[Team Information]

Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico – June 3, 2018 – SCORE International provide the platform for thrilling racing at the 50th Baja500, WFO Racing & Pat Sims with TRI-ACE Tires took 3rd place at Trophy Truck Spec Class.

WFO Racing & Pat Sims with TRI-ACE Tires finished all racing courses of SCORE International in 2019 and took the 2019 Score Milestone Award.

[COMMENT] - Being with Tri Ace off road since the beginning, Gaunt Motorsports is proud to have been able to help Tri Ace design the Dakar Rally off road tire. Rickie Gaunt's direct input has helped develop the best tire an off road racer can dream of. Mavrick and Chasen are both very impressed with the cornering ability of the tires. Starting out racing in circle track, they know how important cornering can be. The Dakar Rally tire gives them the ability to drive into a corner, and have the confidence to quickly navigate the corner. Additionally, the strength of the sidewall gives them the confidence they need to be able to drive over the roughest the terrain the desert can throw at them. Gaunt Motorsports is proud to represent Tri Ace tires and is looking forward to many more races on Tri Ace tires to come!

[DRIVER INFORMATION] - Mavrick and Chasen Gaunt began their racing careers in circle track, in Ford Focus Midgets at the ages of 14 and 12. Their dad, Rickie Gaunt, was a sprint car champion and got them involved in racing. The Gaunt’s were introduced into off road racing in 2008 when family friend Tony Smiley began racing a class one car. Since the first race in the desert, the Gaunt’s were hooked. From 2008-2011, Rickie split driving duties with Tony in his class one car. In 2011, Mavrick and Chasen would make their desert racing debuts in a stock full, class 8100 race truck. Mavrick and Chasen would later upgrade into a class 1450 ranger. Mavrick and Chasen would gain further experience in the desert by co-driving for Smiley Motorsports in class 6100 and Trophy Truck. Mavrick and Chasen also teamed up with J-Buck Motorsports in their Class 12 and 10 car. Mavrick and Chasen have raced from Reno all the way down to La Paz in Baja. They currently have joined the elite ranks of class 6100, and get better with each race they partake. Rickie is still right by their side the entire way as their crew chief, with mom Denice as the team manager. Highlights of their career include winning Vegas to Reno in their ranger, The Mint 400 with J-Buck Motorsports, and a class 6100 championship with Smiley Motorsports 

accomplishments:

2012: 

2nd Parker 425 class 8100

1st Vegas to Reno class 1800 

 2013

2nd Mint 400 class 1800

3rd Rage at the River class 1450 

2015

1st Mint 400 class 12

1st Vegas to Reno class 6100

1st Henderson 250 class 6100

BITD Class 6100 champions 

2016

2nd Parker 425n class 6100

1st Laughlin Desert Classic class 6100

1st Pahrump 250 class 6100 

2017

2nd Vegas to Reno class 6100

BITD Class 6100 champions

[DRIVER INFORMATION] - Justin began racing at the young age of 14 in his 1600 car in the SNORE and MORE series. Justin has participated in all forms of off-road racing since he got started in these grass-roots racing organizations. Justin has spent many hours clicking off miles to gain valuable experience in the 1600, Class 12, Unlimited Class 1, and now the two current vehicles the Class 10 car and the Trophy Truck.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

·2nd place at the Mint 400 at the age of 14 respectively

·Being the youngest to win the Baja 1000 back to back, first in the SCORE Lite with Daniel Folts and soloing it the following year in the Unlimited Class 1. Both these lead to Championships in SCORE.

·True Grit Award for both Unlimited Class 1 and Score Lite

·2011 received Dirt Sports Rookie of the Year and was also nominated for Driver of the Year.

·Overall winner at the HDRA King Shocks 250 in the Jimco Trophy Truck

·Overall winner in 2013 & 2014 Battle at Primm in Trophy Truck

·Overall  winner in 2014 at SCORE International Imperial Valley Class 10

·Class 1 Unlimited winner and  4th Overall SCORE International Baja 1000 winner

·Class 10 Best In the Desert Vegas to Reno winner 2015

·MORE Lucerne 250 Class 10 winner Second overall 2016

·SNORE Midnight Special Class 10 winner and second overall 2016

·Soloing Class 10 SCORE International  Baja 1000 Winner 2016

·2016 SNORE Class 10 Championship

·Class 10 SNORE Battle at Primm Winner and Second overall 2017

·2017 SNORE Class 10 Championship

·2017 SNORE Driver of the Year

·2018 MORE Slash X Duel in the Desert Overall/ Class 1 Winner

[COMMENT] - Just amazed on how well the new #Triace Dakar Rally 39 inch tires performed.We had Zero flats in the 1143 miles and only changed rears once in San Ignacio.(rm608)Not that we even needed too..the 325 miles with me behind the wheel.And if you know me you know I'm not easy on tires. Looks like the R&D we've been doing with Tri-Ace tire USA has done the finished product well.#baja#50thanniversy #b1k #baja1000 —with Dennis Blasko and 7 others.

