SCORE Baja 1000 Peninsula Run

Next week, Ford will enter a 2011 Ford F-150, powered by an EcoBoost engine, to take on the demanding Short Course Off Road Enterprises Baja 1000 long-distance, desert endurance race, marking the Ford EcoBoost engine racing debut. Ford will equip the F-150 off-road race truck with the same stock EcoBoost engine that already has experienced 150,000 equivalent miles of dyno testing and other real-world tests as the final step in the durability torture tests in the EcoBoost Endurance Challenge. In North America, Baja is probably one of the most demanding. The race Read the rest of this entry »

Baja 1000 OFFICIAL Results – 42nd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 – Nov. 20-21, 2009
Final round of five-race 2009 SCORE Desert Series- Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico (672.85 miles)
Total Starters: 328 – Total Finishers: 185 (56.4 Percent)
Pro Cars & Trucks – Top Overall Finishers

• 1. Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin, National City, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 14:19:50 (46.95 miles per hour) (SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK)
• 2. Roger Norman, Reno, Nev./Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif., Ford F-150, 14:52:27 (45.24 mph) (SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK)
• 3. Rick D. Johnson/Brian Sallee, Barstow, Calif., Ford F-150, 15:02:36 (44.73 mph) (SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK)

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OFFICIAL ENTRIES (By Class Starting Order-as of 11/16/09)
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (Unlimited Production Trucks)–

2 Pete Sohren, Glendale, Ariz., Ford F-150
71 Rick D. Johnson/Brian Sallee, Barstow, Calif., Ford F-150
96 Bobby Baldwin/Sandy Stewart/Danny Anderson, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
7 Scott Steinberger, Cypress, Calif./Dave Sykes, Del Mar, Calif./Jimmy Knuckles, Brawley, Calif., Ford F-150 Read the rest of this entry »

While entries will be accepted up to race morning (Friday, Nov. 20), late entries will be assigned the next available number and starting position within each class. The post-race Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Survivor’s Celebration will be held poolside at the San Nicolas Resort Hotel at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22.

Besides Sohren, Gordon, Johnson and Norman/Roeseler, other entries among the veterans in the talented 32-truck field in the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck division include Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas (No. 3-Ford F-150), B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas (97-Chevy Silverado), Las Vegas’ Brian Collins/Chuck Hovey, Escondido, Calif. (12-Dodge Ram1500), Robbie Pierce/Mike Julson, Santee, Calif. (30-Chevy Silverado), Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Read the rest of this entry »