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BigWooo
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2010 Baja 1000 photos
Around 8:00 am on Friday. Approaching the hairpin turn in San Juanico...#778 on track and looking good:
Something went wrong and the truck suddenly left the course:
It did a complete roll and landed back on it's tires:
I was able to talk to the drivers immediately after, and fortunately neither of them were injured (They were going VERY fast). I don't think the
same could be said about the truck though:
edit to correct order of pics
[Edited on 11-20-2010 by BigWooo]
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DianaT
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WOW Glad both of the drivers are OK,
but that is a GREAT series of photos!
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I like the person with the hoodie that doesn't even move or seem to react.
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Bufeo's son in law's car, around 7:30 a.m.
He put on quite a show as he went around the hairpin turn. Looked too clean to have done so many miles!
[Edited on 11-21-2010 by BigWooo]
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musta been video that was editied to single frames? if not, great steady hands and timing!!!!
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BigWooo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
musta been video that was editied to single frames? if not, great steady hands and timing!!!! |
No video, 35mm camera. This guy was going a lot faster than the others so I wanted to get a few photos as he approached....then he suddenly veered
off and I just held down the shutter key. Lucky timing, unlucky for them 
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BigWooo
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Don't know who this is, but he hit the turn FAST:
Then left a cloud that enveloped everything:
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Great shots Wooo! I had the very same thoughts as blane about the guy in the hooded sweater watching the whole thing unfold right in front of him...
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Great shots Wooo! Thanks for the photos and the "heads up".
That #778 is Ivan Stewart's truck. I don't know if he was driving at the time. I have found out that son-in-law was not in the #760 at that point. He
got out earlier and is just now back in the truck down at Loreto.
Glad no one was injured in the 778. Metal can be re-bent and parts replaced on the truck. 778 moved slowly (tracking via IRC) after that, but I see
it's at mile 720 now.
Thanks again Wooo.
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Being a Toyota, it will just keep going and going!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BigWooo
Looked too clean to have done so many miles! |
Is Rosie Ruiz driving that car? 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Being a Toyota, it will just keep going and going!
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Well, they're really trying to do just that. Limping along into the Loreto area, where I'm sure they have a major pit. Maybe some duct tape and baling
wire will put things in order.
Given Wooo's description of "...suddenly left the course" sounds like some kind of steering failure, so maybe it can be repaired. In any case, "It
ain't over 'til it's over."
I'd like to see them finish...just w...a.....y.....y behind the 760 car. 
ON EDIT: About an hour later the 778 seems to be moving well enough. The 760 'paused' over on the coast for a bit.
Allen R
[Edited on 11-19-2010 by bufeo]
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Wow! That is intense. Great photos and glad everyone was OK.
I just got back last night from pitting with Mag 7 at race mile 55 near Tres Hermanos. The terrain up there was brutal.....lots of hills, sharp
corners, rocks and really narrow. I should have a video put together in the next week or so. It was a blast!
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those are pulitzer prize level shots, better than anything else i have ever seen except the P 51 replica that crashed at Reno this year caught frame
by frame in split second hi-def hi-rez.
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WOW! awesome shots!
READY SET.....................
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Nice!
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Nice shots! Thanks for posting
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Those photos really should be submitted to an appropriate publication----maybe one that covers the Baja 1000-----?
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Thanks everyone for the comments 
Soulpatch: The daytime shots were taken about 2 miles from the casita. The night before we had traveled several miles north to a long straightaway
to watch the trophy trucks. They started coming through just before midnight. This was our first 1000, so for us, it was pretty amazing. Where we
setup to watch, the trucks passed at well over 100mph. There was no way to get a good still picture at that speed at night  Got some cool video though! It was so quiet we could hear the trucks 10 or 15 miles
away!
(Hey...Full time for you guys is getting closer!)
Diana: Good idea, I also plan to lookup the Ivan Stewart team on the internet and find a way to contact them. I bet the guys in the truck would like
the photos (or maybe not ).
It's very, very lucky no one was hurt. If whatever caused the sudden left turn had happened 200-300 meters further ahead, it would have been a much
different outcome.
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It did'nt look like they just lost control?
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