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Toyota 4Runner scores a Second Place Finish in the Baja 1000 Stock Mini Class
TORRANCE, Calif. (Nov. 22, 2009) – The all new Toyota 4Runner made history in Ensenada, Mexico when it captured an amazing second place finish in the stock mini class. The 4WD 4Runner delivered impressive power, durability and capability to survive the scorching desert elements and cross the finish line within 29 hours of the 31 hour time limit. The final SCORE Baja 1000 kicked off in Ensenada on November 19th with 328 racers from 39 U.S. States and 14 countries. Of the 328 racers, four were Toyota-powered drivers: Bob Ditner, Ken Ziesemer, Joe Nolan and the legendary Ivan “Ironman” Stewart. All shared time behind the wheel of the #778 Toyota 4Runner battling the grueling desert terrain of the Baja peninsula to successfully finish the race with a second place finish in the stock mini class. “Taking second place in class in the Baja 1000 is an impressive feat. Racing through the Mexican deserts’ treacherous terrain for an extended amount of time can really take a toll on both man-and-machine. There are numerous obstacles to overcome throughout the 672 mile race, yet our 4Runner successfully endured the experience,” said Les Unger, Toyota Motorsports national manager. “I was really impressed with the toughness of the new 4Runner. In addition, we owe a debt of gratitude to Long Beach Racers. We couldn’t have finished the race without their support personnel,” said Ivan “Ironman” Stewart. As the race entered its final stages on Saturday, Ivan and co-driver Zeisemer navigated the course with a fierce determination to cross the finish line. The 672-mile loop race course covered the Baja Pacific Peninsula that started and finished in Ensenada, Mexico. The event was attended by over 250,000 spectators. This year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour NBC Sports special, in association with SCORE and Aura360, for the sixth consecutive year. It is scheduled to air on NBC at 2 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, Dec. 19 on the NBC Television Network. For more information visit www.score-international.com. |
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Joe Bacal Captures Second with Marathon Drive in Baja 1000
ENSENADA, Mexico, November 23, 2009 – After taking an “out of nowhere” victory at the Baja 500 earlier this season, cancer survivor and off-road rookie sensation Joe Bacal nearly stole the show again with an epic 27-hour drive in the Cancer Treatment Centers of America JTGrey Lexus LX 570 to finish runner-up in the 42nd running of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 last Friday and Saturday. “It’s tough to narrowly miss the big prize, but just crossing the finish line in the biggest off-road race—and doing it after battling cancer—is a victory, both professionally and personally,” said Bacal. “Even after driving straight through the night, I felt good at the finish. I was dialed in and so was my Lexus—this was fun!” Bacal and navigator Gerald “Smitty” King stormed out of Ensenada at 11:59 Friday morning in the LX 570 and quickly settled into a comfortably quick pace, making good time early on. “King Shocks’ new suspension setup made the LX fast and easy to control,” observed Bacal. But the infamous Baja 1000 lived up to its reputation. Many competitors noted that it was one of the toughest in memory, with dust and visibility a near constant challenge that made passing a precarious process at best. “There were a number of times that I came up to pass slower cars and had to wait a long time because the dust was so heavy and going off course (to pass) was very risky.” Driving through the dark desert night without the dust presents its own set of visibility problems but Bacal credits the banks of KC HiLiTES on his Lexus for helping him through. “The big KCs really light up the desert,” he noted. Aside from scheduled stops for fuel, there were few other surprises as Bacal used his considerable off-road skills to keep the big Lexus out of trouble for most of the race. As in his previous races, the BF Goodrich tires never failed, but Bacal did have one mechanical issue that required two stops to finally sort as the pounding desert landscape took its toll. Another unscheduled stop to free the rig after getting stuck briefly and Bacal and King never looked back, arriving back in Ensenada in just over 27 hours. Their extraordinary effort was only the third race for Bacal and his Cancer Treatment Centers of America-sponsored team, but his consistently high finishes also earned him a remarkable second place in SCORE International’s driver points for the Stock Full class. “I think we surprised a lot of people with our racing program this year,” noted Bacal. “My team, sponsors and family also made huge contributions. Another special mention goes to Long Beach Racers for their excellent race support.” NBC Sports will provide delayed coverage of this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, currently scheduled to air on December 19 at 2:00 p.m. ET. |
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2009 Vegas to Reno Race Report
