ENSENADA, Mexico — Preparing to start the new year in a dynamic way, tickets are still available for next Saturday’s annual SCORE Awards Night. SCORE International will celebrate at the transformed SCORE Tech Shop in El Cajon, Calif., just east of San Diego.
At the SCORE Awards night, nearly 400 SCORE racers, family, friends, crews, sponsors and media will bask in the Southern California sunshine to honor the history and fame of the name which is the standard for desert racing worldwide while celebrating the four-race 2016 SCORE World Desert Championship.
A pre-awards reception will start the festivities at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner, a special tribute to the 2016 SCORE season and presentations starting at 7 p.m.
The SCORE Tech Shop is located at 9434 Bond Avenue in El Cajon, just off of Interstate 8.
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“These evenings are always very special,” said Roger Norman, SCORE CEO/President. “It is a great time for racers, families and crews to get together and celebrate another amazing SCORE racing season. We have completed our fourth year overseeing this international treasure we call SCORE and the SCORE Tech Shop will be transformed to provide a very fitting environment to honor the achievements of the world’s greatest desert racers.”
TASTY TICKETS
Tickets priced at $80 each, are being solid online at…Order SCORE Awards Night Tickets Here or by calling the Elise Norman, SCORE Vice-President at 775.690.2306. Payment may also be made by check sent to the SCORE International Reno, Nevada, USA office. Arrangements through Mrs. Norman may also be made to reserve tables of eight or 10 guests.
AWESOME AWARDS
In addition to the special SCORE Achievement Awards and the Pro and Sportsman classes that qualified racers for class season championships along with five overall point champions who will be honored. Another highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Awards.
There will also be a presentation for the SCORE Baja Triple Crown Award winners, honoring the nine racers who have earned the overall victory in all three traditional SCORE Baja races—SCORE San Felipe 250, SCORE Baja 500 and the SCORE Baja 1000.
Individuals as well as manufacturers and organizations will be honored through eight distinct SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Awards. Winners are decided by several thousand SCORE fans through online voting including the entire SCORE membership of more than 2,500. Among the awards to be presented are SCORE Rookie of the year, SCORE Contingency Company of the year, SCORE Pit Support Team of the year, SCORE Mechanic of the year and SCORE Person of the year.
Another element of the diverse program for the evening will be the presentation of the 2016 Red Kap SCORE Milestone Awards. As it has for 31 years, the coveted SCORE Milestone Awards are presented to those racers who finish every required mile of the 2016 SCORE World Desert Championship. A total of 31 racers completed all 1,709.92 required miles in the four-race 2016 SCORE World Desert Championship.
Five manufacturer point championships will also be awarded at the event for engine builder, original buggy chassis manufacturer, original truck chassis manufacturer, motorcycle manufacturer and UTV manufacturer for the 2016 SCORE World Desert Championship.
The evening will include a colorful video/photographic tribute to the 2016 SCORE World Desert Championship produced by BCII TV, SCORE Live and GetSomePhoto.
This year will mark the third consecutive year that the annual SCORE Awards Night has been held at the SCORE Tech Shop and the eighth time the historic evening will be held in Southern California since 2000, when it was held at Joe’s Garage automotive museum in Tustin, Calif. It will also be the seventh consecutive year in SoCal for the popular event.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship at www.SCORE-International.com.