Map of Score's First Baja Race: 1974 Baja Internacional

1974 SCORE Baja Internacional Race Map is interesting to examine.

Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner

That one hour of down time at Mike's was strange. My partner and I had been invited to find Parnelli's motor home where his partner Marvin Porter would make us lunch. We parked our truck and walked over to hear the grim news about Parnelli's fatal encounter with the wrong way biker. Sort of took the joy out of the moment, indeed a very quiet sandwich, then back on the road to finish. My best memory is we got 4th in the pickup class..... won't swear to that, it was a long time ago. Driving through Ensenada to impound late at night we went past the funeral home and saw several guys in biker leathers standing in the lobby.

Ya, very sad and that was the last time the Big Oly Bronco or co-driver Bill Stroppe raced in Baja.
Parnelli & his mechanic, Dick Russell would build the epic 2WD Blazer that went on to be raced by Bob Gordon, Malcolm Smith and Frank 'Scoop' Vessels.

My 1974 program... I wrote down the arrival times of the racers, as I watched from behind the Score checkpoint where the race entered Mike's.



Dick, you arrived at 4:34 pm, a Class 8 Mercury pickup #125, with Gary Johnson as co-driver. You were both a young 34 years old from Modesto!
I was just 16 and came in my dune buggy... from Escondido. It must have been my second Baja trip after turning 16 and driving myself.

Here is the page with you listed and the 4:34 time:



It looks like you were 4th at the halfway point. Walker arrived ahead of you at 4:05 (he was 35 years old) and raced with Jimmie Baird, for Stroppe in a Ford.