Pre-running starts Saturday
Record 33 SCORE Trophy-Trucks preparing to make history
At next month’s 38th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race
10 of 11 SCORE Trophy-Truck season champs with 54 of 71 race wins
Entered in legendary granddaddy of all desert races

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 19, 2005) -- When it comes to racing SCORE Trophy-Trucks in next month’s 38th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, nobody does it any better than the teams of Dan Smith/David Ashley and Brian Collins/Larry Ragland. When it comes to racing SCORE Trophy-Trucks anywhere, nobody does it any better than brothers Tim and Ed Herbst and the Smith/Ashley duo.

Now, SCORE Trophy-Trucks, the high-tech, 8000-horsepower unlimited production trucks that are finishing their 12th season as the premier SCORE racing division, will have a record field of over 30 of these monsters of the desert attempting to permanently etch their own names in the granite records of the legendary granddaddy of all desert races. This year’s 709-mile odyssey will be a large loop race starting and finishing in Ensenada, Mexico. It will be held Nov. 17-20.

Nearly 330 entries from over 30 U.S. States and 10 countries, competing in 27 Pro and 5 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs will be part of this year’s tribute to the sport of desert racing.

With massive crowds reaching nearly 300,000 anticipated to again be spread out along the single loop course, the race will start in front of the Riviera del Pacific Convention Center in Ensenada and will finish for just the second time inside the the Deportivo Antonio Palacio baseball stadium in Ensenada.

The motorcycle and ATV classes will start their journey at 6:30 a.m. (Friday, Nov. 18) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 9:30 a.m., or two hours after the last ATV leaves the line. Vehicles will leave in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race and while the fastest finishers are expected to complete the 709-mile course in around 14 hours, all vehicles will have a 30-hour time limit to become official finishers.

This year’s memorable adventure will cover 709 miles of the rugged and tortuous Baja California peninsula, starting on the Pacific Ocean side and stretching across and down the Sea of Cortez side of the majestic peninsula past San Felipe before winding its way back up to Ensenada.
Official pre-running, or practice on the official race course, will begin for all registered entries, on Saturday.

Top challengers to become the new ‘gran ganador de Mexico’ in SCORE Trophy-Truck include the Herbst brothers, NASCAR’s Robby Gordon, winners the last two years-Ryan Arciero and Mark Miller, last year’s season point champion Jason Baldwin and current class point leader Bob Shepard.

The competition is so fierce this year that there have been five different winners in as many races and only 22 points separate the top seven point leaders in the hunt for the 2005 SCORE Trophy-Truck season title.

In all, this year’s SCORE Trophy-Truck entry list features nine of the 11 SCORE Baja 1000 winners in this marquee division, 15 racers who have combined for 49 various class victories in this fabled race, 11 drivers who have combined to win 54 of the 71 SCORE Trophy-Truck races ever held, and 10 of the 11 All-Time SCORE Trophy-Truck season point champions.

Smith/Ashley, both of Riverside, CA, share nine career SCORE Trophy-Truck race wins, including season championships in 1998 and 2001.

Smith/Ashley have 17 combined class wins in this race, including a string of three straight (2000, 2001, 2002) in the No. 8 Enduro Racing Ford F-150. In 2002, the pair set the average speed record in this race for a four-wheel vehicle, averaging an amazing 62.34 miles per hour. Ashley has nine class wins in this event, while Smith has eight.

“We were second last year in SCORE Trophy-Truck and we expect to be first this year,” said Smith.

In this storied race, Baja legend Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz., has five overall wins, including a class-high four. This year he is the second driver with Las Vegas’ Brian Collins in the No. 12 Collins Motorsports Chevy Silverado.

Ragland has eight career SCORE Trophy-Truck race wins and Collins has two. The Collins/Ragland duo teamed up to win the recent SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300.

Brothers Tim and Ed Herbst, who split the driving time the No. 19 Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150, are the winningest team in SCORE Trophy-Truck history. The Herbst brothers have won four SCORE Trophy-Truck season titles (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003) as well as a record 11 career SCORE Trophy-Truck races. Ironically, the only race that has escaped them, so far, is the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. They drew the first starting position for this year’s race.

