Tecate/SCORE Baja 100
By Brian Faris
Photos by Mark Kariya
ENSENADA, B.C, MEX. NOV. 4-6
onda's long-awaited XR650R made
a suc cessful Baja debut, as American Honda factory riders finished
fi rs t a nd secon d in th e Teca te Be er
SCORE Baja 1000.
Johnny Campbell won his third Baja
1000 in a ro w and the second Baja su ccess for co-rider Tim Staa b, who was a
la st-min u te repl a cem en t for Craig
Smith. (Smith was injured w hile pr erunning the Terrible Tow ns off-road race in
H
Nevada a few weeks before the 1000.)
The winning d uo - Camp bell an d Staa b finis hed the Baja 1000 race in 14 hours
and 15 minutes.
Completi ng the course in 14 hs u rs,
26 minutes, in second place came American Honda 's ot he r team, made up of
Jonah Street , Torsten Bostrom and Greg
Bri n g le . They we re o n ly 14 seco n ds
away from giving the new XR650R a 1-2
swee p for fastest overall times in all race
classes .
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Team Ho nda 's other team . made up of
Jonah St reet. Torten Bostrom and Greg
Bringle. made It a XR650R 1-2 sweep.
