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CODE drawing results

tunaeater - 3-22-2007 at 12:49 PM

Here are the drawing results for the CODE McMillin 500...

http://www.codeoffroad.com.mx/codeoffroad/registrosentradas....

David K - 3-22-2007 at 05:09 PM

Hurray Paul!!! 2X makes you FIRST off the line, yes???!!!

TMW - 3-22-2007 at 05:38 PM

Go Paul. No dust is a big advantage.

David K - 3-22-2007 at 06:05 PM

The CODE map is very 'busy' with lots of ads, etc... If it isn't readable, I will trip off the non-map stuff and repost.

Interesting in that the race goes down into Valle Chico. Did the ejido people allow it, that didn't allow the SCORE race to be run, or is CODE staying out of those ejidos?

Code07r.JPG - 47kB

David K - 3-22-2007 at 06:30 PM

Just the course map...

Code500r.JPG - 41kB

TMW - 3-22-2007 at 06:31 PM

CODE probably pays on time to the right people. I've noticed over the years that smaller promoters in Baja don't have the problems SCORE sometimes has or maybe the smaller guys problems don't show up on the surface. I don't know if it's the Mexican relationship that SCORE doesn't have that the Mexican promoters do have. Maybe SCORE is just a big target with lots of entries especially the past few years.

bajalou - 3-22-2007 at 07:29 PM

Code had no problem getting agreement from Ejido PNA for this race - got it several weeks ago.

David K - 3-23-2007 at 09:08 AM

Yes, I see they even put 'PNA' on the map, like it was its own state! Viva Plan Nacional Agrario!

burro bob - 3-23-2007 at 12:18 PM

David
The main reason that CODE is having a race here and SCORE did not is because the bosses of CODE have no problem in dealing directly with the Ejidos.
Code has always been willing to do all the leg work necessary for running an off road race. SCORE on the other hand relies on the cities where the races are held to to all the leg work. Thats kind of like you letting somebody else determine what your bid will be on a landscaping project. I am sure that that is just one of a big list of things you take care of yourself in your business. Every good businessman knows that there are somethings that can't be delegated to a third party.
Unless SCORE figures this out they won't be racing around San Felipe anymore.
Thanks for cleaning up the map.
burro bob

David K - 3-23-2007 at 04:20 PM

10-4 Bob... understand that... I guess Sal & company think that with all the dinero SCORE races bring into a city like San Felipe, the city could do some leg work to make it happen.

At least Cañada el Parral (Azufre Wash) was spared from being torn up again!

Kicking a dead horse one more time

bajalou - 3-23-2007 at 06:55 PM

Here is a letter put out by the Ejido explaining their position on the Score 250 last month.

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE EJIDO ON 26 FEBRUARY 2007

THIS DOCUMENT IS INTENDED ONLY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH AND HAS NO OFFICIAL VALIDITY.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PLAN OF MEXICO

PROVISION FOR COMMON LAND *(t.n.)

SAN FELIPE BC

With regard to the position adopted by the Ejido Assembly **(t.n.) on February 25, 2007, whereby said organization refused passage through common land to participants of the San Felipe 250 Race, the Ejido Commissioner states the following:

First.- As in all previous years, the authorities, organizers and other parties interested in conducting the San Felipe race again left negotiations with Ejido representatives to the last place in their agenda.

Second.- Following the 2006 race, the company “Score” along with authorities and other organizers agreed to meet two weeks after that event in order to negotiate terms for the race’s 2007 edition. No such meeting took place.

Third.- In a meeting held at the municipal offices in January this year, Sal Fish and his legal representative, Lic. Oscar Ramos; the Municipal Deputy for San Felipe, Joaquín Sahagun Delgado; the Deputy Coordinator Ing. Benjamín Castillo; Lic. Rubén de la Peña, Managing Director of “Cotuco” in San Felipe; Jesús Olmos, Manager of “Épocas de Oro Ranch”; Lic. Roberto Ledon Perezchica, Canaco Delegate for San Felipe; the Tourist Sector’s Rafael Navarro; Dr. Javier Ayala, President of the Matomi Ejido Commission; Isaac Rodríguez, Commissioner of the Delicias Ejido; the Ejido Plan Nacional Agrario’s President, Treasurer and Secretary, respectively Ing. Samuel González Lares, Aurelio Torres Flores and Arturo González Martínez, were joined by representatives of the ejido in question. The Commissioner for the Ejido Plan Nacional Agrario resolved for those who participate in the organization of the event to draw up a written agreement, whereby one of the organizing parties is designated to assume full responsibility, since not one of the groups represented at the meeting could admit to holding said commitment at the time.

