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01/05/2009 - 12:18 PM
Los Angeles, CA
B.J. Baldwin, 2006 and 2007 SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge overall race winner and 2006 and 2008 SCORE Trophy-Truck season point champion, is the favorite for 2009. (SCORE) ยป More Photos
While Southern California’s Ed Stout received the first qualifying spot for the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division, New Mexico desert racer Josh Rigsby got his New Year’s wish as he received the first starting spot in the unlimited Class 1 in Saturday’s computerized drawing for starting positions for this month’s 15th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. The drawing was held at SCORE’s Los Angeles headquarters.
For the 15th straight year, motorsports fans and racers from across the United States, Mexico, Canada and Japan will gather in Laughlin, Nev., the desert resort town near the shores of the Colorado River, for the popular SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. The first major motorsports event of the year will be held Jan. 22-25, launching the five-race 2009 SCORE Desert Series, the
With late entries accepted until race morning, among the other desert racing stars in Saturday’s drawing were Dale Ebberts, B.J. Baldwin and Pat Dean, who between them have won the overall title five of the last six years in Laughlin along with NASCAR Cup Owner/Driver Robby Gordon, NASCAR Truck racer Brendan Gaughan, six-time Laughlin class winner Rob MacCachren, and Terrible Herbst Motorsports drivers Tim Herbst and Troy Herbst.
Besides B.J. Baldwin, R. Gordon and Tim Herbst, among the other SCORE regulars who were also officially entered in time for the drawing in SCORE Trophy-Truck were Brian Collins, Roger Norman/Larry Roeseler, Cameron Steele, Gus Vildosola Jr., Damen Jefferies, Bobby Baldwin, Chad Ragland, Robbie Pierce, Pete Sohren and Bill McBeath.
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