2012 Baja 1000 Race Discussion

Join in & discuss all the action for the 2012 Baja 1000 on Thursday, November 15th. Robby Gordon will co-drive the #18 SPEED Energy / TOYO TIRES Trophy Truck with Juan Carlos Lopez. The 4 wheel class is slated to begin at 2:30pm/et ( 11:30 am local time ) & the #18 truck starts 11th. Live tracking, as well as many other important links can be found in our 2012 BAJA 1000 Page and raceday chat will also be available.

Robby Gordon is slated to drive the second half of the race, so Juan Carlos Lopez will run the first 500 miles.

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Permalink Reply by mj on November 16, 2012 at 11:15pm

Much happier to see BJ get the championship than Rob Mac . Juan and Robby put up a good fight , and its been a great yr . Lets go get that BITD Championship , kick a little ass in Dakar , then start up the SSTs .

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Permalink Reply by mj on November 17, 2012 at 2:52pm

Kinda a long vid at over 10 mins but well worth it . It's in the wash just after the pavement at start . Shows a lot of the TTs & class 1s . Enjoy .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGeiIXNi_vU&sns=em

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Permalink Reply by Don Brown on November 25, 2012 at 12:57pm

Thanks,
the vid had a shot of our car, 1006 @ min.9:32.
red & wh, alumicraft

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on November 25, 2012 at 1:37pm

Hey Don, I forgot to ask you how did you guy's do?

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Permalink Reply by Don Brown on November 25, 2012 at 3:01pm

RM 488 2nd in class, chasing down a car in his dust & ran up on a Quad in between. On the binders hard, the quad got sucked under the front end and the rider was on the hood w/one leg under. As Ross was backing off the quad, We got center punched at about 60+.
Thus Destroying the Engine & Trans
Everyone came out OK, The Quad continued to race the course... WOW
The car is already striped to the frame and off to Alumicraft. we'll be back.
Next race Parker, BITD.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on November 25, 2012 at 3:17pm

@Don, what engine/trans package ?

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Permalink Reply by Don Brown on November 25, 2012 at 3:22pm

GM Ecotech, / Fortin sequential

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Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on November 20, 2012 at 10:40am

The Baja Roads facebook has a great gallery of pictures from the Baja 1000, alot of crash pictures with some Speed Energy throughout.

Check it out:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Baja-Roads/190049614358039

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on November 24, 2012 at 11:14pm

As time go by different story's surface

.” Robbie Pierce reflected. Pierce drove the middle leg of the race through the cold darkness of the desert night. “That is the siren song of Baja though. I am thoroughly exhausted right now; there is nothing left in the tank. Overcoming all of those elements will call me back here though.”
Pierce became stuck at Race Mile 822, teetering on the edge of a cliff in the middle of the night. While other racers including Ken Losch and Robby Gordon generously tried to recover the No. 20 Jimco truck, the situation was just too dangerous. Pierce watched the team’s victory pass them by -
http://sxsnews.com/index.php/2012/11/mastercraft-racing-wins-the-ba...