NORRA 1000 2014

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed May 14, 2014 5:58 pm

TTB FTW!!!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed May 14, 2014 6:01 pm

Tons of carnage this race.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Wed May 14, 2014 6:03 pm

Soooooooo many rolled vehicles.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed May 14, 2014 6:05 pm

tcm glx wrote:Soooooooo many rolled vehicles.

I have a spare Bronco cab...hehe. '15

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Wed May 14, 2014 6:14 pm

yikes wrote:
tcm glx wrote:Soooooooo many rolled vehicles.
I have a spare Bronco cab...hehe. '15

'15

HotRod82 · Post by **HotRod82** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:11 pm

So did Buck and Rob make it down?

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:17 pm

HotRod82 wrote:So did Buck and Rob make it down?

Yup. Whole gang is down here.

MOSS2 · Post by **MOSS2** » Thu May 15, 2014 12:59 am

: Norra wheres Waldo.JPG (107.83 KiB) Viewed 758 times

Anybody know this guy? Sorry dude!!

Once A Ford · Post by **Once A Ford** » Thu May 15, 2014 6:34 am

yikes wrote:
tcm glx wrote:Muchos tacos consumed. Now consuming muchas cervezas. Cabo is so nice!
Come on T! Pictures! I wanna see the crew in a group hug...with Tom and Rick in the middle.

What happens in Baja stays in Baja...

robertcrav · Post by **robertcrav** » Thu May 15, 2014 6:36 am

Wow...ummm congratulations?

Broncodawg · Post by **Broncodawg** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:00 am

Man, you can feel the pain in Rick's wave and body language. Check out Don behind Rick and Tony trying to recruit some more table dancers to join him! Great pics, thanks. Drive safe coming north boys.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:37 am

That's awesome!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:53 pm

Oooops...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKx_Ky8 ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:55 pm

[youtube]http://youtu.be/zKx_Ky8XtNY[/youtube]

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:23 pm

Nick wrote:
tcm glx wrote:Great pics Angie!

Posting pics on FB guys! easier to load big batches. Having a blast, this race is truly soooooooo different than all the rest, amazing!
Post em here, not all of us are fb friends...

Back in the US! what an awesome time. Do we have batch loading? I was using photobucket but I need to upgrade for more pic space........have about 65 pics from the four day journey.

BDKW1 · Post by **BDKW1** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:33 pm

yikes wrote:[youtube]http://youtu.be/zKx_Ky8XtNY[/youtube]

Not enough skinny pedal, when in doubt, throttle out!

300 · Post by **300** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:32 pm

MOSS2 wrote:
Norra wheres Waldo.JPG

Anybody know this guy? Sorry dude!!

DANG! This is where we were parked for a couple hours or so, 60 miles south of Bay of Los Angeles. The RDC camera guys stopped to take pictures only and wouldn't tow us out. We were promised that a sweep vehicle was coming but I think it was all just smoke because no one ever saw them. We finally got some guys in a Bronco to tow us for a few miles and then it overheated. Then we hooked up to one of Bruce Meyers (Mr. Manx) support/camera crews in a Toyota pickup and they towed us some 40 miles out to where Rick's truck was and then another 20 or 30 miles out to the highway, all on a very short tow strap. Along with the late start Monday morning, this all put us in Loreto at something like midnight local time. Even though we have done these roads many, many times, it is stunning the time and effort it takes to get down that skinny pavement with a trailer. There is a ton of additional details that went into the story that MOSS2 related above that we will get out here shortly, but be assured it was a monumental effort to get what we did done once the trans broke the first time. We didn't have another day's worth of trans work and another day's driving in us to catch back up to the race and do that last section.

A huge thanks to John, Rick and the rest of the crew for inviting Dan and I along. We still participated in a bunch of good times and had top notch accomodations at each stop. If you thought Rick was hooked before.................!

Dan and I cheated and flew back to San Diego yesterday afternoon and then I drove back to Sacramento. Dan's home ended up being about 100 yards from the edge of the Poinsettia fire in Carlsbad and they had just opened the road when we got there.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:41 pm

300 wrote:
MOSS2 wrote:
Norra wheres Waldo.JPG

Anybody know this guy? Sorry dude!!
DANG! This is where we were parked for a couple hours or so, 60 miles south of Bay of Los Angeles. The RDC camera guys stopped to take pictures only and wouldn't tow us out. We were promised that a sweep vehicle was coming but I think it was all just smoke because no one ever saw them. We finally got some guys in a Bronco to tow us for a few miles and then it overheated. Then we hooked up to one of Bruce Meyers (Mr. Manx) support/camera crews in a Toyota pickup and they towed us some 40 miles out to where Rick's truck was and then another 20 or 30 miles out to the highway, all on a very short tow strap. Along with the late start Monday morning, this all put us in Loreto at something like midnight local time. Even though we have done these roads many, many times, it is stunning the time and effort it takes to get down that skinny pavement with a trailer. There is a ton of additional details that went into the story that MOSS2 related above that we will get out here shortly, but be assured it was a monumental effort to get what we did done once the trans broke the first time. We didn't have another day's worth of trans work and another day's driving in us to catch back up to the race and do that last section.

A huge thanks to John, Rick and the rest of the crew for inviting Dan and I along. We still participated in a bunch of good times and had top notch accomodations at each stop. If you thought Rick was hooked before.................!

Dan and I cheated and flew back to San Diego yesterday afternoon and then I drove back to Sacramento. Dan's home ended up being about 100 yards from the edge of the Poinsettia fire in Carlsbad and they had just opened the road when we got there.

Great hanging with you guys!! glad your house is safe and sound.

300 · Post by **300** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:45 pm

I forgot to mention that the first section out of Bay of LA looked like the first few miles of the start of the Baja 1000. There were cars and buggies on their sides, on their roofs or parked with blown motors. Lots of long straight sections of wide open running took their toll on engines. They throw in some subtle turns and washouts in the dust that caught the others. NORRA has a good route book that includes most of the gotchas, but you have to really be on it.

I loved John's truck but it is certainly a little different than the Bronco even though they are almost identical in overall weight. That 460 is something else out on those open roads. I was just starting to get used to the difference in suspension, brake bias, weight bias and steering in that 60 miles.