BFG Tires, Honda, Campbell, Menzies, J. Geiser All big winners at 2011 SCORE Desert S

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BFG Tires, Honda, Campbell, Menzies, J. Geiser
All big winners at 2011 SCORE Desert Series Awards

Baja Pits earns Pit Support Team of the Year,
Jimco repeats in Chassis points, Kroyer repeats in Engine Builder points

IRVINE, Calif.—BFGoodrich Tires, Honda and racer Bryce Menzies and team owner/rider Johnny Campbell were all big winners Saturday as SCORE International officially concluded the five-race 2011 SCORE Desert Series with the annual SCORE Awards Night in SoCal at the Atrium Hotel in Irvine. Among the others earning SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year awards were, Geiser Brothers, Baja Pits and Jeff Geiser.
In front of a festive holiday standing-room-only crowd of nearly 400, the evening was also a celebration of 38 years of SCORE championship desert racing. While saluting the stars of the 2011 SCORE Desert Series, SCORE President/CEO Sal Fish also previewed the 45th anniversary of the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 that will be a challenging run next November down Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula starting in Ensenada, Baja California Norte and finishing in La Paz in Baja California Sur.
BFG Tires, the official tire of SCORE for 36 years was honored as the 2011 SCORE Contingency Company of the Year. It was the 21st time BFG Tires has been voted the SCORE Contingency Company of the Year.
The SCORE Off-Roadsman awards were determined for the first time by a public, online vote for the organization based in Los Angeles. Among the other honorees were the top point leaders from the 2011 SCORE Desert Series, the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Series. Several thousand votes were cast in the week-long voting window in late November following the season-ending 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
Menzies, of Las Vegas, was voted as the 2011 MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Year after winning the marquee SCORE Trophy Truck division with two win and four podium finishes in five races in the No. 70 Menzies Motorsports Ford F-150.
Campbell, of San Clemente, Calif., who owns and rides part-time for the prominent JCR Honda racing team and is an 11-time overall motorcycle winner of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 was honored for the first time as the SCORE Person of the Year.
“What Bryce Menzies accomplished this year, his first full season in the SCORE Desert Series, winning the SCORE overall point championship and the SCORE Trophy Truck title while competing against the world’s best desert racers was nothing less than phenomenal and honoring Johnny Campbell in this way is a very well-earned award for all he means and hast meant to this sport, especially on the motorcycle side,” commented SCORE’s Sal Fish.
American Honda was voted SCORE Motorcycle Manufacturer of the Year for the 24th time and the 15th consecutive year.
Jeff Geiser, recognized along with his brother Rick and the entire Geiser Bros shop in Phoenix, as the top SCORE Trophy Truck builders in the world, was selected the SCORE Mechanic of the Year for the first time. Rick Geiser received this honor both in 2006 and 2010..
“BFGoodrich Tires has been supporting all of desert racing, especially SCORE, for 36 years,” said Fish, “To win the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 once is a major feat, but to capture the world’s most prestigious desert race 20 straight years (1986-2005) and 25 times all together is unbelievable. BFG Tires are the most dominant desert racing tires in the world and we are privileged to be able honor them. They have also started a new streak currently with five consecutive Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 overall victories. BFG’s grassroots support of desert racers is unparalleled. SCORE is deeply humbled to have the relationship with BFG Tires that we have had for over three and a half decades. No motorsport has a more involved nor a more committed sponsor and contingency donor than we have in BFG Tires.”
Mike Julson, of Santee, Calif., who is a SCORE regular co-driver in both SCORE Trophy Truck and the unlimited Class 1, saw his Jimco open-wheel desert race cars win the 2011 SCORE Original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer point championship for the 18th time and 17th straight.
Kroyer Racing Engines of Las Vegas captured the 2011 Engine Builder point championship for the second straight year.
A rugged group of 21 SCORE racers were also honored as 2011 SCORE Toyota Milestone Award winners after finishing all 1,762.02 race miles during the season. Joining Fish in presenting the prestigious awards was Les Unger, Toyota’s National Motorsports manager. It the 26th consecutive year that Toyota has presented this unique awards.
Mexico’s Gabriel Garcia, the motorsports editor of the El Vigia newspaper in Ensenada, was honored for the first time as the Judy Smith SCORE Journalist of the Year, while My Baja Photo (Alexander Ponce) earned the Jim Ober SCORE Photographer of the Year honors for the first time. Presented for this first time this year, winning the new Blue C SCORE Videographer of the Year award was Mexico’s Cactus Films (Esteban Flores).
Baja Pits was honored for the second time in the last three years as the SCORE Pit Support Team of the Year.
Leading the parade of 2011 SCORE Desert Series point champions were the three overall titlists—Las Vegas’ Menzies. (Overall and SCORE Trophy Truck), Mike Johnson, El Paso, Texas (Overall motorcycle and Class 30) and Brandon Brown, Umatilla, Ore. (Overall ATV and Class 24).
Sal Fish also announced Saturday night that November's 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 will be featured Sunday (Dec. 11) in a special segment on the World of Adventure Sports on NBC TV. Airtime is 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and 11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
SCORE opens its five-race 2012 SCORE Desert Series Jan. 13-15 in Southern Nevada with the first two round of the season at the 18th Annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge.
SCORE International, founded in 1973 by the late Mickey Thompson and headed by Sal Fish since 1974, continues today as the premier sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. SCORE races feature 29 Pro and two Sportsman classes for cars and trucks in the U.S. with seven additional Pro and four more Sportsman classes for motorcycles and ATVs competing in the races in Mexico. SCORE races in the U.S. average 150 entries while the average in Mexico, with motorcycle and ATV classes running as well as the cars and trucks is nearly 300.
Tecate Beer was the title sponsor of the 44th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
Official Sponsors of the SCORE Desert Series are:
-BFGoodrich Tires, Official Tire
-Volkswagen of America, Official Vehicle
-Sunoco Race Fuels, Official Race Fuel
-Slime, Official Tire Sealant
-Symons Ambulance Company, Official Ambulance
-Bilstein, Official Shock Absorber
-Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, Official Mexican Auto Insurance
Official Sponsors of the SCORE Baja 1000 are:
-Coca-Cola, Official Soft Drink
-Volaris Airlines, Official Airline
-Lightforce Performance Lighting, Official Driving Light
Additional SCORE Sponsors are - Proturismo Ensenada, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, Las Vegas Events, Blue C Advertising, SignPros, PCI Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the SCORE Desert Series at Score International Off Road Racing.
2011 SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Award Winners
SCORE Contingency Company of the Year—BFGoodrich Tires
SCORE Motorcycle Manufacturer of the Year—American Honda
SCORE Mechanic of the Year—Jeff Geiser, Geiser Bros.
SCORE Pit Support Team of the Year—Baja Pits
Judy Smith SCORE Journalist of the Year—Gabriel Garcia, El Vigia
Jim Ober SCORE Photographer of the Year—My Baja Photo (Alexander Ponce
Blue C SCORE Videographer of the Year—Cactus Films (Esteban Flores)
SCORE Rookie of the Year—Bryce Menzies, SCORE Trophy Truck
Person of the Year—Johnny Campbell, JCR Honda Racing
*Original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer—Jimco
*Engine Builder—Kroyer Racing Engines

