Ensenada: Baja250 venue change, schedule

WHAT:
21st Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 250 Desert Race
Round 2 of the six-race 2007 SCORE Desert Series

WHEN:
Saturday, March 10, 2007

WHERE:
Ensenada to Santo Tomas-Baja California, Mexico (65 miles south of San Diego in Mexico)

WHO:
Race-record of over 375 entries from 15 U.S. States, Mexico, Canada, England, Italy, and New Zealand

COURSE:
TOTAL MILEAGE: 216.23 miles (4 checkpoints). The point to point course, resembling a wrinkled fish hook, heads east out of Ensenada to Ojos Negros, south to Tres Hermanos, El Alamo and east to cross Highway 3 at K77 (racemile 75.83). The course then goes south to cross back over Highway 3 at K120 (rm112.9). It winds west to the Pacific Ocean crossing Highway 1 at K102 (rm157.2) to Cerro Colo, north along the Picturesque up to Erindira and back inland to Santo Tomas.

CHECKPOINTS:
CK1-rm51.2; CK 2-rm85.3; CK 3-rm120.2; CK 4-rm162.3.

PRE/POST RACE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

THURSDAY, March 8--(All times PST)
Racer Registration, San Nicolas Hotel, 2 p.m.-7 p.m.

FRIDAY, March 9--(All times PST)
Racer Registration, San Nicolas Hotel, 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Contingency Row, across from San Nicolas Hotel, 10a.m.-5p.m.
Safety Inspection, end of Contingency Row, 10a.m.-6p.m.
Mandatory Racer Meeting, Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, 7p.m.

SUNDAY, March 11--(All times PST)
Unofficial Results Posted, Lobby, San Nicolas Hotel, 7a.m.
Competition Review Board, San Nicolas Hotel, 8a.m.
Awards Celebration, poolside, San Nicolas Hotel, 10a.m.

START/FINISH:

START-Ensenada (end of Avenida Ruiz)
FINISH-Santo Tomas

RACE DAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (all times PST, Subject to Change)

SATURDAY, March 10
Late Registration & Tech, start line, 5:30 a.m.-11 a.m.

RACE STARTS:
Motorcycles, ATVs-6a.m.; Cars, Trucks-10 a.m.
One Vehicle starts every 30 seconds.

-credit: score