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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.
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* - 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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