Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Post race update
Richard and Skid take a well-deserved break.
This report from Seth (who also sent the photos):
Our valiant attempt to conquer the Baja 250 came to an end at Race Mile 72. In those 72 miles, we suffered 3 (three) flat tires, which when added to the two on Friday, were 2 more than we could […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
From the Baja Racing News Twitter stream
And so it ends.
I’d been following Gary’s updates all day and had sent him a note of appreciation for his work. We’re out for this race, but in the words of California’s governator, “We’ll be back.”
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Nope, we’re done
Two flats - a total of three today - and we’re done at RM 72
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
We may still be in it
We haven’t had communication with the car, but expected it to stop at checkpoint 1 to be towed home with a flat tire. We’re only guessing they picked up a spare someplace because they’re tearing along at 21 mph toward RM 93 where they’ll do the driver changeout. Seth is picking up Scott and his […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
And we’re done for the day
1101 is headed toward Checkpoint 1 where Seth will meet them. Three flats in the course of 55 miles and we just ran out of spares.
We’ll take a look at what happened, adjust accordingly and set our sites on the next race.
Thanks to everyone who checked in with me during the race. We appreciate […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Tire blowout
Seth will do an email to me when he gets back to Pete’s Camp. Spent some time with Mike and Richard. They had a blowout at RM 5, then bottomed out and pressed the front bumper into the wheel well. They pulled that loose with a tow strat and the chase truck.
Other issues when […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Live radio traffic during the race
You can listen live to the Weatherman, who coordinates search and rescue during the race by clicking here or on the image above.
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
It doesn’t get more exciting than this
We hit a spot of trouble around Route Mile 5 and 1101 stopped for a few minutes. Solorzano has opened up about a six mile lead but we’re back in the action.
Watch for Twitter updates here.
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Final pre-race update
1101 with its tracking unit turned on parked at Jeff’s house at Pete’s Camp, a small community on the bearch just north of San Felipe.
Just got off the phone with Mike and Seth. Everyones’ spirits are good, the car is ready to go and it’s about an hour before race start.
Richard and Mike will be […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
We’re ready
Ok, so in a few hours there’s going to be a lot of text updates and not a lot of photos, so work with us here and appreciate the logistics required to support a race team in the Baja California Desert. Like Seth’s well-outfitted chase truck.
Uh oh. Someone has some ’splaining to do.
We may be […]
