BAJA 1000 - LIVE TRACKING

this just in from RDC.



"Let me get this straight. We(Humans) launched a satellite over 10 years ago and hurled it through deep space millions of miles away. Shut it off for 2 years while it floated in orbit. Flipped a switch and fired it back up and then went and dropped a lander on a comet Millions and Millions of miles away and have direct communication with it. But we cant get an Audio feed from Mexico."



[Edited on 11-13-2014 by willardguy]

Hilarious Willard.

these guys are bangin bars with a looong way to go! great racing!

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Originally posted by willardguy these guys are bangin bars with a looong way to go! great racing!

from enduro 360.

The first bikes have just arrived in La Paz. The battle all day was between the 1x Honda of Colton Udall Team and the 4x Kawasaki of Ricky Brabec. Both bikes were almost within sight of each other for the first 600 miles. Around mile 670 the 4x Kawasaki lost a rear tire and had to make emergency repairs. Rider Max Eddy was able to find a used tire at a pit and get it mounted on the bike. That put the Kawasaki team down about 20 minutes. Later they would loose about another 20 minutes south of San Ignacio giving the Honda a big lead.

Over the night the Kawasaki team was able to claw back time all the way. They took the physical lead near the 1,000 mile mark. Word is that 1x rider Ian Young had a crash and possible broken arm to set the Honda team back.

At the finish it was the Kawasaki first across the line, arriving about 20 minutes in the lead. The next bikes are over 250 miles behind as I write this. It will be about 5 hours before third place arrives to La Paz.

As always, we will have to wait to see if any penalties are assessed before results are official.


and a shout out to roger norman for again, the worst coverage and tracking ever!

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Originally posted by willardguy this just in from RDC. "Let me get this straight. We(Humans) launched a satellite over 10 years ago and hurled it through deep space millions of miles away. Shut it off for 2 years while it floated in orbit. Flipped a switch and fired it back up and then went and dropped a lander on a comet Millions and Millions of miles away and have direct communication with it. But we cant get an Audio feed from Mexico." Oh, That's great. [Edited on 11-13-2014 by willardguy]

"But WAIT!!!", she said, "there's MORE!!!"

When (corrected) times are figured out, it was a four wheel vehicle (on the "right" tires ) #11 Rob MacCachren finished in 22hrs30min33secs which takes the overall win with an average speed over the 1275 miles course of 56.6mph....even faster than the motorcycles (4X started at 06:00 and finished at 06:18 making their run 24hrs18min).

So far BFGoodrich has clinched thirteen classes and we're still waiting for #1121 to come across the finish line (and unless something outrageously unfortunate happens, they can definitely do that by the latest and greatest revised closing time - that would be the joke of the day for those of you not living through the madness - of 1700PST)

BFG Class wins: TT, 1, 5, 8100, 3000, BC, 3, TTSpec, 7SX, Spt 1500, 8, 5/1600, 12

I'll tell ya whats impressive are the golf carts! er...UTV's, sorry