I just wanted to personally thank everyone involved in our first run at the legendary Baja 1000 this year. Our family, friends, and sponsors really came through for us to overcome the obstacles involved with taking on the Mount Everest of off road racing.

Through some great driving our team managed to maintain a close second place through out the first half of the race. We had overcome silt, sand, and rocks for the first 100 miles with no problems. Our first obstacle was the front shock seals blew, rendering them useless. Thanks to RPM Off-road from Tennessee, we were set straight with a new pair of shocks, and a fast, flawless pit. With new shocks installed, we set a fast pace to our Canadian pit at mile 550. A broken stub axle was changed in record time by our Canadian crew members to get the truck moving again. We handed the truck over to our team members, who did an amazing job keeping up a lightning pace. Unfortunately our turbocharger failed at mile 660 which ended up putting us out of the race. A tough pill to swallow.

We have looked the devil in the face, are going another round! We have some new faces in 2007 to take on the 1400 mile course. The 40th Anniversary of the Baja 1000 will prove to be the toughest course on record. I guess we’ll see? Stay tuned.

 

Richard Thomas
President
Big Dog Performance

Big Dog Performance Ltd.