2001 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Class 21 - Pro / Motorcycles Between 126 & 250CC OA CLS Driver/CoDriver Vehicle Start Finish Total Elapsed Average Pos Pos Num CLS Time Time Miles Time Speed 15 1 100X P21 J. David Ruvalcaba\Streve Cruz Yamaha 06:36:30 23:29:41 677.00 16:53:11 40.091 DNF 101X P21 Eddie Deans\Joe Desrosiers Yamaha 06:37:00 We made a little progress out of the hole, but we were still stuck. 2020 SCORE Race Schedule Race Results/History 2020 Races 2020 Baja 1000 2020 Baja 500 2019 Races 52nd Annual BAJA 1000 1st Baja 400 51st Baja 500 33rd San Felipe 250 2018 Races 51st Baja 1000 51st Baja 1000 All that prerun work was paying of. It's a lot going on. It was smart to get out of the race course and put our car in front of me as a block, but I needed to get as far away as possible. If you went off of it the race was over. It was very cold out, but I was overheating. We had points, but no detail to know if the race ending hole was on the right or left or if it was something like the big sharp piece of farm equipment we'd seen prerunning in the course around the next turn. Just deal with the now. The closest are those that just lived through their own story, the racers. After prerunning for 2 days we were pretty sore and tired. We navigated around each one looking for a clean line to avoid their fate. We made a go of it between racecars passing. I include it because it happened and it was just a small part of the things you go through to race) ...As I got back into the car and started the lengthy procedure to strap and wire myself back in I tried to use the restroom. It felt like a different race. We watched some other racers pass by. You have no choice when you're racing unless you want to stop and get out again.). Hey guys, I am wanting to race the 2020 Baja 1000, and do it solo in the ironman class. We hit pavement. We were out. These, mostly, strangers I'd met a few days before were now buddies, good friends. Doing work. We tried to get there, but Ensenada traffic was too much. The Baja 1000 began in that decade of peace and love and away from the gaze of Uncle Sam. Every time a course note we'd made saved us we were happy. SCORE Baja 1000 Ensenada, B.C. "We're delivery guys. It seemed like this section never ended. 4.9K likes. And not just theMore Info › Filling the fuel tanks and checking the car, all seemed well besides the transmission and lights that all seemed to be loose. We caught a 1600 car which is the class I'd always raced. We'd caught a competitor. It had the effect of 5 beers. I lowered the window net and crawled out. Matomi wash was coming up! To start off, the racecar was having a hard time getting into reverse so the guys worked on the transmission linkage the night before the race as Rob and I were a couple hours to the south where we'd be getting in the racecar tomorrow. We hadn't even seen another race car in hours. Out of the racecar and hood off we tested the power steering servo and figured out that fluid was powering into the side to turn the car left, but blocking any fluid from going right. I got out a third time. It held, although again and again we abused it. 06/01/2019 SCORE San Felipe Just add that little fact into the course notes. I couldn't breathe very well and my eyes felt like they were full of sand... and they were. We're already talking about what we want to race next. We changed the air filter when we changed the power steering, have them change it again at your next pit. Stuck again. (You can find videos of it online.) With a smack on the rear fender I said GRACIAS and GO GO GO to the prerunner and he was off. Rob was using both hands to hold the wheel straight and occasionally we'd stop and fight it back straight. Rob got up on his bumper and I hit the "request to pass" button on the Stella car to car GPS. Digging, stacking rocks or whatever. 2020 Races 2020 Baja 1000 2020 Baja 500 2019 Races 52nd Annual BAJA 1000 1st Baja 400 51st Baja 500 33rd San Felipe 250 2018 Races 51st Baja 1000 51st Baja 1000 Qualifying Results Lucerna Hotel & Resorts Tijuana 2021 CRF450X OVERVIEW - Honda Life is full of compromises—unless you’re riding a Honda CRF450X. Thank you to Rob and everyone on the team that allowed us to be apart of this race. This time it looked and sounded like a trophy truck, but it was one of these several hundred thousand dollar prerunners built like a trophy truck. We could hear our team guiding us in. It was maybe 40F out, but sweating out so much moisture I was dehydrated and cold from the cool air rushing into my wet suit for hours. Baja 1000. It may not be fun to hear, but this wasn't the first time I'd have to "go" in a racecar in the seat. It’s Thursday, November 19 on the eve of the Baja 1000. I was moving so quick fearing they'd drive off I was clumsy in my movements. We stood around the racecar back at the house we were renting chatting and celebrating while wearing our giant medals. I put on swim trunks and sandals and sat in the truck. Determining we had a spare in San Felipe, Kelsey and Steve (Rob's Father in law) were on their way with it after a radio call. It was right about when our bodies were used to calling it a day and starting to think about finding a bed, but not tonight. We just treated each point as a general hazard and kept moving. My body was sensing movement, but I was standing still. At this point we knew we couldn't make any more mistakes even though we'd really only made one so far. ), We followed our notes. I was picturing us stuck out here with a burnt out clutch. (You play psychologist as a co-driver as much as you watch the gauges, rear view mirror, GPS, corners and change tires/get unstuck. For the third time in as many years, the SLR Honda team rode to victory during this weekend’s SCORE International Baja 1000, extending Honda’s overall motorcycle win total in the event to 30, including six straight and 22 in the last 23 years. 