2011 Baja 500 Race Discussion

Join in & discuss all the action for the 2011 Baja 500 on Saturday, June 4th. Robby Gordon will drive the #77 SPEED Energy / TOYO TIRES HUMMER. The 4 wheel class is slated to begin at 1:00pm/et ( 10:00 am local time ) & Robby Gordon starts 26th. Live tracking, as well as many other important links can be found in our 2011 BAJA 500 Page and raceday chat will also be available.

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Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on June 2, 2011 at 1:52pm

Will the new section of the course hurt or help the Hummer?

Permalink Reply by MIke F on June 2, 2011 at 1:54pm

OK, pardon my ignorance but what are the pros and cons of running the Hummer at Baja? i.e. wheel travel, horsepower, etc.

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on June 2, 2011 at 1:59pm

Pro's
Giant Gas tank (no need to refuel)
higher top speed.

Cons
Shorter Wheel base makes the woops a little harder to hit at speed.

Permalink Reply by MIke F on June 2, 2011 at 2:04pm

Any big horsepower delta? TT's are 2WD???

Permalink Reply by timothy price on June 2, 2011 at 2:06pm

biggest pro is IT JUST WOULD LOOK BITCHEN and the locals would go nuts as it went by

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on June 2, 2011 at 2:55pm

both the Hummer and the TT in the RGOR stable are 2wd.

Permalink Reply by TOG on June 2, 2011 at 2:07pm

Need to FINISH the event...Keep the tracker moving.

Permalink Reply by timothy price on June 2, 2011 at 2:10pm

TOG anay way they could clone the tracker and put one on all chase trucks?

Permalink Reply by Bob Sadowski on June 2, 2011 at 2:19pm

Seems like RG understands that and realizes its going to be a HUGE chore to win it from 26th. Heres a tip of my SPEED Energy drink to a solid FINISH!

Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on June 2, 2011 at 2:33pm

Heres my theory...how long is a Baja pit stop? 1 minute? and how many will the TTs make? 2 or 3??

Then Robby only needs to run the leaders pace on course plus 1 second less than the total pit stop (I imagine 3-5 minutes?) to win the thing...lol

:)

Permalink Reply by BajaTuner on June 2, 2011 at 4:05pm

The way I see it is not about the time gained necessarily it is more about the fact that clean air is so valuable in baja. If he can stay on the tail of the guy jnfront of him. He will pass them in the pit. Assuming that the next guy is a ways ahead he will have clean air to catch up to them and then pass the next car while they pit later. Since it can be very hard to pass at many parts on the 500 course this will allow for some serious potential to make up a lot of time on the leader. Good stratagy imo.

Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on June 3, 2011 at 12:49pm

Well even if Robby were to win the thing he will not be the first person to physically cross the line I imagine...he will pass some, but keeping just near the pace of the leaders is key...but as you said clean air is king as with dust in your face it is probably not an easy thing to do! so passing the slower cars as they pit will be huge