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Just found some race footage on YouTube. Looks like they actually had control of zoo rd.
And some more Kick A$$ video LINK
And some more Kick A$$ video LINK
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Baja 250-San Felipe-March 14-16
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Now where are the pics?
Sorry to make you wait Dan.... Here you go. My Website
Here are a few of the Best:
The first trophy truck with his buddy in his hip pocket.
A nice pass about to happen
An interesting custom 60 series, unfortunately they weren't much for talking.
My buddy Karlos at his first Baja Race getting an up close view.
Our camp site
And lastly does it get any better than this?
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Sweet pics!
Hey, were's the cerveza in your hand fire side???
Hey, were's the cerveza in your hand fire side???
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Oh, that was my buddy he can't eat and drink beer at the same time, and we just finished eating burgers. Everybody has their quirks.
Nice write up and pics. Thanks for sharing..
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I also saw a nice red and white 40 series, but a long one. I will post that pic up tonight, it's on my phone.
Here it is...
Here it is...
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I would have loved to hit 150K on the dry lake bed but unfortunately I will be coming home from WORKtomorrow when the ticker hits the mile stone.
Well, it happened on my 12 mile stretch of 805 I take home every day.
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Man, I wish I was headed to San Felipe right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe since it has been a year I should try to fix that damn code I threw..... Sick of looking at that engine light. Have any of you successfully got rid of the P0401 code? I really hate repairing things. I love modding but hate maintenance!!!!!
Maybe since it has been a year I should try to fix that damn code I threw..... Sick of looking at that engine light. Have any of you successfully got rid of the P0401 code? I really hate repairing things. I love modding but hate maintenance!!!!!
You and me both on San Felipe.
Just pull the bulb for the "check engine light" if it bothers you that much. I don't even notice mine anymore...maybe it will burn out like the "D" someday.
Just pull the bulb for the "check engine light" if it bothers you that much. I don't even notice mine anymore...maybe it will burn out like the "D" someday.
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I cover it with a business card. But my passengers still see it 
I will be pulling that bulb though if I don't get it fixed by smog time.
I will be pulling that bulb though if I don't get it fixed by smog time.
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So I e-mailed my buddy who pits for Mast Craft, "How was Felipe?"
So here is the story!!!
Hummmm.....$h!tty but ok.
I don't know if you heard about the crash? Well Robbie destroyed the truck at the Laughlin race. So the truck went back to Jimco to be refabricated. Then back to Mirage to be rebuilt. Two months of 12 hour days, 7 days a week the truck is done 1 day before they leave for SF. 1 day of testing at Plaster City and some more testing in SF. Thursday before the race the truck is a effing ROCKET. new motor, new suspension, new truck. Park the truck Thursday night ready to go. Get up Friday morning and it won't start. Pull a spark plug out and water pours out of the cylinder. Send the Helo to SD to pick up parts. Start tearing the motor down, cracked head can't fix it. So now we look to the "old" truck (now used as a prerunner). The little truck has been neglected back. They figured it had about 4000 miles on it since it's last prep (truck are usually completely torn down after every race/prerun). So we tear the truck down to almost the cage. This thing was tired!! Cracked chassis, broken axles, broken spindle, lights not working, hadn't passed tech in over a year....etc. So we (10+ people) work on it all day and night (day before the race). at around 11:00 at night we get it done. Well the best we could with the parts we had. at this point all Robbie wants is a top 10 finish. The top 10 finishers are the top 10 starters at the 500. We wake up at the crack of dawn Saturday and get the chase trucks organized and ready to go. 8am all trucks are off to our assignments. Robbie leaves the line about 10am. He starts off in 4th. So he's doing all he can to keep up with the big boys. At race mile 69 he breaks a ball joint on the upper a-arm. We don't have any extra ball joints. We find some old ball joint parts in the box van at my pit (RM 110). They send the helo to us for parts. Helo lands, we fill it with gas and off he goes. 2 hours later the truck is running. By this time 9 TT's have pasted us (and 1 class 11). We called Robbie and told him he is in 10th place, just finish the race. He gets to our pit, we fuel him and give it a once over. A little smack in the ass and off he goes. Now we pack up and head to the finish.........About 3 hours later he's getting close to the end. We hear him on the radio. Everyone's getting excited. Then he breaks a heim on the steering. He's about 3-4 miles from the finish. Of course we don't have parts for the little truck. Another chase truck was close by. After a little welding and stuff he's back on the trail. About 10 minutes later he cross's the finish line. Oh yea, in 8th place!!!!
