Gary Newsome, Editor, BajaRacingNews.com
Reporting via Satellite from Laguna Salada, Baja Mexico
One of many annual local Baja Mexico desert off-road races went off Saturday, February 14, here at Laguna Salada in Baja Norte. We are reporting on each, as the desert racing season progresses in 2015.
BajaRacingNews.com expands Baja racing coverage this year, with three live Baja South events and three Baja North events, all local, traditional Mexican desert, off-road races.
This annual 'Gran Prix' event or Grand Prize ran on the northern section of the dry lake.
Thousands of fans enjoyed the race action, which lasted all day. A low entry fee and good weather helped the car count and greater international interest, for this race.
Five overall heats and a portion of the course driving on an existing track, led to fast overall times and lots of great race action, for race fans. Here are the results:
CODE GRAN PRIX 2015 Official Race Results
NO. PILOTOS/ COPILOTOS
CLASS5/1600
1 555 MELE VALENCIA / ALEX BERNAL
2 556 JASON LEDEZMA / OSCAR LEDEZMA
3 552 ANGEL GOMEZ / ALEJANDRO NORIEGA
4 554 RAUL MARQUEZ / ALE CORONA
5 557 MANUEL IBARRA / CRISTIAN COLIS
CLASS1500
1 1500 HECTOR HURTADO
2 1511 ALEX MARTINEZ
3 1504 CARLOS MIRANDA
4 1509 IGNACIO LAMEIRO / ERICK QUINTANA
5 1533 DANIEL LICON
6 1505 HERNAN SOTO
7 1510 JOSE MONTAÑO / ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ / OSCAR BONILLA JR / JOSE VILLA / OSCAR BONI
8 1501 EZEQUIEL ROSAS /SERGIO GUTIERREZ
CLASS 900
1 900 ERIC MULLER JR / ERIC MULLER / CESAR BARRIOS / GUILLERMO SAENZ
2 998 JOSE GONZALEZ JR / JOSE GONZALEZ / JESUS IBARRA / BENNY LOPEZ
CLASS11
1 1100 DANIEL REYES JR
2 1116 CISCO BIO / ADRIAN GUERRERO
3 1108 RENE VALLE / MARIO MARTINEZ / FERNANDA VARGAS
4 1110 MARIANA REYNOSO
5 1102 JAVIER SILVA
6 1101 VICTOR CELAYA / ANTONIO FERLA
7 1115 ERICK SILVA / ADRIAN MACIAS
8 1104 VICTOR ESPARZA / ADRIAN ESPARZA / CRISTIAN ESPARZA / DANIEL ESPARZA
9 1112 JOSE VALDESPINO / ISAAC VALDESPINO
10 1111 FERNANDO FLORES / FERNANDO FLORES JR
11 1106 FRANCISCO ESCAREÑO
12 1103 ROBERTOROBLES
CLASE1
1 18 JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ / ALEXIS LOPEZ / POL SALAZAR / APDALI LOPEZ
2 168 BRADY TURNER / RAY ROMERO
3 36 CARLOS FONSECA / ULISES OROPEZA / JORGE ORTEGA / URIEL OROPEZA / ALBERTOARCE
4 49 GABRIEL ARCE / ALAN MORENO / ALBERTO MORENO
5 8 FIDEL GALINDO / BENJAMIN GALINDO / MICHELLE BRUCKMANN
6 17 ANDY RAMIREZ / GUSTAVO ROJAS / IVAN GUADIANA / AURELIO FREGOSO
7 102 ALBERTO RITCHIE / JUSTIN RITCHIE / LUIS A RITCHIE / PEPE MALO
8 1 ARMANDO BRAVO / ALLEN BRAVO / ARTURO GUTIERREZ / RYAN ABERNATHY
9 7 RENE CUEVAS / PABLO CORDOVA
10 109 STUART CHASE / ERIC CHASE
11 3 JOSE LEON / VICTOR ARCE
12 5 JOSE GOMEZ / JORGE GRAJEDA / /RAMSES MURILLO
13 88 SERGIO SALGADO / JOEL SERNA / CARLOS MUSSO
CLASS8
1 803 BENY CANELA / ART PETERSON / ADRIAN RIVERA / GARRET MCCOURT
2 800 IVAN RIVERA / DARIO RIVERA / IVAN OVIEDO / MANUEL PRECIADO
CLASS7
1 704 AARON CELICEO / ANTONE LAHR / JOSH MONTOYA / PETE MORQUECHO
2 705 CARLOS DIAZ / MANUEL LOPEZ / FCO NAJAR / JOSE LUIS LEON
3 702 KELLY McNEIL / SCOTT McNEIL / MITCH McNEIL / TREAV LINDBLEM / ANDRE DUTY
CLASS3
1 301 GLEN STRAIGHT / APRIL SAVAGE
2 302 ANDREW McCARTHY / GEORGE WASHINTON
CLASS1850
1 1850 FRANCISCO LOPEZ / KARLA ALVAREZ / JOSE DAVILA / EDGAR REAL
21858 JULIAN RIVERA / OTTS ARREDONDO / MARCO VELAZQUEZ / GUSTAVO MURRIETA
3 1852 JOSE BELTRAN / ANIBAL LOPEZ
4 1857 MJ KENNEDY / STUART HUMPHREY
