1997 SCORE-TECATE BAJA 1000
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PIT #5 HAS MOVED TO 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE OLD PEMEX
STATION (mile 296.8)
| COURSE NOTES AND MILEAGE | ||
| 0.0 |
Start Line across from Riviera Convention Center |
0.0 |
| 0.4 | Right into Arroyo Ensenada | 0.4 |
| 2.1 | On dirt road at end of Avenue Ruiz | 2.5 |
| 3.3 | Bear left at white gate | 5.8 |
| 0.9 | Right at T intersection | 6.7 |
| 5.2 | Rancho Cuestamar | 11.9 |
| 0.7 | Hwy 3 at KM 101, parallel highway on dirt | 12.6 |
| 0.2 | Left through open fence | 12.8 |
| 0.5 | Left at small watertatank, then go uphill | 13.3 |
| 0.4 | Follow waterline up hill | 13.7 |
| 1.1 | Large watertank on right then go down hill | 14.8 |
| 0.9 | Cross Hwy 3 at KM 103.5 at Industrial 78 | 15.7 |
| 1.6 | Go through concrete pillars then right up hill | 17.3 |
| 1.0 | Right down hill at concrete power pole | 18.3 |
| 0.4 | Left onto road in San Miguel Wash | 18.7 |
| 1.0 | Right onto Old Hwy 1 at KM 93.5 | 19.7 |
| 6.0 | Right off Old Hwy 1 at KM 84 onto graded road | 25.7 |
| 5.0 | Left off graded road into Guadalupe Wash | 30.7 |
| 2.6 | Cross graded road | 33.3 |
| 4.7 | Cross El Porvenir graded road | 38.0 |
| 3.9 | Cross access road to Hwy 3 at KM 78.5 | 41.9 |
| 0.5 | Under Hwy 3 bridge at Village of Guadalupe | 42.4 |
| 2.1 | Cross road in wash | 44.5 |
| 1.1 | Through open fence in wash | 45.6 |
| 0.3 | Right out of wash at San Antonio Necqua | 45.9 |
| 1.1 | Gate at wood corral | 47.0 |
| 2.4 | Left turn | 49.4 |
| 1.0 | Pass through corral | 50.4 |
| 6.8 | Right at rock house | 57.2 |
| 13.4 | Checkpoint 1 Right on Real De Castillo graded road | 70.6 |
| 0.4 | Stay straight on graded road at school | 71.0 |
| 6.5 | Right at two story houses | 77.5 |
| 0.3 | Right onto Ojos Negros paved road at junkyard | 77.8 |
| BAJA PITS #1 OJOS NEGROS | 78.8 | |
| 1.0 | Cross hwy 3 at KM 39 at Ojos Negros Junction | 78.8 |
| 16.2 | Left off fast road | 95.0 |
| 6.1 | Bear right at fork | 101.1 |
| 6.8 | Bear right off Cerro Colorado Rd into wash | 107.9 |
| 8.8 | Cross El Alamo Dam | 116.7 |
| 2.9 | Checkpoint 2 Left onto El Alamo graded road | 119.6 |
| BAJA PITS #2 HWY 3 @ KM 87 | 124.9 | |
| 5.3 | On/off Hwy 3 at KM 87 | 124.9 |
| 1.2 | Reast in peace Juan Ortiz! | 126.1 |
| 1.5 | Right over Cattle Guard | 127.6 |
| 1.4 | Cross Sants Catarina graded road | 129.0 |
| 1.6 | Bear right at fork | 130.6 |
| 1.2 | Bear left then cross field | 131.8 |
| 4.4 | Left before Santa Catarina Dam | 136.2 |
| 5.6 | Right turn | 141.8 |
| 0.6 | Sweep left at gate | 142.4 |
| 0.5 | Bear left then drop into wide wash | 142.9 |
| 2.0 | Left out of wash then merge with high road | 144.9 |
| 1.6 | Cross wash | 146.5 |
| 1.0 | Gate at Rancho Las Vaquillas | 147.5 |
| 2.0 | Rancho Viejo | 149.5 |
| 3.3 | Gate with big post | 152.8 |
| 2.0 | Right on Rancho Candolfi Rd | 154.8 |
| 0.2 | Bear right | 155.0 |
| 0.5 | Bear left | 155.5 |
| 0.8 | Either way at fork | 156.3 |
| 0.8 | Checkpoint 3 Bear right at Rancho Candolfi | 157.1 |
| 1.1 | Merge left through open fence | 158.2 |
| 0.4 | Bear right before Cattle Guard go through gate | 158.6 |
| 0.2 | Hard right above Rancho Tres Pinos | 158.8 |
| 0.9 | Pass through gate descend to desert floor | 159.7 |
| 0.8 | Pass through Rancho Cerro Prieto then gate | 160.5 |
| 7.0 | Huge rock in road above Rancho Las Palmas | 167.5 |
| 2.2 | Up cement hill lined with tires | 169.7 |
| 3.4 | Left into wash | 173.1 |
| 4.6 | Left out of wash or stay in wash to Chabuzo | 177.7 |
| BAJA PITS #3 COHABUZO JUNCTION | 185.8 | |
| 8.1 | Right off fast road at Cohabuzo Junction | 185.8 |
| 14.9 | On Laguna Salada | 200.7 |
| 7.2 | Cross Jose Saldana Rd | 207.9 |
| 5.4 | Cross Oasis Rd | 213.3 |
| 36.6 | Checkpoint 4 Cross Hwy 3 at KM 181 at Borrego | 249.9 |
| BAJA PITS #4 LAGUNA AMARAGA | 250.2 | |
