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October
11, 2007
Three in Southern Nevada, Three in Mexico
SCORE International Announces Six-Race
Schedule for 2008 SCORE Desert Series
Schedule includes 40th anniversary celebration of increasingly-popular
Tecate SCORE Baja 500
LOS ANGELES—Completing its 34th year as the World’s foremost desert
racing sanctioning body, SCORE International officially announced
today its six-race schedule for the 2008 SCORE Desert Series.
Keeping the same venues and all but one of the same race weekends for
its five open desert races and one stadium-style short-course event as
the past three years, the 2008 SCORE Desert Series will again feature
three races in Southern Nevada and three in Mexico.
“We have incredible marketing partners on both sides of the border,
the world’s greatest desert racers and the world’s toughest race
courses, so we will make only minor changes for the 2008 SCORE
season,” said Sal Fish, CEO/President of SCORE, which is based in Los
Angeles. “Our six-race schedule in both the U.S. and Mexico offers
tremendous variety for the racers, sponsors, media and fans. We will
have some major news at our season-ending SCORE Awards Night in
December regarding our plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the
Tecate SCORE Baja 500”
“With necessary restrictions in place for spectators in the U.S. still
our attendance continues to rise, but in Mexico, it’s absolutely
unbelievable. Our crowds for the last six races in Baja California
have averaged over 300,000, and SCORE racers are as popular in Baja
California as any racing figures in the world. From a participant
perspective, there have never been more desert racers and SCORE
entries continue to rise at a phenomenal rate of over 25 percent for
the last three years.”
The SCORE Desert Series, which features 28 Pro and six Sportsman
classes for cars, trucks, motorcycle and ATVs, will kick off Jan.
24-27 with the popular 14th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in
the Southern Nevada resort city of Laughlin on the banks of the
Colorado River. The season will conclude Nov. 19-22 with the 41st
Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, the granddaddy of all desert racing.
“The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge is the most unique and
increasingly popular desert race in the U.S. and the legendary Tecate
SCORE Baja 1000 is the best known desert race in the world,” added
Fish, who has been at the head of SCORE since 1974. “These two races
provide wonderful ways to start and finish our SCORE racing season.”
SCORE also announced the SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup IV, will be
held July 17-19 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With final negotiations
underway, SCORE anticipates the final announcement regarding the 2008
special short-course point’s race for select classes on the Dirt Track
at LVMS to be made in late October.
The 2008 SCORE Desert Series will again start with the most unique and
the shortest race of the season and finish with the oldest and most
recognized desert race in the world. After starting the season in
Laughlin, 90 miles south of Las Vegas, it will conclude with the
Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, which will be is always a unique and memorable
special race.
Since its debut in 1995, the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge has
helped establish Laughlin as a viable host for special events.
Thousands of spectators join over 200 racers and their crews in
converging on the city each year to watch the best of the best desert
racers compete in a unique-format, two-day race that includes a
temporary stadium surrounding the start/finish line area and the main
pits.
A total of 18 different Pro and two Sportsman classes for cars and
trucks are split into seven groups in Laughlin, each running as part
of one of seven races of three to six laps each over the
much-abbreviated course each day. The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge
also includes a pre-race activity that is not part of any other race
on the schedule—the $25,000 Laughlin Leap. The Laughlin Leap is held
under the lights on Thursday evening of race week at the Laughlin
Events Park.
Round 2 and 3 of the 2008 SCORE Desert Series will both be held in
Mexico. The 22nd Tecate SCORE Baja 250 is set for March 14-15,
followed by the 40th anniversary of the vastly popular Tecate SCORE
Baja 500, May 30-June 1, in Ensenada, Baja California.
SCORE will announce the exact sites in Baja California for both the
Tecate SCORE Baja 250 and the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 when final
negotiations are complete with the state and local governments
involved.
The series returns to Southern Nevada for Round 4 and Round 5. Round 4
will be the special SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup IV short-course
event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Round 5 will be the 13th Annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 which will
be held Sept. 5-6 in Primm, Nev., 45 miles south of Las Vegas.
SCORE International, founded in 1973 by the late Mickey Thompson and
headed by Sal Fish since 1974, continues today as the premier
sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. SCORE races feature 18
Pro and three Sportsman classes for cars and trucks in the U.S. with
10 additional Pro and three more Sportsman classes for motorcycles and
ATVs competing in the races in Mexico. SCORE races in the U.S. average
200 entries while the average in Mexico, with motorcycle and ATV
classes running as well as the cars and trucks is 350.
Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official
tire, Sunoco Race Fuels/Bryant Petroleum-official fuel supplier,
Bilstein-official shock, Volkswagen-official vehicle, Instant Mexico
Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, American Racing ATX
Series-official wheel, Slime-official tire sealant, Red Bull--official
energy drink and Bosch Power Tools-official power tool. Associate
sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events,
Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Enthusiast Advertising, Kartek Off-Road,
Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Bendix, American Suzuki, NAPA Chassis,
SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and
Advanced Color Graphics.
The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge is sponsored by the Laughlin
Tourism Committee, the Laughlin Visitors Bureau, the Las Vegas
Convention and Visitors Authority and Las Vegas Events.
The SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 is sponsored by Terrible Herbst Inc.,
Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Additional associate sponsors for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 are
Cotuco de Ensenada, Fideicomiso Publio para la Promocion Turistica de
Ensenada, the government of Baja California Sur, the State Tourism
Department of Baja California Sur and the city tourism fund of Loreto.
For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters
818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2008 SCORE Desert
Series at
www.score-international.com .
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2008 SCORE Desert Series Schedule of Events
Date, Event/Location
Jan. 24-27
- 14th
SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge--Laughlin, Nevada
March 14-15
- 22nd
Tecate SCORE Baja 250--Baja California, Mexico
May 30-June 1
- 40th
Tecate SCORE Baja 500--Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
July 17-19*
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SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup IV*--Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sept. 5-6
- 13th
SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300--Primm, Nevada
Nov. 19-22
- 41st
Tecate SCORE Baja 1000--Baja California, Mexico
*select classes, closed-course event
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