If you’ve never attended a Baja race in person then it is hard to appreciate a trophy truck flying by you at 100 miles an hour less than 10 foot away.\u00a0 Granted, be prepared to be pelted by dirt and rocks.\u00a0 I was pretty sure by the end of the race that when I got home I was going to immediately start construction on a BDS trophy truck.\u00a0 However, I realized that some one forgot to put it in the budget this year, not to mention the chase helicopter.<\/p>\n
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I, like many of you, have sat on my couch watching a Baja race on Sunday afternoon with the typical beer in hand thinking “that doesn’t look that tough – I could do that”.\u00a0 After seeing it in person I have trouble even articulating the level of performance displayed by those teams.\u00a0 The speed, undulation of the course and constant abuse on both driver and equipment is just ridiculous.\u00a0 Watching a truck at those speeds handling that kind of terrain is just nothing but amazing.\u00a0 Although pictures and video doesn’t do it justice, I had to include some here.<\/p>\n
In addition to the racing, the quiet town of San Felipe was basically taken over by thousands of fans, locals and race teams all enjoying the festivities.\u00a0 I did happen to see a group appreciating the local spirits and I’m sure they were counting on the “what happens in Mexico – stays in Mexico” motto.\u00a0 I’m really not sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing that I didn’t have my video camera with me at the time, but let’s just say a good time was had by all.<\/p>\n