A D ay in the D esert
Methodically
mastering a radically rugged course and a
highly competitive field of challengers, Las Vegas’ Rob MacCachren put on a show with an
assist from co-driver Jason Voss, driving to the
overall and SCORE Trophy Truck victory at the
49th annual SCORE Baja 1000.
The victory in the Granddaddy of all Desert Races gave the veteran MacCachren a
three-peat in one of the world’s toughest, roughest and longest desert races. The daring
duo finished the mentally-draining, physically
grueling, vehicle-destroying 854 mile race
that started and finished in Ensenada in 17
hours, 12 minutes and 58 seconds while averaging a solid 49.63 miles per hour in the
No. 11 Rockstar Energy MacCachren Mo-
The No. 11 Rockstar Energy MacCachren
Motorsports Ford F-150 team celebrates
the victory at the 49th SCORE Baja 1000
torsports Ford F-150. In winning the iconic
desert race for the third straight year, they defeated a field of 270 starters in cars, trucks,
UTVs, motorcycles and quads (31 of which in
the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division for
high-tech, 850-horsepower unlimited production trucks).
In earning the overall victory of the SCORE
Baja 1000, Rob MacCachren recorded his
record 14th career SCORE Trophy Truck race
win and Voss picked up his second career
SCORE Trophy Truck race win. MacCachren
started his tri-fecta run in the SCORE Baja
1000 in 2014 with Andy McMillin and Jason Voss as additional drivers and last year
won his second straight with McMillin. MacCachren, a six-time motorsports All-America
driver who now has nine SCORE Baja 1000
class wins including four overalls, started the
race and drove the first 498 miles, turning over the wheel to the
talented Voss to drive the rest of
the way to the finish line.
Racers from Mexico and Las
Vegas finished second and third
overall: for the second straight
year, Mexico’s Carlos ‘Apdaly’
Lopez of Tecate, who won last
year’s SCORE Trophy Truck season point championship, finished
second in the No. 1 RPM Racing
Chevy Rally Truck splitting driving
with his father Juan C. Lopez in a
time of 17:39:45 with an average speed of 48.38 mph. Third
overall in the new No. 91 Monster Energy
Terrible Herbst Motorspors Ford F-150 were
Troy Herbst and Ryan Arciero, in 17:42:10
at 48.27 mph.