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Bilstein Baja 1000 Update - 4:00PM Saturday
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Top Overall
Finishers have been released by SCORE. Note that these are still
unofficial. The course will remain open until 7PM this evening.
Results are
HERE
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Bilstein Baja 1000 Update - 12:30pm Saturday
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Ensenada, Baja
California -
With only about 25%
of the field of four wheeled vehicles across the finish line, the
day is beginning to drag a little bit. Untold hours of preparation
and weeks of anxious anticipation have once again culminated in a
spectacular event. The 38th SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 is slowly
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Bilstein Baja 1000 Update - 10:30am Saturday
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Ensenada, Baja
California -
Teams are still
scrambling all over the desert, trying to beat the clock or simply
picking up the pieces. And they're dropping like flies with nearly
100 teams on the dreaded "DNF" list. Checkpoint 5 (Rancho Buena
Vista RM 485.9) is set to close at 1100hrs. Currently on
Weatherman's channel, Checkpoint 5 is trying to help figure out who
might still be somewhere out there in the desert. |
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Bilstein Baja 1000 Update - 7:30am Saturday
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Ensenada, Baja
California -
The awesome sunrise
show is behind us. As the sun rises higher in the sky, so do the
temperature and the total number of vehicles who've joined the
"OUT" list. #1407 - Dan Meyers - has succumbed with steering
issues, #1607 - Max Theriot - has pulled the plug after blowing a
motor at RM270, #553 - Ruben Garcia - is stranded at RM116 still
awating for his chase crew to get unstuck and come retrieve him and
countless others have timed out as Checkpoint 3 (Chanate Exit RM
335.7) closed at 0600hrs. |
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Bilstein Baja 1000 Update - 5:00am Saturday
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Ensenada, Baja
California
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It's still a long night for a lot of folks here in the deserts
and mountains of Baja California. With temperatures in the low
40's, and add to that the high winds and it makes it pretty
unbearable! There's only been 14 finishers as of this update,
leaving the rest of the record number of starters still "out there"
somewhere. The lucky ones are back in Ensenada and have already
crossed the finish line at the stadium. For the rest of the folks
still out here, the radios have been crackling away steadily with
reports varying widely between success and of those not so
fortunate. You hear calls going out all night long to the likes of
Weatherman and BFG Relay looking for status checks at rates up to 6
per minute! Not too sure how they do this for the endless hours
they stay awake helping the masses! Is it something in the
cactus? |
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Bilstein Baja 1000 Update - 4:00am Saturday
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Ensenada, Baja California -
The brutal race course continues to take its toll on the race
vehicles. The "OUT" list is growing by the hour...currently there
are over 30 vehicles on that list. Most recently, a punctured fuel
tank earned #500 - George Seeley, Jr - a spot on that list. Earlier
in the day it was blown engines for #17 - Carl Renezeder and #127 -
Danny Anderson just to name a few. Currently #27 - Matt Scaroni -
is finishing up a transmission swap at RM660 and about ready to get
underway again with high hopes of staying off that dreaded "OUT"
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Bilstein Baja 1000 Update - 2:00am Saturday
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Ensenada, Baja California -
BFGoodrich Tires has just clinched their 20th win of the Baja
1000. #105 - Larry Roessler - the Herbst buggy is across the finish
line. Imagine the excitement in the BFG camp as they also grabbed
the top finish in the Trophy Truck class with #82 - Bob Sheperd.
Can you all say "Yeeee Haaaaw!"
You can
check the unofficial finish results at the BFG
Scoring Site |
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