SCORE releases 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship schedule
SCORE International will celebrate its 52nd year as the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization in Mexico, with the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship announcement today of the four official dates, all to be held in Baja California for the 10th consecutive year.
Once again magical moments will be written and many adventures will happen in the deserts of the state of Baja California next year, with the most complete Off-Road athletes on this planet, and with the best fans in this sport, the Mexican fans, who always welcome racers, teams, and media with open arms.
The economic impact always has very positive financial numbers for different sectors of Baja California, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, tourist service providers, markets and food markets in several rural areas of the state.
THE ORIGIN OF SCORE
SCORE Baja desert racing officially began on July 26, 1974 with the SCORE Baja Internacional which later became the SCORE Baja 500. SCORE was founded in August, 1973 by the legendary late Mickey Thompson with the SCORE World Championship short-course event at the old Riverside International Raceway.
SCORE was then owned and run for over 38 years by the iconic Sal Fish, considered by many as the godfather of desert racing around the world. Fish sold SCORE on Dec. 12, 2012 to Roger and Elise Norman.
Abelardo Grijalva is SCORE President/Race Director, Juan Tintos Funcke is the SCORE General Manager since 2013, Jim Ryan is the SCORE Vice-President of Marketing and Sales since August of 2014, Dominic Clark is the new SCORE historian, Gabriel Garcia is the SCORE Media Director, Dan Cornwell and Federico Montes are the SCORE Tech Directors.
SCORE’s first desert race was the SCORE Parker 400 in early 1974. It included one lap on the California side of the Colorado River, a transit, and two laps around the Arizona side of the Colorado.
Over the many years, SCORE has produced many races no longer on the annual schedule, both in the U.S. and Mexico.
The foundation of SCORE Baja racing has been the SCORE Triple Crown of Baja events—the SCORE San Felipe 250, the SCORE Baja 500 and the SCORE Baja 1000.
In its U.S. history, among the numerous memorable events SCORE has produced have been the SCORE Desert Challenge in Laughlin, Nev., Rosarito Beach, Mexico and Tijuana, Mexico, the SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Primm 300, the SCORE Nissan Mint 400, the SCORE Fireworks 250, the SCORE Great Mojave 250, the SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup, and the SCORE Henderson Terrible 250.
For seven years, from 1985 through 1991, SCORE combined with the late Walt Lott’s High Desert Racing Association of Las Vegas to run the combined HDRA/SCORE Desert Series.
Thompson (2007), Fish (2006) and Lott (2007) are all inductees in the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame.
SCORE IN MEXICO
SCORE President, Abelardo Grijalva, is very pleased to have all the SCORE races in Mexico again, especially in the state of Baja California, which will serve to strengthen the alliance with the Visit Mexico program, hand in hand with the Mexican Ministry of Tourism and the Government of Mexico.
“SCORE is part of Mexico's ambassadors worldwide, promoting our culture, our tourist destinations to our friends from the different continents of the planet,” said the popular Grijalva.
“Since it is not only about SCORE International, but also that more countries can know that Baja California is a unique place, added to the warmth of our people. To welcome them with open arms always goes hand in hand with an exciting experience full of adventure and unforgettable sport, like we have in the SCORE Baja 1000, SCORE Baja 500, SCORE Baja 400 and SCORE San Felipe 250."
2025 SCORE SCHEDULE
Here are the dates for the four-race 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship which will be totally held in Baja California, Mexico for the 10th consecutive year:
· King Shocks 38th SCORE San Felipe 250—
April 2-6, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
· BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 500—
June 4-8, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
· 6th SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing—
September 10-14, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
· BFGoodrich Tires 58th SCORE Baja 1000—
November 10-16, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
THE SAN FELIPE “CARNIVAL”
From April 2-6, 2025, the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship will get underway with the King Shocks 38th SCORE San Felipe 250, a race that has been won in the past by racers such as Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, Johnny Campbell, Kurt Caselli, Dan Smith, Corky McMillin, Larry Ragland, and Gustavo “Tavo” Vildosola Jr.
Throughout the upcoming season, racers from nearly 25 countries are expected to be present in Baja California. The four rounds will include classes for Pro and Sportsman Cars, Trucks, UTVs, Motorcycles and Quads.
“THE OFF-ROAD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”
Once again, Ensenada will host three SCORE races in 2025—the SCORE Baja 1000, SCORE Baja 500 and SCORE Baja 400. Ensenada is a city well known as “The Off-Road Capital of the World”, home to the first SCORE office in the history of SCORE in Mexico.
First will be the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 500 from June 4-8, will start and finish at the majestic Boulevard Costero of the “Cinderella of the Pacific”, same scenario where the contingency row will take place, an activity that will gather thousands of fans of this sport.
The 6th SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing, will be held September 10-14, 2025, being the newest race in the SCORE universe, with start and finish line also in Ensenada.
THE 1000 MILES
The BFGoodrich Tires 58th SCORE Baja 1000 will start and finish in Ensenada from November 10-16, 2025, a race that is known as “The Mother of all Desert Races” and has attracted the attention of thousands of adventurers from all over the world.
Throughout the history of the 1000 miles, celebrities such as the late actors Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and James Gardner, winners of the prestigious Dakar Rally, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Toby Price, Cyril Despres, and Marc Coma, former Indy Car Series drivers such as Sebastien Bourdais, Jimmy Vasser, Michel Jourdain Junior and Oriol Servià, drifting celebrities, among them Ken Block and Rhys Millen, have paraded through it.
2025 POINT TITLES
In order to earn a 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship class point title, drivers/riders of record must start and/or finish all four events. If a driver/rider of record is unable to compete in one event, another SCORE member may act as the alternate driver/rider of record for that race if processed according to SCORE requirements. No alternate driver/rider of record will be allowed for the BFGoodrich Tires 58th SCORE Baja 1000.
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2024 SCHEDULE
Here are the remaining two dates in the four-race 2024 SCORE World Desert Championship which is being held exclusively in Baja California, Mexico for the ninth consecutive year:
· 5th SCORE Baja 400, presented by VP Racing—
September 11-15, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
· BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 1000—
November 11-17, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
SCORE SPONSORS…
Official SCORE Sponsors: BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire and Race Title Sponsor, Ford-Official Truck and SUV, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber and Race Title Sponsor, Polaris RZR-Official UTV, VP Racing-Official Fuel and race presenting sponsor, Optima Batteries-Official Battery, Rugged Radios-Official Radio Communication, Sylvania Off-Road-Official Light, Method Race Wheels-Official Wheel and Race Qualifying sponsor, Lasernut-Official Custom Metal Fabricator, Wide Open Excursions-Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino.
SCORE Official Partners: The Satellite Phone Store, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance.
Additional SCORE Associate Partners: Baja California Secretary of Tourism, MEXICO Secretary of Tourism, San Felipe Foundational Municipal Council, Ensenada Municipal Government, San Felipe Marketing Tourism Committee, Ensenada Marketing Tourism Committee, Ensenada Hotel and Motel Association, Proturismo Ensenada, and Cruz Roja Mexicana.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com
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