| 0.3 | Left onto powerline road for pits or stay in wash | 250.2 |
| 18.3 | Sweep right, access Hwy 5 at KM 159 | 268.5 |
| 6.8 | Stay straight at four way intersection | 275.3 |
| 5.1 | Left turn onto powerline road | 280.4 |
| 4.9 | Cross Zoo Rd | 285.3 |
| 4.2 | Pass through dump | 289.5 |
| 3.0 | On pavement at San Felipe Arches | 292.5 |
| 0.9 | Right at traffic circle | 293.4 |
| 0.8 | Right off pavement at Pemex Station | 294.2 |
| 2.5 | BAJA PITS #5 SAN FELIPE | 296.8 |
| 8.1 | Large white water tank at left | 305.8 |
| 1.8 | Stay straight at Laguna Percebu access | 307.6 |
| 6.5 | Stay straight at Santa Maria access | 314.1 |
| 3.4 | Checkpoint 5 Right off Old Puertocietos dirt road | 317.5 |
| 0.7 | Bear right | 318.2 |
| 0.6 | In Azufre Wash | 318.8 |
| 19.4 | Follow fenceline on right | 338.2 |
| 2.6 | Right turn into wash at broken fence | 340.8 |
| 3.9 | Right out of wash follow fenceline on left | 344.7 |
| 1.6 | Left at end of fenceline | 346.3 |
| 1.5 | Drop into Chanate Wash | 347.8 |
| 18.1 | Climb out of Chanate Wash | 365.9 |
| BAJA PITS #6 CHANATE JUNCTION | 366.3 | |
| 0.4 | Left at Chanate Junction | 366.3 |
| 3.1 | Checkpoint 6 Cross road short hardpack section | 369.4 |
| 1.0 | Left into wide section of Huatamote Wash | 370.4 |
| 14.0 | Right turn | 384.4 |
| 1.3 | Right onto Morelia Road | 385.7 |
| 12.0 | Left at Morelia Junction | 397.7 |
| 31.7 | Left out of wash onto Hwy 3 at KM 152 | 429.4 |
| 2.6 | BAJA PITS #7 SAN MATIAS (92 octane for chase cars) | 432.0 |
| 5.9 | Left off Hwy 3 at Km 138 onto Mike's Road | 437.9 |
| 18.8 | Checkpoint 7 Mikes Sky Rancho | 456.7 |
| 3.3 | Right to Simpson's Ranch | 460.0 |
| 3.6 | Simpsons Creek Crossing | 463.6 |
| 6.0 | Rancho Alizos | 469.9 |
| 4.0 | Cattle Guard | 473.6 |
| 2.4 | Cattle Guard | 476.0 |
| 3.6 | Right onto Leandro ValleRd | 479.6 |
| 5.0 | Cattle Guard | 484.6 |
| 2.9 | Left after power station above Valle Trinidad | 487.5 |
| 2.5 | BAJA PITS #8 VALLE TRINIDAD | 489.0 |
| 34.7 | right onto Hwy 1 at Km 103 at Llano Colorado | 524.7 |
| 4.0 | Left off Hwy 1 at Km 96 at Rancho Santa Marta | 528.7 |
| 3.3 | Left onto powerline road | 532.0 |
| 0.4 | Right off powerline road at sign | 532.4 |
| 8.4 | Right turn and descend to Pacific Ocean | 540.8 |
| 1.3 | Windmill at beach | 542.1 |
| 2.3 | Sweep left around black fence post | 544.4 |
| 1.0 | Bear right off old course to avoid tomato fields | 545.4 |
| 0.2 | Right uphill at white water pipes | 545.6 |
| 1.0 | Tall white pole | 546.6 |
| 1.2 | Left before corral | 547.8 |
| 1.1 | Left descend to wide wash | 548.9 |
| 0.6 | Cross narrow canal then bear right | 549.5 |
| 0.3 | Left into wide was at Erendira | 549.8 |
| 0.2 | BAJA PITS #9 ERENDERIA | 550.0 |
| 0.1 | Cross road | 550.1 |
| 0.6 | Cross hardpack road | 550.7 |
| 0.4 | Right at beach | 551.1 |
| 0.5 | Up onto rocks at pumping station | 551.6 |
| 0.8 | Merge onto graded road | 552.4 |
| 16.0 | Right at T intersection | 568.4 |
| 13.2 | Checkpoint 8 Above village of Santo Thomas | 581.6 |
| 0.9 | Left onto Hwy 1 at Santo Thomas | 582.5 |
| 5.9 | Right off Hwy 1 at KM 42 at Uruapan | 588.4 |
| 24.2 | Tres Hermanos concrete water tank | 612.6 |
| BAJA PITS #10 OJOS NEGROS | 629.7 | |
| 17.1 | Cross Hwy 3 at Km 39 and run pavement | 629.7 |
| 1.0 | Left off pavement at junkyard | 630.7 |
| 0.3 | Left at two story houses | 631.0 |
| 6.9 | Checkpoint 9 Left off Real De Castillo Rd | 637.9 |
| 29.9 | Under Hwy 3 bridge at Village of Guadalupe | 667.8 |
| 11.7 | Right out of Guadalupe wash onto graded road | 679.5 |
| 5.0 | Left onto Old Hwy 1 at KM 84 | 684.5 |
| 6.0 | Left off Old Hwy 1 at KM 93.5 | 690.5 |
| 4.0 | Cross Hwy 3 at Km 103.5 at Industrial 78 | 694.5 |
| 3.8 | Rancho Cuestamar | 698.3 |
| 9.4 | Finish Line at end of Avenue Ruiz | 707.7 |
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