2012 Desert Series Schedule
45th Anniversary celebration of legendary Baja 1000 in La Paz, Baja California Sur highlights five-race 2012 Desert Series. SCORE will celebrate November’s 2012 45th Racing Extravaganza down Mexico’s Baja Peninsula in La Paz. SCORE International today officially announced the finalized schedule for the five race 2012 SCORE Desert Series. SCORE’s 2012 season will culminate with the massive 45th anniversary celebration of the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. The season will start in Southern Nevada with the 18th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. With Las Vegas Events this week approving SCORE to produce the 18th annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, SCORE has announced plans to make each day of the two-day Laughlin event separate race events for purposes of championship points, prize money and trophies. Further, SCORE also announced that after five years of running a shorter course loop, the course for the 2012 Laughlin event will be expanded to the longer route that crosses the Needles Highway.
“SCORE will maintain a five-race series and we want all of our great racers to celebrate with us at the 45th anniversary of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. We want to give our racers ample time to prepare for the massive undertaking and unique challenge of a Peninsula Run format, so eliminating the September race seemed to be the best option.” said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO/President.
The SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge will once again be held on the Martin Luther King birthday weekend which in 2012 will be January 13-15. “SCORE International is the premier desert racing organization in North America and Las Vegas Events has a great working relationship with Sal Fish and his dedicated team,” commented Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events, the entity which will sponsor the January two-race format in Laughlin.
The Laughlin event will include course practice sessions and qualifying for SCORE Trophy Truck on Friday followed by two separate and independent races, the first on Saturday and the second on Sunday. There will not be a Laughlin Leap competition prior to the race. While there will be a spectator area adjacent to the start/finish line, there will not be grandstand seating. Spectator admission will be free on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The SCORE Desert Series, which features 36 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, buggies, motorcycles and ATVs, will kick off January 13-15 with the 18th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in the Southern Nevada resort city of Laughlin on the banks of the Colorado River. The season will conclude November 14-17 with the 45th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, the granddaddy of all desert races, which will start in Ensenada, Baja California and finish in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
The 2012 SCORE Desert Series will again start with the most unique and the shortest race of the season and finish with the oldest and widely 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 is always a unique and memorable special race.
Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series will both be held in Mexico. The 26th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 is set for March 9-11 in San Felipe, followed by the vastly popular 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 500, June 1-3, in Ensenada.
2012 SCORE Desert Series Schedule of Events:
-18th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge (Two Races) – January 13-15 / Laughlin, Nevada
-26th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 – March 9-11 / San Felipe, BC, Mexico
-44th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 – June 1-3 / Ensenada, BC, Mexico
-45th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 – November 14-17 / Ensenada To La Paz Peninsula Run
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