Team Big Dog at the 2010 Baja 500

Pro Class 50, Entry # 501x, Sponsored by Rutherford Performance Motos

also... Smokin' Joe Amsoil Lubricants

Team Riders on a 2009 KTM 530 XC-W:

For a summary video of the entire experience, watch one of these videos

• Summary movie including video clips. Huge file! (220 Mb)
• A smaller movie of still pics only, no video clips. (118 Mb)

Lots more details for each day:

• PreRun Day 1, RM 35 to 95, starting at Ojos Negros, on 5/27
• PreRun Day 2, RM 323 to 401 from Erendira at the Pacific, to Ojos Negros, on 5/28
• PreRun Day 3, RM 95 to 196 all east of Hwy 3 over the summit and across the dry lake bed to Borrego, on 5/29
• PreRun Day 4, repair and rest day, on 5/30. (no photos)
• PreRun Day 5, RM 223 to 323, from Hwy 3 at the turnoff to Mike's Sky Ranch west to Erendira on the beach, on 5/31
• PreRun Day 6, some guys did race bike carb tuneup and some re-rode certain sections or did San Diego parts and airport pickup, on 6/1
• PreRun Day 7, some race bike mods, rest day or San Diego airport pickup, on 6/2. (no photos)
• PreRun Day 8, more bike mods including lights, tires; some race portions were ridden again, on 6/3.
• Contingency Day, tech inspection, thousands of fans, rider's meeting, on 6/4

• Race Day action on 6/5 !!! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ooh ooh click this one!
• The day AFTER the race...

Some pictures of our companion team, Team Hairball, each riding ironman and soloing in the Sportsman class > 250cc:

• Chris Jones 271x and Jason Trimarchi 257x each finished the race! Wow!

• 2010 Official Race Results (with checkpoint times)
• 2010 Official Finishers (all competitors names)
• 2010 Press release of race winners
• 2010 post race quotes from drivers

A good time was had by all!

Random YouTube videos of 2010 Baja 500 action, mostly trucks:

• Great helmet cam footage from RM 95 to 157, over the Summit to dry lake bed Baja Pits, from 100A Class 24 Quad 3rd Place
• Buggy jam, on tough part of summit, funny.
• Robby Gordon stuck in sand at Erendira.
• Buggy stuck in sand at Erendira - oh those helpful Mexicans!
• Vildosola (Red Bull) truck at hill after Erendira. Watch rocks thrown up at very end.
• BJ Baldwin's 3rd place donut at finish line.
• Trucks passing bikes.
• 3rd overall 10X bike sideways in whoops near Borrego.
• 1st overall 1X bike in whoops near Borrego.
• Robby Gordon pit action and tranny change.

• SCORE main site. 2010 Baja 500 info is now shown as of 5/16!
  Offical 2010 Baja 500 files copied from SCORE web site, Suggest you save .pdf to your hard drive then open file:
  • 2010 schedule of events
  • 2010 course map
  • 2010 course notes (route chart)
  • 2010 official list of entries (use Back button to return here)
  • 2010 VCP location diagrams (virtual checkpoint satellite photos) (big 4MB file!)
  • 2010 fact sheet (classes, starting order, past finishers) (use Back button to return here)
  • 2010 Garmin GPX race course in a .zip file. Can also view in Google Earth, VERY COOL! Do this:
    • This shows you the satellite view of the entire race course in Google Earth on your PC, without an Internet connection needed to view.
    • Must install the Google Earth program onto your PC (it's big).
    • Unzip the .gpx file from the above .zip file you downloaded.
    • Then run Google Earth program and do File->Open and select the Garmin .gpx file (this takes several minutes to load).
• BajaPits.com used for the pit at RM 156 in Laguna Salada dry lake bed.
• SCORE Baja 500 forum. not very active? set Show Topics to All. Some news, quoting 5/9/10: "We did the prerun in Ojos Negros, The Summit and The Saldaña track is badly damaged by the rains. Be careful on the course especially Bikes"
• Thumpertalk.com Baja forum
• Off-Road.org general forum (just merged from Baja.net)
• SCORE Baja 1000 forum.
• RacersAndRanchers.com Guys trying to preserve the wild west of Baja.
• Was random race photos at Baja.net, now lost in cyberspace after merge to off-road.com

Baja / Mexico Travel and Tourism Info:

• Hotel Bahia (aka Bahia Resort Hotel) - team hotel in Ensenada. Reservation confirmation #11750, Blvd. Costero at Ave. Alvarado. (011-52) 646-178-2101, or from US call 1-888-308-9048. Also described as being at Paseo Calle Primera & Alvarado.
• U.S. CONSULATE (In Tijuana) PHONE: (011-52) 646-181-7400.
• DriveMex.com for Mexican auto and motorcycle insurance. They'll give you quotes from several companies to choose from.
• Mag7Race.com Baja Travel Info page. Straight up Tips from Magnificent 7 race pit support!

Navigation / Maps:

• Detailed topo map of course area I made from 6 pages out of Baja California Almanac. (11" x 17" .jpg 1.3Mb file) Course is not marked on it.
• Baja California Almanac, very detailed paper atlas for the entire Baja California.

Files from SCORE 2009 Baja 500 site:

• SCORE 2009: Map of course
• SCORE 2009: Race briefing
• SCORE 2009: Bulletin/Schedule of week events
• SCORE 2009: Race course route notes with mileage (also for prerunning)
• SCORE 2009: 60 MPH highway speed zone info
• SCORE 2009: BF Goodrich pit info
• SCORE 2009: Travel safety (and security statement)
• SCORE 2009: Proper radio usage by The Weatherman

Good videos of 2009 Baja 500:

• Good overview w/ music. Chris Parker teamcprfab.com found at ThumperTalk.com
• Race Mile 315-320 action
• Helmet cam on bike - typical section. Raw sound. Shows pits

Random stuff:

• Big Dog Ride, in SW Colorado. Where this team met each other!
• Filter skins from PCRacing
• Helmet mouth/nose filter at wolfsnout.com
• Map of start/finish section (Ensenanda-Ojos) per rider's 2009 IRC (RaceTheWorld.net) Iridium race tracking data
• Highway 1 road mileage chart
• Funny account of 1992 Baja 500 race
• Opee the Off-Road Puppy, who has ridden 10,000 hours on a dirt bike, including the Baja 500:
  
  • Opee story with videos
  • Opee owner's site with photos
  • Opee story by NBC