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09/21/07 Friday, Salida, Colorado
Let me summarize the last six
months.......
Work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, fun, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, fun work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, fun, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, My daughter
Erika's graduation, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, fun, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work, work, sleep, and a little
more fun. That pretty much summarizes up the past six months.
About six weeks ago, Pat and I decided to buy a race car to race in the
Baja 1000, the most challenging off-road race in the world. We found
the car at a garage
sale in Colorado Springs. It
seemed like it was
ready to go. It was tricked out
with a full roll cage, a beefed up
2275cc motor, and racing everything, so we thought. We tested it and
tested it. It ran strong, handled well and would land from a jump very
smoothly. We read many stories about the Baja 1000 on the
internet and watched the movie "Dust To Glory". We thought we were
ready. One day we
heard a thump,
thump, thump coming from the rear of the car. We found out there was a
loose axel so we started ordering better parts. You can't just order
the parts you need to replace now, you have to plan ahead and order
parts you think might go bad in the race. One thing lead to another and
the dollars started adding up and adding and adding up some more. One
day we decided it would be a
good idea to get the rule book for the Baja 1000 race. We sent off our
payment for the book and about a week later the book showed up. The
next day we started reading it. At this point, we realized we were in
trouble. The race is less than two months away and our car is no where
near ready.
At the moment, the car is sitting in the garage out back, the engine is
sitting in Bob's garage (he's the local bug expert), and parts of the
cage are on the floor at The Shop (the local 4x4 and fabricating shop).
There is so much more to do to this car to get it ready, not to mention
towing it to California to have it inspected by a SCORE official next
week. Everybody is doing their best to get this car in the race.
It is official now. We are registered to race. We have paid our dues
and will be starting the race in Ensanada, Baja Mexico on the 13th
of November.
Want to see what the course looks like? Here's
a .pdf of the race course.
On or after the 13th of October we have a chance to pre-run the course.
It's the time we have to go down to Mexico and drive the entire 1296
mile course to make notes and make sure the car can withstand the
beating.
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