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| Red Bull athlete Bryce Menzies qualifies sixth for the starting positions in Saturday's BAJA 500 |
BAJA 500 Trophy Truck and Class 1 Classes Post Race Start Results
On Saturday, tomorrow here in Baja Norte, Mexico, the town of Ensenada will be the Start of the 2015 BAJA 500 LIVE! on Baja Racing News LIVE! Racing on the 510.58-mile SCORE Baja 500 course begins when motorcycle and ATV classes start at 5:30 a.m., Saturday morning. Trophy Trucks and other four-wheel trucks, buggies and UTVs will take the starting line at approximately 10 a.m.
Today, Friday, June 5, downtown is buzzing with technical inspections and contingency row on the Boulevard Costero.
Yesterday, outside of town, on a private Mexican ranch, not open to the general public, Robby Gordon bested the other 26 Trophy Truck teams that showed up to qualify by nearly 10 seconds with a time of 5 minutes, 23.216 seconds. The second-fastest qualifier today was Nick Vanderwey (5:33), with Luke McMillin finishing in third (5:34.379). Jason Voss (5:35.283) will come off the line fourth on Saturday, while Apdaly Lopez (5:40.176) will be the fifth truck off the line in Ensenada. See the full results below.
Trophy Truck and Class 1 racers gathered today at a private location to qualify south of Ensenada for the 47th running of the SCORE Baja 500. SCORE Officials shifted the qualifying course from the location used in recent years just outside of Ojos Negros to a new area near Uruapan. The new qualifying course offered a slightly more technical challenge with very few straightaways, giving racers an all-new course to battle for starting times for Saturday’s race.
Far fewer Class 1 racers participated in qualifying today, but of the eight racers Jaime Huerta posted the fastest time – and by a large margin – at 5 minutes, 45.556 seconds. Second-fastest qualifier Randy Wilson posted a time of 5:57.742, and rounding out the top three is Shelby Reid with a time of 6:04.70.
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Qualifying Results To Start
Trophy Truck
1. Robby Gordon – 5:23.216
2. Nick Vanderywey – 5:33.00
3. Luke McMillin – 5:34.379
4. Jason Voss – 5:35.283
5. Apdaly Lopez – 5:40.073
6. Bryce Menzies – 5:40.176
7. Kyle Jergensen – 5:41.592
8. Gustavo Vildosola – 5:42.439
9. BJ Baldwin – 5:43.182
10. Jason McNeil – 5:49.199
11. Rob MacCachren – 5:49.410
12. Steven Eugenio – 5:50.322
13. Tim Herbst – 5:51.107
14. Eric Hustead – 5:52.917
15. Eduardo Laguna – 5:54.417
16. Robert Acer – 5:55.021
17. Jesse Jones – 5:56.378
18. Dan McMillin – 5:57.995
19. Justin Davis – 6:00.692
20. Casey Currie – 6:05.463
21. Mark Weyhrich – 6:08.376
22. Zak Langley – 6:23.524
23. Graf Tracy – 6:25.492
24. Glen Greer – 6:44.841
25. Chris Miller – 7:07.883
26. Sergio Salgado – 7:19.077
27. Troy Herbst - DNQ
Class 11. Jamie Huerta – 5:45.556
2. Randy Wilson – 5:57.742
3. Shelby Reid – 6:04.700
4. Don Chase – 6:21.832
5. Cody Parkhouse – 6:23.022
6. Rob Archibald – 6:30.325
7. Scott Rueschenberg – 7:02.304
8. Tony Murray – 7:03.444
BAJA 500 2015 Pre-Run Reporting and the Pics & Vids!
