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SCORE San Felipe 250 and Baja 500 postponed
In keeping with so many other forms of motorsports, SCORE today announced the postponement of this weekend’s SCORE San Felipe 250 due to the international COVID-19 health emergency. A new date of May 9 has been announced for the popular race, which takes places each year on the shores of Baja’s Sea of Cortez in the small town of San Felipe.
The news comes as a surprise to many, as just last week SI’s Roger Norman told RACER that the event would take place as scheduled. Many racers are already in the San Felipe area pre-running the planned race course, and SCORE had taken additional measures to ensure participants could compete without holding the mandatory Driver’s Meeting or Technical Inspection, both of which draw huge crowds.
According to a statement released by SCORE International, Mexico’s Federal Government issued a national decree of safe distancing to be in effect from March 23 through April 19, and mandated the rescheduling or canceling of all non-essential events of 5,000 people or more in the entire country of Mexico.
Additionally, SCORE has announced a date change for the 52nd SCORE Baja 500 race week from June 3-7 to June 16-21.
“In order to provide teams with as much time as possible to prepare between races, we have also rescheduled this year’s SCORE Baja 500,” stated Jose A. Grijalva, SCORE President/Race Director. “We sincerely appreciate the patience, support and understanding from all of our racers and sponsors as well as the coordination with Mexican Federal, State and Municipal authorities. (Given) the circumstances that have impacted day-to-day activities around the World, SCORE International has determined that these changes are the best options for everyone involved.”
No official word yet as to the Mexican government’s travel restrictions altering plans for next month’s Yokohama NORRA Mexican 1000, but if these dates are correct, NORRA would also have to reschedule its premiere event by just a week at this point.
Marty Fiolka
A lifelong enthusiast of off road motorsports, Marty Fiolka raced his first Baja 1000 in 1992 and still enjoys getting behind the wheel via his annual BFG Team Rennsport NORRA Mexican 1000 effort. A graduate of University California at Long Beach, he founded The Rennsport Group in 1995 to execute motorsports public relations programs for Nissan, Infinity, Exxon, Mitsubishi, SCORE International and later became the editorial and marketing director for Dirtsports Magazine. Marty is a current contributor to RACER Magazine and RACER.com as well as operating the promotional agency for Crandon International Raceway and annual Red Bull Crandon World Cup. Fiolka was a 2014 Inductee to the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (ORMHOF) and was instrumental in founding the Wide Open Baja adventure business and Ensenada's Horsepower Ranch. He also served as the associate producer of the original Dust to Glory documentary film and author of two books; 1000 Miles to Glory: The Baja 1000 Story and The Big Blue M: The History of McMillin Racing.
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