Ted and Nick Started the race and got out to an early lead, putting time on all 5 of our competitors Ford Rangers. A last minute GPS change in contingency had popped a couple of fuses on the intercom which didn't get detected until after the start, so we communicated with hand signals. Unfortunately, an overheating problem at Race Mile 13 required us to get out of the truck to fix it, dropping us to 6th place. Once we diagnosed the problem (our new hood captured all the hot air, preventing the engine from cooling down) we managed it by pulling over whenever the temps broke 220. Still, we managed to pick up time and pass several of the other trucks in our class, a few of which were down with their own mechanical issues. At Pit 2 Doug and Mark replaced the fuses and we had communication again, and removed the hood, solving the cooling problem for the day. After that, our pace picked up and we flat flew across the desert. The suspension is dialed in now (Thanks to Joel Ward's help during our test day at Barstow) and the truck handled the whoops better than ever. We stopped at pit 3 for fuel, then continued on, as the course climbed through some narrow mountain roads. At Pit 4 we handed the truck off to Doug and Mark in 2nd place, and Pastor Steve said we were 30 to 40 minutes behind the leader. Doug and Mark got into the groove early with a great running truck, and started reeling in the leader. They stopped for fuel at BFG pit 5 where Bill and Gary Eden checked over the truck and pronounced it good to go, then made a brief stop at Pit 6 so Bill Moncure and Leonard could remove a water botttle from under the gas pedal. When they stopped at Pit 7 for Nick and Ted to install the light bar they were 15 miles behind the leader, Mike Mccarthy. McCarthy had a problem of his own around race mile 280, costing him 30 minutes. The LBR crew got within 4 miles of him when tragedy struck. The Left rear axle broke, reducing the Tacoma to one-wheel-drive. The soft silt made forward progress impossible. We got the message on the radio, grabbed our only spare axle and took it out to pit 7, where a Best In The Desert flag man gave it to a 1600 buggy and asked them to throw it out the window when they went past our truck. Leonard included a flashlight and a cordless grinder in the bag with the axle, just in case the one they had broken was the short one. Turns out is was, and our spare was a long one. Mark and Doug pulled out the third member in the middle of the desert, cleaned out broken chunks of steel, and put the new axle in, but it was too long for the splines to engage. They officially called it a DNF at this point, and when the BOTD sweeper got there they pulled them out of the soft stuff and pointed them to the highway. Our team converged on the BFG shop trailer in Camp Adventure bound and determined to solve this problem and be able to start day 2. Here we met Eldon Coates, a desert racer from Grants Pass, Oregon who drove down to lend us a hand. He jumped right in and went to work. Doug and Mark got back to work pulling the rear end out again. Leonard, Eldon and Ted used BFG;s chop saw to cut down both of the long axles enough so that they would fit in the housing, while Zach set the alignment and modified the hood for more airflow. Nick changed the air filter, and Bill went looking for a rear brake pad which had worn itself down the bare metal. At 2 AM the truck was back together and ready for day 2. Zach drove it to BITD's impound and we all headed to the RV's for bed. Friday morning Nick cooked breakfast and then Zach and Nick flipped a coin to see who would get to start the race. Zach picked tails, but George Washington stared up at him from the dirt once the coin landed, so Nick tood driving duties out of Tonopah. The overheating problem was largely solved by the increased airflow, and the axles seemed to be holding together, as they set a blistering pace early in the day. Victory was not to be ours this trip however; The Left rear axle gave up the ghost around Race Mile 367, ending our team's chance to make it to Reno the long way. Ted and Eldon got permission to drive into the course to help recover the truck, and Doug & Mark loaded it on the trailer for the long drive back to Long Beach. The good news is that we came together as a team, had a great time racing and camping together, and God blessed our team with safety. We met Eldon, a new member of the team from Oregon who is building a class 3 Bronco. And, once a fresh set of axles is installed, the rest of the truck is in great shape and ready to race again. And our team had the coolest T-shirts out there. |
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LBR Prepares for Vegas to Reno 2009
LBR Prepares for Vegas to Reno 2009 - The Long Way! Racers - We will be meeting at the LBR shop on Tuesday August 18th at 6PM to load the race truck and chase trucks, sharing a meal together, then heading out for Vegas. There are a few detail items that need to be completed prior to loading - mounting body panels, tool bags, fluids, etc. You can pick up your V2R T-shirts Tuesday as well. We still need a volunteer to monitor the tracking site each day and send test updates to the team members. If you are willing to do this please let Ted know ASAP. This is shaping up to be a great race; Thanks for supporting our team! GodSpeed. |