332 miles raced. SLR Honda Continues Win Streak in Baja 1000 Team owner and rider of record Samuels rolled off the Ensenada start line at 4 a.m. Friday and quickly handed off to Morgan, who raced 124 miles through the darkness down the Pacific Coast, building a three-minute lead that was largely erased when the team pulled off the headlights at the end of his stint. Cal Wells III, Jack Johnson, Roger Mears, Bob Bower, Dean Bulloch, Dan Foddrill and Tom White are the 2020 Inductees. We made it to my parents place in San Clemente. First I hit the "Stella" safety beacon that signals race organizers as well as nearby cars that there was a stopped racecar. This motorcycle has all the necessary improvements to conquer the world's longest and toughest continuous motorcycle race: The Baja 1000. I couldn't stop shivering. How we could be on our couch at home. Score International is the rights holder of all the trademarks used on this website which include but are not limited to Baja 1000, Baja 500, Baja 250, Baja Challenge, and Trophy Truck. Without a more eloquent way of putting it... we were dead inside. I was drenched in sweat. The unpredictable Baja 1000 racecourse covers every surface from hard pack to soft sand, with deep ruts and rocks. We had maybe seconds until a racecar came over the hill at us and hit both vehicles. SLR Honda has done it again. It defies explanation, but if you know, you know. "Time to go!". We pitted the car at RM160 and we changed out a slow leaking tire and off they went. I jumped off the course for another racecar feeling dejected. Nov 28, 2020 16 min read 2020 Baja 1000 - Race Summary After prerunning for 2 days we were pretty sore and tired. We knew that we were leaving everything out there and holding nothing back. I couldn't remember most of mine. I started taking limbs off of it. We had almost 20 miles of racing left. The car hunkered to the right and it felt like we were going to roll. 2 miles to pit. We were getting to hit 3rd and once even 4th gear at 70MPH. On the prerunner there was no open end to tie it to so I broke every safe recovery rule and tied a knot. When he hit the trail there was no choice, but to keep momentum going through the silt bed and up the big silt hill. The stuck competitors helping guide us and the other racers on the best line around them. We saw dust ahead. I have never raced in Baja, and the idea of doing it solo is a really attracting challenge to me. The big V8 prerunner yanked our racecar up and over that tree and another one back onto the middle of the course. off road Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. (The size and shape of rocks that give you flats or could break the car). I was drenched in sweat. WORK!!! I was roasted. We need to do it fast and with no mistakes." This course was rough enough to still get stuck fairly often even with no mistakes. There I was all alone in the dark with my headlamp digging out the boards and watching for racecars. We were racing again. I could tell Rob was able to thread the tires around every "gotcha" sized rock. We pulled Goose over near the racecar and finished one more beer to numb the pain. We jumped left off the course. 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This time I knew we needed to go into reverse so I put the boards behind the tires and yelled at Rob to go back. He was nervous since at last years Baja 1000 a hard reverse had broken the transmission and ended their race. © 2015 – 2021 SCORE International Plenty of time to make mistakes, but we were smiling. GO GO GO! The way they were driving we could tell they were demoralized. Center skid plate stuck on the raised lip of the road and a small tree/bush stuffed against the front bumper. Rob went a bit left to make sure the racecar saw our headlights in his rear view and it happened. I couldn't breathe so I had to walk. Dazed and confused. I'd call out "hard left into a medium right coming up at end of straight away, pump the brakes!!" As if they know, they know what you've been through and are giving you a little high five in appreciation.). We spent the rest of the day chasing the race car here and there. Driving my own share of races I know some of the things I wish a co-driver had said to me to keep me thinking straight and not letting the tiredness or fury of "Red Mist" take over your brain where you go too hard and make poor choices. I yelled at Rob to go ahead and find a spot where he could get out of the racecourse. We left the pit and were finally bashing through a "whoops" section. Even commenting about how epic this was, how beautiful. SLR Honda Continues Win Streak in Baja 1000 November 23, 2020 For the third time in as many years, the SLR Honda team rode to victory during this weekend’s SCORE International Baja 1000, extending Honda’s overall motorcycle win total in the event to 30, including six straight and 22 in the last 23 years. It’s what you’ve been waiting for! As we hit "Zoo Road" (A famously rough long straight with big "Whoopdeedoo" bumps) we passed Kelsey, Steve and Tom who were there to make sure all was okay. After all, we had a delivery to make. Historical List of Baja 1000 Winners (Motorcycle) Jennifer Rails (November 2020) The Baja 1000 had its humble beginnings back in 1962 when Hollywood motorcycle stunt double and desert racer Bud Ekins came up with an idea to take a long trail ride down the Baja Peninsula with his