Dan McMillin acquired a swanky new livery for the 2024 SCORE Worldwide season as Monster Vitality’s The Beast Unleashed got here onboard to sponsor his #23. He ended up ending San Felipe 250 qualifying on Thursday with what resembled a rat rod with a duct taped #23 on the doorways.
McMillin flipped his truck throughout the reconnaissance lap, navigating by means of a sequence of esses earlier than hitting a lump within the floor main right into a lefthand flip and doing two rolls earlier than touchdown on his roof. The McMillin Racing group eliminated the physique, utilized a clean backup shell that left the engine and rear totally uncovered save, used duct tape to use the numbers alongside the doorways, and despatched him out. Regardless of this, he managed to get again on observe and full a lap.
“There was a small mound and I didnt see it,” stated McMillin. “I wasn’t going very quick nevertheless it simply spit me over one or two instances. The blokes and Roger (Rogelio Pereira Jr.) acquired it again to the pits and acquired the truck operating once more and we went on the market and put down a reasonably conservative however good lap. The truck appears positive. We’ll take a superb have a look at it and prepare to race on Saturday.”
Alan Ampudia narrowly edged out defending SCORE Trophy Truck champion Bryce Menzies and Toby Value for pole. Value had swept each qualifying periods of the 2023 season at San Felipe and the Baja 400, however opted for a extra conservative technique this time round as a result of course’s difficult terrain. Defending winner Luke McMillin, Dan’s brother, certified fourth forward of Christopher Polvoorde, the latter racing a brand new Mason all-wheel drive truck.
Mint 400 winner Adam Householder was twentieth in TT.
Jason McNeil, final 12 months’s outright SCORE 4-Wheeler champion, continued his momentum by setting the quickest time in Trophy Truck Spec, simply barely beating EJ Herbst. McMillin was not the one rollover of the day as Ryan Hancock did so, however he additionally reached the end.
The identical couldn’t be stated for Mavrick Gaunt, whose crash prevented him from setting a time. 5 different vans didn’t even make the beginning like Rob MacCachren, who had “some unexpected points” that saved from from doing so, which means he’ll begin on the rear in his first race again in a Jimco AWD TT for Fastball Racing.
Ampudia would be the first 4-Wheeler to start out the race on Saturday at 9:00 AM native time.