NASCAR Nextel Cup team owner/driver Robby Gordon, whose roots are in SCORE desert racing, drew the 24th starting position in SCORE Trophy-Truck in the Team Gordon No. 83 Red Bull Chevy CK1500. Gordon, who was the overall winner of June’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500, will again pull double-duty, driving the the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 before flying to Homestead, Fla., to race in the NASCAR Nextel Cup season finale.

Gordon has five career SCORE Trophy-Truck race wins and he also won the 1996 SCORE Trophy-Truck season point championship.

Arciero, Foothill Ranch, CA, and Miller, Carefree, Ariz., each have three SCORE Trophy-Truck race wins and share driving time in the No. 81 Chevy Silverado.

Jason Baldwin, who earned his first SCORE Trophy-Truck race win this year at the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 and was second in the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, is currently seventh in class points.

Shepard, Phoenix, has driven the No. 82 Chevy Silverado to the top of the featured SCORE racing division points with finishes of fifth, ninth, eighth, and third in the four open desert races this year.

Other entries in the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck division include Mexico's Gus Vildosola/Rob MacCachren of Las Vegas (No. 4-Ford F-150), Honolulu’s Alan Pflueger (28-Chevy Silverado), Mark Post, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif. (3-Ford F-150), Chad Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz. (80-Chevy Silverado), Scott Steinberger, Cypress, CA, Jesse Jones, Phoenix (76-Ford F-150), Japan's Ikuo Hanawa (14-Toyota Tundra), Marty Coyne, El Centro, Calif. (5-Ford F-150), Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, Calif. (86-Ford F-150), Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif. (16-Ford F-150), Bobby Baldwin/B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas (96-Ford F-150) Steve Barlow, Temecula, Calif. (29-Ford F-150) and Darren Skilton, Long Beach, Calif. (9-Kia Sorento).

In just his second SCORE race, TV personality Jesse James, of Monster Garage fame, will debut his new No. 54 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy-Truck.

Pre-race festivities on Thursday, Nov. 17, for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including tech and contingency and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. across from the San Nicolas Hotel. The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Riviera del Pacifico Convention Center. Racer registration will be held at the Riviera CC from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17.

The post-race Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Survivor’s Celebration will be held on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the San Nicolas Hotel.

While entries will be accepted up to race morning (Nov. 18), late entries will be assigned the next available number and starting position within each class.

The classes with the most entries to date are SCORE Trophy-Truck (33), Class 1 (29), Class 1-2/1600 (25), SCORE Lite (22), Baja Challenge (16), Class 30, Class 10 and Class 5/1600 with 13 each and Protruck (12).

Leading the six Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which had 25 entries to date.

This year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour NBC Sports special for the second consecutive year on Dec. 10 on the NBC Network. A different one-hour special will premier on the Outdoor Life Network on Sunday, Dec. 18.

Celebrating its 32nd anniversary this year as the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series, the SCORE Desert Series is returning to Mexico for the last of three races held annually in Baja California.

The race will also culminate the chase for both the $50,000 Kartek Off-Road bonus and the $12,000 Toyota True-Grit and Toyota Milestone Awards. The Kartek Off-Road bonus will be split among the top 2005 three SCORE Overall point leaders.

This year’s race will also include a $10,000 special bonus purse sponsored by UPRacing.com, DIRTsports, Fabtech and Desert Rat Truck Centers.

SCORE official sponsors for 2005 are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, C.L. Bryant-VP Racing Fuels-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Kartek Off-Road, Centrix Financial, Fram, Autolite, Prestone, Suzuki, SignPros, Cotuco, Fideicomiso Publico para la Promocion Turistica de Ensenada, McGraw Insurance Services, Lucas Oil Products, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products, and Advanced Color Graphics.