younger brother Dave. 13 hours in the racecar. How can you explain to someone how important to you a race is that is of no consequence. We had no feelings about it one way or the other. Off in a la la land sort of place where we were accepting of our future and what we had to do. I pulled the tow strap off and attached it to our front bumper. Rob gunned it forward this last time and the car jumped up onto the traction boards and out it went right over the top of a bush and boulder. I thought "Lucky Tim, no more stupid mistakes." The race can't be won here, but it can easily be lost. We slid down and hit this car and barely kept from getting stuck. We tried to eat our caffeinated clif bars, but we barely had enough moisture in our mouths. We popped the top on Goose and covered in silt and dirt, I didn't care and didn't have energy to shower, we went to bed. If you can improve it, please do. Time to eat and drink water. Then right back to how this was it, this was the epitome of racing Baja. 11/19/2020 Los Ancianos Tecate Enduro Tecate, Baja California 12/07/2019 SCORE Baja 1000 Ensenada, B.C. We started to get ready to jump out. Day 4 November 22, 2020 Desert ride and select areas of Baja 1000 course back to Acambaro, Travel from Ensenada back to San Diego. I'd never seen such beat up Trophy Trucks so early into a long race. We radioed all of the issues with the car. It reminded me that there were more levels of hurt well beyond where I was. (I can't tell you how much a yell or a horn makes you feel awake and alive. Eventually reverse gear let out a screech and we knew it was finished. The Ford Bronco R Race Prototype makes it to the end of the 2020 Baja 1000 The Bronco R race prototype finished the 53 rd SCORE-International Baja 1000 in Class 2 in just over 32 hours. We seemed to just enjoy sharing the fire. The BFGoodrich SCORE Baja 1000 is always tough, but this year’s 898.40-mile loop race from Ensenada (the longest loop race in Baja 1000 history) was as challenging as any racer could remember. "It's running great, it's working well and no issues besides the brakes. I ran up the hill, but the silt was too much. Each time we saw lights I'd run off the course and try to direct and slow down racecars with the light I'd taped to my helmet. YES, YES, THANK YOU, YES!!! We passed a 10 car in our class! How's that for luck in the middle of the night at one of many pit areas. Thankful to be back in I got my belts on and told Rob to hit it. We knew that we couldn't celebrate or relax. We kept racing and around a corner was a large drop off in the middle of the course we'd marked. 41 hours awake. So we had a car that was over assisted with all pressure one direction. (We wear a race catheter so you can go #1 when you need to while racing) Quickly I realized that it wasn't attached anymore. Abusing ourselves through the rough stuff to keep the pace quick. We were beyond tired or sore. A delirious machine. We saw crowds yelling and honking. We snuck around the edge as planned, but at the bottom we couldn't make the 90 degree right turn and the tires just kept pushing although they were at full right lock steering. We checked on the guys in the racecar at each pit and got them water. After discussing and trying to drive we knew we needed to limp the 10 miles backwards to the pit. It was an off camber section and we could tell our tires followed the ruts of so many cars ahead of us that also slid off. Hard left. Over a rise the front tires went hard left as we were moving very fast. We were ripping through canyons and working as a well oiled machine. I dug for the now sunk traction boards, re-attached them and got back into the racecar. You could tell that many had not prerun this section. Don't make the instructor look stupid! Left rear tire hanging in the air in a bush. Calling out every turn, every rock and every line choice. We got into the racecar a bit later than planned at 7PM on Friday at Race Mile 275. The Baja 1000 is a Mexican off-road motorsport race held each year on the Baja California Peninsula. No point in worrying about what would happen next. We'd all been there, but we were pushing it. Maybe it was air in the line or maybe it was a leak. Just then a race car came over the hill and I made sure to get on the other side of our car to have something in between us for protection. At the pit, we were lucky to find the person who built our particular racecar. I ran far out of the way of what could be a flying strap and yelled GO GO GO!!! This is a normally hated section because it's so rough, but being able to hit higher speeds and a section that felt "fast" seemed easy to us. This article has been rated as C-Class. It was a new day after all. We hit dirt and right afterwards we pitted. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. We found a side trail to cautiously and slowly make our way back. The race was founded by Ed Pearlman in 1967 and is sanctioned by SCORE International. We knew there would be some long hours ahead so sleep was at a premium each night. The California-based offroad racing team took its third straight Baja 1000 victory over last weekend, winning the overall motorcycle category. The limited slip that had recently been installed gave some power to the tire on the ground thankfully, but it wasn't enough to get out. I also drank all the water I could find at the pit. It was like moondust and my shoes sunk deep into the silt. With 30 years of racing experience and dozens of major championships, we know what it takes to make a … We sent some pit crew in a prerunner their way, but they kept working on it and eventually a competitor stopped to tow them out. We heard