Jonesing for a fix

Folks are starting to post videos of this year’s Baja 1000. Fans are sure obsessed with Fast. Just about the time I said "enough with the trophy trucks," here comes 1102 up the hill (screenshot above, embedded video below). You’ll need to exercise patience. Desert Dingos show up six minutes into the video, but man, the engine sounds good!

I kissed a lot of frogs, so to speak, before stumbling across that video. Here are a couple at the starting gate. You’ll be amazed at how close vehicles soar by the onlookers, and even more amazed that people actually cross the road at this time. Note: there’s a 30 second interval between each start. WARNING: The video quality is crappy, but the audio is worse. I recommend reducing your audio settings by 50%.

This is the view on the other side of the Arch. Baby’s got air!