La Paz Baja California Sur

There is no huge announcement of the famous "Gentleman, start your engines!" like in Indianapolis for the Indy 500 but the event holds for off roader fans the  same excitement and importance. Often referred to as the "Grand daddy" of all off road races, the 2007 SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 will test the world's toughest off-road racers as they battle the race course for this 40th anniversary edition. An amazing total of 377 vehicles are entered and the length of the course is second only to the SCORE Baja 2000 (a 1,700-mile journey that started the new millennium and was the only other time the race finished in Cabo San Lucas in its legendary history). So we in La Paz get the shorter end of the stick this year but there is plenty of La Paz involvement with team, drivers, riders and support.

This year's memorable, internationally-televised adventure will cover the length of the rugged and tortuous Baja California peninsula —- starting on the Pacific Ocean side, stretching across and down the majestic peninsula to the Sea of Cortez side and back to the Pacific before hugging the coastline to the finish  on the southernmost tip of Baja. Over 400 entries from 40 U.S. States and 15 countries, competing in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs are expected to be part of this year’s 40th anniversary tribute to the world's richest and most famous desert race. The grand daddy of all desert races is the season-finale of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series, the world's foremost desert racing series. There are a couple of sections that have never been run before in the history of this great race and another section that was used only in 2000 so this will be a "course for the ages", said Sal Fish, SCORE CEO and Long time President of the Los Angeles-based SCORE International (founded in 1973). His view of the course? — "Picture an artist’s canvas and imagine painting every type of terrain from petrified rocks to silty sand to high-speed trails to tight-twisty mountain passes and you’ll begin to capture the essence of what this incredible 40th anniversary race course will be like. Without a doubt, history will be made on a course that promises a thousand more SCORE Baja memories." With massive crowds reaching an anticipated 300,000 and spread out along the point-to-point course, the race will start for the 33rd time in Ensenada.

Racing News, almost live will be provided by Baja Quest Racing –an incredible effort by La Paz's New Tek Construction Solutions to build up a race team with significant potential in 3 months time!!! Read all about that and more at Puro Off Road