BajaNomad
Not logged in [Login - Register]

Go To Bottom
Printable Version  
Author: Subject: CHECKPOINT # 9
Norm
Junior Nomad
*




Posts: 82
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: AUBURN CA
Member Is Offline

Mood: GOOD!!!!!

thumbup.gif posted on 10-10-2007 at 07:19 AM
CHECKPOINT # 9


WHAT TIME WILL THE CARS & BIKES COME INTO CHECKPOINT # 9 ??
NORM
View user's profile
David K
Honored Nomad
*********


Avatar


Posts: 64855
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline

Mood: Have Baja Fever

[*] posted on 10-10-2007 at 09:01 AM


A way to figure this is to get the race mile for where you will be, the starting time for the bikes and the trucks, and figuring the fastest ones will be averaging 50 mph.

Check Point 9 is 1,120 miles from the start... 22 hours for the fastest bikes and unlimited truck/ buggies would be my guess. (4:30 am first bikes, 8:30 am first Trophy Trucks)

The majority will be there long after that and coming by for the following 24 hours!

We were near the 300 mile point last year (El Crucero), the trucks started about 10:15 and started passing us at 5:00pm (sundown)...

The bikes start at 6:30, the first one was faster than usual and passed us at noon (55 mph). The rest were passing by all afternoon.

More than 50% will not make it to your location...




"So Much Baja, So Little Time..."

See the NEW www.VivaBaja.com for maps, travel articles, links, trip photos, and more!
Baja Missions and History On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bajamissions/
Camping, off-roading, Viva Baja discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vivabaja


View user's profile Visit user's homepage
Norm
Junior Nomad
*




Posts: 82
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: AUBURN CA
Member Is Offline

Mood: GOOD!!!!!

[*] posted on 10-11-2007 at 07:00 AM
07 1000


Thanks David---- This will help a lot, last year the race went near our house & ,YES there are a lot less at the finish !!! I was a race car driver, drove sprints at ascot & all over the country... I KNOW WHAT IT TAKE TO FINISH A LONG RACE !!!!
Sea ya ~~ Norm
View user's profile

  Go To Top

 






All Content Copyright 1997- Q87 International; All Rights Reserved.
Powered by XMB; XMB Forum Software © 2001-2014 The XMB Group






"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez

 

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes

 

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

 

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law







Thank you to Baja Bound Mexico Insurance Services for your long-term support of the BajaNomad.com Forums site.







Emergency Baja Contacts Include:

Desert Hawks; El Rosario-based ambulance transport; Emergency #: (616) 103-0262