SCORE International has chosen MasterCraft Safety’s new corporate headquarters in Santee, California to draw starting positions for the 42nd running of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 in Ensenada, B.C., Mexico. Held on April 24th, the drawing will feature a full range of activities to keep race fans entertained all day long. “We haven’t had an open house since we moved to our new facility earlier this month,” explained MasterCraft Safety CEO, Robbie Pierce. “MasterCraft Safety has a strong relationship with SCORE International and we were honored when Sal Fish asked us to host the drawing for the Baja 500 running order.”
MasterCraft Safety’s facility in Santee, located just twenty minutes east of San Diego, is the manufacturing headquarters for the company’s full-line of suspension seats, restraints, race suits and other safety products used by racers, off-road enthusiasts, and military personnel around the world. Additionally, the Santee location is in the center of the off-road racing universe, located directly next to other industry giants such as Fox Racing Shox, AlumiCraft, Racer X Motorsports, Stewart Race Works, and Jimco Racing, the world-class SCORE International chassis builder of the year, 14 years running. The full day of festivities will include vendor booths from Santee’s famous desert racing neighbors, as well as Off-Road Warehouse, Walker Evans Wheels and various other off-road related companies.
A raffle with thousands of dollars worth of prizes will also be held to raise money funds for Fundacion Castro-Limon, an organization that provides cancer treatments for children in Baja who would not normally have access to therapy. Prizes currently include MasterCraft Safety suspension seats and race suit, BFGoodrich tires (set of 4), MSD ignition box, Fox Shox $400 gift certificate, PAC Heating & Air Conditioning A/C service (in San Diego County only), U.S. Wheel Repair $150 gift certificate, Total Chaos Fabrication Upper Control Arm Suspension Kit, and Streamline Forms & Graphics $150 worth of decal printing. More prizes from generous sponsors are being added every day. Tickets will be just $5 each, available at the event on April 24th and prior to the raffle on race-dezert.com.
Additionally, complimentary refreshments will be served while the Locos Mocos and Baja Pit organizations will be once again taking to the grill and serving up delicious carne asada tacos. A small cash donation will be accepted with all proceeds benefiting the Fundacion Castro-Limon. And, in light of the recent 7.2 Easter Day earthquake in Mexicali, MasterCraft Safety has generously offered to match all taco stand cash donations with equal funds for the Mexicali Earthquake Relief Fund.
Festivities, including facility tours and vendor displays, will begin at 10am and starting positions will be drawn from a hat beginning at 1pm, with the drawing expected to last approximately two hours. For those who are unable to attend in person on April 24th, Race-Dezert.com will be setting up a live internet feed from MasterCraft Safety’s Santee headquarters.
Held on June 4th – 6th in beautiful Ensenada, the 42nd annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 is the third race in SCORE International’s 2010 series, which will culminate with the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in November. Last year, the Baja 500 realized a finishing rate of 73%. “Starting position, along with vehicle preparation and pre-running, plays an incredibly important role in the overall scheme of the race,” noted SCORE International President, Sal Fish. For more information regarding the series, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2010 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.
As the leading manufacturer of performance off-road suspension seating, five-point and NASCAR compliant six-point restraints, window nets, and limit straps, MasterCraft Safety’s American-made products can be found not only in the majority of desert racing vehicles, but in short course, NASCAR, military, and rock-crawling as well. MasterCraft Safety’s full-line of performance seating offers both comfort and protection in high “G” load situations and provides an 84% reduction of energy in a 50 G load impact. More information on MasterCraft Safety’s high-quality products can be found by visiting www.mastercraftsafety.com.
