Baja 400 Results and a Draw Set the UTV Start Order

Only five classes ran qualifying in Los Cabos: Trophy Truck, Trophy Truck 2WD, Trophy Truck Legends, Trophy Truck Spec and Class 1. No UTV or moto class qualified. Everyone else got a start spot another way.

SCORE International's in class start order policy for the Baja 1000 sets the line in this order inside each class:

1. Teams that raced the Baja 400 start first, in the order they finished it. Second in class at the Baja 400 starts second here, and so on.

2. Baja 400 entries that did not finish go into Draw No. 1 and start behind the Baja 400 finishers.

3. Teams disqualified at the Baja 400 start behind the teams that did not finish.

4. Teams that skipped the Baja 400 but registered and paid in full before the deadline go into Draw No. 2 and start behind the Draw No. 1 group.

5. Late entries follow in the order SCORE received them.

6. Rear start requests are placed in reverse order of when the application came in.

Two more rules can move a team. Change the driver of record after the draw and the entry goes to the back of its class, unless the Race Director grants a medical exception. And the Baja 1000 allows no alternate drivers of record.

The classes themselves leave the line in a set sequence. With no Pro Ultimate UTV entries, Pro UTV Open is next after the qualifying classes, then Class 10, then Pro UTV F.I. The qualifying classes start one minute apart. Every four wheel class after them goes 30 seconds apart. Motos and quads start first, on their own, hours ahead of the four wheel field.

SCORE publishes the result on its entry list. The current version is labeled post qualifying and says the list "is in post draw or prior race finish."

The front of Thursday's tech line belongs to the top 10 qualifiers. That story is here: https://fastndirty.com/on-the-wire/top-ten-qualifiers-lead-thursday-tech-on-centenario

Did your team's Baja 400 finish buy you a better spot?