The 32nd SCORE San Felipe 250 was held April 7-8, 2018 in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. The race consisted of a 319 mile loop. It was announced that the race would be using Virtual Check Points (VCPs) and that as long as you hit each VCP, it didn’t really matter which route you took in between.
After a hard fought race, Chapo Racing Team of Justin Elenberg and Ernesto Taylor were the first Pro Turbo UTV across the finish line and second place officially.
Unofficial 1st place finish (physical 1st) at the San Felipe 250! We would like to thank all of our families for letting…
Posted by Chapo Racing on Saturday, April 7, 2018
But that didn’t last forever. Eleven days after the race, the team was disqualified and their podium finish was stripped. Watch the video below and get their side of the story.
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Finish Order as Announced by SCORE Media for PRO UTV FI (two-seat Forced Induction, OEM engine UTVs):
1. 2971 Wayne Matlock, 40, Alpine, Calif./Daniel Felix, 27, Tecate, Mexico, Polaris RZR XP4 Turbo, 7:25:04 (43.01 mph);
2. 2977 Justin Elenberg, 40, Mesa, Ariz./Ernesto Taylor, 33, Mesa, Ariz./Bryan McBride, 31, Mesa Ariz./Mike Jeluso, 39, Aurora, Colo., Can-Am X3, 7:35:45;
3. 2966 Rhys Millen, 45, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (New Zealand)/Timothy Dunbar, 37, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Polaris RZR XP1000 Turbo, 7:55:09;
4. 2904 Scott Sappington, 54, Glendale, Ariz. (DOR-Cory Sappington, 52, Peoria, Ariz.)/Jason Flanders, 38, Phoenix, Ariz., Can-Am Maverick X3, 8:02:19;
5. 2987 Edgar Garcia, 30, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Can-Am Maverick X3, 8:48:18;
6. 2960 Ryan Laidlaw, 38, Saratoga Springs, Utah/Mitchell Sweatt, 34, Bluffdale, Utah, Polaris RZR XP1000 Turbo, 9:01:11;
7. 2916 Cody Rahders, 23, Alpine, Calif./Fernando Ramirez, 30, Polarix RZR XP4 Turbo, 9:14:14;
8. 2937 Alex Nicholas, 27, Highland Village, Texas/Barrett Turner, 27, Highland Village, Texas, Polaris XP1000 Turbo, 9:16:27;
9. 2940 Erick Kozin, 43, Yorba Linda, Calif./Jose Garcia, 32, Can-Am X3, 9:47:23;
10. 2912 Tony Riggs, 49, Newhall, Calif., Polaris RZR, 10:20:26;
11. 2975 Mike Cafro, 48, Fallbrook, Calif./Jamie Kirkpatrick, 37, Olympia, Wash./Pierre-Yves Deneault, Canada, Polaris RZR XP4 Turbo, 10:23:53;
12. 2919 Pat Stone, 49, Phoenix (DOR-Brandon Schueler, 28, Phoenix)/Jason Spiess, 48, Peoria, Ariz., Polaris RZR XP4 Turbo, 10:46:30;
13. 2978 Luis Fortanel, 29, Mexicali, Mexico/Jose Ramirez, 28, Mexicali, Mexico, Can-Am Maverick X3, 11:44:17;
14. 2900 Tim Orchard, 62, Riverside, Calif. (DOR-Marc Burnett, 46, Lakeside, Calif.)/Bobby Smith, Can-Am Maverick X3, 12:35:03;
15. 2910 Scott Trafton, 36, Santee, Calif./Dave Price, 60, Alpine, Calif., Polaris RZR XPT1000, 12:50:39;
16. 2922 Aldo Salazar, 32, Monterrey, Mexico/Oscar Salazar, 33, Monterrey, Mexico/Maricio Soto, 24, Monterrey, Mexico, Can-Am X3, 13:17:13;
17. 2950 Rogrigo Elorduy, 36, Mexicali, Mexico/Ivan Pacheco/Carlos Aguirre, Polaris RZR XP Turbo, 13:46:55;
18. 2946 Jose Juarez, 34, Chula Vista, Calif./Rudy Rivera, 30, Chula Vista, Calif., Polaris RZR XP1000 Turbo, 15:15:29.
(23 Starters, 18 Finishers)
2018 SCORE San Felipe Amended Results