that one Trophy Truck was "Unrecoverable" because it went down such a cliff. We were stuck. We weren't racing through here, we were just surviving. The racecar got stuck in some silt around a corner at RM262 and so Kirk and Tim S (First driver/co-driver) got out and called on the sat phone for help. The steering felt great. Hard right and then stay left, way left. I don't think anyone LIKES to be the co-driver. Join us on a self indulging adventure of pain, suffering, and ultimate satisfaction behind the vigorous motivation of Mike "Viking" Skurkis. As we battled through the slow rough miles of this section we started to see race cars stuck. The San Diego County driving team of Luke McMillin and Larry Roesler co-drove their 950-horsepower, Ford F-150 TrophyTruck to the overall win in the 53rd SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race. Then I removed my pumper (Pumped in air that goes through a filter to try and give you decent air to breathe), radio connection and 5 point seat harness. Within minutes of leaving the pit we were talking to each other more. Professionals. AND AWESOMENESS.We changed up the Honda CRF450X in a big way last year, and right out of the gate it went out and won the Baja 1000. We need to get this car to Brady (Son of the owner and final driver). Around the very next corner was a UTV racer that we'd passed and then just gotten passed back by while stuck. We're all control freaks and prefer driving, but most co-drive because being in a racecar is better than not being in one, period. The 2020 SCORE Baja 1000 begins in the early hours of Friday (November 20) morning (motorcycles are the first competitors off the line) and ends on Sunday (November 22) when the last racers will be finishing the nearly 890-mile course. (We'd already had one fall off). We got off the course for safety and started to radio the last pit location. Trust the spray painted rock here! We were smiling even. Boards under the tire I knew we had to go a little in reverse. We got our helmets and neck restraints back on and started to bolt ourselves back into the racecar. They should be behind us, but after the race we'd had we were just glad to be passing them back. A while later we started to see the first bit of sunrise. Stopping mid sentence to call out a rock or turn. At a stop we fought the wheel back straight and as we rolled forward the wheels went back to left lock. I stared off at the Sea of Cortez while the team loaded up the chase trucks. … Around one corner at low speed we slid off course. They were taking the pace all our bodies wanted to take through this rough stuff. We were blasting the horn and feeling good. We slept. After a couple racecars came up and passed I caught up to him and removed our tow strap and got myself settled back in. The Baja 1000 has a reputation as the most dangerous race in the world. Laughing at what we'd be missing almost with a mix of envy for a couch and knowing we were exactly where we wanted to be. I half rolled and jumped down the hill onto the race course and untied my knot. (They got it flipped back over and continued to race later) Up the steepest hills we were flooring the gas pedal and then dumping the clutch again and again since first gear wasn't geared low enough to make it. The oncoming racecar hit our car and then our car hit me and threw me back a bit. Hoods and fenders missing all over. 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Race Mile 0 - 160 went really well. We tried it several times, but the gear shifter popped out of Reverse each time. Each time I saw more lights I stood far back as another racecar passed us. Every year, the race draws enthusiasts from all walks determined to brave the grueling and inhospitable terrain of Baja, Mexico. After pumping they'd come back each time. The headlamp hit a wall of dust making me feel like I was in fog. The guys said it was rough and we could tell by the amount of racecars missing body parts as they passed. We waited at hill climbs for stuck cars to move, we passed idling Trophy Trucks wondering what they were doing and when they'd come back to haunt us in the future race. How do you make sense of the effort and risks you put in to gain nothing, but a cheap metal necklace. ", It was so still. I hope not. With a total time limit of 40 hours in the elapsed-time race, the motorcycle and quad classes will start at 4 a.m. (PT) on Friday, Nov. 20 and the car, truck and UTV classes will follow with their start on at 10 a.m. (PT). I got the window net, electrical and pumper back on as we raced. Training endurance for the 2017 Baja 1000 brought off-road motorcycle racer Kevin Daniels to new heights of fitness. We're still half asleep. We had to go forward, over the bush or tree or whatever it was. "Stay right here. Consider that simply finishing the Baja 1000 under your own power is a feat in itself, and the all-new Bronco race truck had an impressive debut. I got into the tool bag and cut our feed bag with supplies off. I felt like I'd just gotten off a long boat ride. Right tire on that tall rock. It hit me that this was absolutely going to be my next few hours. The three smiling guys inside asked if we needed a tow. Desert ride and select areas of Baja 1000 course to Valle de Guadalupe, overnight at Ensenada beachfront hotel. Looking good! We eased back, but worried we could break the trans we moved the boards to the front. People were everywhere. It all seemed fake anyhow. I bet they hadn't seen someone in their class in hours. 2020 Honda® CRF450XOFF-ROAD XCELLENCE. I think it was water and powerade type things and then a beer. We knew there would be some long hours ahead so sleep was at a premium each night. (SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH for family friendly reading. One more try and we were out! The world seemed so much quieter too. We NEED to get this car to the Owner. I drank whatever was handed to me. Baja 1000 has been listed as a level-5 vital article in Life. Rob was trying with everything he could to straighten the wheel. Honda Powersports - home of motorcycles, ATVs and side by sides built with legendary quality, innovation and performance. Ten-time Baja 1000 Motorcycle Champion Larry Roeseler, teamed up with Luke McMillin, also ended up on the overall podium in third. Not fun, but I did it. I saw a Motorcycle Ironman racer (A motorcycle racer completing the entire race ALONE) go by and he looked lost and half drunk missing the race turn and nearly falling over. 

