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This is shaping up to be one tough race. The course up the summit is new, just graded, steep and with little areas for cars to pass. They re-graded it
last week but still a bottle neck. The section from Uruapan to the hwy near Ojos Negros is as bad as ever. SCORE is allowing 23 hours to complete the
race which is less than a 20mph average, usually they base it on a 25mph average. Good luck to those racing.
14) The race will START and FINISH in front of the Riviera Convention Center on Boulevard Costero.
15) Motorcycles and ATV classes will report to staging at 5:30AM for a 6:00AM start and will start one every 30 seconds
in the following order - 22, 21, 30, 40, 50, 60, 25, 24, SPTMOTO>, SPTMOTO<, SPTATV, 26.
16) There will be at least a full three hour gap between the last ATV starter and the first Trophy Truck starter.
17) Four Wheel Vehicles will report to staging at 9:00AM for a 10:00AM start and will start one every 30 seconds in the
following order - TT, 1, 10, SL, 8, 1/2-1600, PT, 4, 5, 6, 7/2, 7, 7SX, 2D, 5-1600, 3, SF, SPTK, SPBG, 11, SPUTV.
18) FOUR WHEEL STAGING TIMES - TT(9:00AM), 1(9:05AM), 10(9:10AM), SL(9:15AM), 8(9:20AM), 1/2-1600(9:25AM),
PT(9:30AM), 4(9:35AM), 5(9:40AM), 6(9:45AM), 7/2(9:50AM), 7(9:55AM), 7SX(10:00AM), 2D(10:05AM), 5-1600(10:10AM),
3(10:15AM), SF(10:20AM), SPTK(10:25AM), SPBG(10:30AM), 11(10:35AM), SPUTV(10:40AM).
19) All classes will have 23 HOURS / (19.7 MPH AVERAGE) from their designated start time to complete the race.
20) Checkpoint closing times are as follows:
CHECKPOINT 1 - SANTA CATARINA GATE / MILE 92.30 / SATURDAY @ 11:00PM.
CHECKPOINT 2 - AFTER BORREGO PITS / MILE 211.89 / SUNDAY @ 5:00AM.
CHECKPOINT 3 - NORTHWEST OF COLONET / MILE 318.20 / SUNDAY @ 7:00AM.
CHECKPOINT 4 - WEST OF OJOS NEGROS / MILE 411.98 / SUNDAY @ 9:00 AM.
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wessongroup
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Mood: Suicide Hot line ... please hold
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Thanks much TW.... another form of racing which I really enjoy... will be following...
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TacoFeliz
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Sta Catarina to Summit course tweaked
From the SCORE site:
Tuesday, May 31 @ 1:00PM
THE COURSE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE SUMMIT.
SCORE HAS RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM LANDOWNERS TO USE THE SAME COURSE AS LAST
YEAR'S BAJA 500 FROM THE SANTA CATARINA VILLAGE TO NUEVO JUNCTION TO THE SUMMIT.
THE REVISED COURSE IS 1.85 MILES SHORTER AND THE TOTAL MILEAGE IS NOW 452.84.
LOWRANCE & GPX FILES OF THIS COURSE CHANGE ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON
THE SCORE WEBSITE ON THE BAJA 500 RACE PAGE.
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David K
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Wow!
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BajaGeoff
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About to head south! If any Nomads are heading down, the Mag 7 team will be posted up at the VP fuel distribution area southwest of downtown Ensenada
near the beach.....come by and say hello!
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David K
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Okay, on Race-Dezert.com is a link to the Baja 500 live page with live video, live course map (4 wheel racers), live race radio... Here: http://www.race-dezert.com/home/2011-score-baja-500-live-cov...
Off-Road.com is posting photos from the start:
http://www.off-road.com/competition/race/2011-tecate-score-b...
[Edited on 6-4-2011 by David K]
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Elena La Loca
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http://dirtnewz.com/events-11/baja500/audio.shtml live audio from our truck.
