4baja - 11-20-2006 at 06:23 PM
one of the best action ive seen in a long time. we had a great location right by my place in the bay of la with a great big arroyo going right across
the road wich ate alot of racers. heres travis pastrona with his rail upside down on fire , he was shaken up but ok. all of us had a great time.
thebajarunner - 11-20-2006 at 06:38 PM
Well, maybe "all had a good time" except for Travis,
looks like his day was not going too well.
Never got upside down, and only caught on fire once, in the 1000.
It was out in the washes above Valle de Trinidad and the battery cable shorted out and started a small fire in the pickup bed.
Tossed some sand on the fire, cleaned up the cable connections, and boogied on to San Felipe....
great memories!!!!!
gtx510 - 11-20-2006 at 06:58 PM
kudo's to his electrical guy, the lights still work.
good to hear that wonder boy is ok.
as him to look for my father's jeep.
David K - 11-21-2006 at 09:58 AM
Here's the rig after the race at L.A. Bay... Their lives were saved by the people who saw this happen near the Camp Gecko road... A mile or two
further away and the two racers would not be alive today.
thebajarunner - 11-21-2006 at 10:43 AM
Interesting photo David!
Brings some of the reality home, in a hurry.
Sadly, we brought one home in worse shape than that, and one of our guys did not get to come home.
bajatracker - 11-22-2006 at 01:52 PM
let it be known that it was a fellow nomad steve (4baja) that pulled travis pastrana from the burning car even though he was trying to get steve to
push the car over and continue the race.
David K - 11-22-2006 at 04:19 PM
Baja Nomad 'aha baja' (Curtis) showed me the photos last Friday when we saw him at Paulina's... He emailed me the photos of the crash and driver
today... Here are 8 of those photos. Thanks ahabaja!
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David K - 11-22-2006 at 04:24 PM
He looks dazed...
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David K - 11-22-2006 at 04:26 PM
... but glad to be alive!
Thanks to Steve '4baja' and the Camp Gecko spectators who were there!
TMW - 11-22-2006 at 05:15 PM
Wow that's amazing. Glad he's OK. Great pixs.
aha baja - 11-22-2006 at 07:27 PM
If you check out the side of the rig you'll see a "Red Bull" logo upside down. The sales motto: "Red Bull gives you wings" could have been real
usefull to get over the huge trenches in the road... fortunately Travis and shotgun didn't wind up sprouting any because of the accident! A wittness
told me that 4 Baja (Steve) was near enough to the accident to help pull the victims from the wreckage! If so then good on ya Steve!
4baja - 11-23-2006 at 11:52 AM
hey tracker, time for another run down A. havent seen matt and barb for a long time. she said she had a spanking good time down there and looks
forward to another trip. see ya after the thanks giveing break.
Paulina - 1-30-2007 at 09:35 AM
I'm not sure if this will come up as a link, but I found it on Youtube last night. It is of the clean up the next day. You might even see fellow
Nomads in the footage.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pWxOUGvFD5E
Cypress - 1-30-2007 at 09:48 AM
Jeez!
Must have been some real good tires on that rig, they didn't burn.
David K - 7-10-2018 at 10:03 AM
Bump to show Travis in 2006