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BFGoodrich Partners with SCORE at SEMA

Michelin North America’s BFGoodrich tire brand is partnering with SCORE International Racing to demonstrate its off-road racing leadership and heritage at the 2015 SEMA Show.

In addition to BFGoodrich’s Pit Crew Challenge in the Silver Lot, the tire brand is sponsoring the SEMA Show SCORE Baja 1000 experience.

At the SEMA Show SCORE Baja 1000 Experience, a 70,000-square-foot desert-racing exhibit will display dozens of Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 SCORE Trophy Truck and unlimited Class 1 race vehicles, as well as exhibits from leading off-road and desert-racing companies.

The experience also includes the qualifying for the 2015 Bud Light SCORE Baja 1000 on Nov 3., where the world’s top desert racers will race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and prepare for the race at Mexico’s Baja peninsula on Nov. 20.

BFGoodrich will also join UTVUnderground.com and Polaris to present the world premiere of the video, “XP1K3,” featuring off-road racer and BFGoodrich Tires Performance Team member RJ Anderson. The video will debut at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 at the BFGoodrich booth outside the Las Vegas Convention Center’s South Hall.

BFGoodrich’s booth will also display SCORE Baja 1000 Class 10 race buggy outfit with BFGoodrich Baja T/A® KR2 race tires; a JEEP JKRK outfit by off-road racer Casey Currie, a BFGoodrich Tires Performance Team member; a 2016 Polaris XP1K3 RZR XP Turbo with 30×9.50xR15 BFGoodrich KR2 UTV tires; 2016 SAVVY Currie Racing Ultra4 racing vehicle with 37-inch KO2 tires and piloted by Jessi Combs; and a Ford Shelby American 700-hp F150 with BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires.

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