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SCORE 2021 AWARDS NIGHT 9 STUNNING, SUPERLATIVE 'SHINING MOMENTS' ALL REFLECT FOUR-RACE 2021 SCORE WORLD DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP BY DOMINIC CLARK, SCORE MEDIA OPERATIONS DIRECTOR AWARDS AWARDS 2021 2021 ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—Rapidly recovering from the pandemic- abbreviated two-race 2020 season, the four-race 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship produced many lasting memories and shining moments that are clearly a testimony to the resilience, dedication, determination and intestinal fortitude of people everywhere. They all add to the growing legacy of SCORE International, which completed its 48th year as the World's Foremost Racing Organization in 2021. Still working under the lingering issues of the pandemic, the 2021 SCORE racing season will remain a tribute to the cooperative effort to work within the BioSecurity protocols demanded by the horrible virus and still afford the continuing opportunity for the extremely positive benefits of organization, teamwork, competition, creativity and camaraderie that are key elements of motorsports, albeit life, worldwide. SHINING MOMENTS—ORGANIZATION What SCORE did in working through all of the issues involved with another pandemic year to be able to produce extremely well its normal four events while diligently working through the necessary elements involved with producing these major special events in Mexico was nothing short of phenomenal. The success of the 2021 season was significantly enhanced by all of the governmental agencies and police groups that provided significant direction and assistance to SCORE. Leading and overseeing all of the amazing efforts by the SCORE staff were Jose A. Grijalva, SCORE President/Race Director and Juan Tintos Funcke, SCORE General Manager. Included in the primary group assisting Grijalva and Funcke with myriad details were SCORE Administrator Marco Durazo; SCORE Marketing and Sales Director Jim Ryan; SCORE Media Operations Director Dominic Clark; SCORE Assistant Race Director Rodolfo Fernandez Alcantara; SCORE Registration/Member Services Coordinator Eduardo Kawanishi; SCORE Contingency Vendor/Mexico Registration Director, Jacky Rocha; SCORE Course Personnel Director Hector Ponce and SCORE Logistics Director David Duenas.Also part of the SCORE 'A Team' this year that helped organize, plan and then implement the Protocol and Rescue Plan were Miguel Ceballos of Cruz Roja Mexicana and Rigoberto Loyoza of BRL (Baja Rescue Logistics). Without the commitment and diligent work of this SCORE core group, there would not have been a 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship at all. SHINING MOMENTS—SCORE COMMENTS "There was a silver lining to the continuing pandemic tragedy in 2021 and one of them was how our SCORE staff stepped up, rallied together with the full cooperation and complete assistance from the Mexican government to create a platform that would allow us to hold all four of the prestigious events of the SCORE World Desert Championship in a safe and successful way," stated Grijalva. "We can't thank our dedicated staff, most of whom are volunteers, for all of their hard work, energy and cooperative spirit." "We also want to sincerely thank the racers and their crews who gallantly journeyed to Baja and whose undying efforts were displayed in four of the most amazing races SCORE has ever held. And they were all held again in the most unusual circumstances ever." SCORE 2021 SEASON REVIEW

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