So it was a hell of a few days but we managed to get the top 10. A little sun shine on a s***ty and expensive week for Mastercraft Racing.
TT rebuild from crash $130,000
New motor dead $50,000
Prerunner buggy broke tranny $10,000
Little TT needs a full prep ????
Cost of the whole crew in Sf for a week ????
A win at the 500 $priceless
So here is the story!!!
Hummmm.....$h!tty but ok.
I don't know if you heard about the crash? Well Robbie destroyed the truck at the Laughlin race. So the truck went back to Jimco to be refabricated. Then back to Mirage to be rebuilt. Two months of 12 hour days, 7 days a week the truck is done 1 day before they leave for SF. 1 day of testing at Plaster City and some more testing in SF. Thursday before the race the truck is a effing ROCKET. new motor, new suspension, new truck. Park the truck Thursday night ready to go. Get up Friday morning and it won't start. Pull a spark plug out and water pours out of the cylinder. Send the Helo to SD to pick up parts. Start tearing the motor down, cracked head can't fix it. So now we look to the "old" truck (now used as a prerunner). The little truck has been neglected back. They figured it had about 4000 miles on it since it's last prep (truck are usually completely torn down after every race/prerun). So we tear the truck down to almost the cage. This thing was tired!! Cracked chassis, broken axles, broken spindle, lights not working, hadn't passed tech in over a year....etc. So we (10+ people) work on it all day and night (day before the race). at around 11:00 at night we get it done. Well the best we could with the parts we had. at this point all Robbie wants is a top 10 finish. The top 10 finishers are the top 10 starters at the 500. We wake up at the crack of dawn Saturday and get the chase trucks organized and ready to go. 8am all trucks are off to our assignments. Robbie leaves the line about 10am. He starts off in 4th. So he's doing all he can to keep up with the big boys. At race mile 69 he breaks a ball joint on the upper a-arm. We don't have any extra ball joints. We find some old ball joint parts in the box van at my pit (RM 110). They send the helo to us for parts. Helo lands, we fill it with gas and off he goes. 2 hours later the truck is running. By this time 9 TT's have pasted us (and 1 class 11). We called Robbie and told him he is in 10th place, just finish the race. He gets to our pit, we fuel him and give it a once over. A little smack in the ass and off he goes. Now we pack up and head to the finish.........About 3 hours later he's getting close to the end. We hear him on the radio. Everyone's getting excited. Then he breaks a heim on the steering. He's about 3-4 miles from the finish. Of course we don't have parts for the little truck. Another chase truck was close by. After a little welding and stuff he's back on the trail. About 10 minutes later he cross's the finish line. Oh yea, in 8th place!!!!
So it was a hell of a few days but we managed to get the top 10. A little sun shine on a s***ty and expensive week for Mastercraft Racing.
TT rebuild from crash $130,000
New motor dead $50,000
Prerunner buggy broke tranny $10,000
Little TT needs a full prep ????
Cost of the whole crew in Sf for a week ????
A win at the 500 $priceless
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Well, it happened on my 12 mile stretch of 805 I take home every day.
This is not a good trend, I hit 150K coming home from work and a couple of weeks ago I hit 175K coming home from work. I can NOT let this happen at 200K!
That chopped mustard 60 almost looks like an old Toyota Corona on steroids... Very cool. [Sorry to hijack your photo]
Man I love the camp spot... I may have to tag along the next time you go.. Looks like hell of lot of fun.. good off road racing and nice beach camp spot.. jealous!
Man I love the camp spot... I may have to tag along the next time you go.. Looks like hell of lot of fun.. good off road racing and nice beach camp spot.. jealous!
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Yeah the trip we just did two weeks ago we didn't end up staying at my beach camp because my buddy had a friend with a house at Petes camp and we stayed in it for the night.
Sick pics man and the cost of racing, OMG!
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Sorry guys I didn't look back to see that the photos in post 42 were messed up (fixed now). I just revived this old thread because it was where I last posted up a major mileage photo. Funny how it was three years to the month that I went 25K miles. So I guess I have 3 years to prepare for 
How about ALASKA for my 200K miles photo!!!!!
That is the goal and I will update you guys in about three years!
How about ALASKA for my 200K miles photo!!!!!That is the goal and I will update you guys in about three years!