Robby Gordon / Juan Carlos Lopez Baja 1000 Preview

GORDON TEAMS WITH LOPEZ FOR THE BAJA 1000

Charlotte, N.C. (November 6, 2012) For this year’s iconic Tecate Score Baja 1000, November 14-17, Robby Gordon will be co-driving the No. 18 SPEED Energy / Toyo Tires / MAPEI / RPM Offroad trophy truck taking over for fellow RPM Offroad teammate, Juan Carlos Lopez, past half way of the 1100 mile course which is a much different racing approach from Gordon’s recent Baja appearances.

With 37 of the best desert racers registered in the SCORE Trophy Truck starting lineup, dust will fly across the 1,121.55-mile demanding course, which snakes down the Baja California peninsula from Ensenada to La Paz. As the tandem of Gordon and Lopez tackle the final race in the SCORE Desert Series, the two not only will be in pursuit of a coveted SCORE Baja 1000 victory, but are in a heated duel for the overall SCORE Trophy Truck Championship. The No. 18 sits merely six points behind point’s leader, Rob MacCachren.

As the field takes the green in 30-second increments, the SPEED Energy / Toyo Tires / MAPEI / RPM Offroad trophy truck will pull to the starting line chasing the dust of just 11 trucks. Lopez will race towards the 550-600 mile marker, twisting through small town roads, over summits, speeding through the wide open Laguna Salada dry lakebed, and the famous San Felipe washes en route to the city of Vizcaino.

As the desert night sets in, Gordon will look to get his shot behind the wheel just past the city of Vizcaino, continuing to navigate through the quiet and cold Baja desert the remaining 500 miles, focusing on one thing, making it to the finish line first.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on November 13, 2012 at 9:18pm

just my guess

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on November 13, 2012 at 9:09pm

general point for this event.
Juan and Robby are racing Rob MacCachren #20 (starts 3rd) for the Championship (-6 points). Juan has a 9 point lead for second on BJ (starting 6th)

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Permalink Reply by mj on November 13, 2012 at 10:37pm

Here's the complete starting line - up

http://www.score-international.com/755/news/Starting_Positions_For_...

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Permalink Reply by JD LEES on November 13, 2012 at 11:30pm

I noticed Alan Pflueger pre-running this week in baja. But the Flying Hawaiian's not on the list of starter's.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on November 13, 2012 at 11:54pm

co-driving? this is the 1K

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Permalink Reply by mj on November 14, 2012 at 12:13am

Yes he's a " big green M " guy but check out this vid anyway Cam Steele gives a pretty good overview of what the course is like this yr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz54Py3GQOU&sns=em

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Permalink Reply by RG7FAN on November 14, 2012 at 2:15am

I am still amazed at how much RG's trophy truck looks so much better than the RPM truck. An word on if he will re build the old truck, or start over from scratch? I know that in last weekends chat I was guessing that the old truck had to be 10 plus years old.

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Permalink Reply by ChevyTT77 on November 14, 2012 at 9:19am

Somebody had asked him a question on Twitter if he/#77 Chevy would be back......and he confirmed "yes we will". Dont know if thats a rebuild or what. It was stated on here long ago that a new TT would be built for this 1000, dont know what happened to that, or maybe SST took over.

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Permalink Reply by RG7FAN on November 14, 2012 at 10:49am

ChevyTT77,

Thanks for the info, I am sure that it will be $$$ to either rebuild or replace the old TT. Looks like I need to start looking into his twiter feed, I always thank that twitter is the modern day version of the 70's CB radio....damn I am old