SCORE BAJA 1000
VOL. 51 ISSUE 46 NOVEMBER 18, 2014 P65
Briefly...
As is often the case at a penin-
sula run, a Trophy truck was
the fastest vehicle. At this one,
four trucks beat the fastest bike
with the winning Ford of Rob
MacCachren/Andy McMillan/
Jason Voss running an astound-
ing 22:31:28 for a 56.64 MPH
average speed. By comparison,
the winning Kawasaki averaged
52.36 MPH.
At 1275 miles, this year's race
was the longest Baja 1000 when
starting in Ensenada and finish-
ing in La Paz. Only the Baja 2000
– at 1754 miles from Ensenada to
Cabo San Lucas – was longer,
and had an 80-hour time limit.
One thing that concerned quite a
few participants was the flurry of
course changes and updates
in the days leading up to the race,
many of them including new Vir-
tual Check Points (VCPs). Just
before the drivers/riders meet-
ing the night before the race, the
count was 18 revisions, accord-
ing to Bob Bell of Precision Con-
cepts.
Tony Gera, who has dominated
the SCORE Ironman class this
year, decided to take a DNF in
this one when he found out his
family was involved in a single-car
accident. Reportedly, a tire blew
in their chase van and it rolled,
ejecting the passengers. Fortu-
nately, it appears that there were
no injuries beyond some broken
bones.
