QUOTE (Headinjury @ Aug 26 2009, 11:44 AM)

Way to go guys. especially to Mike Lasher from PGI Media, overcame a blown engine on day 1 to finish 4th... They replaced the motor....

Lasher has lots a heart for the race to go through the engine swap after day one DNF. That was actually my engine that I brought as a spare for him. Figured if I had it with me, he wouldn't need it. But the karma thing didn't work out for us.
It was definitely a brutal race for man and machine. 4 hours of sleep a night. Up at 4 in the morning. 100+ temps during the day. Dust, rocks, silt. Ugh!