*Determined by points, others open, on-line voting

All-time SCORE Off-Roadsman Award Winners
Current Awards
(1974 thru 2010, voted by SCORE membership, 2011 open, on-line voting)
SCORE CONTINGENCY COMPANY of the Year
1977—NGK Spark Plugs
1978—Pennzoil
1979—BFGoodrich Tires
1980—Rough Country
1981—Bridgestone
1982—BFGoodrich Tires
1983—BFGoodrich Tires
1984—BFGoodrich Tires
1985—TIE-BFGoodrich Tires
& Yokohama Tires
1986—Yokohama Tires
1987—BFGoodrich Tires
1988—Yokohama Tires
1989—Yokohama Tires
1990—Yokohama Tires
1991—Yokohama Tires
1992—Yokohama Tires
1993—BFGoodrich Tires
1994—BFGoodrich Tires
1995—BFGoodrich Tires
1996—BFGoodrich Tires
1997—BFGoodrich Tires
1998—Duralast Batteries
1999—BFGoodrich Tires
2000—BFGoodrich Tires
2001—BFGoodrich Tires
2002—BFGoodrich Tires
2003—BFGoodrich Tires
2004—BFGoodrich Tires
2005—BFGoodrich Tires
2006—BFGoodrich Tires
2007—BFGoodrich Tires
2008—Volkswagen of America
2009—BFGoodrich Tires
2010—Sunoco
2011—BFGoodrich Tires

