CA lic. plate "BCS MEX"

Wasn't me! LOL

THE BAJA

Translation correction:

David, did Jimmy Smith ever see that plate?

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Originally posted by bajadave1 David, did Jimmy Smith ever see that plate?

Yes, Jimmy and I had a good laugh... It bothered him more because he lived on the East Cape and got a hear all the newer Baja visitors (including Canadians) call it 'The Baja' because they visited that area a whole lot more than the area south of San Felipe where most of my trips to Baja had been.

Dave Deal did a fun map in Jimmy's book about using 'The' in front of place names... If we really wanted Canadians to stop saying 'The Baja', maybe we should always say 'The Canada'... like "Are you hosers going back to The Canada, eh?"

Jimmy's Book




[Edited on 1-12-2007 by David K]

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Originally posted by David K Quote: Originally posted by bajadave1 David, did Jimmy Smith ever see that plate? Yes, Jimmy and I had a good laugh... It bothered him more because he lived on the East Cape and got a hear all the newer Baja visitors (including Canadians) call it 'The Baja' because they visited that area a whole lot more than the area south of San Felipe where most of my trips to Baja had been.

How is that a disagreement..? It's exactly what I said :

"To me it was short for 'The Baja Peninsula'. At that time I never heard Canadians refer to Baja as The Baja... I also have heard many Mexicans speaking English call it 'The Baja'... as in "How do you like The Baja?". Antonio even calls it that, in Spanish too as La Baja."

Viva La Baja!

The Baja!

I like my California plates

If a product (tires, shocks, aftershave) could 'beat the Baja', it was deemed superior... So ads came out in the early 70's about (whatever) that beat the Baja... Won the Baja 1000 or 500... 'The Baja' for short.

correction David

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Originally posted by David K If a product (tires, shocks, aftershave) could 'beat the Baja', it was deemed superior... So ads came out in the early 70's about (whatever) that beat the Baja... Won the Baja 1000 or 500... 'The Baja' for short.

Yes, I know... I was at the FIRST Baja 1000 (1973), previous 1000s were officially the Mexican 1000...

Wasn't 1973 'early 70's'?

Speaking of official names... The first SCORE Baja '500' races were not called that officially, as Pearlman held the rights to the name Baja 500. So, Mickey Thompson called Score's first race in Baja (and for several years after, until the 500 name was available again) the Score Baja Internacional.

Am I off the hook Dick?

Part of the NORRA Mexican 1000 map...

Northern half of the Mexican 1000 map... This was on the old auto club (ACSC) Baja map...

Off the hook and right, as usual David

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Originally posted by David K Yes, I know... I was at the FIRST Baja 1000 (1973), previous 1000s were officially the Mexican 1000... Wasn't 1973 'early 70's'? Speaking of official names... The first SCORE Baja '500' races were not called that officially, as Pearlman held the rights to the name Baja 500. So, Mickey Thompson called Score's first race in Baja (and for several years after, until the 500 name was available again) the Score Baja Internacional. Am I off the hook Dick?

Baja Tough

Don't forget the "Baja 2000" race

Which was over two hundred short of 2000 mi!



Baja 1000
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Rider at Mile 328 of the Baja 1000
Four-wheel vehicle known as a TruggyBaja 1000 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in the fall. The event includes various types of vehicle classes such as small and large bore motorcycles, stock VW, production vehicles, buggies, trucks, and custom fabricated race vehicles. The course has remained relatively the same over the years with the majority of events being either a point to point race from Ensenada to La Paz, or a loop race starting and finishing in Ensenada. The name of the event is misleading as the mileage varies for the type of event (loop or point to point) and has represented Kilometers in the past.

The first official race started in Tijuana, Baja California on October 31, 1967 and was named the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. The course length that year was 849 miles and ended in La Paz, Baja California Sur with the overall winning time of 27 hours 38 minutes (27:38) set by Vic Wilson and Ted Mangels while driving a Meyers Manx buggy.

From 1967 to 1972 the race was organized by the National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA). In 1973, Baja California governor Milton Castellanos handed over sanctioning of the event to a non-profit Mexican corporation called Baja Sports Committee (BSC). BSC renamed the event to Baja Mil (Baja 1000) and scheduled the race to run on the original dates chosen by NORRA. Though NORRA held a competing event in the United States that same weekend, BSC successfully ran the race from Ensenada to La Paz like the years prior. Unaware of the challenges, BSC found promoting Baja races more difficult than anticipated. Instead of giving up the race, the Mexican government requested help from Short Course Off-Road Enterprises (SCORE) in hosting and promoting future Baja races. Through negotiations with Mickey Thompson and his SCORE organization, the Mexican Government agreed to give exclusive rights to SCORE to hold Baja races and also reluctantly allowed SCORE to cancel the event for 1974. SCORE hired Sal Fish as president and took control of the Baja 1000 from that year on with the Baja 1000 race resuming under new control in 1975.

"Successfully ran the race"??? NOT!!

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