Category: Baja 1000 2012

First it was CBCFS Racing up in San Francisco. Now there’s another 11 in the works down in SoCal gunning for its first run at the 1000 this year.

Geoff Curtis is building an 11 for this year’s 1000. He works for Five Axis and has appeared on 30 episodes of Overhaulin’.

A Lexus by Five Axis. Do want.

Geoff is a phenomenal fabber. We talked Class 11. We talked sponsor pitching. We talked the 1000. We made a deal. We’re helping him put together a sponsorship proposal and he’s using his mad skillz to create a new trophy for the Bug Invasion, made of of VW parts instead of an old bowling trophy.

Geoff and crew have a start on their car and a lot of work to do to be ready for the 1000. But if there’s anyone who can put a car together in time, it’s these guys.

Seriously, They didn’t come off the factory floor in Wolfsburg looking this good.

Bob, Crusty and Romy did a marathon session with Scott Sebastian at MetalCraft and got home at 11 p.m. (after leaving at 6 a.m.) with a new, second race transmission.

It is very pretty.

Denise came by today to do some video shooting for our double secret project. Eric Solorzano, who’s won the Baja 1000 nine times in Class 11 called asking how we were doing and gave me an update. He’s moved his race shop back to TJ, he’s running the San Felipe 250 and he’s got a new color scheme to support returning sponsor Tecate.

This is going to be a fantastic year.

On top of everything else, I connected with Jeff Diehl, who did the 2011 Mongol Rally. More on that to come. An ace videographer, he compressed their entire drive across Mongolia into four minutes. It’s fantastic.

Drive Across Mongolia in 4 Minutes from Spots Unknown on Vimeo.

The three palms that give Las Tres Palmas its name.

Got this great video from Dennis in Ensenada earlier this week. A walking tour of his place where we’ll be setting up shop for Baja 1000 week. Las Tres Palmas. Enclosed courtyard, full garage, full kitchen, bunk beds by the bushel, outdoor hangout area and, maybe best of all, showers.

When he’s not playing host to Norteamericano racing teams, Dennis hosts groups who come to Mexico to build shelters for folks who need help. He’s also involved with La Casa de Esperanza, which provides a safe environment for mothers and children escaping domestic violence.

We’re hoping to do something for them when we come down for the race.

Paul and Ryan with CBCFS Racing came down from San Francisco and spent a few hours with Crusty, Bob and me going through 1107 and mapping what they need to finish their build.

I forgot to shoot pictures, so I did a screen capture from our Justin.tv live feed from today’s work day.

Here’s a few shots from today’s work.