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David K
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Trophy Trucks are going over the summit and heading for Cohabuzo Jcn at this moment.
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TacoFeliz
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David -
You might enjoy this link for IRC tracking:
http://vulcain.iritrack.net/irc/eviewer/baja500/
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Paulina
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Hola Wild Bill y Elena!
Dern, Dern, Dern and I are listening right along with you. Pretend we're in the back seat...where are the scooby snacks?
Love you guyz,
P y D
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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rts551
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A fresher Kendall Norman spent the last 40 miles snipping off a 3-4 minute deficit from Colton Udall and literally reeled Colton's 0x Bike in on the
last 1000 yards of pavement...They crossed the finish line at the same moment...Colton wins by :30 (unofficial)
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David K
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(6:00 pm) Leading Trophy Trucks are between Santo Tomas and Ojos Negros heading to Ensenada Finish Line!
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capt. mike
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as usual Dirt-newz coverage blew everthing and everyone else away.
can't wait for the fall 1000.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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TMW
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Bad wreck between a #71 prerunner and local Toyota car about 5 miles west of Borrego yesterday. Several people hurt bad.
Here is one report:
.....It looked like they (pre-runner) was trying to come in off
> course and hop on highway and clipped the car, drove up and over the car and
> launched airborne and landed on the other side of the highway on the
> passenger side with the front facing east. I am ONLY GUESSING this though.
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TMW
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We watched the cars and trucks leave and it is absolutely amazing no one is killed. People way too close to the edge and wrong side of turn. When the
Trophy Trucks rounded the corner at Lopez Mateos a couple spun out, people running everywhere as the trucks regained control. One ran down left side
to wash entrance and either clipped a little kid or threw up a rock or something that hit him. Ambulance arrive soon to treat the kid. There may have
been others hurt too.
Same location on the return, TTs rounding corner back to finish people scattered as the trucks cross to far side crub hot on the gas.
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rts551
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Other accidents between racers and spectators/cars on the course according to "Weatherman"
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goldhuntress
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My boyfriend watched it somewhere north of Santo Tomas and he said there were lots of bad accidents. He said he has videos on his iphone, not sure if
they are accidents or racing. If they are good enough quality I'll post them later.
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David K
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Well, this is sad for sure... Perhaps starting and finishing the race in the middle of Ensenada will need to be re-thought? It was started and/or
finished out of town (Ojos Negros) in the past due to flooding (the 1000).
Looking forward to the photos and reports...
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rts551
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Yes sad. but changing the start probably would not help. One of the worst accidents happened when Johnson's chase truck and another car had a
head-on on hwy 3 in the middle of nowhere. Another one when a car was coming down the wrong way on the track and took out a motorcycle.
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Well, this is sad for sure... Perhaps starting and finishing the race in the middle of Ensenada will need to be re-thought? It was started and/or
finished out of town (Ojos Negros) in the past due to flooding (the 1000).
Looking forward to the photos and reports... |
[Edited on 6-5-2011 by rts551]
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David K
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Race results at this point are still unofficial pending SCORE review, but here are the top 15 unofficial overall four-wheel finishers:
2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 500 -Top 15
1. Bryce Menzies
2. Tim Herbst
3. Rob MacCachren
4. Andy McMillin
5. Robby Gordon
6. Nick Vanderwey
7. Gary Weyrich
8. Steven Eugenio
9. Mike Voudouris
10. Justin Davis
11. Jesse James
12. Rick D. Johnson
13. Jesse Ashcraft
14. Kory Scheeler
15. Robbie Pierce
Here are the top two wheel finishers:
Unofficial Finishers
1. Colton Udall (0x)
2. Kendall Norman (1x)
3. Ivan Ramirez (10x)
4. Shane Esposito (2x)
5. Trevor Insley (104x)
6. Francisco Septien (300x)
7. Johnson (305x)
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