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David K
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2019 Baja 500 May 31- June 2 (Map)
Starts and ends at Estero Beach this year...
Over the Summit, to Cohabuzo Jcn, to Borrego Wash, to Mike's Sky Rancho, to Mission Santo Domingo, to Cuatro Casas, etc.
Details: http://score-international.com/raceinfo/2019-baja-500/
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Bajazly
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A few sections where you really don't want to have trouble.
Believing is religion - Knowing is science
Harald Pietschmann
"Get off the beaten path and memories, friends and new techniques are developed"
Bajazly, August 2019
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David K
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Off Road racing isn't nearly as risky as in the good old days. Now there is: satellite tracking devices, 2-way radio, satellite phones, helicopters,
and the Weatherman up at the observatory.
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StuckSucks
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Here's the course, embedded in Google Maps.
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TMW
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What hasn't changed is what some of the stupid spectators and racers do on race day. You just can't fix stupid.
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StuckSucks
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Quote: Originally posted by TMW  | | What hasn't changed is what some of the stupid spectators and racers do on race day. You just can't fix stupid. |
And, alcohol turbocharges stupid.
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Paco Facullo
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| Quote: Originally posted by TMW | | What hasn't changed is what some of the stupid spectators and racers do on race day. You just can't fix stupid. |
Come, watch the race and witness "natural selection" in real-time as a bonus ....
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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fishbuck
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How close can I get to a racing Trophy Truck without getting killed?
Are there rules?
How about guidelines?
I thinking 1 foot away would be as exciting as I can take... but easy to miscalculate...
5 feet just seems too far...
How about laying under a jump... in a fox hole?
Too close?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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fishbuck
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I hope I can see some this year.
The noise alone will keep me back.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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John Harper
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I'd rather see stupid spectators killed than have them building hazards along the route that could kill a racer.
John
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TMW
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Point taken.
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SFandH
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I wish they would the run race counter-clockwise for a change
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greengoes
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Inspection, start, and finish out of Estero Beach. It is going to be a desmadre.
Say a prayer for Chapultepec.
The good news is Costero won't be fuxored for five or six days. 
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INFORMES LLAMA SNOWBALL - 646-115-7754
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ehall
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Anyone going to be watching near race mile 180 or 190 or Borrego? Thinking about coming down for a couple days.
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TMW
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We'll be at RM173 helping Nomad Tunaeater. He is racing a bike and gets on there and gets off at San Matias. I think he is then going to the finish
line so we'll probably head back to Borrego and watch the race for a while.
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ehall
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| Quote: Originally posted by TMW | | We'll be at RM173 helping Nomad Tunaeater. He is racing a bike and gets on there and gets off at San Matias. I think he is then going to the finish
line so we'll probably head back to Borrego and watch the race for a while. |
Camping? How do you access 173? Backwards on the course?
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by ehall | | Quote: Originally posted by TMW | | We'll be at RM173 helping Nomad Tunaeater. He is racing a bike and gets on there and gets off at San Matias. I think he is then going to the finish
line so we'll probably head back to Borrego and watch the race for a while. |
Camping? How do you access 173? Backwards on the course? |
The Ejido Saldaña/ Tres Pozos road at the sand dunes.
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ehall
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by ehall | | Quote: Originally posted by TMW | | We'll be at RM173 helping Nomad Tunaeater. He is racing a bike and gets on there and gets off at San Matias. I think he is then going to the finish
line so we'll probably head back to Borrego and watch the race for a while. |
Camping? How do you access 173? Backwards on the course? |
The Ejido Saldaña/ Tres Pozos road at the sand dunes. |
I know where that road is. Always wanted to see where it went. Thanks David.
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David K
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It is how you can get to Cohabuzo Jcn. I went that way to get to Guadalupe Canyon from San Felipe. Back then, there was deep silt and it was really
rough between Laguna Salada and Cohabuzo. That was in late 2001, probably after the Baja 1000 used it? It would have been faster to go around the long
way on the highway and down the dry lake.
This map shows the two other ways to Guadalupe Canyon from the south.
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TMW
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We'll go in at Hwy 5 KM87. I'll be with the squarecircle (Roy). We may stay south of San Felipe the night before the race at Paul's dads place. Rudy
and his neighbor will join us. Then we plan to head up to Mike's Sky Ranch on Sunday and out to El Coyote. Just checking things out for a Nov. trip a
group of us are taking.
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