ENSENADA, BC. Grey skies and light drizzle set the stage for a day of spectacular racing on the Baja Peninsula. Approximately 200 machines lined up for the 470 mile tour of Baja's Pacific half.
The cars and trucks were up next. Ivan Stewart with the new T-100 V8 powerplant took the point. Stewart, 51, Alpine, CA, wasted no time putting the new 150 ponies to work winning by 28 minutes. Stewart was in front flag to flag continuously increasing his lead over the rest of the field. Mark McMillian took second overall in the Chenowth. Bob Gordon drove his Toyota powered Chenowth to second Class 1, third overall. Gordon, 40 (something), Orange, CA, and McMillin, Bonita, CA were benefactors of a broken drive shaft on the Team MacPherson Trophy Truck late in the race. Jeff Lewis, 30, Irvine, CA, drove the Chevy to within 25 minutes of Ivan Stewart and was the second vehicle on the road. Lewis Stopped 16 miles from the finish and was passed by Gordon and McMillian as the crew rushed to complete the repairs.
Larry Ragland had a tough day completing only about 40 miles of the race. Ragland, 51, Phoenix, AZ, was seconds behind Ivan early in the race when Murphy's Law struck. At about mile 30 Ragland suffered a rear flat, the flat helped brake the wheel, which helped sheer the brake line, which helped get Larry hopelessly stuck. Bummer. The "Now you see him, no you don't" award goes to Curt LeDuc. Somehow Curt managed to record a finish, the time was 18:15:49 with an average speed of 25.757. Looks like Curt was up North racing with the SODA gang and had who-knows-who, driving who-knows-what, take his place. Hummmmmm. Please check back for full race coverage available soon. Click here for listing by class
To Be Continued
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