 2001 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Class 21 - Pro / Motorcycles Between 126 & 250CC OA CLS Driver/CoDriver Vehicle Start Finish Total Elapsed Average Pos Pos Num CLS Time Time Miles Time Speed 15 1 100X P21 J. David Ruvalcaba\Streve Cruz Yamaha 06:36:30 23:29:41 677.00 16:53:11 40.091 DNF 101X P21 Eddie Deans\Joe Desrosiers Yamaha 06:37:00 We made a little progress out of the hole, but we were still stuck. 2020 SCORE Race Schedule Race Results/History 2020 Races 2020 Baja 1000 2020 Baja 500 2019 Races 52nd Annual BAJA 1000 1st Baja 400 51st Baja 500 33rd San Felipe 250 2018 Races 51st Baja 1000 51st Baja 1000 All that prerun work was paying of. It's a lot going on. It was smart to get out of the race course and put our car in front of me as a block, but I needed to get as far away as possible. If you went off of it the race was over. It was very cold out, but I was overheating. We had points, but no detail to know if the race ending hole was on the right or left or if it was something like the big sharp piece of farm equipment we'd seen prerunning in the course around the next turn. Just deal with the now. The closest are those that just lived through their own story, the racers. After prerunning for 2 days we were pretty sore and tired. We navigated around each one looking for a clean line to avoid their fate. We made a go of it between racecars passing. I include it because it happened and it was just a small part of the things you go through to race) ...As I got back into the car and started the lengthy procedure to strap and wire myself back in I tried to use the restroom. It felt like a different race. We watched some other racers pass by. You have no choice when you're racing unless you want to stop and get out again.). Hey guys, I am wanting to race the 2020 Baja 1000, and do it solo in the ironman class. We hit pavement. We were out. These, mostly, strangers I'd met a few days before were now buddies, good friends. Doing work. We tried to get there, but Ensenada traffic was too much. The Baja 1000 began in that decade of peace and love and away from the gaze of Uncle Sam. Every time a course note we'd made saved us we were happy. SCORE Baja 1000 Ensenada, B.C. "We're delivery guys. It seemed like this section never ended. 4.9K likes. And not just theMore Info › Filling the fuel tanks and checking the car, all seemed well besides the transmission and lights that all seemed to be loose. We caught a 1600 car which is the class I'd always raced. We'd caught a competitor. It had the effect of 5 beers. I lowered the window net and crawled out. Matomi wash was coming up! To start off, the racecar was having a hard time getting into reverse so the guys worked on the transmission linkage the night before the race as Rob and I were a couple hours to the south where we'd be getting in the racecar tomorrow. We hadn't even seen another race car in hours. Out of the racecar and hood off we tested the power steering servo and figured out that fluid was powering into the side to turn the car left, but blocking any fluid from going right. I got out a third time. It held, although again and again we abused it. 06/01/2019 SCORE San Felipe Just add that little fact into the course notes. I couldn't breathe very well and my eyes felt like they were full of sand... and they were. We're already talking about what we want to race next. We changed the air filter when we changed the power steering, have them change it again at your next pit. Stuck again. (You can find videos of it online.) With a smack on the rear fender I said GRACIAS and GO GO GO to the prerunner and he was off. Rob was using both hands to hold the wheel straight and occasionally we'd stop and fight it back straight. Rob got up on his bumper and I hit the "request to pass" button on the Stella car to car GPS. Digging, stacking rocks or whatever. 2020 Races 2020 Baja 1000 2020 Baja 500 2019 Races 52nd Annual BAJA 1000 1st Baja 400 51st Baja 500 33rd San Felipe 250 2018 Races 51st Baja 1000 51st Baja 1000 Qualifying Results Lucerna Hotel & Resorts Tijuana 2021 CRF450X OVERVIEW - Honda Life is full of compromises—unless you’re riding a Honda CRF450X. Thank you to Rob and everyone on the team that allowed us to be apart of this race. This time it looked and sounded like a trophy truck, but it was one of these several hundred thousand dollar prerunners built like a trophy truck. We could hear our team guiding us in. It was maybe 40F out, but sweating out so much moisture I was dehydrated and cold from the cool air rushing into my wet suit for hours. Baja 1000. It may not be fun to hear, but this wasn't the first time I'd have to "go" in a racecar in the seat. It’s Thursday, November 19 on the eve of the Baja 1000. I was moving so quick fearing they'd drive off I was clumsy in my movements. We stood