2023 SCORE World Desert Championship golden anniversary schedule revealed

2023 will mark the fiftieth 12 months of operation for SCORE Worldwide, and the desert racing sanctioning physique intends to have a good time with some slight modifications to the World Desert Championship schedule. Whereas the identical 4 races stay of their respective slots, the season-ending 56th Baja 1000 on 16 November will actually go in the other way by starting in La Paz in Baja California Sur earlier than heading north and ending in Ensenada.

Excluding situations the place it’s a loop, the Baja 1000 usually begins in Ensenada and goes south with La Paz because the vacation spot. By flipping course, the crown jewel race begins in La Paz for the primary time ever, whereas Ensenada is the end line for the twenty-ninth time. Different cities to host the 1000’s begin embrace Mexicali (1972, 1993, 1994), Ojos Negros (1999), Santo Tomas (1998), and Tijuana (1967, 1997). Mexicali (1993 and 1994) and Ojos Negros (1999) have additionally been the positioning of the end, as has Cabo San Lucas in 2000 and 2007.

Rob MacCachren received the general in 2021.

“What a particularly phenomenal treasured treasure all of us have in SCORE Worldwide and to have the ability to be a part of celebrating the Golden anniversary of SCORE in 2023 is extraordinarily humbling and galvanizing for all of us on the identical time,” acknowledged SCORE president and race director Jose A. Grijalva.

“Mexican races are the cornerstone of SCORE and to have all 4 races south of the border for the eighth consecutive season and eighth time in SCORE’s lengthy historical past is a definite honour and an exquisite privilege. We welcome the problem to proceed so as to add to the illustrious SCORE Baja racing legacy. And to complete the season with the long-lasting SCORE Baja 1000 all the time attracts racing extremists from world wide and 2023 can be a one-of-a-kind expertise with the Granddaddy of all Desert Races beginning in La Paz for the primary time and ending in Ensenada.”

The 2023 season begins with the thirty sixth operating of the San Felipe 250, and its week begins on 29 March whereas racing takes place on 1 April. Held within the city of the identical title, it’s the shortest race on the calendar and has hosted the opener since 2013 after claiming the spot from the Laughlin Desert Problem. San Felipe is considered one of two rounds that function qualifying for Trophy Truck, Trophy Truck Legends, Trophy Truck Spec, and Class 1 entries, which can be carried out two days previous to the race. Luke McMillin is the defending total winner.

Ending outcomes from San Felipe set the beginning order for the fifty fifth Baja 500 in Ensenada, which begins on 3 June. MacCachren triumphed in an particularly brutal 2022 Baja 500 two months in the past.

SCORE stays in Ensenada for the third leg with the 4th Baja 400, with racing commencing on 16 September. The outcomes from the 400 will decide the beginning lineup for the 1000. Bryce Menzies received the 2021 version.

Groups that don’t run the 250 or 400 however enter the opposite two occasions will obtain their beginning spots by way of random draw.

2023 SCORE World Desert Championship