After a day of qualifying for starting positions for the 2022 SCORE Baja 400, the starting order is now set. A five mile course was laid out similar to last years Baja 400 loop with some minor changes that had a good mix of high speed, tight turns, jumps and technical sections.
First up was the Trophy Truck Spec class where 24 trucks took the green flag to see who would start first in class. Pierce Herbst laid down the fastest lap for the class with the only time under 7 minutes with a 6 Minute, 54 Second run and will start in front of Christopher Polvoorde who was just six seconds behind Herbst.
Third place went to Brock Heger who missed Polvoorde by under a second and Dustin Grawboski and Dan Fresh rounding out the top five. Connor McMullen who is usually in the top of the qualifying field had an unfortunate rollover and will have to start in the back along with two other fast drivers Caydence MacCachren and Jason McNeil who both suffered flats on their runs.
Class 1 just had one person, Brendan Gaughn show up to qualify so…congrats!
The Trophy Truck class is always the most exciting to watch and with a group of heavy hitters all trying to get the top qualifier plenty of action would ensue.
Surprisingly Luke McMillin has never qualified first in Baja but today was his day. Averaging 44.42 mph McMillin was able to beat Bryce Menzies by a mere 6 seconds to take the honor of starting first on Saturday. Jax Redline who was four seconds behind Bryce will start in third and Dan McMillin and Tavo Vildosola are your top 5.
With how tight and technical the qualifying loop was, it was no surprise that in the top ten only two trucks were two wheel drive (Toby Price a madman and Rob Mac the GOAT).
Andy McMillin who has been putting a ton of test time in lately also suffered an early flat tire and he will have to start in the back.
The Baja 400 has already been an interesting event with all the rain that Baja has received lately and it will be an exciting race to watch come Saturday! Be sure to check out SCORE’s live streaming of tech on Friday and the race on Saturday in the race thread here on RDC.
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SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (Unlimited CustomTrucks including Builder)–
TOP QUALIFIER :
1. 83 Luke McMillin, 29, San Diego, Chevy 1500 (Mason), 6 minutes, 37.153 seconds (44.42 miles per hour)
2. 7 Bryce Menzies, 35, Las Vegas, Ford Raptor (Mason), 6:44.582
3. 89 Jax Redline, 22, Amarillo, Texas (DOR-Mike Walser, 55, Comfort, Texas Chevy Silverado (Mason), 6:48.543
4. 23 Dan McMillin, 34, San Diego, Chevy 1500 (Mason), 6:52.491
5. 21 Gustavo Tavo Vildosola, 40, Mexicali, Mexico, Chevy Silverado (Vildosola Racing), 6:53.450
6. 27 Jonathan Brenthel, 43, La Cresta, Calif./Jordan Brenthel, 36, Murrieta, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Brenthel), 6:54.739
7. 46 Toby Price, 34, Australia (DOR-Paul Weel, 43, Australia, Ford Raptor (Geiser), 6:56.354
8. 21L Gustavo Vildosola Sr, 69, Mexicali, Mexico/Ricky Johnson, 58, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., Ford Raptor (Mason), 6:56.750
9. 1 Rob MacCachren, 57, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Geiser), 7:00.043
10. 41 Justin Lofton, 36, Brawley, Calif. (Lockney, Texas), Chevy Silverado (Mason), 7:01.935
11. 37L Rick D. Johnson, 56, Barstow, Calif. (DOR-Rolf Helland, 62, Morris, Ill.), Ford Raptor (Mason), 7:03.372
12. 16 Cameron Steele, 54, San Clemente, Calif./Ryan Arciero, 47, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser), 7:03.604
13. 34 Broc Dickerson, 21, Brawley, Calif., Ford Raptor (TSCO), 7:03.929
14. 85 Mikey Lawrence, 34, Banning, Calif., Ford Raptor (Herbst/Smith), 7:04.423
15. 10 Alan Ampudia, 31, Ensenada, Mexico/Aaron Ampudia, 29, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Raptor (ID), 7:08.352
16. 14 Bobby Pecoy, 58, Anaheim, Calif./Mike Byrd, 47, Parker, Ariz., Ford Raptor (Geiser), 7:10.114
17. 43 Larry Roeseler, 65, Boulevard, Calif., Toyota Tundra (ID), 7:10.391
18. 70 Harley Letner, 39, Corona, Calif. (DOR-Kevin Thompson, 49, New Braunfels, Texas, Chevy Silverado (Herbst/Smith), 7:10.664
19. 69 Andrew Myers, 42, San Marcos, Calif., Toyota Tundra (Herbst/Smith), 7:14.253
20. 19 Pat Dean, 52, Las Vegas (DOR-Tim Herbst, 59, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (Herbst/Smith), 7:21.788
21. 82 Sam Baldi, 57, Beaumont, Calif./Jake Johnson, 44, Yucaipa, Calif., Chevy Silverado (Baldi), 7:27.480
