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2009 SCORE BAJA 1000 ATV / UTV Race Report
November 19-21 - Ensenada, Mexico, 672.85 miles

Wayne Matlock, Harold Goodman, Justin Caster - Honda TRX 700XX  - Score International San Felipe ATV Race
1A Harold Goodman, Wes Miller, Wayne Matlock & Josh Caster claim 2nd straight SCORE BAJA 1000 Pro ATV Win & Class Championship
Ensenada, Mexico (11/29/2009) – After years of scanning the Internet and awaiting phone call updates from the SCORE BAJA 1000 from my home in Maryland, I finally made the long journey cross country and down to Mexico with the 1a Matlock Racing Team to experience the BAJA 1000 first hand chasing after the 1a team of Wayne Matlock, Harold Goodman, Wes Miller, and Josh Caster as they went on to win their 6th consecutive Overall ATV victory in the SCORE series and their 2nd straight BAJA 1000 Overall ATV win on the Honda TRX 700XX.

I arrived in Ensenda, Mexico on Thursday, just before sunset and as the Contingency day in the city was wrapping up with all the race teams driving through town for Tech Inspection prior to the start of the race early Friday morning, and the city streets wer packed with spectators and high powered race machines prepared to conquer the 672.85 mile off-road loop through the BAJA peninsula.

SCORE BAJA 1000 ATV / UTV Racing
SCORE BAJA 1000 ATV / UTV Racing
The streets of Ensenda, Mexico are packed on Contingency Day for a glimpse at the race machines along with the many dancers including the Coca-Cola ladies

By 5AM, Friday morning, the entire Matlock Racing Team was up and preparing to head out with Wayne Matlock heading to the starting line in downtown Ensenda while rest of the team headed to various points along the loop waiting for their turn on the track.

SCORE BAJA 1000 ATV / UTV Racing
SCORE BAJA 1000 ATV / UTV Racing
All the racers line up along the street in their assigned spot waiting for their time to start the race, and for the 2008 Class 24 Champions, the 100a of Craig Christy started the race

The Pro Motorcycles were the first off the line, and the Pro ATVs left the starting line at 7AM with the 2a Yamaha Raptor team leading the way off the starting line, and 30 seconds later, Wayne Matlock left the line on the 1a Honda TRX 700XX with each ATV released with a 30 second gap between each of them.

SCORE BAJA 1000 ATV / UTV Racing
SCORE BAJA 1000 ATV / UTV Racing
1a Wayne Matlock appears through the dust as he heads to the pits to swap with Josh Caster bat Ojos Negros
6a Nick Nelson wrecked in the first 40 miles, so they needed to make adjustments before Jorie Williams heads out of the pits

By the time Matlock left the line, I was already on my way to Ojos Negros near the 40 mile mark with Josh Caster to take over for Matlock, and by 8AM, Matlock appeared through the dust leading the way followed by the 5a Mexican Team lead by Felipe Velez and 4a Team lead by 4a Greg Row. Several minutes later, the 6a lead by Nick Nelson came into the pits, and he had already suffered a wreck, which sent him over the bars, so after a quick look over, Jorie Williams took over for Nelson.
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