) won both days of racing as he had a 17-second edge Adam Pfankuch (1622, Carlsbad, Calif.) Sunday.  Arden Dennington (1625, Tracy, Calif./Mike Malloy, Henderson, Nev., 2:01:08) placed second overall with Aaron Hawley (1620, Las Vegas, 2:01:38) third, 190 seconds behind the winner.  Pfankuch posted a DNF this year after winning the 2005 Laughlin’s Class 1-2/1600 event.  Bryan Freeman (1627, Henderson, Nev.), who rode with MacCachren in the class last year as they finished third in the 2005 SCORE Desert Series standings behind Caleb Gaddis and L. J. Kennedy, was second Saturday, but completed only three laps Sunday.  Gaddies (1600, El Centro, Calif., 2:03:12) finished eighth Saturday and ninth Sunday to place eighth overall, four minutes, 44 seconds behind MacCachren, who was the 2001 SCORE Desert Series Class 1-2/1600 champion.  MacCachren won the 2001 and 2004 Laughlin Class 1-2/1600 titles.

GROUP #6 Class 1 (6 laps) - (37 Total Starters, 11 finishers)
• Despite not winning one of the two six-lap races this weekend, Gary Weyhrich (135, Troutville, Ore., 1:47:09) scored a six-second win over Randy Wilson (112, Lakewood, Calif., Jimco-Chevy, 1:47:15) to capture Class 1.  Dale Ebberts (123, Canyon Lake, Calif. with Ernie Castro Jr., Newport Beach, Calif., 1:58:13), a two-time Laughlin Class 1 champion and 2005 winner, led after Saturday’s race by 20 seconds over Weyhrich, but finished 18th Sunday to place seventh overall.  Weyhrich finish second in the Class 1 2005 Laughlin race.  Mark McMillin (100, El Cajon, Calif.), the 2005 SCORE Desert Series Class 1 champion, did not finish after completing only two laps Sunday.  He was 10th in Saturday’s race.

GROUP #7 SCORE Trophy Truck (6 laps) - (33 Total Starters, 11 finishers)
• Eleven (11) of the all-time record 33 starters in the SCORE Trophy-Truck completed the required 12 laps led by B. J. Baldwin (97, Las Vegas, 1:45:44), who overcame a 45-second disadvantage after Saturday’s six-lap, 48-mile race to defeat Carl Renezeder (17 from Laguna Beach, Calif., 1:46:14) by 30 seconds.  The difference was the third lap Sunday as Baldwin had a 72-second edge over Renezeder (:08:37 to :09:49).  Ed Herbst and Tim Herbst (19, Las Vegas, 1:46:47) finished 63 seconds behind Baldwin, who posted his first career win.  A veteran desert racer, Renezeder is in his second-season in the SCORE Trophy-Truck competition as he placed 15th overall last year.  Defending Laughlin champion Dale Dondel (11, Hemet, Calif.) started Saturday, but did not complete a lap on the opening day while finishing only one lap Sunday.

• RACE NOTE - The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge has attracted drivers from 12 states and four countries (Canada, Japan, Mexico and the United States).

• RACE NOTE - A total of 244 vehicles entered the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge with Laughlin race record 233 vehicles starting Saturday’s races and 151 finishing the first of two days of racing.  A total of 219 vehicles started Sunday.  After Sunday’s races, 114 vehicles completed the required laps for the two days of competition.

• RACE NOTE - Randy Wilson (112, Lakewood, Calif.) had the fastest lap of the day.  In Class 1, Wilson’s second lap was clocked in eight minutes, 22 seconds.  Carl Renezeder (123, Laguna Beach, Calif.) had the fastest fifth (:08:26) and sixth (:08:33) laps in SCORE Trophy-Trucks.  Kash Vessels completed only one Class 1 lap, but his time of :08:24 was the fastest opening lap.  Gary Weyhrich posted the fastest third lap (08:30) in Class 1 while Gus Vildosola’s Trophy Truck has the fast fourth lap (08:32).