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Offline Bruce

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Re: 2015 Baja 1000 Yolo Racing, Heading back for a win!
« Reply #30 on: November 22, 2015, 10:58:49 PM »
You're right Silas, they came in 3rd.  Don't know how that happened because they
were ahead of the second place car entering Ensenada, and they started the
race 90 sec after the second place car.

Official results for Class 5-1600:

91 Hernando .. Martinez Ensenada, BC 564 Class 5-1600 * 1 VW 1 29:04:46.444
98 Julio Cesar Morales     Calexico, CA 554 Class 5-1600     2 VW 1 30:53:19.948
99 Erich Reisen       W. Vancouver, BC 575 Class 5-1600 * 3 VW 1 31:00:46.153

EDIT:  The asterisk indicates there was a penalty applied.  I bet it was 10 min.
The first place finisher had a 45 min penalty.
« Last Edit: November 22, 2015, 11:09:34 PM by Bruce »

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Re: 2015 Baja 1000 Yolo Racing, Heading back for a win!
« Reply #31 on: November 24, 2015, 02:08:25 PM »
We're awaiting answers on the "Penalties" that were given as this happened last year as well with no answers from SCORE.
Somethings fishy but the team is happy with a 3rd as well.

I'll need a few day's to recover and fill everyone in on the wicked adventure we had. Pre running the course makes all the difference as you could see in the first 250 miles of the race. We had a fairly good lead on most and that was in some sections with zero visability from fog and silt. It was a very tough course with lot's of contact and action. Grant did an amazing job driving while I called out our course as fast and clear as I could. Knowing the course made a good difference for us as we knew where we could push it and when to let others pass. A good example was when the white car in our class and a truck wanted to pass.... we let them knowing that a faster pace could result in damage or a roll over. 30 seconds later we passed the white car on it's side as well as another car from a different class that passed us.
It's all about going fast but keeping the car in good shape to pass it along to the next team.
« Last Edit: November 24, 2015, 02:20:54 PM by Geoff »