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night race San Bruno - Mulegè last weekend

willyAirstream - 7-5-2014 at 10:14 AM

We had a great race here last weekend with a huge turn out of racers and spectators. Crowds gathered in SB, on the roads to PC, along the highway and in the valley. It was not only dark and dusty, but foggy! As usual, the after party went on all night with a live band and many tkts. Noyt many pics due to it being a night race.

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Mulegena - 7-5-2014 at 12:58 PM

So glad you all had a fun time, W.Airstream.

I wasn't there, but it was fun to see everybody's buggy riding around town these days. My 18-year old pickup was at the mechanic the week before and he had to give us a hold-over 'cause he, Luis, and his son had a buggy in the race and family came from all over the península. They had a great time and came in third, I think.

My pickup didn't compete-- even tho' she's a Toyoto Taco and has the best mechanic in Mulge, she takes it easy on these bumpy roads.

TMW - 7-5-2014 at 06:47 PM

Wow, wish I could have been there.

Busted My Buggy!

walters886 - 7-6-2014 at 09:08 PM

All,
My good friend Richard (AS Willie) has woefully understated the tortuous course conditions and complete insanity of this year’s race which was held at night! That’s right, at night!

Richard invited me and Nina to pre-race the course with him one day a few weeks ago. I’ve raced in the Baja 500 in years past and have plenty of off road experience. Nina and I actually drove our buggy on some of the sections of this year’s Baja 500 course in mid-May so how challenging could the San Bruno-Mulege course be?

It was miserable. Arroyo boulders scraping the under carriage, shock killing washboard, heavy gravel beds, razor sharp lava shards, soft silty talcum powder sand, hellaciously steep grades, deep super slick mud and more. Nearly destroyed my 1600cc UTV buggy. Broke two teeth on my center load rack and pinion steering box, decoupled my steering shaft and burned out my clutch – all in the first 20 km. Thankfully we broke down near Julio’s ranch where he and his family were able to rescue us.

I should have suspected driving in the San Bruno boonies would be a challenge when Richard said, “Walt, turn right at the first dead goat, follow the course markers to the dead cow and then left, down into the boulder field..."

Congrats to Richard, all the contestants and a tip of the hat to all the finishers. tx ws

motoged - 7-7-2014 at 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by walters886

.....I should have suspected driving in the San Bruno boonies would be a challenge when Richard said, “Walt, turn right at the first dead goat, follow the course markers to the dead cow and then left, down into the boulder field..."



Yeah, who needs fancy course markers with intel like that :biggrin:

Looks like a tough but good time....:cool: