Tricked-out VW revs up for Baja 1000
CNET News.com November 9, 2007
The Baja 1000 route, as depicted on a Google Earth map. The off-road race begins November 10 in Ensenada, Mexico, and traverses 1,300 miles. Teams have 53 hours to complete the course. They cannot go more than 60 mph on the highway, and GPS tracks the teams to ensure compliance.
Jim
Two days to go and we’re buttoning up.
Scott and Charlie will be driving the third leg of the race (RM 203 to RM 305) which pre-runners say will be a “weeding out” section for a good number of racers. It’ll be dark, they’ll climb nearly 4,000 feet and the pre-runner data is marked with lots of little skull and crossbone symbols, indicating things that can take a car out of the race.
That being the case, Scott, Charlie and Carrie (for moral support) came by last night to practice jacking, levering and winching 1117 in anticipation of what they’ll face in Baja.
I swear the fog in the above photo was not there when I took it. Photos of winching here.
P.S. Radios, antennas and rally logger mount arrived yesterday.
The piece on us that was to air on KPIX apparently got bumped, so I expect it to run today or tomorrow. The GPS unit arrived yesterday and Crusty went to work cutting a more sturdy bracket for it.
I’m calling Radio Bob to find out when the radios were shipped. Those are the last piece of equipment we’re waiting on. And I need to call Eric Solorzano this morning to figure out where we need to pit, since our cars are so similar, we can use the same pit strategy as he does.
Charlie, Scott and Carrie are coming over this evening to practice using winches to pull 1117 up a hill, since I have the perfect driveway for it (dirt, potholed and steep, being the criteria).