BajaNomad - Baja 1000 coming.......Highways busy mid Nov...

Baja 1000 coming.......Highways busy mid Nov...

micah202 - 10-18-2012 at 10:50 AM

...haven't seen anything posted,,so thought I'd stick this up.....

The Baja 1000 off road race runs the length of the peninsula this year. Here is a link to the course maps and an excellent link to Google Earth. Links on the right side of the page. The Google Earth information contains exact details of the entire course. The dates are 14 - 17 November. Remember the roads will be dangerous to travel during this time frame. Support vehicles will be traveling at high speed to get to their next pit stop. Be careful out here!!! www.score-international.com)

..edit...oops,,,can't seem to find the google link,,,maps posted below....
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[Edited on 10-18-2012 by micah202]

[Edited on 10-18-2012 by micah202]

rts551 - 10-18-2012 at 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by micah202
...haven't seen anything posted,,so thought I'd stick this up.....

The Baja 1000 off road race runs the length of the peninsula this year. Here is a link to the course maps and an excellent link to Google Earth. Links on the right side of the page. The Google Earth information contains exact details of the entire course. The dates are 14 - 17 November. Remember the roads will be dangerous to travel during this time frame. Support vehicles will be traveling at high speed to get to their next pit stop. Be careful out here!!! www.score-international.com)
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http://www.score-international.com/races/1141/45th_TECATE_SC...

micah202 - 10-18-2012 at 11:00 AM

...couldn't find the google map at the link above,,but here's a map....

http://www.enduro360.com/2012/10/15/featured/2012-score-baja...

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rts551 - 10-18-2012 at 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by micah202
...couldn't find the google map at the link above,,but here's a map....

http://www.enduro360.com/2012/10/15/featured/2012-score-baja...

[Edited on 10-18-2012 by micah202]

Its on the link I provided under Google earth early pre-run

David K - 10-18-2012 at 11:32 AM

You guys didn't look in the Baja Nomad OFF ROADING forum... TW has two threads there with the Baja 1000 maps posted... here is the second thread: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=63019

micah202 - 10-18-2012 at 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by David K
You guys didn't look in the Baja Nomad OFF ROADING forum... TW has two threads there with the Baja 1000 maps posted... here is the second thread: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=63019

...hmmm,,,I think it's not a bad idea to get the news out to more than just off-road fans,,,the highways will be rather busy with pit-teams racing on the highways!

rts551 - 10-18-2012 at 11:47 AM

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Hmmm. I do. In fact responded to his Google earth post (Guess you didn't read the thread). But in this case just helping out a fellow Nomad

David K - 10-18-2012 at 11:51 AM

Well, that is true.. but the best way to not miss posts here is to click on 'TODAY'S POSTS' when viewing Nomad... You see ALL new activity for the past 3-4 days from all the Baja forums. Now, if you only read Nomad once a week then you should go to the individual forums of interest and scan them for anything you may wish to read.

Traditionally, all off road racing news is found in the Off Roading forum here... Just makes finding info on the race that much easier to find...

David K - 10-18-2012 at 11:53 AM

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Originally posted by rts551

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Hmmm. I do. In fact responded to his Google earth post (Guess you didn't read the thread). But in this case just helping out a fellow Nomad

Exactly what I was doing... helping this Nomad see where the race maps and information was already posted... So I wonder why you didn't?

micah202 - 10-18-2012 at 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by David K

.........Traditionally, all off road racing news is found in the Off Roading forum here... Just makes finding info on the race that much easier to find...

...with all due respect Dave,,,my point is that there'll be MUCH potentially dangerous activity ON the highways because of this (off-road) event,,,regular folk should perhaps be forewarned!

.thanks for the 'how-to-read-baja-nomad' tutorial though

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David K - 10-18-2012 at 12:28 PM

As I said earlier, what you say is true... That you didn't find anything about the race already was the purpose of my helping you (and countless others) with a method to see ALL new Baja posts quickly without the tedious searching through a zillion separate forums.

You are 100% correct that the month before a race and the race itself means extra traffic (and sometimes speeding) on the main roads in Baja. :light: