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David K
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Part of the NORRA Mexican 1000 map...
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David K
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Northern half of the Mexican 1000 map... This was on the old auto club (ACSC) Baja map...
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thebajarunner
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Off the hook and right, as usual David
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Yes, I know... I was at the FIRST Baja 1000 (1973), previous 1000s were officially the Mexican 1000...
Wasn't 1973 'early 70's'?
Speaking of official names... The first SCORE Baja '500' races were not called that officially, as Pearlman held the rights to the name Baja 500. So,
Mickey Thompson called Score's first race in Baja (and for several years after, until the 500 name was available again) the Score Baja Internacional.
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MrBillM
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Baja Tough
Tijuana to La Paz.
"On July 4th, 1967, an American Motors Rambler sedan would leave Tijuana at 9:00am to successfully break the record set by Bruce Meyers with an
overall time of 31 hours."
1967 Baja Bragging Rights ?
"My vehicle is as tough as a Nash Rambler". It just doesn't have a ring to it and didn't save Amerocan Motors.
Beep Beep. Beep Beep.
[Edited on 1-13-2007 by MrBillM]
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Sharksbaja
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Don't forget the "Baja 2000" race
Which was over two hundred short of 2000 mi!
Baja 1000
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Rider at Mile 328 of the Baja 1000
Four-wheel vehicle known as a TruggyBaja 1000 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in the fall. The event
includes various types of vehicle classes such as small and large bore motorcycles, stock VW, production vehicles, buggies, trucks, and custom
fabricated race vehicles. The course has remained relatively the same over the years with the majority of events being either a point to point race
from Ensenada to La Paz, or a loop race starting and finishing in Ensenada. The name of the event is misleading as the mileage varies for the type of
event (loop or point to point) and has represented Kilometers in the past.
The first official race started in Tijuana, Baja California on October 31, 1967 and was named the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. The course length that
year was 849 miles and ended in La Paz, Baja California Sur with the overall winning time of 27 hours 38 minutes (27:38) set by Vic Wilson and Ted
Mangels while driving a Meyers Manx buggy.
From 1967 to 1972 the race was organized by the National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA). In 1973, Baja California governor Milton Castellanos
handed over sanctioning of the event to a non-profit Mexican corporation called Baja Sports Committee (BSC). BSC renamed the event to Baja Mil (Baja
1000) and scheduled the race to run on the original dates chosen by NORRA. Though NORRA held a competing event in the United States that same weekend,
BSC successfully ran the race from Ensenada to La Paz like the years prior. Unaware of the challenges, BSC found promoting Baja races more difficult
than anticipated. Instead of giving up the race, the Mexican government requested help from Short Course Off-Road Enterprises (SCORE) in hosting and
promoting future Baja races. Through negotiations with Mickey Thompson and his SCORE organization, the Mexican Government agreed to give exclusive
rights to SCORE to hold Baja races and also reluctantly allowed SCORE to cancel the event for 1974. SCORE hired Sal Fish as president and took control
of the Baja 1000 from that year on with the Baja 1000 race resuming under new control in 1975.
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thebajarunner
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"Successfully ran the race"??? NOT!!
" Though NORRA held a competing event in the United States that same weekend, BSC successfully ran the race from Ensenada to La Paz like the years
prior. Unaware of the challenges, BSC found promoting Baja races more difficult than anticipated."
Well, having run that race I would question two key words in that sentence....it was hardly a 'successful' event, and 'more difficult than
anticipated' is about like George Bush saying that winning the 30 day event in Iraq has been "more difficult than anticipated."
Those BSC clowns screwed up every way imaginable..... took us almost a year to collect our check for our finish... and that only after some very
serious threats....
Oh, and they promised to distribute proceeds to the orphans and needy of Baja....little did we know that "orphans and needy" were the members of the
BSC.
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Sharksbaja
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Runner
You should correct Wikipedia. Open source info like this needs input from those in the know. You can sign in and edit that for all to read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baja_1000&acti...
[Edited on 1-13-2007 by Sharksbaja]
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