SCORE MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURER of the Year
1974—Husqvarna
1975—American Honda
1976—Husqvarna
1977—Husqvarna
1978—Husqvarna
1979—Husqvarna
1980—Yamaha
1981—American Honda
1982—American Honda
1983—American Honda
1984—American Honda
1985—American Honda
1986—American Honda
1987—American Honda
1988—American Honda
1989—Kawasaki
1990—Kawasaki
1991—Kawasaki
1992—Kawasaki
1993—Kawasaki
1994—Kawasaki
1995—Kawasaki
1996—Kawasaki
1997—American Honda
1998—American Honda
1999—American Honda
2000—American Honda
2001—American Honda
2002—American Honda
2003—American Honda
2004—American Honda
2005—American Honda
2006—American Honda
2007—American Honda
2008—American Honda
2009—American Honda
2010—American Honda
2011—American Honda

SCORE MECHANIC of the Year
1974—Scott McKenzie
1975—Dick Russell
1976—Jim Fueling
1977—Scott McKenzie
1978—Scott McKenzie
1979—Scott McKenzie
1980—Bill Stroppe
1981—Tom Strong
1982—Bill Stroppe
1983—Bill Stroppe
1984—Bill Stroppe
1985—Bill Stroppe
1986—Randy Anderson
1987—NONE SELECTED
1988—Jon Nelson
1989—Russ Wernimont
1990—Call Wells III
1991—Ivan Scoppertone
1992—Russ Wernimont
1993—Russ Wernimont
1994—Russ Wernimont
1995—Curt LeDuc
1996—Steve Silverthorn
1997—NONE SELECTED
1998—Mike Smith
1999—Mike Smith
2000—Mike Smith
2001—Mike Stapleton
2002—Barry Beacham
2003—Mike Smith
2004—John Hoffman
2005—Mark Cowan
2006—Rick Geiser
2007—Jim Blackmore
2008—Andy McGaw
2009—Mike Stapleton
2010—Rick Geiser
2011—Jeff Geiser

SCORE PIT SUPPORT TEAM of the Year
(PIT CREW CHIEF—1974-76)
1974—Bill Mears
1975—Jack Miller
1976—Steve Kassanyi
1977—Checkers
1978—F.A.I.R.
1979—Checkers
1980—Budweiser
1981—Budweiser
1982—BFGoodrich Tires
1983—Checkers
1984—BFGoodrich Tires
1985—TIE-Checkers & F.A.I.R.
1986—Spirit Racing
1987—BFGoodrich Tires
1988—BFGoodrich Tires
1989—BFGoodrich Tires
1990—Sage Council
1991—BFGoodrich Tires
1992—BFGoodrich Tires
1993—Checkers
1994—BFGoodrich Tires
1995—BFGoodrich Tires
1996—BFGoodrich Tires
1997—BFGoodrich Tires
1998—BFGoodrich Tires
1999—BFGoodrich Tires
2000—BFGoodrich Tires
2001—BFGoodrich Tires
2002—BFGoodrich Tires
2003—BFGoodrich Tires
2004—BFGoodrich Tires
2005—BFGoodrich Tires
2006—BFGoodrich Tires
2007—BFGoodrich Tires
2008—BFGoodrich Tires
2009—Baja Pits
2010—BFGoodrich Tires
2011—Baja Pits

MASTERCRAFT SAFETY SCORE ROOKIE of the Year
1974—Frank Vessels
1975—Carroll Ditson
1976—Jackie Thomison
1977—Jerry Boone
1978—Jim Jacobus
1979—Dixie Hawkins
1980—Ray Encabo
1981—Malcolm Vinje
1982—Roger Mortenson
1983—Mike Falkosky
1984—John Clark Gable
1985—Rob Tolleson
1986—Brian Stewart
1987—Robby Gordon
1988—Doug Fortin
1989—Scott Reams
1990—Charlie Townsley
1991—Dan Smith
1992—Brian Goodrich
1993—Ricky Johnson
1994—Tom Rusich
1995—Jimmie Johnson
1996—TIE-Chuck Harris
& Tom Dittfield
1997—John Herder
1998—Bekki Freeman
1999—Jared Hardin
2000—Jeremy Spirkoff
2001—Jason Hunter
2002—Alan Pflueger
2003—Brian Ickler
2004—Andy McMillin
2005—Caleb Gaddis
2006—Garron Cadiente
2007—Eric Chase
2008—Lee Banning
2009—Brian Wilson
2010—Luke McMillin
2011—Bryce Menzies