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| SCORE International Safety Chart, Sanctions "safety plans" havent been seen in over a year and half. |
"2015 Bud Light SCORE Baja 500 Safety Map. The Cruz Roja mobile command unit will once again be positioned at start finish to manage emergencies. They will have six ambulances and eight 4x4 rescue units on standby throughout the course. The Weatherman will be positioned on top of Mt Diablo. Bob Otwell will be taking over for Bob Steinberger who is feeling under the weather. He will be assisted by Robert Thompson on top of the highest peak on the California side of the border. ...James Coates will relay internet data from Eldorado Ranch in San Felipe. Honda relay is going to stay on course to help fill in the gaps. They will relay emergency medicals over the radio and satellite radio to the Cruz Roja mobile command unit headed up by Miguel Ceballas and Bill Black. There will be 125 course workers running checkpoints and road crossings. Dr Jeff Grange, Head of Trauma for Loma Linda Medical Center will be standing by for major medical calls in the SCORE medical helicopter. Adam Williams and the Aero-Medi-Vac team will be on standby at Ensenada airport for critical transports. Brad Baker and Luke Dupin will head up the Volocore team doing satellite tracking of all racers. The will compute penalties and relay SPOT 3 mechanicals plus minor and major emergency satellite button pushes from the black SCORE semi and the Cruz Roja Mobile Command. The awesome group called Aficionados Responsable will be going to problem areas to help with safety. Many thanks to everyone for doing there best to keep people safe."
Robert Allen responded:
"Sounds great now all they need to do is actually send help when there is an emergency!"
The 2015 Baja 500, Setting in Reality
Corporate Welfare and The Baja Races
By: Gary Newsome
The SCORE International owner, "Vegas should be the capital of the Western States", Roger Norman, gets thousands of dollars from Mexico Tourism, for bringing his desert racing circus, south. We think he wouldn't be in this business if the g-mint money wasn't part of the mix. More Later...
Some people don't understand, PAST IS PROLOGUE.
The death of Danny Hamel, 20 years ago, is a lesson that some things can't be controlled. Some things can be controlled. Wisdom is knowing the difference and action is always needed for the later.
For the first time since the death of Kurt Caselli, SCORE has made public, its 'Safety Chart'. During the following race, after the Caselli death, SCORE refused to make public, any of its 'Safety Plans'.
SCORE hasn't promoted the Baja Pits people that were called on to explain to the public "how to respond to a Baja racing emergency" and its use of the same people to find Kurt Caselli during the Baja 1000 2013, when Caselli was "lost". In actuality, he was hurt fatally.
Since then, SCORE hasn't said a word about 'Safety', since the Kurt Caselli passing.
The motos guys are. During the last SCORE event, the BajaSur 500, the moto winner asked about the same issue discussed by Kurt Caselli, Safety.
Still no helicopter from SCORE at the lead of the race, with the bikes. After the Caselli death and after complaint after complaint, by moto racers! How much of a profit does Norman want? At some point this goes BEYOND greed and ego.
Norman told BajaRacingNews.com he removed the safety chopper at the lead of the races, because of their cost.
In honor of Hamel, Dirt Rider is pleased to announce that we’ve dedicated a major feature story to Danny in our August 2015 issue, which hits newsstands on 6/23. Written by DR feature contributor Brett Smith and featuring special insight from those who were closest to Hamel, this story revisits the life and career of one of desert racing’s most beloved heroes. Dirt Rider went to great lengths to honor Hamel’s memory, including digging deep into our photo archives for some incredible images that have been tucked away for over 20 years. Be sure to keep an eye out for the full story, and please enjoy this outstanding video that was created for Hamel’s induction into the AMA Motorcycle Hall Of Fame in 2013.
Danny’s story has an undeniably tragic ending, but the tale of Hamel is a brightly shining account of life and love, and it is in this spirit that we remember the man who is often simply referred to as “The Best There Was”.
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WHO'S GONNA DIE AT THIS BAJA 500 2015!?!
What locals will get run over? What Moto Racer will have his bike Stolen at Gunpoint? What Racer will be shot by a Pot Farming Local? Who will try to Bury The Truth! Which Racer will run off the cliff into the Ocean?
