#Baja Racing

[vancouvery]

Why am I posting a page of old radio cryptography units? A friend’s father died last night. Friend’s father was long-retired from the No Such Agency and this was his (supposed) field. Things are unclear b/c ofc he couldn’t say exactly what he did at work, but he was excellent at math, electronics, and radio tech, so you do the (ha ha) math. Not James Bond stuff, think more one of Q’s minions, if one of those minions was a quiet, humble, aw-shucks midwestern American who liked country line dancing and logic puzzles. Which now that I think of it, is a bit plausible. My friend’s entire family moved to England for a few years when he was between 4 and 7 years old as his father was assigned there by his (cough) employer.

My friend is adopted, as is his sister (not related to each other), and had just returned from a trip to the UK as part vacation, where we caught up with each other whilst I was on vacation too, and part meeting his birth mother(! When family was there when he was a child they didn’t know his birth mom was English). Meeting his birth mom was a mixed bag for him. She seemed aloof he thought, but the circumstances of his birth were slightly fraught (late ‘60s) and she has two grown kids from a later marriage, so… He met his birth dad in California a few years ago and my friend’s one of about a dozen (yes) half siblings on that side of the family. Birth dad was somewhat famous in the offroad racing circuit.

Friend returned from UK with COVID, and was out of commission for a week or so, then his adoptive father, and mother, were both in the hospital for a sudden (non COVID) illness, complications to a possible bladder infection for both (UTIs in the elderly are bad, pls look it up). His father had just been discharged to a rehab facility in his retirement community*, but his mom is still in the hospital. My friend got his bad news while at my place, visiting me. He had put his phone on automatic do not disturb after 11pm, but didn’t get the call until 6am, and the nurse had been trying to call all night. His father died at midnight. He called his sister while I scrambled to make him a rudimentary breakfast to go.

I guess I’m posting all this b/c I can’t help. I met his adoptive parents a few times and they were always gracious and caring, in an elderly nerd sort of way, if you know what I mean. I liked them, and they were much more knowing and shrewd than I think my friend would acknowledge to himself. They’re the kind of people that if I had gotten to know them, we would be able to have had silent conversations just looking at each other, whilst my friend, their son, would be none the wiser. I guess I’m mourning both the person of his dad, and the potentials lost in not knowing him longer.

*If you’re not familiar, continuing-care retirement communities are a newish American thing, catering to the huge numbers of aging boomers. It’s a 60+ retirement village about the size of a medium college campus. You buy a condo onsite and as you age and debilitate you gradually move to higher & higher levels of care on campus: assisted living, rehab, nursing, and/or dementia care. There’s multiple dining halls and entertainment onsite, like a cruise ship. When you die the facility sells your condo and rinse/repeat.

[dak91]

Sad it never got further development

[lastofthepencilpushers]

A 1972 Volkswagen Beetle converted for Baja racing

[desertseries]

SCORE Baja 400 – Sept. 13 – 17, 2023

Single loop race: 621 km (386.42mi.) Start and Finish in Ensenada Race Time Limit: 16 Hours Average Minimum Speed: 23.45 mph (37.88 kph)

SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 15 8 am-5 pm: Racer On-site Registration 8 am-5 pm: Contingency Row 8 am-6 pm: Technical Inspection

Saturday, Sept. 16 5 am: Staging for Motos and Quads 6 am: Race Start for Motos and Quads

Approx. 2.5-hour gap between the last Moto/Quad start and the first SCORE Trophy Truck 7:15 am: Staging for all 4-wheel Classes 9 am: Race start for all 4-wheel Classes

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[dosmares500]

Coming weekend the 2023 edition of the Dos Mares 500 desert offroad race being held with Dos Mares 500, is one of the most emblematic Off Road Racing races that take place in the Baja California Sur peninsula. 3 days of action of this spectacular offroad race, you do not want to miss. The mechanical review will be this 5. May from 16:00hr on at the La Paz boardwalk (Malecon).

Find a graphical (image) racemap here as well check back for the online Google maps map later during today or tomorrow (we try to get the latest version with a updates applied).

Find more info on the event/race at www.dosmares500.com. You can also find info, evtl. with some pics or video streams from Malecon at our Mastodon and Dos Mares 500 Telegram Channel here.

