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I had to close the app and restart it missing a little bit. But it was really cool seeing them celebrate together with the Japanese team! And I think, if I’m not mistaken, one of the 200 series engineers 🤓

Well done!!!
 
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MTKID said:
I had to close the app and restart it missing a little bit. But it was really cool seeing them celebrate together with the Japanese team! And I think, if I’m not mistaken, one of the 200 series engineers 🤓

Well done!!!
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Thee 200 Series chief engineer 😎 (and latest gen 7x and Prado too)

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Wow, what a race. Highs and lows in the prep and road to Baja and certainly highs and lows out on the race course. Unfortunately the LX600 didn't make it to the finish line but the Canguro 200 did eek out another finish and class win.

I'll post up a more formal report soon!
 
200>300 - more dedicated/bespoke platform and development.

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cruiseroutfit said:
Wow, what a race. Highs and lows in the prep and road to Baja and certainly highs and lows out on the race course. Unfortunately the LX600 didn't make it to the finish line but the Canguro 200 did eek out another finish and class win.

I'll post up a more formal report soon!
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04UZJ100 said:
200>300 - more dedicated/bespoke platform and development.

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The 200/201 platform certainly had a learning curve in the beginning too. I‘m confident the Jaos team had a great Genchi Genbutsu visit to the US and Baja 1000.
 
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Came across this description of the Jaos situation…
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And that Ranger Raptor of Lovell’s is Stock Midsize class, so technically not in their same class. Maybe it’s the closest competitor still in the race 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Sort of. They also opted to take the sportsman cutoff which eliminated the hardest 110 miles of the course. Not disparaging them at all. The cutoffs exist for a reason and a handful of classes need them to make the cut off time but apples and oranges between the trucks and the race speeds
 
Hundreds of prep hours over the recent months came down to a 36 hour window to get two cars from the @scoreinternational Baja 1000 start line in Ensenada, through 828.25 brutal miles of race course and back to the Ensenada finish line. That effort takes an army and we had one ready!

The @jaos_corporation #8188 LX600 suffered technical issues early in the race, leaving us running much slower pace than planned. After several attempts to remedy, both on the course and in the pits, the tough decision was made to end the race as checkpoints would be closing far ahead of us.

The focus was now on the @canguroracing #8155 which was already well on the way through the infamous San Felipe whoops. Darren W hopped out and I took the car at RM474 with Steve Procise in the co-driver seat. We made quick work into the narrow winding mountain section but started experiencing brake issues, the fronts being nearly completely locked and smoking hot.

We got out of the car several times to troubleshoot, finally resolving it by tinkering with the bias rod that adjusts pressure from the front and rear manual master cylinders. The brakes were better but not perfect.

We had some rough miles ahead, deep silt beds and crazy hill climbs. We were able to assist some stuck cars along the way, including dragging a Class 11 VW Bug up the side of a mountain as they bounced all over the road attached to the back of our car. I can only imagine what their side of the story is.

7 hours later we had made it to RM640 where @steve_prosisewould hop out and @tomonori_noto would take over in the co-driver seat. The brake pedal bias rod complete failed early on in our driving leg, leaving us driving a bit slower and less precise than preferred but we safely made it into the pit at RM681.

Our amazing team jumped to work and came up with a brake rod fix that would restore some level of braking for Will C & Bryson's race to the finish line. Fortunately the fix held and the pair had a clean run to the checkered flag. The entire Canguro and Jaos teams were able to cheer them over the finish line. What a race!

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This is amazing. Congratulations to you and the team for a race well run!

Curious how many race miles the long block has seen at this point? What oil do you guys run in her?
 
TeCKis300 said:
This is amazing. Congratulations to you and the team for a race well run!

Curious how many race miles the long block has seen at this point? What oil do you guys run in her?
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We'd have to so some math but I bet it's close to 30k, and those are absolutely brutal miles. It's an amazing machine. Mobil 1
 
And.. any video?!

Thanks for the report. Sounds like a blast
 
bloc said:
And.. any video?!

Thanks for the report. Sounds like a blast
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Nothing on my end, I'm sure many of our team members will share videos as they get home and unpack.
 
Tomonori_noto is the driver or co-driver for Jaos? Was that planned all along for him to get to co-drive or was that just an opportunity that presented itself because they had to retire?

As a professional driver I can only image he could really tell a large difference between the suspension on the two trucks.
 
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MTKID said:
Tomonori_noto is the driver or co-driver for Jaos? Was that planned all along for him to get to co-drive or was that just an opportunity that presented itself because they had to retire?

As a professional driver I can only image he could really tell a large difference between the suspension on the two trucks.
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Noto-san is the driver for Jaos, I was his co-driver off the start line. With the Jaos car out of the race, the opportunity for him to co-drive became an option. Steve Prosise (can’t remember his mud username) did a kickass job co-driving for 14 strait hours so I don’t think he was too broken hearted to sneak out :D
 
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Thanks for the explanation. Wow! 14hrs is impressive 👍🏼 For some reason I hadn’t realized your team was sharing with the driving and co-driving of their truck also but it makes sense considering how long the race is. Few Ironmen left out there. I know I wouldn’t want to solo it!
 
MTKID said:
Thanks for the explanation. Wow! 14hrs is impressive 👍🏼 For some reason I hadn’t realized your team was sharing with the driving and co-driving of their truck also but it makes sense considering how long the race is. Few Ironmen left out there. I know I wouldn’t want to solo it!
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Co-driving only. Noto-san was planning to ironman as the driver.
 
Even more impressive! I’m curious what the longest event he would have driven prior to this? I hope they all have the chance to redeem themselves next year.

You guys just keep doing what you’re doing ;)
 
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