5 1860 RICARDO KALLEN / JOSE LOPEZ / LUIS SANTIAGO BELTRAN / JAVIER A. LEON
6 1855 JESUS MIRANDA / RICARDO NUÑEZ / RICARDO NUNEZ JR / MARIO MORENO / ALAN BERNAL
7 1854 JUAN C RUBIO / CARLOS MANUEL RUBIO / ARMANDO PARRA / FERNANDO RUBIO
8 1853 LUIS LEON / EBEL ORONA
9 1859 ENRIQUE RAMOS / CASEY R PARVER / SALVADOR SOTO
10 1856 JAVIER BONILLA / REY HEREDIA / DONATO JIMENEZ
CLASS7s
1 728 CESAR GUTIERREZ / WILLIE VALDEZ / RAMON VALDEZ / ALBERTO GUTIERREZ
2 735 GUSTAVO SALAZAR / VICTOR MARTINEZ / MIKE JAUREGUI / MANUEL MESA
3 720 ISMAEL REYES / KARIM REYES / LUIS MURRIETA / PEDRO VILLEGAS
4 737 OCTAVIO MUÑOZ / EUSEBIO MUÑOZ / NORBERTO MUÑOZ / GERARDO LUPERCI / ALFREDO GARCIA
5 722 ARAMNDO DURON / ARMANDO DURON JR / ISRAEL DURON / GERARDO ACEVES JR / SERGIO CORTEZ
6 729 DANIEL URIARTE V / DANY URIARTE / ELEAZAR DELGADO
7 727 SERGIO DURON JR / FRANCISCO ARIAS / GUSTAVO MESA / ANTHONY GUZMAN
8 723 OMAR RUCOBO / JORDANA BARON / ADAL VALENZUELA / MIGUEL GARCIA
CLASS10
1 1088 LUIS SALGADO / MIGUEL MUSSO / OSCAR RIOS / JUAN FLORES
2 1002 RAUL VALENZUELA / CARLOS VALENZUELA / RAUL E VALENZUELA / RUBEN VALENZUELA
3 1001 SALVADOR TORRES / DAVID YEE / JAIME HUERTA
CLASS12
1 1200 JESUS DE LA TORRE / JAIME MORENO / CESAR DE LA TORRE / LEONARDO NAVARRETE
2 1201 ANDRES MARTINEZ / GUSTAVO PIÑUELAS / ERIBERTO SALAZAR / ALEX OSUNA
3 1202 LUIS BARRAGAN / DAVID GARCIA / EDGAR YEPIZ / RODOLFO GODINEZ
4 1204 JORGE RUBALCABA / GUILLERMO DE LA HERRAN / MARCO ACOSTA / JONATHAN TORRES
5 1218 MIGUEL TORNEL JR / TAVO PIÑUELAS JR / PEDRO SOTO / ALAN VILLALPANDO
6 1299 JORGE SAINZ / RODRIGO GARCIA / JOSE MENDIVIL / ANGEL TANORI
7 1207 ALBERTO MEDINA / ALEX ZOZAYA
CLASS1/2-1600
1 1602 DIEGO NAVARRETE / ALEX NAVARRETE / LEO NAVARRETE / ROMAN CEJA
2 1606 ROBERTO ROMO / JAVIER VALENZUELA / JOSHUA MORQUECHO / RAUDEL RAMIREZ
3 1618 MIGUEL TORNEL / MARIO TORNEL / FRANCISCO REYNOSO / PEDRO SOTO
4 1611 FRANCISCO MEJORADO / ROBERTO RUIZ
5 1688 RODRIGO ELORDOUY / IVAN PACHECO / LUIS FLORES / JOSE C AGUIRRE
6 1607 ALFREDO LUGO / VICTOR VALENZUELA / JORGE COTA
7 1603 FERNANDO MELENDREZ / JOSE LUIS MARQUEZ
8 1612 EINER GAMEZ
9 1615 JESUS VELEZ / GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ / CHIMBIRY RAMOS / HUMBERTO RODRIGUEZ
10 1604 LUIS LOPEZ / LUIS E LOPEZ / JUAN LOPEZ / JOSE LOPEZ
11 1601 LUIS DUARTE / ERNESTO MAEDA
CLASS5
1 500 JOSE LUIS LOPEZ / JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ JR / ARNOLDO GUTIERREZ
2 503 GUILLERMO ESCALANTE / LUIVAN VOELKER / LUIVAN VOELKER JR / ROBERTO GONZALEZ
3 507 ALEX RODRIGUEZ / GALO MARTINEZ / JESUS RODRIGUEZ
4 504 MANUEL MERCADO / GEOFF ZARNOWITZ / GABRIEL MARTINEZ
CLASS14
1 1414 JULIO BANDA / RUAL CORDOBA / JULIO BANDA JR
2 1401 MARCO MONJARDIN / CUTBERTO IBARRA
3 1406 JOSE L SORIANO / ROMAN MARTINEZ / LUIS ALENCO / EDGAR GUZMAN
4 1403 LUIS FLORES / EDGAR BELTRAN / JOSE FLORES / CHRISTIAN RUIZ
5 1466 LUIS CARAPIA / HUGO AVILA
6 1413 ALEX BELLOZO / CARLOS MORONES / GABRIEL SOLIS / VALENTE BELLOZO
7 1405 FRANCISCO DELGADO / LUIS VAZQUEZ / LORENZO LOPEZ / MARCO ZAVALA
8 1409 MARCO VALENZUELA / DANIEL PEREZ
9 1411 MARIO ALCALA / JUAN MAYORAL / DANIEL GARCIA / JOSE ROBLES / RAMON PEREZ
10 1499 FRANCISCO GONZALEZ / FRANCISCO GONZALEZ / FRANCISCO GALLEGOS / LUIS OSUNA / EDUARDO GONZALEZ
11 1412 DANIEL PACHECO / DANYA PACHECO / ABEL FELIX / PEDRO MORQUECHO
12 1407 MARCO CANCHOLA / GUSTAVO CRUZ / HECTOR GARCIA / MARIA TARAZON
13 1415 FRANCISCO HUERTA / IVAN ZAMUDIO
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