2006 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
November 15-18, 2006
ATV Race Overview

In the Sportsman ATV Class, David McCarroll’s Team secured the win over 17 entries with only 7 teams finishing the 1,047 mile journey from Ensenada, Baja California, to La Paz, BC Sur, Mexico. McCarroll’s Team completed the race in just less than 31 hours and secured the SCORE Desert Series Championship.

GNCC ATV Racer, Richie Brown did the unbelievable and completed the race solo in just less than 40 hours on a Honda TRX450R, which has been reported to be the first solo ATV racer to ever complete the race.

Here are some Quotes about the race from a couple of the Pro ATV race Teams provided by SCORE:

No. 7a Danny Prather (1st Place)
"That was an awesome course! Man, those rocks were gnarly! It was a good time. I just looked back and saw that I had a truck behind me. We just barely beat them…good times!! It was a perfect race. We changed a couple of rear tires to keep them fresh. All the guys did what they need, we came here to win.

Mike Cafro started and took it to Ojos; He gave it to Dana Skreech in Puertecitos; Mike Cafro got back on and took it to Bahia de Los Angeles; Levi Marana took it to San Ignacio; Mark Speath to north of Loreto; I took it Loreto down to Ciudad Insurgentes; Levi got back on to, rode to Santa Rita and I took it from Santa Rita home, back to the finish line.

I knew that the next team was coming. I kept looking back. He was getting close for about the last 30 miles. I could feel him. There’s a fast stretches and I knew he’d be coming in soon. I’m surprised he didn’t catch me earlier. But I’m glad he didn’t, man. I hate getting passed by those guys.

I’ve never won a Baja 1000 and this is by far the best one to win. Going down to La Paz is just awesome. I can’t even explain it.

Everybody had some issues, but we were spared this one and we pulled it off.
It feels good, man. It’s a sweet win, a great win! I’m hoping we win some money!"

No. 4a Jeff Hancock (2nd Place)
Co-driver, Larry Hancock: "It was pretty fun. We had a tight battle for probably the first 500 or 600 miles and we broke an A-arm. Luckily we were close enough to a road we got an A-arm and a front shock in, put that back on but we lost about an hour or an hour and a half. You know, other than that, no major problems all day.

Jeff Hancock started. Kyle Pethens ran through San Felipe. Jeff got back on and ran down to Bahia de Los Angeles. I got on, then Kyle got on. I brought it in the last 100 miles. It was great fun.

The logistics is probably the most challenging part, just getting the trucks coming down. When you’re on a bike, you just ride as fast as you can. That’s all you know how to do. But, you know just getting the stuff where it needs to be. Just having a team that can get that stuff really helps."

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