Who Gives F*** about who will Win?!
| Trophy Truck – QUALIFYING ORDER | |||
| 23 | Dan McMillin | McMillin. Period! | 3 to 1 |
| 36 | Glen Greer | Will not Dodge a bullet | 8 to 1 |
| 9 | Mark Weyhrich | Totally tubular | 4 to 1 |
| 50 | Zak Langley | Often a tricycle | 7 to 1 |
| 85 | Justin Davis | “Make” or Break | 3 to 1 |
| 88 | Sergio Salgado | “MR” parts chaser | 5 to 1 |
| 91 | Troy Herbst / Flyin’ Ryan | Will make a run for it | 4 to 1 |
| 45 | Gary Magness | Mid-pack performer | 5 to 1 |
| 19 | Tim Herbst / LR | Mike’s magic working? | 3 to 1 |
| 35 | Jason Voss | Real Contender | 2 to 1 |
| 11 | Rob MacCachren | MacKING OF BAJA | 2 to 1 |
| 97 | BJ Baldwin | Protest Form already filled out? | 2 to 1 |
| 83 | Luke McMillin | “Use the Force” | 3 to 1 |
| 40 | Chris Miller | Too Lite | 7 to 1 |
| 75 | Mike Cook | If you can’t stand the heat … stay out of the desert | 9 to 1 |
| 99 | Lyle Bask | A hoser | 7 to 1 |
| 76 | Jesse Jones | Stay Dry! | 3 to 1 |
| 5 | Carlos Apdaly Lopez | Scary-fast | 2 to 1 |
| 21 | Gustavo Vildosola | Team will not Shrek their duty | 2 to 1 |
| 70 | Bryce Menzies | Challenger | 2 to 1 |
| 44 | Kyle Jergensen | Second tier | 5 to 1 |
| 47 | James Bult | Moving chicane | 9 to 1 |
| 22 | Casey Currie | At “rear end” … | 9 to 1 |
| 1 | Steven Eugenio | Runs way up front | 2 to 1 |
| 77 | Robby Gordon | Victory donuts @ Finish | 3 to 2 |
| 58 | Tracy Graf | May get scuttled | 9 to 1 |
| 2 | Jason McNeil | He'll Endo | 9 to 1 |
| 17 | Eduardo Laguna | Laguna Diablo | 3 to 2 |
| 84 | Vanderweys / Leducs | Ain’t no bull | 4 to 1 |
| Class 1 – QUALIFYING ORDER | |||
| 195 | Don Chase | Dedicated enough? | 5 to 1 |
| 127 | Cody Parkhouse | Steady | 3 to 1 |
| 125 | Scott Rueschenberg | “Are you experienced”? | 9 to 1 |
| 168 | Shelby Reid | Ebberts the key | 5 to 1 |
| 156 | Thomas Kirkmeyer | Has the “Motion” | 212 to 1 |
| 187 | Ryan Sharman | Don’t squeeze … | 9 to 1 |
| 138 | Randy Wilson / “Tucson Juan” | TOP TIP | 3 to 1 |
| 180 | Jim Anderson | “BB King” rules | 3 to 1 |
| 104 | Rob Archibald | Not that easy this time | 4 to 1 |
| 166 | Brady Turner | “Zonnie”-power! | 9 to 1 |
| 169 | Andrew Myers | DARK HORSE | 4 to 1 |
| 175 | Jaime Huerta, Jr. | No chance | 9 to 1 |
| 145 | Mike Boone | Buys the farm? | 9 to 1 |
| 131 | George Peters | Vacation | 9 to 1 |
| 114 | Lee Mundt | Out of the office | 9 to 1 |
| 109 | Tony Murray | Big ol’ comfy car! | 6 to 1 |
| 160 | Victor Barreda | Could be a player | 5 to 1 |
| 147 | Pat McCarthy | Well-oiled | 9 to 1 |
| 123 | Monica Greenhill | A finisher | 6 to 1 |
| TT Spec | |||
| 871 | Larry Connor | Will lead the field | 2 to 1 |
| 874 | Elias Hanna | Will run w/ Lee | 7 to 5 |
| 868 | Pat Sims | Can’t stand pat | 4 to1 |
| 880 | Scott Serven | Tough “Gig” | 6 to 1 |
| 875 | Jerry Zaiden | Poor man’s Kent Kroeker | 6 to 1 |
| 854 | Chelsea Magness | #1 – in family | 6 to 1 |
| 873 | Jonathan Brenthel | Oh, Bin Waddin | 5 to 1 |
| 855 | Lee Banning | TOP TIP | 3 to 1 |
| 848 | Billy Wilson | “Gulf Coast Blues” | III to 1 |
| 852 | Russell Buehler | Anyone? Anyone? | 9 to 1 |
| 872 | Jordan Brenthel | Marketing effort | 5 to 1 |
