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First Mexican National team to claim the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 victory

Tavo and Gus Vildolsola are the first Mexican National team to claim the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 victory in it’s 43rd edition!! Averaging 55.8 mp/h in their #21 Red Bull Trophy Truck they covered the distance of 1061 miles from Ensenada to La Paz in 19:00:04 hrs. With that Vildolsola Racing also beat the motorcycle overall time of the winning 1x Honda. Robby Gordon, in his first outing with new colors – he’s now sponsored by his own, new energy drink “Speed Energy” finished in second place. He damaged a drive shaft and had some GPS issues throughout the race. Robby Gordon claims this is what cost him the overall win.
Roger Norman and Navigator Lance Clifford piloted the Crystal Bay Casino Ford #8 Trophy Truck to a hard fought 3rd place. Alternator issues during the race been reported.
BJ “Ballistic” Baldwin in his #97 General Tire shoed Trophy Truck finishes 4th after some late race repairs (crankshaft sensor replacement about 20 miles out from the finish-line) and hard push for the front. Gary Weyhrich crosses the finish line in 5th place and is the first of the Jimco made Trophy Trucks.

Score announcement: “At approximately race mile 738 just before vcp 11, the new course will make a left turn and go 2.0 miles to highway 1 just south of km 43. The new course will make a right turn onto highway 1 at km 43 and travel the highway for 7.0 miles. this is a 60 mph speed zone. The new course will make a right turn off highway 1 at km 31. at this highway exit location there is a small market with a large dirt parking lot. the new course will merge with the original course in 0.6 mile at approximately race mile 745. This course change has been marked. please follow course markers. This is a mandatory course change. all race vehicles must follow this new course.”

Baja 1000 - The Story

The first official race started in Tijuana, Baja California, on October 31, 1967, and was named the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. The course length that year was 849 miles (1,366 km) and ended in La Paz, Baja California Sur, with the overall winning time of 27 hours 38 minutes (27:38) set by Vic Wilson and Ted Mangels while driving a Meyers Manx buggy. From 1967 to 1972, the race was organized by the National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA). In 1973, Baja California governor Milton Castellanos handed over sanctioning of the event to a non-profit Mexican corporation called Baja Sports Committee (BSC)

40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Desert Off-Road Race

40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race. Final event of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, November 11-16, 2007. Ensenada-Baja California, Mexico (65 miles south of U.S./Mexico Border) to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Nearly 450 entries from 43 U.S. States, and 16 countries, competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs.
Total milage: 1,296.39 miles

39th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 2006 inclusive 2006 race course map

Andy McMillin and Robby Gordon in a Trophy Truck, Troy Herbst and Larry Roeseler in a Class 1 and the trio Hengeveld/Childress/Cody on a mootorcycle are winners at the 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Records falling as over 300,000 celebrate "Super Bowl" of desert racing down Baja California, Mexico, Peninsula Ensenada to La Paz. As the final checkered flag

From Ensenada in Baja California to La Paz in Baja California Sur 2004 Race and race-course map

The 2004 Baja 1000 Race from Ensenada to La Paz has Troy Herbst, of Las Vegas, Nev., and Larry Roeseler, of Hesperia, Calif., in the books to lead all 4-wheel vehicles to the finish line. Their Class 1 Ford-powered Smithbuilt open-wheel desert race-car covered the challenging course in 16:18:14, and their average of 62.167 mph was the second highest in race history. Second overall among 4-wheel vehicles and winner of the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck class for the second straight year was the Miller Racing Chevy Silverado of Mark Miller, Carefree, Ariz./Ryan Arciero

Baja 1000 2002 inclusive Baja 1000 race map

Looking back to the 2002 Baja 1000, a peninsula run like this years 43rd Baja 1000 Dave Ashley and Dan Smith took their Ford Trophy Truck to a record third consecutive win at the rugged Baja 1000. Owner Dick Landfield was very pleased with the triple Baja wins as he commented to Ford engineer Tom Greene; "Ford was a big part of enabling us to win this race - thanks to everyone." Landfield went on to comment on the flawless powertrain. He said it was the strongest engine

All time Baja 1000 overall winners

A listing of all Baja 1000 overall winners and the majority of all-time Baja 1000 class winners can be viewed here. Sorry for the poor quality of the copies. If time permits we will type that all into a better readable format.