Colton Udall, San Clemente, Calif., and Dave Kamo, Caldwell, Idaho, by exactly 10 minutes as Udall/Kamo received time penalties for violations. Their times were the fastest of all vehicles on the course.
It was the second straight overall SCORE Baja 500 race win for Norman and Cody. Norman now has five career race wins in this event in the last six years. It was the second triumph for Cody. Udall was teamed with Kamo for the first time as Johnny Campbell Racing dedicated the race to the memory of Udall’s former teammate Jeff Kargola, who died recently following a motorcycle riding accident in Baja. In Saturday’s race, the two JCR Honda vehicles actually crossed the finish line together, before Norman/Cody were declared official winners on Sunday morning. Udall and Norman were on their respective bikes at the finish.
Finishing fourth overall and in SCORE Trophy-
Truck was Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., with a time of 9:25:09 in the No. 84 Flying Dutchmen Racing Chevy Silverado. Completing the top five overall 4-wheel vehicles and fifth in SCORE Trophy-Truck was the brother team of Gary and Mark Weyhrich, Troutedale, Oregon, with a time of 9:26:59 in their No. 98 TSCO Motorsports Ford F-150. Winning the Overall ATV title and Class 24 was the team of Brandon Brown, Umatilla, Ore./Jorie Williams, Longview, Wash./Kenny Sanford, Tacoma, Wash./Robbie Mitchell, Price, Utah/ Christopher Kristensen, Vancouver, Wash., who worked together on their Honda TRX450R to cover the course in11:05:34, averaging 40.82mph. In his rookie season racing with SCORE, Menzies, 23, opened the season by winning the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in January and backed that up with a sixth-place finish in March’s
MasterCraft Safety SCORE San Felipe 250 before his second SCORE Trophy-Truck victory at the Baja 500. His first SCORE race was last year’s Baja 500 where he finished seventh. “The crew did an awesome job,” commented Menzies after the race. “Every time I was in the pit it was just 30 or 40 seconds. When I got up to Borrego I made one mistake and hit a huge rock and we thought we broke a caliper off the truck but we stopped and checked it out. It was good so we kept going. Our goal is to win the championship this year.”
“This win gives us a huge jump on the points. I didn’t have one flat all day long. No bent rims, no nothing. I was down here pre-running for close to two weeks so I think that paid off huge. I couldn’t be happier than I am right now. We’ve been doing a lot of testing with the truck and it is showing. The summit was real rocky but we just cruised over it and got to Borrego and let it fly from there.” Menzies’ win was also the 28th overall 4-wheel victory win in this race for BFGoodrich Tires, defeating an impressive field of 28 starters Saturday in the marquee SCORE Trophy-Truck division for high-tech, 850-horsepower unlimited production trucks.
Earning his second straight top 10 finish in SCORE Trophy-Truck was reality TV star Jesse James, Austin, Texas, in the No. 54 Chevy Silverado. James was also 13th overall. In San Felipe, James finished eighth overall and in SCORE Trophy-Truck.
