Conquered and still beautiful

 

The Team

From the left: Scott, Jennifer, Mom, Me, Dustin. A big thanks to our chase crew!

After

No Exhaust

The exhaust pipe fell off with about 30 miles to go. The bike runs faster and louder without the end pipe. Stupid environment.

Finish Line

 

Back on the course

This is part of the only paved (or semi paved) portion of the course. In a bout a mile the course goes off road again and I'll have about 40 miles to go starting with some of the roughest in the course.

Gassing up

 

150 Miles later

As you can see there aren't many photos of actual racing other than at certain pit stops because the race is out in the middle of mountains and desert and not easy to access. So here's the first photo of me 70 miles after Scott handed me the bike, 150 miles after the last photo we saw of him and with only about 40 miles left in the race.

Long way to go

Scott with about 80 more miles until he hands it off to me. 

First Pit Stop

Scott at his first pit stop talking to Dustin Monroe our chase crew captain. 

The Course

The race course is out there in the mountains. 240 miles and it's as rough as it is beautiful 

Baja is beautiful

 

Testing

A trial run to make sure the bike was running OK. 

Bike Prep

Me cleaning out the carb and prepping the race bike. Nothing like grease and beach sand to make for a comfortable day. 

Before

My brother Scott and I raced in the Tecate-SCORE San Felipe 250 in March. Here is us at the parent's house before leaving for Baja.