The 2025 SCORE International season kicks off with the 38th San Felipe 250. As always, the city along the Gulf of California will host the start and finish.

The course is a single loop heading in a counterclockwise direction. It will stretch 250.06 miles, much shorter than the 2024 race’s 285.59 for the Pro classes. Although San Felipe remains the main hub, the track is further south than it was last year.

Much of the race’s second half heads through the riverbeds in central Baja California, including crossing through locations like Matomi, Azufre, Huatamote, Chanate, and Amarillas Washes.

The Moto/Quad classes will break from the Four-Wheelers after 20 miles. They also ahve their own sector away from the cars and trucks at around RM 210, taking them south then back up north before rejoining in the closing stretch.

Teams will have 12 hours from when they started to complete the race. Bikes and quads head out first at 6 AM followed by the Four-Wheelers at 10 AM on April 5.

A stretch of the course will be delegated for pre-running, which begins on March 22.

“San Felipe is always a challenge for all the racers,” said SCORE race director Abelardo Grijalva. “It is the shortest race in SCORE, but I think it is one of the most complicated because one mistake and you can end up off the track, watching other competitors pass by.”

Alan Ampudia enters as both the defending Four-Wheeler winner and SCORE TT champion, for which he will now race with #1 rather than his usual #10. It is the same story on the bike side with Arturo Salas Jr. and his now-#1X team.

Truck qualifying is scheduled for April 3.

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