Archive for November, 2007
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Baja 1, Desert Dingos 0 — for now
Prepping the car shortly before the start of the race in Ensenada.
First off, thanks to Roxanne for keeping everyone informed on our progress while we were beyond the reach of the Internets. And thanks to everyone who passed along their words of support, which she relayed to us.
As I write this, we’re headed up Highway [...]
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Mexican proverb: "Perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso."
Translation: The dog that doesn’t walk doesn’t find a bone.
The Dingos are about 2 hours away from Ensenada and of the opinion that the engine is ok. Jim can explain the car stuff. I’m more of a people person, and our people are looking forward to a sound sleep tonight.
Jim will resume updating the site [...]
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Regrouping: Update
Chase vehicle reached 1146 about midnight. They spent some time finagling the car so it could be towed, then caught some zzzz’s. They’re on their way down the mountain now. Those waiting for satellite phone call: will be a few hours before everyone converges in Baja. dLife just finished interviewing Richard and Skid on the [...]
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Message to team from Charlie’s brother
John asked me to post this message: “Sorry to hear that 1146 is out. It has been great visiting your site and following your updates both leading up to, and during the race. You have all worked very hard and should be very proud of what you accomplished.
“In a way, it is good that [...]
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Special message to Shawn’s family
Shawn is in good spirits. He wants you to know he is ok. waiting for chase vehicle. He’ll call home when he meets up with the satellite phone.
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
1146 is out of the race
Jim just called. On the third leg of the race, at 4000 feet, in the section SCORE said would weed out a lot of entries, the oil light came on and the car is finished. They are waiting for the chase vehicle to catch up to see what’s involved in towing our valiant chariot. I’ll [...]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Gotta love Satellite phones: team is doing great
After no word all this time, I called the Satellite phone. Skid answered: Everyone is doing good. They’re waiting for the 3rd handoff. Shawn and Dennis are driving now, Cary and Jim are catching up with Richard’s RV. Charlie and Scott are slated for next leg of driving. EVERYONE is doing GREAT. Keeping ahead of [...]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
2007 SCORE Baja 1000 Live Updates
A word of caution: the Baja 1000 is a grueling course and accidents do happen. Thankfully, there are no serious accidents ever reported for any Class 11 entry in the race.
Refresh this screen to get updates as they occur: http://tinyurl.com/3xn72m/ Vehicle incidents are reported by number. Class 11 numbers include 1100 (Eric Solarzano), 1101, 1146 [...]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
1146 kickin’ it outa the gate
Thanks to pancho for sending this link: http://blip.tv/file/481902/
Image credit: pedernofsky and Blip.TV
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
4:30 pm Live satellite coverage
IRC (International Racing Consultants) has live satellite coverage of a number of Baja 1000 racers in all classes, including Mike Urbana (1148) with Fullhouse Racing in Class 11. Mike started shortly after our 1146, so you can get a rough idea of where our team should be if things are going as planned: http://irctracking.com/2007/Baja1000/North/ Right [...]
