Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[lmmjvss]

BAJA 1000 is done... Its crazy to watch some of the onboards! There are so many fans watching the race from the side of the track. Some of them even go basically INSIDE the track like WRC in the 80s. They go 100kmh on the start, but in the desert is race speed. They reach almost 200kmh at some point. This is insane.
I love these stuff. SCORE (the name of that championship with the Bajas rounds) are missing such an oportunity by not having 40min highlights anymore. They used to have those. It was great!
ANyway, this onboard is cool to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKJlJGmjeI
Bryce Menzies also had a great video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38QNgB2cbE
Someone on the track filming the Big Trucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtsfjzWPD48

Not sure whats the level of interest from you fellas here

[Rallyper]

BAJA 1000 is done... Its crazy to watch some of the onboards! There are so many fans watching the race from the side of the track. Some of them even go basically INSIDE the track like WRC in the 80s. They go 100kmh on the start, but in the desert is race speed. They reach almost 200kmh at some point. This is insane.
I love these stuff. SCORE (the name of that championship with the Bajas rounds) are missing such an oportunity by not having 40min highlights anymore. They used to have those. It was great!
ANyway, this onboard is cool to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKJlJGmjeI
Bryce Menzies also had a great video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38QNgB2cbE
Someone on the track filming the Big Trucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtsfjzWPD48

Not sure whats the level of interest from you fellas here

How many spectators are killed?

[lmmjvss]

How many spectators are killed?

I guess none. I remember 2016 had one casuality, I guees two fans died in ´18... but I imagine theres more if you dig on that. But heyyy, its America. They are free to choose if they want to die or not haha

[Rallyper]

I guess none. I remember 2016 had one casuality, I guees two fans died in ´18... but I imagine theres more if you dig on that. But heyyy, its America. They are free to choose if they want to die or not haha

Well... looks beyond limits...

[Jarek Z]

Not sure whats the level of interest from you fellas here

I have never met anybody who was interested in it. Here in Europe we only know the name Baja, but not much more. But those cars look impressive!

[Jarek Z]

I was once wondering why there is a Lancia Delta called Baja:
https://pixarcars.pl/lancia-delta-in...ja-blazers-610
and never found the answer!

[WRCStan]

I have never met anybody who was interested in it. Here in Europe we only know the name Baja, but not much more. But those cars look impressive!

I guess an interest in trucks and great expanses of open country help, inversely we here all know and love a little hatchback and have roads leading to almost every square kilometre on the continent. However, there's nothing in these videos that doesn't look it'll stump a Rally1, so what makes it off-roading? They are all following the same course which is worn like something from Kenya or Sardinia.

An FIA system Baja will be a rally, but the one that gave them the name, the Baja 1000, is a race not a rally, and SCORE is not a FIA member associate.

[Rallyper]

I was once wondering why there is a Lancia Delta called Baja:
https://pixarcars.pl/lancia-delta-in...ja-blazers-610
and never found the answer!

I remember back in the 60´s Saab factory team was competing in Baja 1000. If I´m correct they won their class, or maybe even overall.

[Jarek Z]

I remember back in the 60´s Saab factory team was competing in Baja 1000. If I´m correct they won their class, or maybe even overall.

It is probably this story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsWgEvYM5Jo

[Rallyper]

It is probably this story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsWgEvYM5Jo

Aahh. You see. My memory still works.

1969 then. White Saab, better in the warmth. Simo Lampinen would like the colour.