Bonneville Offroad Racing
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| Sport | Off-Road Racing |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | BOR |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| President | Kyle MacArthur |
| Official website | |
| www | |
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Bonneville Offroad Racing (BOR) is a desert racing organization based in Salt Lake City, UT.
Bonneville Off-road Racing Enthusiasts (BORE), the predecessor to BOR, was established by Jim Baker in 1989[1] as a local, more affordable, friendlier, alternative to the Southern California and Mexico races put on by SCORE. Even with its lean organizational team, it offered full-seasons of challenging, well-planned and well-marked courses; with all the ear-marks and perks of a much larger, professionally run, organization (e.g., big-name event sponsors, informative newsletters, comprehensive points-scoring, computerized event-timing). It is believed to be the first of its kind to have state-of-the-art, computerized, event-timing with real-time scoring (developed by Potter Engineering & Consulting); which allowed racers and spectators to monitor the up-to-the-minute race-status of all event entries. Before his own passing (in 2014), Jim passed the leadership-torch to a team of enthusiastic successors; who continue to put on races in Northern Utah, Northeastern Nevada, and Southern Idaho.
Events
[edit]The BOR racing series consists of six events a year, taking place from April to October.
- Vernal Dinosaur Dash - Vernal, UT
- Freedom 200 - Jackpot, NV
- White Knuckle 200 - Knolls, UT
- Lucky Chance 200 - Wendover, UT
- Junction Jam 200 - Grand Junction
- Wagon Wheel 200 - Rangely
Historical Events
[edit]- Ely 200 - Ely, NV
- Aragonite GP - Aragonite, UT
- Delle GP - Delle, UT