Fourth.-The original agreement had been that the Ejido would receive the total sum of the "land fee" (++) which brokers pay in order to obtain authorization to hold events such as this race, an agreement which Mr. Sal Fish made public. The San Felipe 250 race traditionally has over 350 competitors, where the money to be collected in land fees exceeds $21,000 US. Approximately $10,000 US were paid to the Ejido in last year’s event, an amount that is insufficient to cover road damage caused by the race. In terms of the land fee that is payable to Ejido tenants under Mexican law for an activity of this kind, the complete sum has never been received by them, despite the fact that on this specific occasion a direct commitment was made by Mr. Sal Fish, who, with funds from the Municipal Deputy and Canaco, was only able to provide the Ejdo Assembly with $8,000 US. To date, the reasons that led Mr. Sal Fish to breach the agreement are unbeknown to this office as they are to the respective Ejido tenants.

Fifth.- In view of the above, the ensuing reaction by Ejido tenants should be seen as a result of the illogical and inappropriate offer made by the Municipal Deputy of San Felipe in conjunction with Canaco representatives. No blame can therefore be placed on Ejido members for faults committed by the event’s organizers, the latter’s equivocal proposal, the unrest their attitude provoked among the Ejido community and the disappointment these organizers evidently brought to local business.

San Felipe, Baja California, February 26, 2007

SINCERELY



ING.SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ LARES

President of the Ejido Commission

Ejido Plan Nacional Agrario

(National Agricultural Plan of Mexico)

* Translator’s note: “Ejido” is the name given to ‘common land’ in Spanish, hence translation of title - “Ejido Plan Nacional Agrario”; ** Common Land Tenants’ Assembly.

++ Editor's note: Each entrant in the Baja 250 race is required to pay a "land fee" of $75 US to be used to repair damage caused as a result of the running of this race across public and private lands.

David K - 3-23-2007 at 07:10 PM

Thanks Lou...

If SCORE pays (and has paid) this fee so the Ejidos or whom ever to repair the roads... then why have the roads not been repaired?

The road south of Puertecitos has not been regraded after the Baja 1000, last year... Parral (Azufre Pass) was not repaired, graded after the last time the 250 used it...

So, the ejido demands money to repair roads, but it doesn't make the repairs after the race goes through.

8-21 thousand dollars is a lot for doing nothing, isn't it?

[Edited on 3-24-2007 by David K]

bajalou - 3-23-2007 at 07:38 PM

If you read that again David, they say the money received is NOT enough to repair all the roads. That is their position.

Was having trouble uploading the post - didn't realize it posted twice.

[Edited on 3-24-2007 by bajalou]

David K - 3-24-2007 at 10:35 AM

I don't think they ever repaired roads... so maybe it is just Mordida for the few on top?

jimgrms - 3-24-2007 at 11:50 AM

I wonder if Sal Fish has ever made any statements reguarding this , it would appear to me that if the land owners had wronged him he would be saying something,,
don't seem like he has much respect for them according to the translation

TMW - 3-25-2007 at 09:39 AM

Over the years Sal has never, to my knowledge, publically Bad mouthed any Mexican group or offical. I think the last thing he wants is a public war with those he must deal with, whether in person or thru a third party. It will always be about money.

dtrower751 - 3-25-2007 at 10:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by tunaeater
Here are the drawing results for the CODE McMillin 500...

http://www.codeoffroad.com.mx/codeoffroad/registrosentradas....


Will there be any trophy trucks in this race

Roberto - 3-25-2007 at 10:41 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jimgrms
I wonder if Sal Fish has ever made any statements reguarding this , it would appear to me that if the land owners had wronged him he would be saying something,,
don't seem like he has much respect for them according to the translation


Well, that's just one side of the story, isn't it? Are you surprised that the letter from the head of the Ejido says that it wasn't their fault at all - especially after the loss of income to the town? Who do YOU think the letter is directed to?

David K - 3-27-2007 at 08:51 AM

Race is THIS Saturday...