Brabec To Lead Off Tecate SCORE Baja 500

Ricky Brabec has drawn the lead starting spot for the 46th running of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500.

Ricky Brabec has drawn the lead starting spot for the 46th running of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500.

THR Motorsports Kawasaki's Ricky Brabec, shown here at a recent National Hare & Hound event, will be the first motorcycle rider off the starting line in Ensenda, Baja California, Mexico, when the race commences on June 7. PHOTO BY MARK KARIYA.
THR Motorsports Kawasaki’s Ricky Brabec, shown here at a recent National Hare & Hound event, will be the first motorcycle rider off the starting line in Ensenda, Baja California, Mexico, when the race commences on June 7. PHOTO BY MARK KARIYA.

Following last night’s entry draw, THR Motorsports/Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ricky Brabec will be the first motorcycle off the starting line in the upcoming 46th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500, scheduled for June 5-8, in Baja California, Mexico.

Brabec, Oak Hills, California, will be teamed with David Pearson of Panaca, Nevada, and Max Eddy Jr. of Barstow, California. The green flag on Saturday (June 7) will drop first for the motorcycles and ATVs at 6 a.m. and approximately 10:30 a.m. for the cars, trucks and UTVs.

SCORE is celebrating its 41st year as a desert racing organization in 2014, and the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 race is traditionally one of its most popular events. The Tecate SCORE Baja 500 was the original desert race produced by SCORE on July 26, 1974. This year’s event already has over 250 entries, competing in 35 Pro and six Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and ATVs. Entries to date have come from 20 U.S. States along with Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan and Mexico. A total of 144 entries were received in time for Tuesday’s drawing.

46th Tecate SCORE Baja 500
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
June 5-8, 2014
(Entry order, within class)

Pro Motorcycles

Open M/C
4x Ricky Brabec
1x Colton Udall
77x Ray Dal Soglio
19x Rodrigo Valenzuela

Limited M/C
134x Dane Ward

Class 30
310x Mark Winkelman
306x Fred Sobke
349x Francisco Arredondo

Class 40
449x Ezure Tadao
410x Giovanni Spinali
403x Oscar Fazz

Class 50
510x Earl Roberts

SCORE Ironman
706x Kevin Daniels
728x Daniel Stinson

Sportsman M/C

283x Nicola Dutto
290x Stuart Gordon
272x Hisazumi Fukumura
247x Raul Hernandez
271x Akihiro Saito
270x Eizaburo Karasawa
275x Masayuki Kudo
297x Carlos Sanchez-1st RS

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