Off-Road Racing…SCORE International (Baja 500/1000 etc.)

[texas08 1599]

Anyone around here into these types of races?
 
Ever been to a Baja 500/1000? If so do tell!
 
Love Baja 500/1000s! The coverage/footage/tracking of vehicles is insane nowadays!
 
Baja 1000 going on right now if anyone is interested (the channel keeps up w updates etc):
 
Thanks Starlink!
 
Instagram is full of sick footage/shots.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClHSisiA8G_/?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc=

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClIHgabAuSX/?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc=

[RPM 26614]

Love watching Baja documentaries/coverage. I blame Wide World of Sports. Thank you Roone Arledge.

Never been as a spectator. Looks like a good way to get killed.

[TexPx 2331]

Love off road racing. Dakar, Baja and WRC. Used to race dirt bikes so I love old footage of Barstow to Vegas and those Mojave Hare Scrambles.

[otisdog 365]

Crewed motorcycles a long time ago for both the 500 and 1000 with Bel-Ray oil.  A hurricane came through one year and wasted the course, causing vehicles to be delayed 10 to 12 hours due to the carnage the storm wreaked on the course. Was total turmoil. At the time our rider was leading the U500 class, but his bike died from dust on Laguna Salada. We were in the extended Dodge  Bel-Ray van. Problem was, a lot of teams were using Bel-Ray banners to mark their pits, but after 8 to 10 hours those crews left to get some shut-eye.  So we would have these tired, starving riders running on fumes pulling up to the van requesting assistance. We did what we could, but we only had fuel/tires/parts/food for our two riders, so we would go scavenger hunting in the empty/abandoned pits nearby  to try to help them out. Interesting trip.

[wood 11763]

Never been, but I love watching the Baja and Dakar rallies, and anything WRC. Peter Solberg & Seb Loeb ftw. 

Edited November 23, 2022 by wood

[RPM 26614]

I want to watch a Reno to Vegas race.

[TexPx 2331]

Long time ago…
https://www.dirtbikes.com/rrick-sieman-barstow-vegas/

[texas08 1599]

Crewed motorcycles a long time ago for both the 500 and 1000 with Bel-Ray oil.  A hurricane came through one year and wasted the course, causing vehicles to be delayed 10 to 12 hours due to the carnage the storm wreaked on the course. Was total turmoil. At the time our rider was leading the U500 class, but his bike died from dust on Laguna Salada. We were in the extended Dodge  Bel-Ray van. Problem was, a lot of teams were using Bel-Ray banners to mark their pits, but after 8 to 10 hours those crews left to get some shut-eye.  So we would have these tired, starving riders running on fumes pulling up to the van requesting assistance. We did what we could, but we only had fuel/tires/parts/food for our two riders, so we would go scavenger hunting in the empty/abandoned pits nearby  to try to help them out. Interesting trip.

Wow this sounds wild! I’m always amazed at the endurance of those Moto/Quad riders.

Tons of good stuff on YouTube filmed with GoPros and good cameras on peoples phones etc:

[TexPx 2331]

This is the kind of stupid shit I did. For fun.

[ohchaucer 1444]

My grandfather raced Baja 500 for Nissan several years. My uncle was his co-pilot for part of his racing “career.”

[texas08 1599]

Brooooo POST PICS.

[texas08 1599]