The SCORE-International San Felipe 250 is not only the kick-off event of the 2025 World Desert Championship series, but also one of the most exciting off-road races in the world. The town of San Felipe is located 125 miles south of the U.S. border in Calexico, California, on the eastern side of the rugged and beautiful Baja California Peninsula along the Sea of Cortez.

The event saw a total of 251 teams take the green flag at San Felipe Malecon. Racers hailed form 26 U.S. states along with Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, India, Argentina, Australia, France, and New Zealand. Of those who started, a total of 191 teams officially finished the race under the time cutoff for an impressive 76 percent finish rate.

Below is a look at the top results of the premier racing classes. Full race results can be found on the SCORE-International website.

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SCORE Trophy Truck

Few Mexicans have managed to take home the overall win at the SCORE San Felipe 250 is a four-wheeled vehicle. Alan Ampudia has just added his name to that distinguished list by dominating the 38th SCORE San Felipe 250 in his Ford Raptor Mason AWD Trophy Truck. Ampudia finished with an official time of 3 hours, 55 minutes, and 13 seconds. That put his average pace at a blistering 63.77 mph. The win earned Ampudia a special $10,000 bonus from King Shocks for taking the overall win while using the company’s product.

Luke McMillin finished second overall driving his Chevy 1500 Mason AWD Trophy Truck with a time of 3:56:02, less than a minute off Ampudia’s pace. Rob MacCachren finished third overall driving the number 11 Chevy Silverado Jimco Fastball Racing Trophy Truck with a time of 3:56:13.

“It was a fun day. We had a good run,” said Luke McMillin. “We got shuffled back at the beginning and lost some time and a couple positions, but we made it all back and kept pushing.”

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SCORE Trophy Truck 2WD, Legends, And Spec

For the first time ever, SCORE has separated the two-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive Trophy Trucks. Cameron Steel became the first winner of this newly minted class in the number 16 Ford F-160 Geiser Desert Assasins truck. His time of 4:18:02 landed the former ESPN X Games commentator in 11th position overall.

In a class designed for drivers 50 years old and over, Gustavo Vildosola Sr, aged 71, partnered with Ricky Johnson, 60, to take home the Trophy Truck Legends trophy. Finishing in 4:10:54 put the duo 9th place overall. This was also the pair’s 13th consecutive win.

With five San Felipe wins under his belt, Jorge Sampietro was ready to add a sixth. This time he did it in the Trophy Truck Spec class, finishing the course in 4:14:20 in the number 279 Chevrolet Mason JS Racing truck.

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Pro UTV Open

Brock Heger celebrated yet another victory as part of the Polaris Factory, SCI Motorsports, team at San Felipe. Heger previously notched wins at the SCORE Baja 1000 and the Dakar Rally. The team finished with a time of 4 hours 37 minutes and 47 seconds in a race saw a record 91 UTV entries across all classes.

“I started third in class and got up from early,” said Brock Heger. “We had double flats and lost spots. We got them fixed and put our heads down and charged. At the end it pretty much blew up, so the last few miles we could only go five miles an hour. Overall, a good day.”

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Pro Moto Unlimited

It’s not just trucks and buggies racing through the wilds of Baja, some of the most exciting competition comes out of the two-wheel classes. At the end of the 250.6-mile course it was the Slam Life Racing team that took home the win. Sharing riding duty on the 7x Honda CRF450X were Tyler Lynn, Carter Klein, and Ryan Surratt. The riders complete the course in a time of 4 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds at an average speed of 51.89 mph. This also marked Honda’s 25th overall victory at the San Felipe 250.

“It started off really good. Tyler started and rode really well through the dust and got us into first physical place and handed me the bike clean,” said co-rider Carter Klein. “I rode it to race mile 210 and handed it to Ryan and he brought it home. We had a little tip-over, but nothing major, I got right up. I had a few rock sections that were pretty fun. The day went super smother and we are stoked.”

Arturo Salas Junior of Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, finished second overall in the Pro Moto Unlimited class riding the Hero Racing 1x Honda CRF450X. Salas was supported by Shane Logan and Ciaran Naran.