| 846 | Jose Gomez | Bring wrenches | 9 to 1 |
| 848 | Miles Wyatt | Brawley Brawler | 4 to 1 |
| Class 10 | |||
| 1058 | Clay Lawrence | Big shoes to fill … | 4 to 1 |
| 1045 | Travis Clarke | “Raceco”?! | 8 to 1 |
| 1062 | J.J. Schnarr | DARK HORSE | 4 to 1 |
| 1099 | Adam Pfankuch | Has the correct tool K.I.T. | 2 to 1 |
| 1089 | Arnoldo Gutierrez, Jr. | Out of his league | 7 to 1 |
| 1040 | Cody Robinson | On my Radar … | 2 to 1 |
| 1027 | Rick St. John | Patron saint of Beam Cars | 2 to 1 |
| 1081 | Todd Winslow | Perhaps standing on the corner … | 6 to 1 |
| 1009 | Rafael Navarro, IV | A Tiger, once … | 2 to 1 |
| 1080 | Peter Hajas | Yah, shur | 4 to 1 |
| 1011 | Morgan Langley / Kory | Kory carries effort | 4 to 1 |
| 1068 | Cody Reid | Will not be buffalo-ed | 3 to 1 |
| 1050 | John Langley | Hard on hardware? | 6 to 1 |
| 1098 | Shane Scully | Will not challenge | X to 1 |
| 1017 | Jesus Marchena | Unknown | ? to 1 |
| 1002 | Steve Lawler | Bad draw | 3 to 1 |
| 1053 | Brad Wilson | TOP TIP | 3 to 1 |
| 1060 | Armando Boehme | Long tow por nada | 7 to 1 |
| 1075 | Eliseo Garcia | Quick | 4 to 1 |
| Class 12 | |||
| 1209 | Rafael Navarro, III | Wins w/o Pirellis! | 3 to 1 |
| 1218 | Miguel Tornel, Jr. | Experienced, indeed | 4 to 1 |
| 1203 | Oliver Flemate | Flame-out | 9 to 1 |
| 1207 | Michael Crichton | Could be terminal, man | 7 to 1 |
| 1283 | Brian Cancimilla | Perrun pace? | 9 to 1 |
| Class 8 | |||
| 802 | Tim Gabbert | Bergschrund | 9 to 1 |
| Class One-Half 1600 | |||
| 1647 | Wes McKenzie | Good “Bio”graphy | 3 to 1 |
| 1606 | Ruben Sañudo | SF Fav | 4 to 1 |
| 1661 | Brennan Lambert | Also-Ran | 7 to 1 |
| 1689 | Marco Venegas | Top Five | 5 to 1 |
| 1609 | Jose Ruvalcaba | Top Two | 3 to 1 |
| 1602 | Ernesto Arambula | Serious credentials | 3 to 1 |
| 1626 | Martin Rangel | Might finish | 8 to 1 |
| 1605 | Miguel Cortez | Top Seven | 7 to 1 |
| 1616 | Ely Yee | DARK HORSE | 3 to 1 |
| Class 7 | |||
| 700 | Dan Chamlee | Some things never change | 5 to 1 |
| 701 | Brandon Walsh | Stuck stubs | 5 to 1 |
| Class 3000 | |||
| 3030 | Chad Broughton | Turn the Paige | 4 to 1 |
| Class 5 | |||
| 525 | Ben Swift | … but he’s is not now … | 9 to 1 |
| 500 | Jose Luis Lopez Gonzalez | “Los Dos Malos” not bad | 3 to1 |
| Class 5-1600 | |||
| 555 | Tomas Fernandez | Rougher’n an “11” | 6 to 1 |
| 553 | Armando Garcia | TOP TIP | 3 to 1 |
| 562 | Steve Achey | Has the “heart” | 6 to 1 |
| 560 | Francisco Ramos | Second Tip | 3 to 1 |
| 597 | Enrique Zazueta, Jr. | Takes refuge | 6 to 1 |
| 578 | Gustavo Aviñas | Pick up left-overs | 6 to 1 |
| Class 3 | |||
| 300 | Donald Moss | Well … | Even |
| Stock Full | |||
| 8125 | John Gonzales | TWO tow straps | 9 to 1 |
| Class 11 | |||
| 1121 | Dennis Hollenbeck | to “Hell n (not) back” | 11 to 1 |
| 1156 | Art Penner | Sluggish Bug | 11 to |
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**KING OF BAJA Perry McNeil
Talks about the 2015 RaceCourse
**Race Course Info UPDATED! TODAY
**Race Pull For Starting Positions Shows Lack of Entrants Alarming!
Score International conducted its starting positions pull for this years 2015 BAJA 500.
