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.

Replies are closed for this discussion.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Ken on June 2, 2011 at 2:46pm

The Hummer has a top speed of 165mph on the drylakes too. TTs are only about 125 to 130.

Permalink Reply by BajaTuner on June 2, 2011 at 3:47pm

Hopefully they show some dry lake bed footage from the helicopter. 165 will make for an awesome shot. He could make some serious passes at speed with the differential of 125 to 165. Assuming he is able to get some clean air (no dust) to get up to that speed.

Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on June 2, 2011 at 4:02pm

only if he runs the hummer without the restrictor plate, and thats something that we don't know for sure, and thats something i will ask him tonight, lol

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 2, 2011 at 5:51pm

Robby has said in interview unrestricted.around 600hp with the recalibrated ECU.If limited time or questions maybe a different question.

Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on June 2, 2011 at 4:08pm

It will do 165 unrestricted but then it can't go 500 miles on a tank of fuel. The Hummer can out dance a TT any day of the week on twisty roads.

Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on June 2, 2011 at 4:09pm

Watch some asshole like Pete Nerf him.

Permalink Reply by MIke F on June 2, 2011 at 4:35pm

Any reason we should not like this "Pete" guy?

Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on June 2, 2011 at 7:33pm

No he is cool... And Pete won't nerf him now that he and RG shared some Speeds at PHX....LOL

Permalink Reply by IndyTim on June 2, 2011 at 4:25pm

I really don't car about the racing......I just want to know if the Souvenir trailer will be there?.........I was thinking, that maybe if Robby went and bought a Gibbs Souvenir Trailer, maybe it could perform better than his? Not only getting a Gibbs Souvenir Trailer Package but maybe he could lean on Penske for more Souvenir trailer support....stuff like..should the shirts go in front of the Die Cast just below the hats..or vice versa? TOG Thoughts?

(For those of you who don't know my Souvenir Trailer "fetish"...yes this is a joke).....

Permalink Reply by Sherri Fryer on June 2, 2011 at 4:30pm

I'm definitely LOL .

Permalink Reply by TOG on June 2, 2011 at 4:39pm

LOL...yeah...people were more worried about the souvenir trailer not being at races they weren't even going to.

The souvenir trailer has actually been at a bunch of events this year & should be at many more to come, but the races that it won't be at ( like Dover,Pocono, etc ) they have valid reasoning behind it.

Permalink Reply by IndyTim on June 2, 2011 at 4:45pm

I still think a Gibbs Souvenir Trailer Package would be the shit!......Have you ever seen the storage space in one of those sumbitches????