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Pre-running starts Friday Oct. 30th.
The actual miles are shown on the BFG map at
http://rlhcomm.com/BFG/RACES/2015/Baja1000/bfg_overall_bj1k_...
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Pre-running
A number of the Trophy Trucks will be at the SEMA show in L.V. for qualifying, and won't start pre-running until the following weekend - if you wanted
to be observing the first weekend.
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BFG has taken down the official map and will post a new one after the course revisions are complete.
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That didn't take long (to change the course)!
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Its a really big deal to create the track. Then it gets published and the persons affected provide new inputs that turn out to be valid. Racers
complain and land owners find out the track is not as they thought it was going to be. Then some politician decides it would be better to satisfy his
preferences. Lots of voters are involved.
Then it is discovered that the GPS creator made a mistake that has to be fixed.
In the old days we had an ongoing dialog with Paul Fish and we reused tracks with few new sections. New SCORE wants as many new tracks sections as
possible so do overs are part of the deal. Now we even find updated GPS tracks as late as the day of contingency and some racers and chasers are
already down the course and must find a WiFi hot spot to get an update. If you are part of the race be sure to take your laptop for latest GPS track.
After it is all done the tracks by New SCORE are better, IMO, but are much more difficult to create.
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Thanks Paul, very interesting!
Maybe someday, I will post one of Baja 1000 map book that Score gave us racers to navigate to La Paz by. No GPS, just odometer and junk cars for
landmarks!
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About time. That is a unique area of The Baja. Lost of other dirt roads to run down IMHO.
Hope everyone participating and spectating has a safe and memorable experience. 
YMMV.
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About time. That is a unique area of The Baja. Lost of other dirt roads to run down IMHO.
Hope everyone participating and spectating has a safe and memorable experience.
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That section of road was once the route of "Hwy. 5", or the main gulf-side road south from San Felipe (1958-1983) before the government graded road
was built from Laguna Chapala east to Puerto Calamajué, and crossed the gulf road where Coco's Corner was eventually established.
Before automobiles, Calamajué Canyon was the route of El Camino Real between San Borja and the Calamajue mission and on to where it moved and renamed
Mission Santa María.
The canyon road was first used for the Baja 1000 in 1973, when the Mexican government replaced NORRA with their own creation, The Baja Sports
Committee who ran the race from Ensenada to San Felipe and south to La Paz. After a total failure in operating the race, Mexico replaced BSC with the
new SCORE organization, there was no 1000 in 1974 as the time needed to create it was too short. That was the only year of no 1000 or longer race in
Baja.
The first time SCORE used Calamajué Canyon was for the 1979 Baja 1000, the first time SCORE ran a race into Baja California Sur, finishing in La Paz.
Okay, enough history for now! 
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Do you see that the start and finish on the map is not Ensenada, but near Ojos Negros. Check 7 is shown as the Finsh Line... ?
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No it is in front of the Convention Center as usual. The original SCORE map showed the mileage at Ojos Negros as if that was the start/finish. If you
look at the BFG map it shows RM40 just south of Ojos.
The schedule of events also says the S/F is in town.
[Edited on 10-26-2015 by TMW]
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Yes, I know but the Score map is what has the finish line flag at CP 7 and the start nearby with the green flag. Just noticing what the map today was
showing.
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Go the the current BFG map.
I see the green and green/checker flag in Ensenada. Maybe what David saw was the early prerun map which had the flag shown for prerun - not race.
Prerun has in the past and still today prerun starts and ends very close to Ojos. Just a couple of KMs off the road heading to Ensenada from the PMEX
in Ojos. Been that way for many years before I became aware.
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| Quote: Originally posted by PaulW | Go the the current BFG map.
I see the green and green/checker flag in Ensenada. Maybe what David saw was the early prerun map which had the flag shown for prerun - not race.
Prerun has in the past and still today prerun starts and ends very close to Ojos. Just a couple of KMs off the road heading to Ensenada from the PMEX
in Ojos. Been that way for many years before I became aware.
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The pre-run start and finish is probably what the map means? The map is what is on the SCORE website now, not any "early" map.
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SCORE Journal #9 just out.
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LOL, they still can't spell Puertecitos! 
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What do you expect from rich gringos.
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Here's the SCORE GPS files
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Excellent, thanks.
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And while we're at it, here's the course embedded in Google Maps.
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Thanks Stuck Sucks. I think I may go observe. San Antonio Del Mar seems like a good coastal locations to watch. Easy road out there and easy to
stay off the course.
[Edited on 10-31-2015 by Ateo]
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