My OperaA few last photos from the Baja 1000 - by Dan
Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:13:05 PM
Here are a couple of images that I did not get posted after the race.
The first is of the wrist mounted GPS that we wear to assure that we do not exceed the 60 MPH imposed speed limit on the paved road and in the populated areas. Often times the unit gets left on even when we are not on the asphalt. If you look in the upper right hand corner you can see that someone reached a max speed of 109 MPH. It was likely Korny as at one point he had a slight down hill run towards the ocean, on a fairly straight road, and at night allowing for optimum conditions (cool, oxygen rich air) for going fast. The zip-ties are a result of the pins breaking on the strap that holds the unit on. The terrain can be pretty rough, and the associated shock has a tendency to test the design integrity of just about everything.
The next couple of pics are from the finish line. One last thing I would like to point out from the finish line photos are the two hearts on the front number plate. These hearts represent two wonderful human beings who were taken from this earth early. The first heart represents Brian Fria who died in an auto accident, the second represents the memory of his brother Chris, who also died tragically, in a farming accident. The Fria family was kind enough to help sponsor our race effort.
The first is of the wrist mounted GPS that we wear to assure that we do not exceed the 60 MPH imposed speed limit on the paved road and in the populated areas. Often times the unit gets left on even when we are not on the asphalt. If you look in the upper right hand corner you can see that someone reached a max speed of 109 MPH. It was likely Korny as at one point he had a slight down hill run towards the ocean, on a fairly straight road, and at night allowing for optimum conditions (cool, oxygen rich air) for going fast. The zip-ties are a result of the pins breaking on the strap that holds the unit on. The terrain can be pretty rough, and the associated shock has a tendency to test the design integrity of just about everything.
The next couple of pics are from the finish line. One last thing I would like to point out from the finish line photos are the two hearts on the front number plate. These hearts represent two wonderful human beings who were taken from this earth early. The first heart represents Brian Fria who died in an auto accident, the second represents the memory of his brother Chris, who also died tragically, in a farming accident. The Fria family was kind enough to help sponsor our race effort.
Bryan CoxBryanCox # Monday, December 17, 2007 7:03:35 AM
109 is cooking. I recall you hitting 104 riding the Big Red Pig on pavement while we were prerunning the 500. That was fast. 109 in the dirt rocks.
Bryan
devansdevans186 # Friday, December 21, 2007 5:23:29 PM
Happy Holidays!