WELL ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN! BAJA TIME!I JUST RETURNED HOME FROM BAJA LAST NIGHT. THE WEATHER
WAS PERFECT. THE FOOD WAS OUTSTANDING,AND THE PEOPLE
WERE AS FRIENDLY AS EVER!
THE COURSE THIS YEAR RUNS OUT OF ENSENADA INTO A HUGE
LOOP AND COMES TO AN END AT THE TRADITIONAL BASEBALL
STADIUM DOWN TOWN. THE COURSE IS A MARRAGE BETWEEN
THIS YEARS SAN FELIPE 250 AND THE TECATE BAJA 500. THE
COUSRE IS JUST UNDER 800 MILES OF THE WORST BAJA HAS
TO OFFER!
WE BEGIN IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AS ALWAYS.
THEN DROP INTO THE RIVERBED. THATS WEAR THE FIRST SURPRIZE
AWAITS! AN EIGHT FOOT DIRT JUMP IS WAITING TO MAKE THE CROWD
JUMP TO THIER FEET AS THE BIGGER CLASSES AND BIKES COME THROUGH.
THE LESSER CLASSES WILL HOWEVER ROLL OVER IT. DISPLEASEING THE
ONLOOKERS!
THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS AND UP THE WASH TO THE LITTLE RANCHES
ABOVE ENSENADA. POP OUT ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 7 MILES THEN BACK
INTO THE DIRT. UP AND OVERTHR MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE CANYONS AND DROP DOWN OLD FIRE ROADS AND WASHES WITH HUGE TIRE EATING ROCKS.
TO THE OPEN MEADOWS OF OH-HO NEGROS. THERE THE OH-HOS JUMP
AWAITS . A 100mph+ ROLLING HILL JUMP. A CROWD FAVEROTE!!
NOW ON THROUGH GRASSY PLAINS AND CATLLE RANCHES AND SMALL
VILLAGES TO TRES HERMANOS.
THE TERRIAN NOW CHANGES FROM SMOOTH FAST ROADS TO DEEP
DARK BROWN SILTY DIRT. WITH MISKEET TREES AND HIDDEN ROCKS AND
THE DEVIL HIMSELF HIDEING AROUND EACH TURN! AS YOU APPROACH
THE HWY 3 CROSSING THE GROUND CHANGES AGAIN TO OPEN DESERT
LIKE GRAVEL AND SAND. WITH THE EVER SO PRESENT ROCKS .
OUT ON TO THE HWY AND EAST FOR ABOUT TO 2 MILES. THEN A
HARD RIGHT TURN THROUGH A CATLE GATE . RANCHO COLORADO A
FAST HARD WHOOPED OUT SECTION THAT LEADS TO THE SUMMIT
OF THE NORTHERN BAJA MOUNTAIN RANGE. THIS ROAD IS CLOSER
JEEP TRAIL. LOOSE DG WITH ROCKS. VERY NARROW WITH HUGE HOLES
TO BREAK AXLES AND DRIVE LINES. IF SOME ONE BREAKS IN FRONT OF
YOU HERE ITS GONNA MAKE A LONG DAY INTO TWO!
YOU HAVE FINALLY CLEARED THE SUMMIT AND ARE NOW ON THE SEA
OF CORTEZ SIDE. OPEN FAST REALLY ROUGH WHOOPED OUT SANDY
WASHES FOR 200 MILES. THROUGH BORREGO TO 3 POLES AND SOUTH
TO ZOO ROAD. SOMETIMES REFFERD TO AS 24 MILES OF HELL. THEN PAST
SAN FELIPE WEST IN TO THE DESERT TO WATOMY WASH (SP). THEN NORTH
TO DIABLO DRY LAKE. A VERY FAST AND FUN SECTION 100+ MPH DICEING
THROUGH BUSHES AND ROCKS.NOW A TURN TO THE EAST AND RUNNING
RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY .
HERE THE RACE COURSE RUNS THROUGH A TIGHT CANYON FLOOR.
SOFT SAND WITH ISLANDS OF JAGGED ROCKS. DRIVERS WILL HAFT TO
BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO GET FLATS HERE. THE JACKS WILL SINK IN THE
SAND MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE TIRES.
THE CAYON LETS OUT BACK ON THE HWY NEAR THE ORFFANIGE IN
TRINIDAD.(MADE FAMOUS BY MALCOM SMITH IN "DUST TO GLORY")
UP THORUGH THE MOUNTAINS NOW MIKES SKY RANCH AND A FEW
WATER CROSSINGS. UP TO COYOTE MELLING. THE ROAD TURNS STRAIGHT
DOWN TOWARDS HELL. A ROCK INFESTED DIRT WATERFALL CALLED
"SIMPSON"! THE TERRIAN STAYS WICKED TILL YOU GET TO THE OLD
VALLEY T CROSS OVER ROAD.
PEDEL DOWN AND LET IT SLIDE! THIS ROAD SNAKES TO THE COASTEL
HWY 1 . FAST AND DUSTY THE LEADER WILL HAVE CLEAN AIR. THE REST
WILL BE BLINDED BY DUST RUNNING AT NIGHT CHOKEING FOR AIR!!!
AFTER CROSSING THE HWY ITS UP THE COST ON THE BEACH NORTH TO
THE SANTO THOMAS ROAD. THERE UP A CLAPPED OUT 500 FOOT HILL
CLIMB THAT BILLY GOATS ARE AFRAID OF BACK INTO THE SMOOTH ROADS
TO SANTO THOMAS.
HOOK THAT LEFT AT THE HWY 1 AND BLIZT IT TO URADAN. THIS BIG GREEN VALLEY IS LITERED WITH SMALL RANCHES AND FIELDS OF CROPS. BACK INTO
THE DIRT AND MAKING DUST! FAST MELLOW TURNS TURN INTO A SINGLE
RUTTED UP HILL. BACK ON THE GAS AND MAKING TIME YOU FIND YOUR SELF
IN TRES HERMANOS AGAIN AND RUNNING THE COUSRE BACKWARDS TILL
YOU END UP IN THE BASEBALL STADIUM AND AN ICE COLD BEER!
THIS COUSRE IS BRUTAL, I'LL BE BACK DOWN IN BAJA NOV. 7th TILL
THE RACE. I'LL CHECK IN VIA RACE255'S LAP TOP. I'LL GET YOU TONS
OF PICTURES AS ALWAYS.
"ITS ALL ABOUT THE #28 MONSTER ENERGY DRINK PFLUEGER RACING TT"
SC!
FOR YA SLAPPY!
? Keep it up big-man and floored.
