For the second time in three years, the Southern California son and father race team of Andy and Scott McMillin have etched their names again on the granite history of the world’s most legendary desert race and along with the team of Kendall Norman/Quinn Cody/Logan Holladay advanced their part in motorsports history by capturing the overall 4wheel and 2wheel victories in the 44th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race. The season finale of the five-race 2011 SCORE Desert Series ended late Saturday in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Andy McMillin, 24, and his father Scott McMillin, 51, of San Diego, teamed as they did in this race in 2009 to capture the overall 4wheel title in the granddaddy of all desert racing in their No. 31 McMillin Realty Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy Truck. The featured SCORE racing division has a race-high 29 starters. Read the rest of this entry »
Andy & Scott McMillin capture Trophy Truck, overall 4wheel victory
SCORE Desert Series point standings
SCORE Desert Series points standing after round 2 (San Felipe 250) of five races for the 2011 SCORE Desert Series championship is close as veteran SCORE Trophy-Truck driver Jesse Jones and young gun unlimited Class 1 racer Justin Davis lead their respective classes and are tied at the top of SCORE point leader board. Colton Udall is leading the motorcycles points. Other leaders include Luke McMillin, Clyde Stacy, Justin Matney, Heidi Steele, Dan Chamlee, Elias Hanna, Perry McNeil, Jessica McMillin, Brandon Brown, Wes Bevly III & Wes Bevly IV. Desert Series points are based on starting, finishing, placement and number of official starters within each class. Jesse Jones, 45, of Litchfield Park, Ariz., and Justin Davis, 17 of Chino Hills, Calif., not only lead their respective classes following Round 2 of the Desert Series, they are tied for the SCORE Overall point lead with 139 point each. Jones, the reigning Trophy Truck Read the rest of this entry »
San Felipe 250 map
Racemap San Felipe 250 preliminary SCORE Intl. release here at Puro Offroad Prerun San Felipe 250 (Click the San Felipe Racemap image below). Desert racers Nick Vanderwey of Arizona and Chad Thornton of New Mexico received the pole positions for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles in the drawing for starting positions. Round 2 of the 2011 SCORE Desert Series will be held 10.-13. March 2011 in Mexico’s picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located 120 miles south of the U.S. border on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez. Read the rest of this entry »
Baja 1000 2010 hors-d’œuvre
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 »
Tom Klauer to drive for Western Motorsports in famed 2010 Baja 1000
It may be five-months away, but the most grueling long distance off-road race known to man takes months of preparation. Western Motorsports began preparing today by announcing the driver lineup and primary sponsors for their Pro Truck Ford entry into the 43rd Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Veteran road course racer Tom Klauer will make his off-road debut in the event along with team regulars Dave Mason and Rick Backus. Primary sponsors for the #1265 Pro Truck Ford will be Pick-n-Pull Self-Service Auto and Truck Dismantlers and Eleven Western Builders.
The race will begin in Ensenada, Mexico on November 17th and competitors will drive under the clock attempting to finish in La Paz, Mexico located at the bottom of the Baja California Peninsula. Dave Mason is a former winner of the prestigious motorsports event and carries over 20-years of Baja Racing experience. Rick Backus is a long time team owner-sponsor, who has taken over as a driver and racked up impressive finishes over the last several years at the Pro Truck level. Tom Klauer was added to form a trio due to the long enduring race. Although it will mark Klauer’s first-ever Baja off-road race he’s no stranger to the terrain or to driving race cars. Read the rest of this entry »