SCORE PERSON of the Year
1974—Walt Lott
1975—Doc Sauers
1976—Ivan Stewart
1977—Jim McCullick
1978—Quico Santana
1979—Hal Harris
1980—Malcolm Smith
1981—Joe MacPherson
1982—Athene Karis
1983—Walker Evans
1984—Ivan Stewart
1985—Frank DeAngelo
1986—Walker Evans
1987—Bob Steinberger
1988—Walt Lott
1989—Evans Evans
1990—Michael Gaughan
1991—Peri Comb
1992—Dan Newsome
1993—Michael Gaughan
1994—Jimmy Smith
1995—Danny Hamel
1996—Dan Newsome
1997—Joe MacPherson
1998—Dan Newsome
1999—Larry Roeseler
2000—Bob Steinberger
2001—Debbie Dickerhoof
2002—Jeff Quinn
2003—TIE-Mike Julson
& Corky McMillin
2004—Ed Herbst
2005—Corky McMillin (posthumously)
2006—Cameron Steele
2007—Cameron Steele
2008—Rob MacCachren
2009—Robby Gordon
2010—Robbie Pierce
2011—Johnny Campbell

JUDY SMITH SCORE JOURNALIST of the Year
1975—Jean Calvin
1976—Sam Wilshire
1977—Sam Wilshire
1978—Judy Smith
1979—Steve Kassanyi
1980—Judy Smith
1981—Jean Calvin
1982—Judy Smith
1983—Jean Calvin
1984—Jean Calvin
1985—Jean Calvin
1986—Jean Calvin
1987—Jim Short
1988—Jean Calvin
1989—Jean Calvin
1990—Jean Calvin
1991—Judy Smith
1992—Judy Smith
1993—Tony Tellier
1994—Jean Calvin
1995—NONE SELECTED
1996—Judy Smith
1997—Jean Calvin
1998—Judy Smith
1999—Judy Smith
2000—Judy Smith
2001—Judy Smith
2002—Judy Smith
2003—Judy Smith
2004—Judy Smith
2005—Judy Smith
2006—Marty Fiolka
2007—Judy Smith
2008—John Calvin
2009—Tim Sanchez
2010—Tim Sanchez
2011—Gabriel Garcia

JIM OBER SCORE PHOTOGRAPHER of the Year
1975—Dave Cody
1976—Trackside
1977—Ariz. Comp. Photos
1978—Trackside
1979—Trackside
1980—Trackside
1981—Action Photo
1982—Trackside
1983—Trackside
1984—Trackside
1985—Trackside
1986—Trackside
1987—ESPN
1988—Trackside
1989—Trackside
1990—Carrera
1991—Carrera
1992—Carrera
1993—Carrera
1994—Carrera
1995—NONE SELECTED
1996—Carrera
1997—Carrera
1998—Carrera
1999—Carrera
2000—Trackside
2001—Carrera
2002—Trackside
2003—Trackside
2004—Trackside
2005—Trackside
2006—HighRev Photo
2007—Trackside Photo
2008—Durka Durka Photo
2009—HighRev Photo
2010—HighRev Photo
2011—My Baja Photo

Blue C SCORE Videographer of the Year
2011—Cactus Films

SCORE ORIGINAL BUGGY CHASSIS MANUFACTURER of the Year
1974—Funco
1975—Hi-Jumper
1976—Chenowth
1977—Chenowth
1978—Chenowth
1979—Funco
1980—Funco
1981—Funco
1982—Raceco
1983—TIE-Chenowth & Raceco
1984—Raceco
1985—Raceco
1986—Raceco
1987—Raceco
1988—Chenowth
1989—Chenowth
1990—Chenowth
1991—Chenowth
1992—Jimco
1993—Mirage
1994—Chenowth
1995—Jimco
1996—Jimco
1997—Jimco
1998—Jimco
1999—Jimco
2000—Jimco
2001—Jimco
2002—Jimco
(By Points since 2003)
2003—Jimco
2004—Jimco
2005—Jimco
2006—Jimco
2007—Jimco
2008—Jimco
2009—Jimco
2010—Jimco
2011—Jimco

SCORE ENGINE BUILDER of the Year
1974—Lee Leighton
1975—Brian Skipper
1976—Lee Leighton
1985—FAT Performance
1986—Keith Black
1987—Louis Unser
1988—Mike Evans
1989—Mike Evans
1990—FAT Performance
1991—FAT Performance
1992—Major Performance
1993—FAT Performance
1994—Wik’s Racing
1995—FAT Performance
1996—FAT Performance
1997—FAT Performance
1998—Wik’s Racing
1999—Wik’s Racing
2000—Wik’s Racing
2001—Wik’s Racing
2002—Dave Bonner
(By Points since 2003)
2003—Major Performance
2004—FAT Performance
2005—FAT Performance
2006—Major Performance
2007—Major Performance
2008—Major Performance
2009—FAT Performance
2010—Kroyer Racing Engines
2011—Kroyer Racing Engines