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he spent the remainder of the
week paying more attention to
the re-marked indicators so he'd
be more aware of waypoints and
speed zones.
"I knew I could get these guys
in the rough stuff so I tried to
keep that to my advantage and
push as hard as I could through
the rough stuff but on the naviga-
tion stuff, really just slow down,
take my time, make sure that I
made my turns," he added. "I
still made some mistakes."
Those included a few crash-
es, and he elaborated on them:
"The whole SCORE mentality,
the whole desert racer mental-
ity kicks in [when you crash or
make a mistake] and you start
pushing hard again. You really
have to turn that back down and
start to track your time so you
don't continue to make mistakes.
It was difficult, to say the least."
But he successfully meshed
speed and navigation to erase the
penalty time lost and topped the
class. (Ironically, last year's victor,
Steve Hengeveld, had a faster over-
all time in winning the UTV class.)
Mark Kariya
(Above) The presenting sponsor
of the race, Rally Comp's Mike
Johnson proved to be pretty
speedy as well as navigation-
savvy and ended up a close
second in class to Poucher.
After working previous
editions of the Baja
Rally, Poncho Alonzo
decided to race this
year and ended up
winning Rally 1.