around the racecar back at the house we were renting chatting and celebrating while wearing our giant medals. I put on swim trunks and sandals and sat in the truck. Determining we had a spare in San Felipe, Kelsey and Steve (Rob's Father in law) were on their way with it after a radio call. It was right about when our bodies were used to calling it a day and starting to think about finding a bed, but not tonight. We just treated each point as a general hazard and kept moving. My body was sensing movement, but I was standing still. At this point we knew we couldn't make any more mistakes even though we'd really only made one so far. ), We followed our notes. I was picturing us stuck out here with a burnt out clutch. (You play psychologist as a co-driver as much as you watch the gauges, rear view mirror, GPS, corners and change tires/get unstuck. For the third time in as many years, the SLR Honda team rode to victory during this weekend’s SCORE International Baja 1000, extending Honda’s overall motorcycle win total in the event to 30, including six straight and 22 in the last 23 years. 332 miles raced. SLR Honda Continues Win Streak in Baja 1000 Team owner and rider of record Samuels rolled off the Ensenada start line at 4 a.m. Friday and quickly handed off to Morgan, who raced 124 miles through the darkness down the Pacific Coast, building a three-minute lead that was largely erased when the team pulled off the headlights at the end of his stint. Cal Wells III, Jack Johnson, Roger Mears, Bob Bower, Dean Bulloch, Dan Foddrill and Tom White are the 2020 Inductees. We made it to my parents place in San Clemente. First I hit the "Stella" safety beacon that signals race organizers as well as nearby cars that there was a stopped racecar. This motorcycle has all the necessary improvements to conquer the world's longest and toughest continuous motorcycle race: The Baja 1000. I couldn't stop shivering. How we could be on our couch at home. Score International is the rights holder of all the trademarks used on this website which include but are not limited to Baja 1000, Baja 500, Baja 250, Baja Challenge, and Trophy Truck. Without a more eloquent way of putting it... we were dead inside. I was drenched in sweat. The unpredictable Baja 1000 racecourse covers every surface from hard pack to soft sand, with deep ruts and rocks. We had maybe seconds until a racecar came over the hill at us and hit both vehicles. SLR Honda has done it again. It defies explanation, but if you know, you know. "Time to go!". We pitted the car at RM160 and we changed out a slow leaking tire and off they went. I jumped off the course for another racecar feeling dejected. Nov 28, 2020 16 min read 2020 Baja 1000 - Race Summary After prerunning for 2 days we were pretty sore and tired. We knew that we were leaving everything out there and holding nothing back. I couldn't remember most of mine. I started taking limbs off of it. We had almost 20 miles of racing left. The car hunkered to the right and it felt like we were going to roll. 2 miles to pit. We were getting to hit 3rd and once even 4th gear at 70MPH. On the prerunner there was no open end to tie it to so I broke every safe recovery rule and tied a knot. When he hit the trail there was no choice, but to keep momentum going through the silt bed and up the big silt hill. The stuck competitors helping guide us and the other racers on the best line around them. We saw dust ahead. I have never raced in Baja, and the idea of doing it solo is a really attracting challenge to me.  The big V8 prerunner yanked our racecar up and over that tree and another one back onto the middle of the course. off road Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. (The size and shape of rocks that give you flats or could break the car). I was drenched in sweat. WORK!!! I was roasted. We need to do it fast and with no mistakes." This course was rough enough to still get stuck fairly often even with no mistakes. There I was all alone in the dark with my headlamp digging out the boards and watching for racecars. We were racing again. I could tell Rob was able to thread the tires around every "gotcha" sized rock. We pulled Goose over near the racecar and finished one more beer to numb the pain. We jumped left off the course. Lucerna Hotel & Resorts Tijuana 22nd SCORE Desert Challenge, 2017 BAJA 500 Time Credits & Penalties Report, 2016 Rosarito Beach SCORE Desert Challenge – Group 1, 2016 Rosarito Beach SCORE Desert Challenge – Group 2, 2016 Rosarito Beach SCORE Desert Challenge – Group 3, 2016 Rosarito Beach SCORE Desert Challenge – Group 4, 2016 Rosarito Beach SCORE Desert Challenge – Group 5, Aircraft Registration and Requirements (English), Aircraft Registration and Requirements (Spanish), BFGoodrich Pit Registration (Opens Oct 21/Closes Nov 11), Step-by-Step Online Registration Tutorial. I removed the ratchet strap and pins holding the plastic traction boards and felt all at once like I was in a class I do at Overland Expo. It was a melee out there. After what seemed like a day... and it almost was in hours, we reached Valle De Trinidad. Suddenly all the detailed notes were back, thankfully. Middle line in this section. This time I knew we needed to go into reverse so I put the boards behind the tires and yelled at Rob to go back. He was nervous since at last years Baja 1000 a hard reverse had broken the transmission and ended their race. © 2015 – 2021 SCORE International
