49th Annual SCORE BAJA 500

Join us to follow and discuss the 49th SCORE BAJA 500 ,Saturday , June 3, 2017

START/FINISH: 513.67-mile course

http://score-international.com/
for links to Livestream and timing and scoring

Thursday, June 1, 2017
9am-1pm local Qualifying-SCORE TT, Legend, TT Spec, Class 1—Not Open to Public
Saturday, June 3, 2017
5:30am RACE START: MOTORCYCLES/QUADS
10am approx RACE STARTCARS/TRUCKS/UTVS

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Wilson on June 6, 2017 at 11:43am

Thanks Mike for getting back to me. Sorry, I was not able to spend the day with you on the 'chat' Saturday. I only tuned in at the very end with Robby stopped 20 miles from the finish. Why can't there by a summary of the race posted on this site or on Robby's site? This site has a "Results" tab that hasn't been updated since Dakar 2016. Robby's page is also not current. I know in racing stuff happens, but should it be kept a secret after every race what the results are and why they are what they are?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 6, 2017 at 3:30pm

@Bruce, it's my fault for lack of final results, RG's goal was the W. and things where looking good until RM380ish. RG had a flat, left the engine running, heat soaking the engine/fuel system. Vapor locking the engine. Lost time. Fell to 5thish, Got stuck, got going, got stuck. Finished
19 in class 29th overall. I understand not having time to follow all of chat. Back to customers, hope that helped.

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on June 6, 2017 at 4:57pm

It looked so good up until the flat. Running within 1 minute of the leader. Good news is he finished bad news he was the 28th loser. lol

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on June 6, 2017 at 9:10pm

Agreed ... Finished.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 6, 2017 at 11:01pm

try this footage from FC Javier does for Robby
https://www.facebook.com/207027576016886/videos/1527638760622421/

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 7, 2017 at 8:26pm

in other notes from the 500. There where reports that a farmer had opened his gates allowing cows on the course, this turned out to be false. But what was true , a farming flooded a field that was part of the course and RG found it the hard way. That's why the TT looks like she had a mud bath.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 7, 2017 at 11:40am

http://score-international.com/raceinfo/2017-baja-500-overall-finis...
also note the first UTV was 51st 13:17:00
the first in class 7 was 73rd 14:55:50 and the Rip Snort'n twin turbo Ridgeline was 121st (3rd in class 7 ) 18:06:59

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 7, 2017 at 8:47pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifMMYY_zt9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy-G5jv4fPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-KXU4NJgmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6kylQe4P7Q

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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on June 8, 2017 at 2:54am

There is a good video where RG gets help from the people on the highway by rm 380+-, people rushing for water and ice to cool down the fuel pump-lines, let me find it.