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Parnelli Jones 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302

USAC driver Parnelli Jones in the #15 1967 Ford Fairlane

Parnelli Jones dives out of his car after it caught fire in the pits during the Indianapolis 500 auto race May 30, 1964. He suffered burns and was hospitalized but was not seriously hurt. Jones, won the 1963 Indy 500.

Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones was an American professional racing driver and racing team owner. He is notable for his accomplishments while competing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Baja 1000 desert race, and the Trans-Am Championship series. In 1962, he became the first driver to qualify over 150 mph

[radracer]

Ford F-100 Pickup 1981 Mint 400

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[opelman]

YAMAHA YXZ 1000 / Edesio Caamaño / ESP / Carmelo Moliné / ESP / Escudería JMP RACING by Artes Max Via Flickr: BAJA TT DEHESA EXTREMADURA 2024

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Advertisement for Datsun vehicles, featuring illustrations and text describing the performance of Datsun vehicles in the Baja 1000 (c. 1970).

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Chevrolet El Camino. Baja Offroad.

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Christopher Polvoorde's OPTIMA Batteries-sponsored Ford Spec Trophy Truck at the start of the 2022 Baja 500 www.powerpacknation.com

[crosscountryrally]

Nasser Al-Attiyah gana la Baja Aragón en anuncio de su despedida de Toyota

El qatarí Nasser Al-Attiyah salió a buscar la victoria con todo en la etapa de sábado de la Baja Aragón, luego de comentar en el bivouac que sería su última Baja junto a Toyota. El campeón del Dakar comienza a cerrar su paso por la marca japonesa con su sexta victoria en el evento más importante del rally raid español. El futuro de Nasser todavía no se anuncia pero Prodrive corre como favorito para ficharlo.

Lucas Moraes y Carlos Sainz completaron el podio en el acumulado, aunque Sainz fuera de clasificación por pertenecer a la clase T1U.

Moraes había comenzado el rally como líder tras llevarse la etapa del viernes y consiguió pelear con Al-Attiyah en los últimos kilómetros del sábado, pero quedó a 1 minuto y 43 segundos. Después de perder casi 8 minutos en el viernes, el sábado fue un mucho mejor día para Sainz en el mejor de los Audi y quedó a solo 9 minutos y 17 segundos en el clasificador final. Los otros dos Audi de Peterhansel y Ekstrom tuvieron problemas y no fueron clasificados.

El Top 5 lo completaron Vaidotas Zala y Joao Ferreira con el nuevo MINI JCW Rally Plus. Nani Roma fue séptimo en el debut europeo de la Ford Ranger T1+.

En las motos, el vencedor fue Tosha Schareina validando su gran temporada que lo tuvo peleando por los primeros puestos en el Sonora Rally. Guillaume de Mevius ganó la clase T3.

Clasificación Final

Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota) 6:18:37

Lucas Moraes (Toyota) +1:43

Carlos Sainz (Audi) +9:17

Vaidotas Zala (MINI) +9:51

Joao Ferreira (MINI) +11:08

Tiago Reis (Toyota) +11:17

Nani Roma (Ford) +11:56

Krzystof Holowczyc (MINI) +13:28

Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota) +13:39

Rokas Baciuska (Toyota) +15:54

Imagen: Marian Chytka / Red Bull Content Pool

[purooffroad]

Picking up where he left off last year, San Diego’s defending race and season champion Luke McMillin roared through the Baja desert to defeat a massive 285 starters at 2023 Baja 250 loop-race in San Felipe, Baja California. McMillin has diligently worked his was to the top of the Trophy Truck class he earned the No. 1 plate after winning last year’s season championship and now has five career Trophy Truck race wins including the San Felipe Baja 250 the last two years.

Luke McMillin o-tone at the finish line, “It was awesome. We had a perfect day. We just cruised all day. We just stopped one time at our planned pit stop and took 18 seconds of fuel, that was it.”

A surprise overall motorcycle winner to many, but definitely not to themselves, Ciaran Naran and Tucker Hopkins split the riding to capture the overall win. Both experienced racers rode their No. 3X Husqvarna FE450 to finish first among the motorcycles in a time of 6:08:05 (42.95mph) over the motorcycle course of 263.50 miles

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Video credits: Huevos frios films

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A Winter Earned, A Summer's Call

It’s a strange thing when nothing material in your life has changed, but your perspective has. I like someone’s example of being pulled over by the police on your way to work, but the officer decides not to give you a ticket. You feel like you had Continue reading A Winter Earned, A Summer’s Call