Baja 1000

tpgn00 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 03:56 PM

I saw a couple of threads in the main tundra forum but thought I would start a topic here for all those of us who are interested in the 1000.

I am going to try and listen to wm starting tomorrow here at work and I will post updates. There are a couple of tundras in the race:

TT33 Chad Ragland, Carlsbad, Calif./Danny Sullivan, Pebble Beach, Calif./Dan Friedkin, Houston, Toyota Tundra

865 Jerry Zaiden, Huntington Beach, Calif., Toyota Tundra

Pro Truck 236 Rick L. Johnson, Oak Hills, Calif./Dane Cardone, Huntington Beach, Calif./Jimmy Nuckles, Brawley, Calif., Toyota Tundra

DevinSixtySeven · #2 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 05:33 PM

...And SCT is chasing for Jerry. You guys better bring back some donkey show stories

...

Check out the IRC link, with I think real-time tracking, or close to it.

So Kees when we gonna make the drive...this is at least the third race I could've pitted/chased for in a year that I didn't plan in advance or have the truck ready for.

tpgn00 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 08:14 PM

Let me know. I'm ready any time.

DevinSixtySeven · #4 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 10:35 AM

Great.

I have a few things to sort out, LT and caging, and then we (and anybody else from CO, AZ, etc who wants to join us) should head out somewhere in UT or AZ to test things. There are a few places in CO, Grand Junction and North Sand Hills, but the best wide open stuff close to us is UT, and some open dirt roads in the Grasslands.

Keep an eye on the Expedition Portal, now and then people will post requests for people to pit and chase.

-Sean

tpgn00 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 10:43 AM

Very cool. Just trying to decide right now what I am going to do with my truck.

tpgn00 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 11:38 AM

TT off the line at 10:45 am

tpgn00 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 12:46 PM

First trucks are off the line.

matrix-t · #8 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 12:47 PM

Im listening to the observatory now!!

I couldnt make it down there for toyota class 7s Mike Horner.

tpgn00 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 01:41 PM

Looks like tt 33 is near race mile 35

tpgn00 · #10 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 02:36 PM

Per off-road.com
Time Vehicle Note

12:19 pm 39 Driver - Ron Whitton - Vehicle has endo-ed at Race mile 40; done. Chase team has to wait for vehicle 38 to come through for tire change and fuel, and then will return to get 39

Also it looks like 865 Camburg Tundra is off the line. TT 33 tundra is near mm 65. First tt is through check 1.

DevinSixtySeven · #11 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tpgn00

Per off-road.com
Time Vehicle Note

12:19 pm 39 Driver - Ron Whitton - Vehicle has endo-ed at Race mile 40; done. Chase team has to wait for vehicle 38 to come through for tire change and fuel, and then will return to get 39

Also it looks like 865 Camburg Tundra is off the line. TT 33 tundra is near mm 65. First tt is through check 1.

Ouch...40 miles in! Hope they can sort it out. 865 is the 07, right? and 33 is the built-to-hell 1st-gen?

tpgn00 · #12 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 03:47 PM

Yup. tt33 has been stopped at just past rm 75 for a long time. Also 865 was down for a long time as well. Looks like they got towed back to ensenada and now they are going again. They have a lot of ground to make up.

matrix-t · #13 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 03:48 PM

Meet # 33

T FORCE MOTORSPORTS

matrix-t · #14 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 04:10 PM

Oh no Chopper down

tpgn00 · #15 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 04:38 PM

2:09 pm SCORE OPS HELICOPTER DOWN AT MIKE'S SKY RANCH
First rescue report - 2 fatalities, 2 critically injured; First thought to be McMillan Air Copter - they are confirmed OKAY. Id not established yet. "Too wadded up to tell..."

Hwy will be shut down for rescue helicopter to land.