March 6, 2008

In 13 Pro Classes - 38 SCORE racers in hunt for Toyota Milestone Awards Heading into 22nd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250

Featuring over 275 entries, Round 2 of five-race, 2008 SCORE Desert Series to be held in Mexico, March 14-16

LOS ANGELES—Heading into next weekend’s 22nd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in Mexico and following one of five races in the 2008 SCORE Desert Series, 38 of SCORE’s toughest drivers are in the hunt to earn 2008 SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards.
Round 2 of the 2008 SCORE Desert Series will be held March 15 in Mexico’s quaint and picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez.
With over 275 entries from 20 states and six countries expected to compete in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes in the 232-mile race, the green flag will drop at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed three hours later by the car and truck classes at approximately 10 a.m. The start line for the race will once again be the landmark San Felipe Arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. The race will finish just south of the Arches, directly behind the Tecate building. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race, with a 10-hour time limit to become an official finisher.
The four-wheel vehicle classes with the most entries to date are Class 1-2/1600 (28), SCORE Trophy-Truck (21), Class 1 (20), SCORE Lite (16) and Class 5/1600 (12).
The motorcycle class with the most entries so far is Class 22 for open bikes (13) and among ATVs, Class 24 has 13 .
Leading the six Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which has 20 entries to date.
Toyota is presenting these prestigious awards to the world’s toughest desert racers for the 23rd consecutive year. The Toyota Milestone awards will go to those drivers who finish every required mile of every race in the five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series.
“Toyota is proud to honor the world’s best desert racing drivers,” said Les Unger, national motorsports manager at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. “For over two decades, we have had the privilege of presenting the SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards to the toughest racers on the planet.”
After January’s season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, the unlimited Class 1 and Class 1-2/1600 lead the way with seven drivers each eligible for 2008 SCORE Toyota Milestone awards.
While continuing the Toyota Milestone Awards for the 23rd consecutive year, Toyota has discounted its Toyota True Grit Awards, where $12,000 was split annually among the point champions in four non-factory pro racing classes in the SCORE Desert Series.
Pre-race festivities at the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 will include the colorful SCORE Midway and tech inspection on the Malecon beachfront in downtown alongside the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday (March 14).
At 10 a.m. on Sunday (March 16), the awards celebration will be held in the Plaza on the Malecon.

2008 SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards
(38 Racers who have completed every required mile
In the six-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series)

SCORE Trophy-Truck
B.J. Baldwin
Bobby Baldwin
Damen Jefferies
Robbie Pierce
Rich Ronco

Class 1
Steve Barry
Eric Chase
Pat Dean
Chuck Dempsey
Dale Lenk
B.J. Richardson
James Scott

Class 1-2/1600
Edgar Avalos
Cory Boyer
Dave Caspino
Hiram Duran
Adam Pfankuch
Cody Robinson
Mike Simpson

Class 3
Donald Moss

Class 5
Kevin Carr

Class 5/1600
Marcos Nunez
Enrique Zazueta

Class 7SX
Heidi Steele

Class 10
Chris Harrold

SCORE Lite
David Callaway
Hector Garcia Jr.
Steve Mamer
Rick St. John
Tom Watson

Class 11
Ramon Fernandez
Todd Lucero
Jake Mueller

Stock Full
John Griffin
Chad Hall

Stock Mini
Rod Hall
Steve Kovach

Protruck
Jason Voss