Total Official Entries: 151 (as of 5/15/15)
By starting order within class
Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY TRUCK (28)
(Qualifying Order)
23 Dan McMillin
36 Glen Greer
9 Mark Weyhrich
50 Zak Langley
85 Justin Davis
88 Sergio Salgado
91 Troy Herbst
45 Gary Magness
19 Tim Herbst
35 Jason Voss
11 Rob MacCachren
97 B.J. Baldwin
83 Luke McMillin
40 Chris Miller
75 Mike Cook
99 Lyle Bask
76 Jesse Jones
5 Carlos Lopez
21 Gus Vildosola Jr
70 Bryce Menzies
44 Kyle Jergensen
47 James Bult
22 Casey Currie
1 Steven Eugenio
77 Robby Gordon
58 Tracy Graf
2 Jason McNeil
17 Eduardo Laguna
CLASS 1 (16)
(Qualifying Order)
195 Don Chase
127 Cody Parkhouse
125 Scott Rueschenberg
168 Shelby Reid
156 Thomas Kirkmeyer
187 Ryan Sharman
138 Randy Wilson
180 Jim Anderson
104 Rob Archibald
166 Brady Turner
169 Andrew Myers
175 Jaime Huerta Jr
145 Mike Boone
131 George Peters
114 Lee Mundt
109 Tony Murray
CLASS 1/2-1600 (6)
1647 Wes McKenzie
1606 Ruben Sanudo
1661 Brennan Lambert
1605 Miguel Cortez-3rd RS
16XX Ely Yee-2nd RS
1689 Marco Venegas-1st RS
CLASS 3 (1)
300 Donald Moss
CLASS 5-1600 (3)
555 Tomas Fernandez
553 Armando Garcia
578 Gustavo Avina-1st RS
CLASS 7 (2)
700 Dan Chamlee
701 Brandon Walsh
CLASS 10 (17)
1058 Clay Lawrence
1045 Travis Clarke
1062 J.J. Schnarr
1099 Adam Pfankuch
1089 Arnoldo Gutierrez Jr
1040 Cody Robinson
1027 Rick St. John
1081 Todd Winslow
1009 Rafael Navarro IV
1080 Peter Hajas
1011 Morgan Langley
1068 Cody Reid
1050 John Langley
1098 Shane Scully
1017 Jesus Marchena
1002 Steve Lawler
1053 Brad Wilson
SCORE LITES (3)
1209 Rafael Navarro III
1207 Michael Crichton-2nd RS
1283 Brian Cancimilla-1st RS
CLASS 11 (2)
1121 Dennis Hollenbeck
1156 Art Penner
STOCK FULL (1)
8125 John Gonzales
TROPHY TRUCK SPEC (12)
871 Larry Connor
874 Elias Hanna
868 Pat Sims
880 Scott Serven
875 Jerry Zaiden
854 Chelsea Magness
873 Jonathan Brenthel
855 Lee Banning
848 Billy Wilson
852 Russell Buehler
872 Jordan Brenthel
846 Jose Gomez
CLASS 3000 (1)
3030 Chad Broughton
CLASS 19 (19)
1937 Marc Behnke
1917 Derek Murray
1915 Thomas Graves
1942 Scott McFarland
1927 Ben Wilson
1921 Johnny Angal
1904 Cory Sappington
1905 Marc Burnett
1922 Jonathan McVay
1946 Jose Juarez
1916 Cody Nygren
1908 Justin Lambert
1949 Alonso Lopez
1971 Wayne Matlock
1988 Wes Miller
19XX Christopher Lent
1930 Sean Cook
1932 Brandon Schueler
1924 Jorge Hernandez-1st RS
Pro Motorcycles
UNLIMITED M/C (10)
5x Colton Udall
35x Nicholas Gust
19x Scott Myers
45x Francisco Arredondo
3x Mark Samuels
21x Dustin McCarthy
8x CR Gittere
1x Ricky Brabec
13x Jon Winkelman
26x Nick Owens
CLASS 30 (2)
301x Christopher Schultz
300x Mark Winkelman
CLASS 40 (5)
424x Jeff Powell
403x Oscar Fazz
404x Jano Montoya
411x Colie Potter
444x Kyle Abney
CLASS 50 (4)
520x Seiji Kubota
511x Robert Meottel
501x Marc Prince
515x Walter Lemonovich
CLASS 60 (2)
603x Susumu Ishi
6XXx David Davis
SCORE IRONMAN (6)
706x Kevin Daniels
700x Tony Gera
740x Boe Huckins