[COMMENT] - We like the stiffer sidewall and the harder compound of the 35 x 10.50 tire. These aspects create less flex and improves cornering due to allowing more of the tire patch to be on the ground.  Allowing this improves the traction also.  Another detail we really like is the overall harder compound of the tire. This harder compound decreases tire wear and reduces having to change tires as often during long races and also decreases the chances of getting flat tires. These tires are the best tires going for Class 10!!!

[TEAM INFORMATION] -

Start Date:  2010

Highlights:      

·2012 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) champion

·2013 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) champion

·2010 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) Parker 425 3rd place

·2011 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) Parker 425 1st place

·2012 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) Vegas to Reno 1st place

·2012 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) Blue Water Desert Challenge 2nd place

·2012 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) Henderson 250 1st place

·2014 Best in the Desert Class 2000 (1/2-1600) Mint 400 1st place  (Drove with another team this year)

·2014 SNORE Class 1/2-1600 Gold Strike 250 3rd place                      

·2015 Class 2000 (1/2-1600) Mint 400 1st place

·2015 SNORE Class 1/2-1600 Race Fuel 250 3rd place

·2016 Best in the Desert Class 6100 Champions (Drove with Smiley Motorsports along with racing our Class 10 also this year)

[COMMENT] - They are extremely thankful for their relationship with Tri-Ace Tires.  They have been very impressed with the performance and longevity of the Tri-Ace Tires through all the rugged terrain that the desert offers.  

[TEAM INFORMATION] - Dust Brothers Motorsports was started in 1999 by two brothers from Buckeye, Arizona.  Alejandro “Hondo” Jimenez and Eduardo “Bubba” Jimenez grew up playing in the desert and going to desert races.  The inspiration for their team name came from growing up and playing in the Arizona desert.  The duo races off-road buggies, and their race number is 1050.  The first car they owned was a class 12 car.  They started their racing career in the Whiplash series after a few championships they then switched to another class and built their own class 10 car, which they raced in the Best in the Desert series beginning in 2006.  They received 2nd place in the Best in the Desert Class 10 Championship for the 2007 season.  While taking a few years off, they teamed up with Smiley Motorsports to help them race their class 10 cars and 6100 trucks.  Then Richard Huizinga of Twisted Alloy in Buckeye built their current class 10 car in 2016, and they race it in the Best in the Desert series in addition to the Southern Arizona Desert Racing (SADR) series.  They owe their success to their amazing family and friends who support them and participate in their races.  In addition, they value the support they’ve received from fellow racers Smiley Motorsports and Gaunt Motorsports.

[COMMENT] - 2016 was the first year we ran tri-ace and  Ran 5 tires on the car throughout  the TORRA race series that year, came 2017 we were at the san felipe 250 and we could not be more impressed with the dakar rally and how it held up throughout the roughest known race in baja, (these were the same tires from 2016). Truly an amazing tire that we run and we anticipate you run it as well. 

[TEAM INFORMATION] - 

Luis Saenz, 55

Christopher L Saenz, 20

Its only Luis’s son Christopher and Luis himself that drive the cars,

- Jimco class 1600

~2012

 state champion in chihuahua Mexico

~2013 

-1st and 2nd place Texas desert racing association 

~2014 

-completed the CODE race series in Baja California 

-Raced SCORE san felipe 250 and baja 1000 

~2015 SADR 2nd place 1600  

-Class 7200

-2016 class win at TORRA Vaquero 400

- 1st place win in juarez Mx 

-Desert Dynamics class 10

~2016 2nd place over all at TORRA Mescalero 160 

-Tatum class 1 

~2016 

-3rd place overall at TORRA butterfield stage 300

-2nd place overall at TORRA Buffalo Soldier 200

-1st place overall at SADR sand storm 250

~2017 first place overall at TORRA Tres amigos 180

-6th place class 1 at the SCORE SAN FELIPE 250

-8th place at the score international Baja 1000 

~2017 Score- 6th place in class 1 points.