Pre-Running Opens For 2013 Baja 1000

Pre-running opens Friday for record 883.00-mile loop course in Baja California, Mexico, for November’s 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 The following is from SCORE International, promoter of the 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000: SAN DIEGO—The race clock is quickly ticking down, and just 24 days remain before the green flag drops at the 46th Tecate […]

Scott Rousseau

Pre-running opens Friday for record 883.00-mile loop course in Baja California, Mexico, for November’s 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000

Baja 1000 Class 40 Champion Scott Myers gets in some last-minute pre-running just prior to the 2012 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Pre-running, which opens on Friday for the 2013 event, is vitally important to the dirtbike teams, as it will allow them to study the race route and alert them to areas where potential booby traps might be set by enthusiastic locals during the race. PHOTO BY SCOTT ROUSSEAU
Baja 1000 Class 40 Champion Scott Myers gets in some last-minute pre-running just prior to the 2012 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Pre-running, which opens on Friday for the 2013 event, is vitally important to the dirtbike teams, as it will allow them to study the race route and alert them to areas where potential booby traps might be set by enthusiastic locals during the race. PHOTO BY SCOTT ROUSSEAU

The following is from SCORE International, promoter of the 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000:

SAN DIEGO—The race clock is quickly ticking down, and just 24 days remain before the green flag drops at the 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. As teams finalize logistics, vehicle prep and pre-running trips, entries continue to arrive from around the globe for the granddaddy of all desert races.

With pre-running of the official race course opening on Friday, this year will mark the 39th time in the first 45 years of the storied race that it has started in Ensenada and it will be the 22nd time it has finished there as well. Entries expected in Baja California from 40 U.S. States and from 25 countries around the globe, SCORE Trophy Truck, Class 1 all Pro Motorcycles and Pro ATVs to qualify for start positions. Pre-running starts/ends in Ojos Negros. GPS files, course notes available Thursday at www.score-international.com

This year’s Baja 1000, the final event of the 2013 SCORE Desert Series, will be held Nov. 13-17 in Mexico on a brutally-rugged 883.00-mile SCORE signature desert race course. With the rugged course traveling on both sides of the peninsula, the world’s most famous desert race will start and finish in Ensenada, Baja California Norte. It is the longest course in race history for a loop race, starting and finishing in the same location.

Motorcycles/ATVs To Qualify, Start at Night
Completing his first year as the new owner of SCORE International, based in Reno, Nevada, Roger Norman has announced a first for SCORE as all Pro motorcycle, Pro ATV and Sportsman Motorcycle and Sportsman ATV classes will start on Thursday night, November 14 at 11 p.m. with all the car and truck classes starting at approximately 9 a.m. Friday, November 15, in the elapsed-time race where each vehicle will leave in various intervals.

Norman has also announced that for the first time in race history, there will be qualifying for start position for several classes. Held on Wednesday and not open to the public because of safety concerns, qualifying will be held for SCORE Trophy and the unlimited Class 1, by class along with all Pro Motorcycle and Pro ATV classes with each division grouped together.

Live pre-race and race days internet coverage produced by the SCORE Dirt LiveHD team will be airing on www.score-international.com. This race will also debut SCORE’s new tracking system that will also be accessed through the SCORE website. On-site in the start/finish line area, fans will be able to enjoy the live coverage of the race displayed on SCOREvision, SCORE’s new huge LED screen.

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