For information contact:
SCORE International at its Los Angeles headquarters
(818) 225-8402 or visit
the official 2005 SCORE Desert Series website at:
www.score-international.com

38th Tecate SCORE BAJA 1000
OFFICIAL ENTRIES

SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (33)
(Unlimited Production Trucks)
19 Tim Herbst, 42/Ed Herbst, 44, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
27 Matt Scaroni, 22/Steve Scaroni, 48/David Scaroni, 19, Heber, CA, Ford F-150
26 Chris Robinson, 47, Riverside, Calif./Tim Clark, 39, Banning, CA, Chevy Silverado
4 Gus Vildosola, 52, Mexicali, Mexico/Rob MacCachren, 40, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
80 Chad Ragland, 34, Phoenix/Tony McCormick, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
28 Alan Pflueger, 38, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado
81 Ryan Arciero, 30, Foothill Ranch, Calif./Mark Miller, 42, Carefree, Ariz./, Chevy Silverado
86 Josh Baldwin, 28, Newport Beach, CA, Ford F-150
14 Ikuo Hanawa, 25, Japan, Toyota Land Cruiser
82 Bob Shepard, 48, Phoenix/Rick Geiser, 40, Desert Hills, Ariz., Chevy CK1500
10 Michael Jakobson, 37, Somis, Calif./Todd Sanderson, 43, Leucadia, CA, Chevy Silverado
12 Brian Collins, 43, Las Vegas/Larry Ragland, 61, Cave Creek, Ariz., Chevy Silverado
29 Steve Barlow, 41, Temecula, CA, Ford F-150
17 Carl Renezeder, 41, Laguna Beach, CA, Chevy Silverado
16 Cameron Steele, 37, San Clemente, Calif./Ed Stout, 39, Irvine, CA, Ford F-150
2 Pete Sohren, 41, Glendale, Ariz./Cameron Steele, 37, San Clemente, CA, Ford F-150
1 Jason Baldwin, 35, Laguna Beach, CA, Ford F-150
39 Ron Whitton, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150
41 Kory Sheeler, 43/Larry Job, 45, Las Vegas, Chevy CK1500
8 Dan Smith, 41/David Ashley, 48, Riverside, CA, Ford F-150
38 Garron Cadiente, 30, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150
7 Scott Steinberger, 38, Cypress, Calif./Jesse Jones, 39, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Ford F-150
96 Bobby Baldwin, 55/B.J. Baldwin, 26, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
83 Robby Gordon, 36, Mooresville, N.C., Chevy CK1500
9 Darren Skilton, 37, Long Beach, CA, Kia Sorento
76 Jesse Jones, 39, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Ford F-150
3 Mark Post, 47, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Curt LeDuc, 50, Cherry Valley, CA, Ford F-150
99 Nick Baldwin, 51, Laguna Hills, Calif./Jeff Lewis, 39, San Clemente, CA, Ford F-150
84 Nick Vanderwey, 38, Phoenix/Larry Vanderwey, 36, Litchfield Park, Ariz., GMC Sierra
5 Marty Coyne, 49/Travis Coyne, 26, El Centro, CA, Ford F-150
34 Chad McNeil, 26, El Cajon, CA, Chevy Silverado
54 Jesse James, Long Beach, Calif./Tom Geviss, 44, Alpine, CA, Chevy Silverado
71 Dan Cook, 34, Encinitas, Calif./Chuck Evans, 38, Scottsdale, Ariz., Chevy Silverado

2005 SCORE Desert Series
Point Leaders
(Thru SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300)

SCORE Trophy-Truck (42 Total Racers)
1. Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado, 229
2. Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 227
3. Josh Baldwin, Newport Beach, CA, Ford F-150, 222
4. Mark Post, San Juan Capistrano, CA, Ford F-150, 219
5. Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado (1), 213
6. Marty Coyne, El Centro, CA, Ford F-150 (1), 211
7. Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, CA, Ford F-150 (1), 207
8. Michael Jakobson, Somis, CA, Ford F-150, 167
9. Carl Renezeder, Laguna Beach,CA, Chevy Silverado, 152
10. Pete Sohren, Glendale, Ariz., Ford F-150, 151
11. Bobby Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 148
12. Scott Steinberger, Cypress, CA, Ford F-150, 147
13. Gus Vildosola, Mexicali, Mexico, Ford F-150, 131
14. Nick Baldwin, Laguna Hills, CA, Ford F-150, 129
15. Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado, 121
16. Cameron Steele, San Clemente, CA, Ford F-150, 120
17. Luis Wallace, Mexicali, Mexico, Chevy Silverado, 109
18. Chet Huffman, Northridge, CA, Chevy Silverado, 106
19. B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 96
20. Robby Gordon, Mooresville, N.C., Chevy CK1500 (1), 94

Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
All-Time Class Winners

SCORE Trophy-Truck
1994-- Jimmy Smith
1995-- Larry Ragland
1996-- Larry Ragland
1997-- Larry Ragland
1998-- Ivan Stewart
1999-- Larry Ragland
2000-- Dan Smith/David Ashley
2001-- David Ashley/Dan Smith
2002-- David Ashley/Dan Smith
2003-- Mark Miller/Ryan Arciero
2004-- Mark Miller/Ryan Arciero

SCORE Trophy-Truck®
(debuted in 1994, for 750 horsepower unlimited production trucks-71 total Desert races, 1 Stadium-short course)

All-Time SCORE Trophy-Truck Race Winners
(through SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup I-- July 29-30, 2005)

Wins Driver(s), Years
11
Ed/Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1997, 1998, 1999(3), 2000(2), 2001, 2002, 2003(2)

9
Dan Smith/David Ashley, Riverside, CA, Ford F-150, 1998(2), 2000, 2001(3), 2002(3)
Ivan Stewart, Alpine, CA, Toyota SR5, 1994(3), 1995(2), 1997, 1998(2), 1999

8
Larry Ragland, Phoenix, Chevy, 1995(2), 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 (w/ Mark Miller), 2005 (w/Brian Collins)

5
Robby Gordon, Mooresville, CA, Ford F-150, 1996(4), Chevy CK1500, 2005

4
Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, CA, Jeep Grand Cherokee, 1995, 1997(3)
Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 1994, 1996(2), 2003 (w/ Gus Vildosola)
Mark Miller, Carefree, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 2002 (w/ Larry Ragland), 2003(2), 2004 (w/ Ryan Arciero)
Mark Post, San Juan Capistrano, CA, Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/ JerryWhelchel)
Paul/Dave Simon, Fallbrook, CA, Ford F-150, 1994(2), 1995(2)
Jerry Whelchel, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, Ford F-150, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (all w/ Mark Post)

3
Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch, CA, Chevy Silverado, 2003(2), 2004 (w/ Mark Miller)

2
Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado, 2004(2)
Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 2001, 2005 (w/Larry Ragland)

1
Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, CA, Ford F-150, 2005
Brian Coats, Huntington Beach, CA, Chevy C1500, 1997
*Marty Coyne, El Centro, CA, Ford F-150, 2005
Gary Dircks, Anthem, Ariz., Ford F-150, 2004
Dale Dondel, Hemet, Calif, Chevy Silverado, 2005
Juan C. Ibarra, Ensenada, Mexico, Chevy C1500, 1998
Larry Roeseler, Hesperia, CA, Chevy K1500, 1999
Jim Smith, Orange, CA, Ford F-150, 1994
Gus Vildosola, Mexicali, Mexico, 2003 (w/ Rob MacCachren)
*non-points stadium-short course race

11 Years of SCORE Trophy-Truck Season Champions
1994--Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
1995--Ivan Stewart, Alpine, CA, Toyota SR5
1996--Robby Gordon, Orange, CA, Ford F-150
1997--Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, CA, Jeep Grand Cherokee
1998--David Ashley/Dan Smith, Riverside, CA, Ford F-150
1999--Ed & Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2000--Ed & Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2001--David Ashley/Dan Smith, Riverside, CA, Ford F-150
2002--Ed & Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2003--Tim & Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
2004--Jason Baldwin, Laguna Beach, CA, Ford F-150

For information contact:
SCORE International at its Los Angeles headquarters
(818) 225-8402 or visit
the official 2005 SCORE Desert Series website at:
www.score-international.com