POMONA, Calif., USA — Another radically rugged race course of approximately 840 miles for the granddaddy of all desert races was unveiled Saturday at the SCORE Baja 1000 exhibit area in Building 5 at the Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo at the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. The popular consumer show will be open Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PT).

The season finale of the five-race 2015 SCORE World Desert Championship is expecting nearly 250 entries, from 25 countries and 40 U.S. States to compete in this year’s 48th annual Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000. The race week festivities will cover Nov. 17-21, with the race and all side events starting and finishing in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

Entry registration for the race is available at Register Here for Race.  The drawing for starting positions for all classes, except the featured SCORE Trophy Truck and unlimited Class 1 will be held Wednesday, Oct. 28.

SCORE Trophy Truck, the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 850-horsepower, unlimited production trucks and Class 1 open-wheelers will once again have a special qualifying session for start positions on Tuesday, Nov. 3 on a special 3.6-mile course on the off-road track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The two top SCORE racing classes will be featured that week in the massive SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 Experience during the SEMA Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

OFF-ROAD EXPO MEET & GREETS
Crowd favorite autograph sessions took place on Saturday and will again on Sunday with many of  the stars of the sport, both past and present who have built their legacy in the Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000.  Additional highlight of the SCORE Baja 1000 exhibit is the SCORE Monster Energy Cinema, featuring SCOREvision, massive multiple LED screens showing race telecasts that have aired on the CBS Sports Network as well as historical race videos that are part of the legendary legacy of SCORE Baja racing.

Among the legends, past and present, scheduled to appear at the at Sunday’s noon to 2 p.m. PT SCORE Baja 1000 autograph sessions are SCORE owner Roger Norman, Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart, Rod Hall, Rob MacCachren, Mark Samuels, Carlos Lopez, Eduardo Laguna, Jonathan Brenthel, Jordan Brenthel, Justin Lambert, Cameron Steele, Heidi Steele and Ricky Brabec/Max Eddy Jr. SCORE expects some other ‘surprise’ SCORE Baja racing legends as well for the two autograph sessions.

TROPHY CASE
The SCORE Baja 1000 Exhibit at the Off-Road Expo includes multiple vehicle displays as well.  Among the vehicles on display are the legendary Terrible Herbst Motorsports ‘Landshark’ unlimited Class 1 open-wheel race car built by Mike Smith, driven by Troy Herbst to six SCORE point championships. Also on display will be Roger Norman’s SCORE Trophy Truck, Mickey Thompson’s restored vintage Class 2 open-wheeler, Steven Eugenio’s SCORE Trophy Truck, Rugged Radio’s Class 11 VW Sedan, Justin Lambert’s Cognito Motorsports UTV, Jordan Brenthel’s Trophy Truck Spec, Ricky Brabec’s 1x motorcycle, Colton Udall’s 5x motorcycle, a COPS Racing Class 10 car, the Warrior Built motorcycle and a Baja Challenge Subaru-powered Baja Touring Car from Wide Open Excursions.

OH, WHAT A COURSE
As it has for over four decades, SCORE has put together another memorable race course, this one for a loop race, with all of the foreboding, unforgiving terrain the northern state of the majestic Baja California peninsula has to offer. Starting and finishing in the heart of Ensenada in front of the historic Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, the course travels in a counter-clockwise direction. It includes the approximate 35 mile stretch to Ojos Negros which is used in both directions. Outgoing, the course heads south from Ojos through Santo Tomas and along the Pacific Ocean.

Featuring seven checkpoints, the approximately 840-mile course covers both sides of the peninsula parallels Highway 1 for nearly half of the race, looping south back to the Pacific and then crossing over to the other side of the peninsula below Puertocitos. The course then heads back North along the Sea of Cortez, past San Felipe paralleling Highway 5 and up to the junction with Highway 3.

The rugged course then parallels Highway 3 traveling west then northwest back into Ojos Negros and the finish line in Ensenada. Pre-running is expected to open near the end of October, allowing competitors nearly three weeks of practice time on the course.

For more information, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com.