Winning the unlimited Class 1 and finishing seventh overall among 4-wheel vehicles was the talented team of Steven Eugenio, Alpine, Calif./ Adam Pfankuch, Oceanside, Calif., in their debut
Continued on next page 404X Todd Lopez, fourth Class 40 and 258X Carlos Valdez, third Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc SCORE Baja 500 All-time Overall winners
1969—Bud Ekins/Guy Jones, Baja Boot-Olds Doug Douglas/Jim McClurg, Ducati
1970—Parnelli Jones, Ford Bill Silverthorn/Gene Fetty, Husqvarna
1971—Bobby Ferro, Funco-VW Malcolm Smith/J.N. Roberts, Husqvarna
1972—Bobby Ferro, Sandmaster-VW Gene Fetty/Bill Silverthorn, Honda
1973—Parnelli Jones, Ford Howard Utsey/Mickey Quade, Husqvarna
1974—Bobby Ferro, Sandmaster-VW Mitch Mayes/A.C. Bakken, Husqvarna 1975—Ivan Stewart, Funco-VW
Larry Roeseler/Bruce Ogilvie, Harley-Davidson
1976—Bobby Ferro/Ivan Stewart, Funco-VW Larry Roeseler/A.C. Bakken, Husqvarna
1977—Ivan Stewart, Chenowth-VW Larry Roeseler/Jack Johnson, Husqvarna
Chris Kemp, 14th Class 1
1978—Bud Feldkamp/Malcolm Smith, Funco-VW Brent Wallingsford/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1979—Malcolm Smith/Bud Feldkamp, Funco-VW Jack Johnson, Husqvarna
1980—Bob Gordon, Chenowth-Chevy Bruce Ogilvie/Chuck Miller, Yamaha
1981—Malcolm Smith/Bill Newbury, Chenowth-Chevy Larry Roeseler/Bruce Ogilvie, Yamaha
1982—Larry Ragland, Funco-VW Larry Roeseler/Chuck Miller, Yamaha
1983—Corky & Scott McMillin, Chenowth-VW Dan Ashcraft, Husqvarna
1984—Larry Ragland, Chaparral-VW Dan Smith/Dan Ashcraft, Husqvarna
1985—Ron Gardner/Bud Feldkamp, Funco-VW Kurt Pfeiffer/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1986—Corky & Scott McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche Garth Sweetland/Scot Harden, Husqvarna
1987—Bob Gordon/Tim Crabtree, Chenowth-Porsche Larry Roeseler/Ted Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1988—Mark McMillin, Chenowth-Porsche Dan Ashcraft/Kurt Pfeiffer, Yamaha
1989—Robby Gordon, Ford (no motorcycles) 1990—Robby Gordon, Ford
Damen Jefferies, third Class 1, 15th overall
Larry Roeseler/Danny LaPorte, Kawasaki 1991—Ivan Stewart, Toyota
Garth Sweetland/Paul Krause, Kawasaki
1992—Ivan Stewart, Toyota Larry Roeseler/T. Hunnicutt Jr./P. Krause, Kawasaki
1993—Ivan Stewart, Toyota Danny Hamel/L. Roeseler/T. Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1994—Ivan Stewart, Toyota (Trophy-Truck) Dave Ashley/Dan Smith, Ford
Paul Krause/Ted Hunnicutt Jr., Kawasaki
1995—Curt LeDuc, Jeep (Trophy-Truck) Mike Julson/Bob Lofton, Jimco-VW Paul Krause/Craig Smith, Kawasaki
1996—Rob MacCachren, Ford (Trophy-Truck) Troy Herbst, Smithbuilt-Porsche
Paul Krause/Ty Davis, Kawasaki
1997—Ivan Stewart, Toyota (Trophy-Truck) Mark McMillin, Jimco-Porsche Johnny Campbell/Bruce Ogilvie, Honda
1998—Ivan Stewart, Toyota Johnny Campbell/Bruce Ogilvie, Honda
1999—Ivan Stewart, Toyota Jonah Street/Torsten Borstrom, Honda
2000—Larry Ragland, Chevy Jonah Street/Steve Hengeveld, Honda
2001—Mark McMillin, Jimco-Chevy Steve Hengeveld/Jonah Street, Honda
2002—Troy Herbst/Larry Roeseler, Smithbuilt-Ford Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2003—Troy Herbst/Larry Roeseler, Smithbuilt-Ford Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2004—Alan Pflueger, Chevy Steve Hengeveld/Johnny Campbell, Honda
2005—Robby Gordon, Chevy Mike Childress/Mouse McCoy, Honda
2006—Brian Collins/Larry Ragland, Chevy Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda
2007—Larry Ragland/Brian Collins, Chevy Robby Bell/Kendall Norman/Steve Hengeveld, Honda
2008—B.J. Baldwin, Chevy Robby Bell/Kendall Norman, Honda
2009—Rick D. Johnson, Ford
Bill Boyer/Donnie De Arman/Nicholas Blais/ Rudy Iribe, Honda
2010—Andy McMillin/Scott McMillin, Ford Kendall Norman/Quinn Cody, Honda
2011—Bryce Menzies, Ford Kendall Norman/Quinn Cody, Honda
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