ARRENDONDO AT LAST AT BAJA 500
A
fter seemingly years of being
in the hunt but coming up
short at the finish, a Francisco
Arredondo-captained team got
that long-awaited overall motor-
cycle win at the 49th SCORE
Baja 500, round two in the
SCORE World Desert Champi-
onship, June 3.
Having drawn the seventh
starting spot out of eight Pro
Moto Unlimited teams, the Ar-
redondo/Shane Esposito/Justin
Morgan/Roberto Villalobos
squad faced a very competitive
field with four other crews vying
for the lead through the first half
of the 516-mile race.
But after the halfway mark,
the infamous San Felipe loop
winnowed the lead pack with the
Bremen Racing/Chris Haines
Motorcycle Adventure Company/
Precision Concepts CRF450X,
wearing plate 45X, asserting
itself and pulling away to a huge
winning margin of 26-plus min-
utes. They officially completed
the arduous and varied course
in 11 hours, four minutes and
53 seconds after the post-race
review of tracking data assessed
them a 10-minute penalty.
IN
THE
WIND
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After several years
of trying, Francisco
Arredondo and
teammates Shane
Esposito, Justin Morgan
and Roberto Villalobos
enjoyed a trouble-free
day to get their first
overall SCORE Baja
motorcycle victory.