 Plenty of time to make mistakes, but we were smiling. GO GO GO! The way they were driving we could tell they were demoralized. Center skid plate stuck on the raised lip of the road and a small tree/bush stuffed against the front bumper. Rob went a bit left to make sure the racecar saw our headlights in his rear view and it happened. I couldn't breathe so I had to walk. Dazed and confused. I'd call out "hard left into a medium right coming up at end of straight away, pump the brakes!!" As if they know, they know what you've been through and are giving you a little high five in appreciation.). We spent the rest of the day chasing the race car here and there. Driving my own share of races I know some of the things I wish a co-driver had said to me to keep me thinking straight and not letting the tiredness or fury of "Red Mist" take over your brain where you go too hard and make poor choices. I yelled at Rob to go ahead and find a spot where he could get out of the racecourse. We left the pit and were finally bashing through a "whoops" section. Even commenting about how epic this was, how beautiful. SLR Honda Continues Win Streak in Baja 1000 November 23, 2020 For the third time in as many years, the SLR Honda team rode to victory during this weekend’s SCORE International Baja 1000, extending Honda’s overall motorcycle win total in the event to 30, including six straight and 22 in the last 23 years. It’s what you’ve been waiting for! As we hit "Zoo Road" (A famously rough long straight with big "Whoopdeedoo" bumps) we passed Kelsey, Steve and Tom who were there to make sure all was okay. After all, we had a delivery to make. Historical List of Baja 1000 Winners (Motorcycle) Jennifer Rails (November 2020) The Baja 1000 had its humble beginnings back in 1962 when Hollywood motorcycle stunt double and desert racer Bud Ekins came up with an idea to take a long trail ride down the Baja Peninsula with his younger brother Dave. 13 hours in the racecar. How can you explain to someone how important to you a race is that is of no consequence. We had no feelings about it one way or the other. Off in a la la land sort of place where we were accepting of our future and what we had to do. I pulled the tow strap off and attached it to our front bumper. Rob gunned it forward this last time and the car jumped up onto the traction boards and out it went right over the top of a bush and boulder. I thought "Lucky Tim, no more stupid mistakes." The race can't be won here, but it can easily be lost. We slid down and hit this car and barely kept from getting stuck. We tried to eat our caffeinated clif bars, but we barely had enough moisture in our mouths. We popped the top on Goose and covered in silt and dirt, I didn't care and didn't have energy to shower, we went to bed. If you can improve it, please do. Time to eat and drink water. Then right back to how this was it, this was the epitome of racing Baja. 11/19/2020 Los Ancianos Tecate Enduro Tecate, Baja California 12/07/2019 SCORE Baja 1000 Ensenada, B.C. We started to get ready to jump out.  
 Day 4 November 22, 2020 Desert ride and select areas of Baja 1000 course back to Acambaro, Travel from Ensenada back to San Diego. I'd never seen such beat up Trophy Trucks so early into a long race. We radioed all of the issues with the car. It reminded me that there were more levels of hurt well beyond where I was. (I can't tell you how much a yell or a horn makes you feel awake and alive. Eventually reverse gear let out a screech and we knew it was finished. The Ford Bronco R Race Prototype makes it to the end of the 2020 Baja 1000 The Bronco R race prototype finished the 53 rd SCORE-International Baja 1000 in Class 2 in just over 32 hours. We seemed to just enjoy sharing the fire. The BFGoodrich SCORE Baja 1000 is always tough, but this year’s 898.40-mile loop race from Ensenada (the longest loop race in Baja 1000 history) was as challenging as any racer could remember. "It's running great, it's working well and no issues besides the brakes. I ran up the hill, but the silt was too much. Each time we saw lights I'd run off the course and try to direct and slow down racecars with the light I'd taped to my helmet. YES, YES, THANK YOU, YES!!! We passed a 10 car in our class! How's that for luck in the middle of the night at one of many pit areas. Thankful to be back in I got my belts on and told Rob to hit it. We knew that we couldn't celebrate or relax. We kept racing and around a corner was a large drop off in the middle of the course we'd marked. 41 hours awake. So we had a car that was over assisted with all pressure one direction. (We wear a race catheter so you can go #1 when you need to while racing) Quickly I realized that it wasn't attached anymore. Abusing ourselves through the rough stuff to keep the pace quick. We were beyond tired or sore. A delirious machine. We saw crowds yelling and honking. We snuck around the edge as planned, but at the bottom we couldn't make the 90 degree right turn and the tires just kept pushing although they were at full right lock steering. We checked on the guys in the racecar at each pit and got them water. After discussing and trying to drive we knew we needed to limp the 10 miles backwards to the pit. It was an off camber section and we could tell our tires followed the ruts of so many cars ahead of us that also slid off. Hard left. Over a rise the front tires went hard left as we were moving very fast. We were ripping through canyons and working as a well oiled machine. I dug for the now sunk traction boards, re-attached them and got back into the racecar. You could tell that many had not prerun this section. Don't make the instructor look stupid! Left rear tire hanging in the air in a bush. Calling out every turn, every rock and every line choice. We got into the racecar a bit later than planned at 7PM on Friday at Race Mile 275. The Baja 1000 is a Mexican off-road motorsport race held each year on the Baja California Peninsula. No point in worrying about what would happen next. We'd all been there, but we were pushing it. Maybe it was air in the line or maybe it was a leak. Just then a race car came over the hill and I made sure to get on the other side of our car to have something in between us for protection. At the pit, we were lucky to find the person who built our particular racecar. I ran far out of the way of what could be a flying strap and yelled GO GO GO!!! This is a normally hated section because it's so rough, but being able to hit higher speeds and a section that felt "fast" seemed easy to us. This article has been rated as C-Class. It was a new day after all. We hit dirt and right afterwards we pitted. