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SCORE 2021 AWARDS NIGHT 12 SHINING MOMENTS—TOP FIVE IN OVERALL POINTS Between Blurton in first and MacCachren in fifth, the other final overall top five overall point leaders were Trophy Truck Spec point champion Jason McNeil in second, and Pro UTV FI competitors Austin Weiland and Brandon Schueler. Ironically, Rob MacCachren's 19-year old son Cayden MacCachren, a SCORE rookie racer, was the second driver for Schueler, finishing one position higher than his famous father in the 2021 SCORE overall point standings. SHINING MOMENTS—SALVATIERRA OVERALL M/C CHAMP X 2 Winning his brutally tough Pro Moto Ironman class for solo riders for the second straight season, Bolivia's Juan Carlos Salvatierra also earned the 2021 SCORE Overall Motorcycle point championship for the second straight year on his No. 725x KTM 450XC-F motorcycle. Overall, he rode solo on two wheels for 2366.55 total miles during the four-race season. After finishing second in the season opener in San Felipe, Salvatierra roared through the field to win his class in the final three races of the year. Salvatierra, 40, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has raced nine years in the Dakar Rally, also mountain biking and triathlons. Considered the most important athlete in the history of Bolivia, in 2011, Salvatierra became the first athlete from Bolivia to race in the Dakar Rally. He is also a nine- time Bolivian National Motocross champion. He capped his incredible season by riding solo on his No. 725x motorcycle in the 54th SCORE Baja 1000 to a winning tedious time of 34 hours, 39 minutes, 13 seconds over the brutally-tough 1226.35-mile race course. SHINING MOMENTS—MCNEIL WINS TROPHY TRUCK SPEC, OVERALL TRUCKS With back-to-back class wins sandwiched between a sixth place to start the season and another sixth place to cap the season, SoCal's veteran Jason McNeil won not only his Trophy Truck Spec class, but also captured the SCORE Overall Truck point title of the four-race 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship. McNeil, 43, of El Cajon, CA, is a veteran SCORE racer, and his FiberwerX team saw McNeil drive his No. 234 Geiser-Chevy solo to victory in both the SCORE Baja 500 and the SCORE Baja 400 in 2021. SHINING MOMENTS—HAGLE TAKES CLASS 10, OVERALL OPEN-WHEEL Ethan Hagle, 29, Somis, CA and his brother Ben Hagle, 32, Somis, CA, (Class 10, No. 1046 Alumi Craft-Chevy) paired up for driving duties and won the last two races of the year (SCORE Baja 400 and SCORE Baja 1000) to win their class and finish 10th in the 2021 SCORE Overall point standings. The also were crowned as the 2021 SCORE Overall Open-Wheel point champions as well with their season point total. And, like Blurton, it was the rookie season in SCORE racing for second-generation SCORE racer Ethan Hagle. SHINING MOMENTS—PARKHOUSE WINS CLASS 1 AGAIN! With help from his co-driving father Brian, Cody Parkhouse, 34, Long Beach, CA, earned his fourth career unlimited Class 1 point title in the 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship. Cody Parkhouse, who won his first three titles in 2012, 2013 and 2020, split the driving this year with his father in their No. 100 Chevy-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car. The son/father duo won their class in this year's SCORE Baja 400 and overcame a rare did not finish in the SCORE Baja 500 with a second-place finish in the season finale to earn their title the 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship. They also finished 21st in overall points for the season. SHINING MOMENTS—SCORE TROPHY TRUCK FINAL POINT LEADERS SCORE Trophy Truck, the marquee racing division in the entire sport of desert racing, had a total of 44 different trucks compete in this year's race series. While MacCachren teamed with Luke McMillin to capture the 2021 SCORE Trophy Truck season point crown, just three points separated the second and third place finishers in the final tally. SCORE 2021 SEASON REVIEW

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