thebajarunner - 9-28-2004 at 12:47 PM
GRAND MARSHAL NAMED
Just picked this up off a racing update.
Walker Evans, one of the really great pioneers of Baja off-road racing!!
" California Speedway announced today that off-road racing legend Walker Evans will be the honorary grand marshal for Saturday's American Racing
Wheels 200 Craftsman Truck Series race. Evans competed in the series' inaugural year of 1995 and is widely known in racing circles for his off-road
exploits. "
Desertbull - 9-28-2004 at 01:54 PM
And Walker Evans is racing in the Baja 1000 with Robby Gordon in the #31`Trophy Truck in the upcoming Baja 1000 Peninsula run!!!
Robby to start the race and Walker to finish the race!
A-OK - 9-28-2004 at 07:17 PM
Thats gonna be one helluva combo at the 1000. Two of the hardest Baja racers around on the same team/truck..... can't wait.
4baja - 9-28-2004 at 07:42 PM
may hang a BA at him when he gos by on the thursday of the race if i'm drunk enough, may allso be passed out by that time.:moon:
4baja - 9-29-2004 at 06:17 AM
shook a little but not bad, had to tell my helper to get off the 12 foot ladder so he wouldnt fall on the rebar below him. leaveing FRIDAY for the
baja, hope the fishing picks up in BOLA BUT THEN AGAIN THERES ALLWAYS MY QUADS AND BEER. will give a report when i get back
surfer jim - 9-29-2004 at 09:13 AM
Will the cab of #31 be big enough for those two EGOS?....time will tell....
Desertbull - 9-29-2004 at 03:48 PM
Robby has the last NASCAR race of the year on Sunday...he'll be racing the first half and will be turning the car over to Walker Evans for the second
half...rarely do two drivers of that caliber ride together when racing...ususally it's a split due to the length of the race...
Desertbull - 9-29-2004 at 03:51 PM
Stevo,
Answer your voicemail messages...need to have you deliver a surprise to Doc and need to meet you on your way south...somewhere here in the concrete
jungle...will also provide beverages for your first nights foray...
Yep, we're back from our adventure...epic to say the least.
The chubasco messed some stuff up bad on the Pacific Coast...but all-in-all its almost passable...
Corky1 - 9-29-2004 at 07:20 PM
Walker Evans and another big name racer in the same "race car" RACING!!!
Corky
[Edited on 9-30-2004 by Corky1]
4baja - 9-29-2004 at 07:37 PM
will do tim, call you tomorrow
honda tom - 9-29-2004 at 08:19 PM
sure would be nice to know the location of the driver change. 2 awesome racers........... cant wait for this one!
TMW - 9-30-2004 at 07:26 AM
Honda Tom, I would guess the driver change would be at the BFG pit in San Ignacio.
surfer jim - 9-30-2004 at 09:52 AM
I think they should use the system that was in the sand car last weekend at the SSSS.... two stearing wheels and two sets of pedals.......they remind
me of the commercials with the two guys from star trek both trying to be the spokesman for the same website....
surfer jim - 9-30-2004 at 10:00 AM
Desertbull...tell us a little bit about your last trip....
Butch - 9-30-2004 at 12:42 PM
These two deserve each other !!
tim40 - 9-30-2004 at 02:57 PM
Have first hand experience of Walker, along with being extremely aggressive, being a racing gentleman. Robby....no first hand, but... Would love to
Mr Evans take a checker....the 2k did not do him well.
Desertbull - 9-30-2004 at 03:22 PM
Surfer Jim,
Give me some time...as it's print mag deadlines and online mag deadlines today......so I'm buried to the extreme...next week after things slow down a
bit
thebajarunner - 9-30-2004 at 04:08 PM
If Parnelli, Mickey and Mears were the headline makers of Baja Racing, then Walker and Ivan typified the strength and the energy of the sport.
And, Walker was as tough and aggressive as they come, yet he always had time to talk to the rest of us in our home-built trucks. He was always
willing to crawl underneath and give some pointers. He never held back a suggestion as to a better route to take, after a couple of pre-runs.
Walker typifies the sport as well as anyone who ever pulled on a dusty helmet.
It was pure joy to spend time with him, on the road or in the pits.
It was real painful to watch him thrash around the ovals in the first years of NASCAR Craftman Series and it is good to see him back in the dirt.
(Got a classy kid as well, who proved you can get hurt real bad and still be a strong competitor)
Baja Arriba!!
Desertbull - 10-1-2004 at 12:01 AM
Well said..