Public Voting Yields Three Finalists For Each SCORE Off-Roadsman Awards
To Be Presented During SCORE Awards Night at Atrium Hotel In Irvine, California
SCORE’s 38th Year Culminates With SCORE Off-Roadsman Awards And Presentation of 2011 SCORE Desert Series Class Champions
LOS ANGELES—Following a first-time public, on-line voting by several thousand racers, crews and fans for special SCORE Off-Roadsman awards, SCORE International will announce the winners during the upcoming 2011 SCORE Awards Night on Saturday.
Honoring the world’s foremost desert racing series the event is returning to Southern California for the second consecutive year and will be held at the boutique-style Atrium Hotel in Irvine, California.
At the Atrium Hotel, located adjacent to the John Wayne Airport, nearly 400 SCORE racers, family, friends, crews, sponsors and media will bask in the Southern California sunshine as the SCORE Awards Night will honor the 38-year history and fame of the name which continues as the standard for desert racing worldwide for nearly four decades.
This year will mark the second straight year that the annual SCORE Awards Night has been held at the popular Atrium Hotel and the second time the historic evening has been held in Southern California since 2000.
Individuals as well as manufacturers and organizations will be honored through 11 distinct awards, nine of whose winners were decided by the first-time public, on-line vote. Among the voted SCORE Off-Roadsman awards to be presented are MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Year, SCORE Contingency Company of the Year, SCORE Pit Support Team of the Year, SCORE Mechanic of the Year and SCORE Person of the Year. The two SCORE Off-Roadsman Awards determined by points are the SCORE Engine Builder of the Year and the SCORE Original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer of the Year.
“This was another memorable year in SCORE desert racing history and we look forward to celebrating with those who played such a major role in the achievements of the 2011 SCORE Desert Series,” said Sal Fish, the SCORE CEO/President who has been part of the desert racing organization for nearly four decades. “We are very excited as to how well our first on-line public voting was received for the SCORE Off-Roadsman Awards and are anxious to announce the winners of the nine different awards as well as honor all of our season class point champions.”
In addition to special SCORE Achievement Awards and the 29 Pro, 6 Sportsman class champions and three overall point champions who will be honored in at the Atrium Hotel, another highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the annual SCORE Off-Roadsman Awards.
Also an exciting element of the diverse program will be the presentation of the SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards. As it has for 26 years, the coveted Toyota Milestone Awards are presented to those drivers in four-wheel vehicle classes who finish every required mile-1,762.02 miles-of the 2011 SCORE Desert Series. A total of 21 racers qualified in the five-race 2011 SCORE Desert Series, tying for the second-most in the history of the award. The awards will be presented by Les Unger, Toyota’s National Motorsports Manager.
The evening will include a colorful video/photographic tribute to the 2011 SCORE Desert Series produced by Blue C Advertising, highlighting the still photography of Trackside Photo.
A pre-awards reception will start the festivities at 6:00PM, followed by the dinner, a special tribute to the 2011 SCORE season and presentations at 7:00PM.
Individual ticket reservations as well as reservations for tables of 10, priced at $850 per table, are being accepted through the SCORE offices at 818.225.8402. Individual tickets are $85 each.
For the SCORE weekend, a special SCORE room package has been available at the Atrium Hotel. For $198, based on double occupancy, the SCORE package includes a room for Friday and Saturday nights, December 9-10, four buffet breakfast certificates for Saturday and Sunday in the Waterfalls restaurant. This SCORE Awards room and breakfast package is subject to availability. Also on a space-available basis, room-only rates for Saturday, December 10 only, will be available at a rate of $109. The hotel code for the package is SCORE.
Hotel guests on Saturday, December 10 will also have available complimentary shuttle service to the massive South Coast Plaza retail complex.
2011 SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Finalists
Top 3 Finalists following public vote
(listed alphabetically)
(Winners to be announced at the SCORE Awards Night-Saturday at the Atrium Hotel, Irvine, Calif.)
SCORE Contingency Company
-BFGoodrich Tires
-General Tire
-MasterCraft Safety
SCORE Motorcycle Manufacturer
-American Honda
-Kawasaki
-KTM
SCORE Pit Support Team
-Baja Pits
-BFGoodrich Tires
-JCR Honda
SCORE Mechanic
-Jeff Geiser
-Kevin Kroyer
-Brian Pinard
Judy Smith SCORE Journalist
-Marty Fiolka (Dirt Sports Magazine)
-Gabriel Garcia (El Vigia Newspaper)
-Tim Sanchez (DirtNewz.com)
Jim Ober SCORE Photographer
-Bink Designs (Brian Binkert)
-Hi-Rev Photo (Jason Zindroski)
-My Baja Photo (Alexander Ponce)
Blue C SCORE Videographer
-Cactus Films (Esteban Flores)
-Langley Productions (John Langley)
-Mad Media (Josh Martelli)
MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Year
-Bryce Menzies (SCORE Trophy Truck)
-Jessica McMillin (Protruck)
-Rafael Navarro IV (SCORE Lites)
SCORE Person of the Year
-Johnny Campbell (JCR Honda Racing)
-Frank DeAngelo (BFG Tires)
-Robbie Pierce (MasterCraft Safety)
SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark 702.735.7123, dominiccnv@aol.com