7XXx Jere Don Kellough
713x Francisco Teran-2nd RS
750x Brent Balika-1st RS
Sportsman
SPT BUGGY (1)
1515 Derek Fletcher-1st RS
SPT UNLIMITED TRUCK (1)
1431 Raferty McDougall
SPT M/C (7)
271x Shinichi Yamada
274x Louie Abeyta
245x Jack Lundin
222x Hideyuki Uoka
265x Ramon Murillo
235x Fernando Barbosa
262x Tyler Acosta-1st RS
SPT QUAD (2)
119a Rusty Batza-1st RS
116a Adulfo Loya Torrez-2nd RS
**The reality of the "Baja Races":
"Think about it, you have the most incapable amateur riders racing with trophy trucks and getting passed by most of the cars. There are serious injuries and sometimes death at every race." Roger Norman, SCORE
Mistake or Business as Usual?
Baja Races being led by Roger Norman:
*Roger Norman has intentionally reduced the motorcycle entries in several ways.
1. SCORE has raised entry fees beyond any economic reality or logic. One answer could be he raised the entry fees to eliminate certain teams.
[The 'fee graphics' presented here were made by a 'racer'. That's why the time axis is bass ackwards!]
Maybe the intentional elimination of 'Sportsman'.
2. He has willfully eliminated the lead SCORE chopper from use.
BajaRacingNews.com interviewed the company who holds the SCORE contract. We interviewed Roger Norman about the helicopters when the Kurt Caselli incident went down. We have no illusions about 'how' and why' the death of one of North Americas greatest moto personalities died in Normans event.
To put an emphasis on this problem, in the last event the BajaSur 500, the moto winner of the event complained about not having a helicopter, as SCORE had consistently done when Sal Fish operated SCORE.
The Kurt Caselli Foundation has made a point of working on this "problem".
Norman has voiced in public, over and over, his issues with motorcycle entries.
We suppose after nearly killing one, during his 'racing career', he's not a 'moto-guy'.
Any wonder why HONDA bailed?
*SCORE has failed to take any care in the problem of killing spectators.
*Roger Norman does not engage in discussion. It's his way or you are out. In a business, in a one-dimensional platform, it could be acceptable. However, SCORE is taking millions of pesos from Mexico. He's on CORPORATE WELFARE.
In reality, 'Baja Racing' is a multi-dimensional human platform. Including a mostly ignorant spectating public and a blood-thirsty racing component.
The locals can extract what it wants from Roger. Since he's taking their money, they can negotiate anything into the deal.
Without the welfare $$$, would this be a business or would it be OUT OF BUSINESS?
We know the answer. Roger is gone without the Mexican money. The hundreds of thousands of dollars the government gives SCORE during every race.
And let us remind you racers. When the moto rider got his bike stolen during prerunning for a recent BAJA 500, Roger told BajaRacingNews.com:
Many of the "racers" are pussies. I just ignore them". "If you can't accept losing it "ALL", don't race in Baja Mexico."
