2024 SCORE San Felipe 250 Results

| March 26, 2024

Rider of record Arturo Salas Jr. was declared the overall Motorcycle and Pro Moto Unlimited winner of the SCORE San Felipe 250 on March 20-23. Salas Jr. started the race and rode to race-mile 160, where his co-rider Carter Klein took over and rode to the finish line. The dynamic duo, who defeated a field of 75 total motorcycles, including 13 starters in their class, finished the race in a time of five hours, 55 minutes and 39 seconds.

Carter Klein and Arturo Salas at 2024 San Felipe 250 — **Carter Klein (left) and Arturo Salas Jr. teamed up and won the San Felipe 250.**

Klein said, “The course was good and rocky, kind of like what we race back home [in California]. Arturo rode well in the beginning. I had to do some catch-up on our section. With a two-man team, we had to push hard. When Arturo came into the first pit in Chinero, the bike shut off, and we had to bump it and lose 20-30 seconds. But we won, and that’s the most important thing, especially in a SCORE race.”

The Austin Eddy, Connor Eddy and Jarett Megla trio finished second in class and in the overall. Megla rode the middle section to race-mile 195, where Austin Eddy got on and rode to the finish.

“It was awesome,” Austin Eddy said. “My section had like an EnduroCross section, a wide-open section, a super gnarly section. It was fun chasing all these other guys around. So, I’m excited to see the results and where we stand. We had an awesome motor. I prepped the bike. It was a good race.”

Fernando Beltran, Mauri Herrera, Luis Flores, Chad Goodsell and Dilan Avalos combined efforts to place third in the Pro Moto Unlimited division and third overall. “Thank God we didn’t have any problems with the motorcycle or have any falls,” Flores said.

The Armando Ortiz, Andre Enrique, Tyler Perrin and Ricardo Meza team took the Pro Moto Limited (less than 400cc) class win in fourth overall.

“It was fun,” Enrique said. “My sections were good but a little dangerous. I did have a couple of close calls on the course, like a spectator in a Silverado almost running me off the road, and I ran into a tree. I’m still covered with twigs and leaves. Other than that, we all had a good, clean race, and the bike had no issues.”

Fifth overall went to the top-finishing Pro Moto 40 (riders over 40 years old) team, which consisted of Francisco Septien, Shane Esposito, Rene Magana and Jim O’Neal on a Kawasaki KX450X.

“My first section, I wasn’t feeling good,” said Baja veteran Esposito. “I had an arm pump and didn’t ride well, but the second section and last section rode well. We’re riding a new bike, and we’ve got some things to learn. Definitely, for the next race, we’ll have it better. No problems with the bike; just setup because it’s a new bike, and we’ve never raced it down here.”

In the Pro Moto Ironman class, of the 16 starters, Kadin Guard of St. George, Utah, took the win in seven hours, 17 minutes and 18 seconds, which would give him a top 10 overall Motorcycle finish.

“It was fun, fast, sandy and very dusty. In the first half of the race, we had some pretty good wind, which was hard on the bike because it kind of pushed you from side to side in the whoops. But we overcame that. It was kind of nice being a little overcast. I had one get-off around race-mile 260. Nothing serious. I just got back up, ready for more miles.”

Patricio Cabrera was second in class. “I’m really happy,” he said. “I didn’t have any falls during the whole race. It was a hard race with a lot of whoops. It was a very physical and psychological race, but I’m happy to be at the finish line, and I think I came in a good position.”

Joel Magallanes, Sergio Cortez, Alonso Zuniga and Santiago Cortez won the Sportsman class in nearly eight and a half hours. CN