Morgan, Samuels Roll On At Baja 500
F
or the Slam Life Racing (SLR)
Honda duo of Justin Mor-
gan and Mark Samuels (third
rider Justin Jones sidelined by a
lingering knee injury), the biggest
obstacle at the 51st SCORE Baja
500 had to be dense fog in the
morning then fighting compla-
cency in the afternoon, as they
completed the very challenging
487 miles in 10 hours, 50 minutes
and 46.54 seconds, beating the
runners-up by more than an hour.
Their finish time put them sixth
vehicle overall (and first Pro Moto
Unlimited) behind five Trophy
trucks, winner Andy McMillin
clocking 9:49:12.11.
As the winners of round one—
the San Felipe 250—Team SLR
was the first to get the green flag
at the Estero Beach Resort at
4:00 a.m., and Morgan conced-
ed that played a major factor in
the end result due to unexpected
fog, as well as several areas of
deep silt.
IN
THE
WIND
P28
Justin Morgan
(shown) and Mark
Samuels took
full advantage
of being first off
the line in the
morning. PHOTOS:
MARK KARIYA
