SCORE Baja 1000 Peninsula Run

ANDY MCMILLIN, No. 31 (First in class and first overall four-wheel vehicle. Andy started and drove to Race Mile 200, Scott McMillin drove from RM 200 to RM 511 and Andy drove from RM 511 to the finish.) – We started 10th. At the Baja 500, Bryce (Menzies) started in front of me and put a spanking on me so I didn’t want to let that happen in this race. I got a pretty quick pace off the starts and splashed fuel at mile 77 and by the time we got to the summit, I nerfed Larry Roeseler, got around Rob MacCachren, passed Curt LeDuc, Jesse Ashcraft. MacCachren got me back later in the summit and we were battling back and forth off his bumper until he pitted for fuel. Menzies was out front and I got by Kory Scheeler on the silt bed and I just started putting my pedal forward. I knew we were going to change drivers at Borrego and put my dad in so I wanted to get a couple of minutes on everyone just in case. Read the rest of this entry »

Check this 905Racing Films video at Off-Road Tube. Great shots with Trophy Trucks, Class 1, bikes and quads. Vanderwey first across the finish line! Andy McMillin take the win after corrected time. Andy McMillin is 2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Trophy Truck winner and Menzies is crowned 2011 Desert Series Trophy Truck Champion. Nick Vanderwey, Trophy Truck No. 84 (Second in class and second overall four-wheel vehicle. Vanderwey shared driving duties with Curt LeDuc.) statement: What a race – holy moly. We started sixth and Curt (LeDuc) set an easy pace, wanted to take it easy and got over the summit and then he threw on the boosters and took off. I’m still catching my breath. This was something else.

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Reality TV star Jesse James has received the first starting position during Saturday’s drawing for November’s 44th running of the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race. While James, who lives in Austin, Texas, will pilot his No. 54 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy Truck. The motorcycle and ATV classes will start their journey at 6:30 a.m. (Friday, Nov. 18) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 11:45 a.m., or four hours after the last ATV leaves the line. With the course open for 32 hours in the elapsed-time race, the fastest finishers are expected to complete the course in approximately 14 hours.

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The father son #21 Trophy-Truck team of Gus Vildosola Jr. and Gus Vildosola Sr. dominated the 43rd SCORE Baja 1000 in 19 hours and four seconds, claiming the overall vehicle title. Here are the Baja 1000 results following complete data tracking review. 292 starters of the Baja Mil 2010 and of them 197 finished in La Paz (67.5 Percent). Trophy Trucks (Unlimited Production Trucks)– 1. Gus Vildosola Jr. /Gus Vildosola Sr., Mexicali, Mexico, Mexico, Ford F-150, 19:00:04 (55.87 miles per hour); 2. Robby Gordon, Charlotte, N.C., Chevy CK1500, 19:22:22; 3. Roger Norman, Reno, Nev., Ford F-150, 19:56:27; 4. B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas/Chad Ragland, Vista, Calif., Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 19:57:20; 5. Gary Weyhrich/Mark Weyhrich, Troutdale, Ore., Ford F-150, 20:08:04; 6. Troy Herbst/Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Dodge Ram1500, 20.49:39; 7. Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas/Will Staats, Valencia, Calif., Ford F-150, 20:54:18; 8. Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif./Larry Vanderwey, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 21:10;11; 9. Jason Voss/Rich Voss Read the rest of this entry »

1061.69 mile for the Trophy Truck showdown between the McMillins and Jesse James for the 2010 desert series trophy Truck crown and championship. The granddaddy of all desert races has 11 of 16 former SCORE Trophy Truck champs entered in the race down Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and without a doubt is a victory at the “mille” a highlight for every desert racers portfolio and top priority on the “to do” list. Yet it’s also the 2010 SCORE Desert Series overall and class championship that will be decided at the brutally-rugged 1061.69-mile Sal Fish signature desert race course. The high-tech, 850 horsepower, unlimited production truck class Read the rest of this entry »