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. We found a side trail to cautiously and slowly make our way back. The race was founded by Ed Pearlman in 1967 and is sanctioned by SCORE International. We knew there would be some long hours ahead so sleep was at a premium each night. The California-based offroad racing team took its third straight Baja 1000 victory over last weekend, winning the overall motorcycle category. The limited slip that had recently been installed gave some power to the tire on the ground thankfully, but it wasn't enough to get out. I also drank all the water I could find at the pit. It was like moondust and my shoes sunk deep into the silt. With 30 years of racing experience and dozens of major championships, we know what it takes to make a … We sent some pit crew in a prerunner their way, but they kept working on it and eventually a competitor stopped to tow them out. We heard that one Trophy Truck was "Unrecoverable" because it went down such a cliff. We were stuck. We weren't racing through here, we were just surviving. The racecar got stuck in some silt around a corner at RM262 and so Kirk and Tim S (First driver/co-driver) got out and called on the sat phone for help. The steering felt great. Hard right and then stay left, way left. I don't think anyone LIKES to be the co-driver. Join us on a self indulging adventure of pain, suffering, and ultimate satisfaction behind the vigorous motivation of Mike "Viking" Skurkis. As we battled through the slow rough miles of this section we started to see race cars stuck. The San Diego County driving team of Luke McMillin and Larry Roesler co-drove their 950-horsepower, Ford F-150 TrophyTruck to the overall win in the 53rd SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race. Then I removed my pumper (Pumped in air that goes through a filter to try and give you decent air to breathe), radio connection and 5 point seat harness. Within minutes of leaving the pit we were talking to each other more. Professionals. AND AWESOMENESS.We changed up the Honda CRF450X in a big way last year, and right out of the gate it went out and won the Baja 1000. We need to get this car to Brady (Son of the owner and final driver). Around the very next corner was a UTV racer that we'd passed and then just gotten passed back by while stuck. We're all control freaks and prefer driving, but most co-drive because being in a racecar is better than not being in one, period. The 2020 SCORE Baja 1000 begins in the early hours of Friday (November 20) morning (motorcycles are the first competitors off the line) and ends on Sunday (November 22) when the last racers will be finishing the nearly 890-mile course. (We'd already had one fall off). We got off the course for safety and started to radio the last pit location. Trust the spray painted rock here! We were smiling even. Boards under the tire I knew we had to go a little in reverse. We got our helmets and neck restraints back on and started to bolt ourselves back into the racecar. They should be behind us, but after the race we'd had we were just glad to be passing them back. A while later we started to see the first bit of sunrise. Stopping mid sentence to call out a rock or turn. At a stop we fought the wheel back straight and as we rolled forward the wheels went back to left lock. I stared off at the Sea of Cortez while the team loaded up the chase trucks. … Around one corner at low speed we slid off course. They were taking the pace all our bodies wanted to take through this rough stuff. We were blasting the horn and feeling good. We slept. After a couple racecars came up and passed I caught up to him and removed our tow strap and got myself settled back in. The Baja 1000 has a reputation as the most dangerous race in the world. Laughing at what we'd be missing almost with a mix of envy for a couch and knowing we were exactly where we wanted to be. I half rolled and jumped down the hill onto the race course and untied my knot. (They got it flipped back over and continued to race later)  Up the steepest hills we were flooring the gas pedal and then dumping the clutch again and again since first gear wasn't geared low enough to make it. The oncoming racecar hit our car and then our car hit me and threw me back a bit. Hoods and fenders missing all over. Then he launched into the madcap miles. The brakes were fading. They welcomed me closer, but I could barely think of words. I'm the luckiest person on Earth to have a teammate like Kelsey. The big horsepower motors of the Trophy Trucks and Class 1's running up to 42 Inch diameter tires had cut in deep ruts and made everything into a perpetual silt bed. Lowered my window net and the second we rolled into the pit our belts were off and we were climbing out.  Class i 'd always raced large drop off in a la la sort... 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