SCORE SPECIALS

SCORE 2021 AWARDS NIGHT 11 SHINING MOMENTS—BLURTON WINS OVERALL, UTV, PRO UTV FI TITLE Climbing the ladder race-by-race, noted Northern California racer Phil Blurton enjoyed his first season competing full-time in SCORE by winning the SCORE Overall, SCORE UTV overall and Pro UTV FI class point championships in the 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship. Starting cautiously with a fourth place in class in the season opener, Burton, of Auburn, CA and his driving teammate Beau Judge, Rockland, CA, finished in second place in each of the next two races and culminated their championship campaign by winning their class in the season-ending legendary SCORE Baja 1000 to earn their season crowns. Blurton, 35, and Judge, 44, may have been rookies in the 2021 SCORE World Desert Championship, but they have been honing their UTV driving skills competitively for over four years before their big splash in this year's SCORE series. Finishing his rookie season in SCORE racing, four-time UTV World Champion Blurton, a second-generation SCORE desert racer, was the driver of record in winning his first SCORE Baja 1000 title and his first overall UTV race win over 62 starters in four UTV classes while winning the Pro UTV FI (Forced Induction) class. He was timed over the formidable 1226.35-mile race course in 26 hours, 58 minutes and 57 seconds in his No. 2944 Can-Am X3. Blurton drove from the start to race-mile 430, Judge drove from race mile 430 to rm 1000 and Blurton got back behind the wheel to drive the final 226 miles. In the legendary SCORE Baja 1000, Blurton had a victory margin in his class that had 29 starters of just under 41 minutes. In their championship season, Blurton/Judge finished fourth in their class in the SCORE San Felipe 250 in April, and second in both the SCORE Baja 500 in June and SCORE Baja 400 in September to stay close in the hunt before pulling off their stunning championship victory in the SCORE Baja 1000. SHINING MOMENTS—SCORE TROPHY TRUCK CHAMPION Celebrating its 28th season as the marquee racing division in the sport, winning the season championship in SCORE Trophy Truck for high-tech, 1000-horsepower unlimited custom trucks was Las Vegas' legendary Hall of Famer Rob MacCachren. He also ended up fifth in the 2021 overall point standings. In a race full of 'SCORE Super Teams', admired as the GOAT in desert racing, MacCachren was driver of record for San Diego's budding youthful super star Luke McMillin as the pair rose above the rest in a field of 299 starters to win the overall and SCORE Trophy Truck title in the iconic season-ending BFGoodrich Tires 54th SCORE Baja 1000, presented by 4 Wheel Parts in November. Starting second physically on the road in the elapsed time race and splitting the driving in McMillin's Big Blue M racing machine all-wheel drive 4 Wheel Parts/BFGoodrich Tires No. 11 Chevy Silverado (built by Mason Motorsports), the dynamic duo patiently worked their way to the front of the pack and finished the beautifully bodacious 1,226.35-mile race down Mexico's majestic Baja peninsula in a stunning time of 20 hours, 45 minutes and 59 seconds with an astonishing average speed of 59.05 miles per hour. MacCachren drove the first 630 miles and McMillin the final 596 miles. One of several 'Super Teams' competing in this race primarily because of the length of the course, Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee MacCachren, 56, stabled his aging two- wheel drive thoroughbred when invited to join the Big Blue M race team for this historic race and drive Luke McMillin's AWD Chevy Silverado built by Mason Motorsports. Using Luke McMillin's No. 1 SCORE Trophy Truck, the McMillin family decided to give the popular 'Mac Attack' a shot at winning another SCORE Trophy Truck season point championship. MacCachren entered the race just two points behind Larry Roeseler so the McMillins graciously allowed MacCachren to be the driver of record and run MacCachren's No. 11 on the No. 1 truck of the McMillins. With a SCORE-record 18 career SCORE Trophy Truck individual race wins, MacCachren, who had 2021 race finishes of sixth, fifth and third entering the season finale, now has record-tying four career SCORE Trophy Truck season point championships (1994, 2007, 2018, 2021). He joins fellow Las Vegas desert racers Ed Herbst/Tim Herbst (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003) and B.J. Baldwin (2006, 2008, 2012, 2013) as the only four-time SCORE Trophy Truck season point champions. SCORE 2021 SEASON REVIEW

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