2013 Baja 500 trip

[Rakimb17]

I wanna go!

 

[MagicMtnDan]

GREAT post and trip! Thanks for sharing your adventure!

 

[MotuMute]

Great seeing your Raptor out there. Awesome pics!

 

[Conejoracer]

More pics. It looks like only one of the cars we pulled out finished the race. The #150 class one car came in for a 7th place finish in class.

 

[NickPic83]

very cool. thanks for sharing the pics

 

[Raptizzle]

This really goes to show the importance of 4wd in these desolate environments. I've considered going 2wd but after seeing your pics, I'm definitely sticking with the 4x4, limited travel and all. Those race trucks were sure as shit happy to see you I'm sure.

How did the Deavers treat ya down there?

 

[debordj]

What an experience. I'm so jealous.

 

[Conejoracer]

This really goes to show the importance of 4wd in these desolate environments. I've considered going 2wd but after seeing your pics, I'm definitely sticking with the 4x4, limited travel and all. Those race trucks were sure as shit happy to see you I'm sure.

How did the Deavers treat ya down there?

4wd makes all the difference-sometimes. We ran over 30 miles in 4wd, off road mode, diff locked, and traction control off. The silt, ruts, and hill climbs in the most technical sections were not too bad for us. I have 35's, and the trail was dug by cars running 39's, so we skimmed a lot of trail crown with the skid plates.
The rocks hiding in the silt were awful and did the most damage. We finally found a deep silt bed that did us in, we were good and stuck. At that point we were running an OE spare on the front which didn't help too much. Thanks to the locals, about 10 of them, that worked together to get us out of that hole.
The Deaver's were awesome, I would not have attempted this with my old stockers. Thanks for those! With the 80psi in the bumps, we had a very smooth ride and did use every bit of travel the bumps had.
The #88 Jimco TT was stuck in that hole for 2 hours, and had lost reverse trying to get out. He was the most difficult to pull out because of the angles and the depth of the hole. We almost rolled him pulling him out, he was yelling stop and his codog was yelling go, go, go! I could tell who wanted to get out of there the most.
It was a bad area to be in, a worse area to be stuck in. I asked each guy we pulled out to not run us over when they caught up to us. They all gave me a few seconds to pull over and didn't roost me as they went by- thanks guys!
The scenery was spectacular and while the damage to the Raptor is unfortunate, I wouldn't change a thing about this trip.