Championships on the Line at 49th SCORE Baja 1000 Off-Road.com
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Are You Ready? 49th Annual SCORE Baja 1000 (SCORE International)

Update: SCORE Baja 1000 Results: Rob MacCachren Earns His Third Straight Victory (Off-Road.com)

While deservedly grabbing the majority of the headlines will be the battle in the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division for 850-horsepower high-tech, unlimited production trucks, this week’s internationally-televised iconic 49th annual SCORE Baja 1000 desert race will also include everyman racers from across the U.S. and around the world along with nearly two dozen cross-over racers from other motorsports disciplines as well as business leaders and entertainers.

Season finale of the four-race 2016 SCORE World Desert Championship, this year’s competition will be a loop race, starting and finishing in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, 65 miles south of the U.S. Border at San Diego.

Season class point titles as well as the SCORE Overall point championship of the 2016 SCORE World Desert Championship will be decided in multiple classes for cars, trucks, utvs, motorcycles and quads. In all, this year’s talented field includes 82 racers who have combined for 292 class wins in the legendary Granddaddy of all Desert Races.  Included in that total are 12 racers who have combined for 29 overall race wins in either four-wheel or two-wheel categories. There is also at least one racer who won an overall title in each of the last 10 years.

Like so many other past years the iconic race is helping celebrate the 106th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. Motorcycle and Quad classes will leave the start line, one vehicle at a time in the elapsed-time race, starting at 6 a.m. PT Friday with the car and truck classes beginning their odyssey starting at 10:30 a.m. PT Friday in a similar single-file procession into the majestic mysterious and foreboding northern portion of Mexico’s spectacular Baja California Peninsula.

With pre-running in its final days on the 854.50-mile race course, nearly 275 entries, from 32 U.S. States and 17 countries racing in Pro and Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads are expected to take the green flag.  While the fastest vehicles in the elapsed-time race are expected to finish in around 17 hours, all vehicles will have a 36 hour time limit from the time each started to become an official finisher in the epic event.

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