General Tire has 15 drivers revving up for this weekend’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in Baja California, Mexico.
“The Baja 1000 is the event that all desert racers strive to conquer, and we’re confident that the combination of their outstanding driving skills and our Grabber competition tires will take them straight to the top,” says marketing director Travis Roffler.
“Team GT has really proven itself during a very a successful 2009 season, and we are confident that our drivers will be up to the challenge of this important race,” he notes.
Marking its second season since the company’s return to of desert racing, Roffler reports that General’s sponsored drivers have a history of fine performances. BJ Baldwin won the SCORE Trophy Truck Championship in both 2006 and 2008; this year Rick Johnson won the Baja 500, the Terrible 250, and took third place in the General Tire Mint 400; Ted Hunnicutt took first place in Class 8 at the 2009 Mint 400; Mike Horner is a five-time Baja 500 champion; and Marc Burnett won class 6 “Ironman-style” at the 2008 Baja 1000, and he also took class 6 in the 2009 San Felipe 250.
This weekend’s lineup in Mexico consists of:
• Trophy Truck: Rick Johnson, Bobby Baldwin, Scott Steinberger, BJ Baldwin, Ed “Clyde” Stout, Jason Voss, Jerry Zaiden and Jason Campbell
• Class 8: Ted Hunnicutt, Jason McNeil
• Class 6: Marc Burnett, Mickey Childress and Robert Pickering
• Class 7SX: Brandt Anderson
• Stock Full: Kent Kroeker
Race progress reports will be available in real time at www.twitter.com/teamgt and www.racetheworld.net.
For more information, visit www.generaltire.com.
