640hp NA S62 powered class 1 buggy in Baja 1000 (pic) - Page 4

SoCalJD · 18th November 2007, 14:44

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Originally Posted by DRM

'Spoke to Martin a few days ago. He's not a happy camper.

Good news: Engine and tranny ran strong. They were 4th out (in class) behind the bikes and Trophy Trucks. Within 10 miles, they passed the 3 class 1 buggy's that went 1st. After 50 miles, they had passed 12 Trophy Trucks; 8 on the course and 4 broken and parked.

Bad news: At 177 miles in, the first of a whole series of little BS things went wrong; starting with a power steering hose going south. They kept fixing and going, fixing and going. Finally, when Martin realized they were 7 hours behind, he put the buggy on the trailer and headed for home. He said, last he heard, with just 6 hours left in the race time limit, only 30 vehicles (including bikes) had finished; out of over 400 vehicles that started.

Tough course; tough day. Better luck next time.

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I guess two rumors I'd heard in Del's Barbershop (source for *all* Escondido news

) weren't true: that he blew a clutch (had replacement tranny, but no replacement clutch, and that he was running with a Porsche engine (which I argued).

6spd · 18th November 2007, 17:38

This was a tough race, most of the damage seemed to be in the first section.
I had heard that after 32 of the 53 hours only 30 had crossed the finish line, a total of 239 of the original 424 finished the race, thats a tough one for sure.
Even the Herbst had a DNF!