22. 26 Dave Taylor, 48, Page, Ariz., Ford Raptor (Geiser), 7:28.395
23. 58 Tracy Graf, 59, Canada/Justin B. Smith, 38, Las Vegas/Jake Povey, 36, Whitefish, Mont., Chevy Silverado (Racer), 7:28.543
24. 92 Paul Nauleau, 25, Los Gatos, Calif. (France)/Johnny Bickel, 25, Fort Worth, Texas, Chevy Silverado (Brenthel), 7:29.490
25. 6 Dan Myers, 44, Newport Beach, Calif./Jonathan Brenthel, 42, Murrieta, Calif., Toyota Tundra (Brenthel), 7:36.649
26. 98 Jose Mendez, 34, Guadalajara, Mexico/Danny Lopez, Guadalajara, Mexico, Ford Raptor (Geiser), 7:42.805
27. 53L Wade Porter, 55, Durham, Calif., Ford Raptor (Brenthel), 7:44.093
28. 90 Raul Gomez, 43, Placerville, Calif./Sergio Garcia, Chino Hills, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser), 7:53.614
29. 85L Steve Lawler, 62, Upland, Calif., (DOR-Clay Lawrence, 60, Banning, Calif.), Herbst/Smith-Chevy, 8:07.200
30. 31 Andy McMillin, 35, San Diego, Chevy Silverado (Mason), 8:32.380
31. 61L David Payne, 61, St. Louis, Mo./Damon Bradshaw, 50, Peoria, Ariz., Chevy Silverado, 9:06.485
Did Not Qualify 18 JP Gomez, 38, Placerville, Calif., Ford Raptor (Geiser)
DNQ 63 Ruben Torres, 24, San Luis Potosi, Mexico/Gabriel Torres, 29, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Nissan (TSCO)
DNQ 96 Enrique Murillo, 52, La Paz, Mexico/German Alvarez M., 35, La Paz, Mexico, Ford F-150 (TSCO)
DNQ 25L Mark Winkelman, 63, Cedar Hill, Texas/Daniel Gonzalez, 60, Ensenada, Mexico/Rudy Iribe, 54, Chula Vista, Calif./Charles Manchester, 59, Lake Tahoe, Nev./Ted Moncure, 53, Long Beach, Calif., Ford F-150 (Master Design)
(Brenthel)
*SCORE TT LEGEND (Unlimited Custom Trucks, including builder, Drivers over 50 years old)
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (unlimited Truck/SUV, stock, sealed engines)–
TOP QUALIFIER :
1. 264 Pierce Herbst, 20, Las Vegas/Thor Herbst, Las Vegas, Herbst/Smith-Chevy, 6:54.328
2. 204 Christopher Polvoorde, 21, Hemet, Calif., Mason-Ford, 7:00.945
3. 228 Brock Heger, 21, El Centro, Calif. (DOR-Ryan Hancock, 46, Yuma, Ariz.), TSCO-Ford, 7:01.371
4. 272 Dustin Grabowski, 25, Upland, Calif./Cody Wooddruff, 28, Jurupa Valley, Calif., Herbst/Smith-Chevy, 7:11.988
5. 261 Dan Fresh, 55, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jeff Bader, 41, Las Vegas/Dan Fresh Jr, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Brenthel-Chevy, 7:12.681
6. 297 Jorge Sampietro, 31, Ensenada, Mexico/Santiago Creel, 35, Mexico City/Abelardo Ruanova, 40, Ensenada, Mexico, Mason-Chevy, 7:21.999
7. 233 Justin Davis, 29, Chino Hills, Calif./Troy Holes, 48, Victorville, Calif., Brenthel-Chevy, 7:23.358
8. 207 Mason Cullen, 23, Long Beach, Calif./Matt Cullen, 54, Long Beach, Calif., Geiser-Chevy, 7:26.073
9. 238 Elijah Kiger, 22, Kirby, Pa./Jason Coleman, 37, Huntington Beach, Calif., TSCO-Chevy, 7:33.847
10. 269 Santiago Creel, 36, Mexico City (DOR-Guillermo Zamacona, 42, Los Cabos, Mexico, Jimco-Chevy, 7:34.002
11. 225 Kelly McNeil, 59, Mesa, Ariz. (DOR-Mitch McNeil, 31, Mesa, Ariz., Geiser-Ford, 7:36.470
12. 203 Ken Stanick, 53, Canada/Jason Bailey, 50, Canada, Brenthel-Chevy, 7:42.910
13. 213 Karl Ebdrup, 50, Canada/Marc Ebdrup, 47, Canada, Brenthel-Chevy, 7:45.834
14. 278 Carlos Ibarra, 45, Ensenada, Mexico/Moises Marquis, 43, Ensenada, Mexico/Julian Jacquez, 30, Ensenada, Mexico, Ford Raptor (Padmur), 7:48.665
15. 236 Michael Marsal, 34, Millbrook, N.Y./Hudson Hall, 29, New Braunfels, Texas/Chuck Dempsey, 52, Oak Hills, Calif., Brenthel-Chevy, 7:49.028
16. 237 Kossnar Guenther, 18, Mission Viejo, Calif./Mia Lloyd, 18, Blythe, Calif., Brenthel-Chevy, 7:51.614
17. 229 Danny Lopez, 32, Guadalajara, Mexico/Jorge Lopez, Guadalajara, Mexico/Luis Gonzalez, Jimco-Chevy, 8:03.396
18. 266 David Ziegler, 47, Reno, Nev./Paul Ziegler, 51, Reno, Nev., Brenthel-Chevy, 8:08.125
19. 254 Mike Perez, 39, Houston, Brenthel-Chevy, 8:26.122
20. 299 Charles Dorrance, 47, Austin, Texas/Larry Job, 55, Las Vegas/Dylan Herman, Reno, Nev., Geiser-Chevy, 11:42.025
21. 200 Jason McNeil, 44, El Cajon, Calif./Eric Clay, St. George, Utah/Conner McNeil, Mesa, Ariz., TSCO-Chevy, 13:32.843
22. 219 Cayden MacCachren, 20, Las Vegas, (DOR-Christian Sourapas, 25, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Herbst/Smith-Ford14:24.676
23. 273 Jordan Brenthel, 36, Temecula, Calif./Conner McMullen, Brenthel-Chevy, 31:30.182
Did Not Finish 289 Tanner Rust, 32, El Cajon, Calif./Jeff Embree, 51, Austin, Texas, Ford Raptor (Foutz)
DNQ 294 Vincent Munoz, 35, Yucaipa, Calif./Roy Tomkins, 34, Redlands, Calif., FPB-Chevy