The Original Case: 15x Dead at 2013 BAJA500:
[[15x team member said connected to this moto theft before the race:
""Baja Racer Motorcycle Stolen at Gunpoint during BAJA 500 PreRun
By Scott Myers:
"One of my 40 Class teammates Mike Baxter from Carson city NV was
pre running the start from Ensenada on thurs aprox 10:00 am when at
about RM10 is came across and "Downed rider" Or so he though with his
bike laying in the middle of the course and the hunched over clutching
his stomach. As he pulled up he asked the guy if he was ok and the guy
muttered something in Spanish like he was in pain. So he asked again and
this time he pulled up a Black .45 handgun and pointed it 10 inches
from his face and said "Give me your bike right now or ill shoot you".
As Mike was literally about to take this POS gun out of his hands and
beat the life out of him another guy jumped from the bushes on his left
and then another from behind. Sadly he had to give up his 450X. Before I
forget I want to truly thank Kyle Abney because he not only stopped and
rode Mike out or harms way but he drove mike to two different Police
stations and stayed with his for over 4Hrs of Hell.. Without going into
all the other details and how we figured this out let me say that the
police have been Outstanding since minute one taking this very very
serious. They found out that this guy not only races SCORE races but was
entered in what we understood was team 5X. They call Him "Freddy" and
he was the suspect in the robbery of as I understand it a Canadian rider
at last years 500.. As of right ow they said that the police know
everything about this POS including his home and his mothers home and as
far as the police say he is on the run. He was positively identified by
Mike in some arrest photos they had of the guy. He rides a Honda 450X
with "Monster stickers" on the graphics. He also has a black helmet of
some kind. That is all the info I have as of right now. We of course
took this info straight to Oscar the Attorney for SCORE and we were
blown off like we were a second class citizen. We sent off emails with
No response and finally after a few more phone calls we had to go down
the the convention center and practically Corner Roger Norman. So after a
lengthy discussion Mike was basically told to Pack sand and there was
NOTHING that they could do about it and or would do about it and "thanks
for coming" but don't let the door hit you in the ass. So I just wanted
to let everyone know that this kind of thing is serious and we are
really hoping they find this POS and we find the bike. "
Baja racers Spreading the Love:
""During
the moto race lineup at the start of the race, other moto competitors
pointed at the 15x team, as the one that perped the theft."" Baja racers Spreading the Love:
George Antill, SCORE Source]]
From an earlier race 'discussion':
"SCORE 'Jefe' Roger Norman responds to sportsman "whining":
"You are running in Sportsman and you call yourself a professional? That is very funny that you would say that.
I will look today, if you are entered, I will refund your entry 100%. I do not want to hear from you again on my e-mail. I am working diligently to preserve the sport and all of my decisions are with that in mind. Now the motorcycles are responsible for 90% of the medical claims. Insurance companies are refusing to cover the sport. Think about it, you have the most incapable amateur riders racing with trophy trucks and getting passed by most of the cars. There are serious injuries and sometimes death at every race.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF SCORE!
If you are fast enough to compete in the Pro Class then you can race the entire 500.
You do not need to race in our series, as it appears there is no 'fit' for you as an amateur, that will make you happy.
This is not the first time you have complained to me, but this will be the last. If you are going to continue to whine about it, you will not be racing at all.
Regards,
Roger""
**BAJA 500 ON THE VERGE OF CANCELLATION
UPDATED Friday, May 15:
State officials confirm, they will not be supporting hundreds of thousands of US Dollars going to a wealthy American to put on a circus in their jurisdiction. They will begin negotiating an end to any financial supports in the future.
The State reps say the races are no longer money makers when looking at the complete financial picture for the government.
Thursday, May 14:
Interviewed municiple authorities here in Ensenada have told BajaRacingNews.com that the days of the government paying SCORE thousands and thousands of dollars are coming to an end.
Why? Roger Norman, the sole owner of SCORE is "filthy rich and can afford to pay for each and every cost associated with the 'gringo races' held in the City/County of Ensenada", Baja California.
The times are changing in Mexico for desert off-road racing. MORE>>>
First Report:
Ensenada, BC May 12, 2015 - Before the 47th Edition of the Baja 500 was to be cancelled, the Baja California Tourism Ministry provided, as a loan, 500,000 pesos (US$33,500) needed to pay for the route, reported Óscar Escobedo Carignan (Baja Tourism Ministry Sec.).
Oscar, the head of the tourist ministry, said that the loan will have to be reimbursed to the ministry, once the tourists trusts have funds, which could happen before the end of May.
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