The Gordon family now eight class wins and six overalls.
"That was a brutal race," said Roeseler, who drove the final 747 miles. "Do I look tired. I could go without some dust for a while! Troy did a good job but he broke his Achilles tendon about 4 months ago, and I know he had a hard time driving. I got in at Coco's Corner. I don't know what we were then, maybe 20th on the road. With the dust, traffic and water, it was seriously one of the toughest SCORE Baja 1000s I've ever done. I'm not exaggerating. It was brutal! This was really, really tough."
The race-record 431 starters broke the nearly 30-year old previous mark of 346 starters set back in 1977. The SCORE record of 234 finishers broke the all-time SCORE record of 198 set in this race last year.
Hard-charging Darren Hardesty's VW-powered AlumiCraft open-wheel desert race car winning Class 10 in 21:34:28, good enough for a surprising ninth overall in the race. For Hardesty, Ramona, Calif., it was his fourth SCORE Class 10 win of the year, having won his class previously at the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge in January, June's Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and September's SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300. Helping Hardesty to the victory was his teammate Mark Randazzo, Poway, Calif., who drove nearly half of the race..
In the SCORE Lite class, Tim Noe, Tom Watson and Gary Arnold of El Cajon, Calif., won for the third time this season in their Jimco-VW.
Las Vegas' Sammy Ehrenberg and teammate L.J. Kennedy, Orange, Calif.pulled off a stunning win in Class 1-2/1600 in a Jimco-VW and finished an impressive 16th overall among 4-wheel vehicles.
Arizona brothers Nick, Larry and Michael Vanderwey won Class 8 in their GMC Sierra for the fourth time this season as well as picking up their second career Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 win.
Completing a perfect season in Class 3 with their fifth-straight victory, and winning the this race for the fifth straight time were brothers Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., and Ken Moss, Marysville, Calif., in their sturdy Ford Bronco.
In Class 7SX, Rich Severson, Mesa, Ariz., the 2005 SCORE season point champion, won in this race for the first time in a Ford Ranger.
Josh Hall, Reno, Nev., defending his Stock Full class title, winning for the third time in a Hummer H2.
Winning the Protruck class in a Ford F-150 for the second time in this race was Rick L. Johnson, Oak Hills, Calif., with help from his teammates Dane Cardone, Huntington Beach, Calif., and Jimmy Nuckles, Brawley, Calif.