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6th Place - MORE 500 It was a beautiful spring afternoon in the Lucerne Valley. The desert was full of anticipation of the race that was going to bring all kinds of action to Memorial Weekend 2009. The Long Beach Racers were ready. With a new paint job, dialed suspension, and a great crew, LBR was going to give it our best and have another great outing. First in the truck were Ted Moncure and Pastor Steve Hanson. They set a great first lap. They passed many, had no incidents and set our fastest lap time of the race. The next team to get in was Zach Zwillenger and Mark Sasaki. There run was clean, only having a few minor problems with the light bar coming out of its keeper and a broken military wrap on the leaf spring, but brought the truck in unscathed. With a few minor tweaks, tightening a few nuts and bolts, the truck went back out for its third trip around the brutal 65 miles of desert. Doug Hood and his Son, Andrew Hood, went out for lap number three. The sun was starting to come down and the course was getting more rutted and challenging as the hours went by. Doug and Andrew made great time getting around the course. They revisited the problem with the light bar, and came in with Andrew holding it in place keeping the light on the course for his old man to get them back to the pits. When the truck pulled in the crew went to work getting the lights fixed and checking over the truck as we still had two more laps to complete. Lap number four was a little crazy. Chris Livingston and Marco Dos Santos left the pits under lights and went out for lap number four. Chris and Marco were having a great fast run, dicing it out with a few other competitors and making great time. At mile number 42 Chris went to change lines, caught the wheels in the soft, and rolled the truck one full time back onto the wheels. When they came to rest the engine was still running, temps and pressures were good, but they had no lights and no brakes. Marco led the charge saying, �If the truck is still running, so are we�. They drove five miles without lights or breaks, pulled into the pits of car #988 and were helped as if it was their own. The guys from #988 helped get the lights back on, saved some body parts, took a radiator cap off their own truck since we had lost ours, pinched the brake line, and added some fluids and put Chris and Marco back on their way. Chris and Marco finished their lap, and brought in a less beautiful but still running LBR Tacoma. Tom Rose and Charlie Maciel got into the truck with no hesitation. The crew went to work fixing anything that they could with the determination that LBR was going to finish this race. After leaving the pits at mile 5 the truck again lost brakes. Tom and Charlie quickly went to work capping the line while Zach and Marco went to support with the needed tools and fluids. The truck got back on course, with one light, three wheels with breaks, and the determination to finish. Tom and Charlie had a successful lap, brought the truck in for the fifth straight finish for Long Beach Racers. We would like to thank all that made this possible, especially the guys from #988 you guys are awesome! |
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2nd Place - San Felipe 250
Long Beach Racers Take 2nd in 23rd Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Under a Clear blue Mexican Sky along the Sea of Cortez the all volunteer army from the LBC bested 250 grueling miles of bottomless silt beds, brutal Rock Gardens and infamous 40 consective miles of whoops as big as VW bugs to Finish 2nd in Class 7SX (Modified Mini-Trucks)
Doug and Andrew Hood opened the race with a blistering 32 mile per hour average running without incident to race mile 93 Morelia Junction where they handed the truck off in perfect running condition in 4th place to Ted Moncure and Co-Driver Chris Livingston. Ted and Chris had a flawless run, besting the deep silt that captured 2 time class champion John Holmes, and passing eventual race winner Norm Turley in the rugged Matomi Wash. Ted handed the truck off to Driver of Record Nick Moncure and Co-Dog Marco dos Santos at RM 150 running strong in 2nd place. Nick and Marco wasted no time attacking the course and reeling in race leader Oscar Solaiza after 30 miles of cat and mouse racing Nick grabbed the lead when Oscar crashed hard trying to stay in front. For the next several miles the Long beach racers lead the class. A cooling problem around before check 5 forced Moncure to lift off the race leading pace allowing Norm Turley a look at the lead. In the desert duel that ensued Nick hit a rock in the silt and lost power steering. From Check 5 to the finish a momentous team effort ensued to diagnose the problem and support the race truck to the finish line in front of the ensuing pack. Training and professionalism would rule the day for the LBR boys who would overcome adversity to grab the podium finish. |
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LBR Update
We're preparing for the San Felipe 250! We will be number 741 this year, Nick is the driver of record. Doug and Andrew Hood will start and take the truck through San Felipe's infamous "40 miles of whoops", around past 3 poles across the lake bed, then I'll get in at the second Zoo Road crossing with CLiv as co-dog, and we'll run the high speed Morelia Road section and the nefarious Matomi Wash. Nick and Marco dos Santos will be waiting at the exit of Matomi to run the Huatamote and Chanate washes and deliver the truck to the finish line.
Please pray for safety for the drivers and crew as we venture forth into the Baja frontier. We'll be camping on the sand at Pete's Camp, and there's always room for another sleeping bag, so feel free to come on down! |
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MORE Chili Cookoff Wrapup. Up Next:Powderpuff.
The MORE Chili cookoff (also known as the F and L Fuels 250) was a great race, and gave our team an opportunity to shine.
We prayed for a finish, since our last official finish was the 2007 San Felipe 250 a year and a half ago. Friday morning, Zach, Doug, Dan Stump, Danny Ruiz and I met at the shop to button up the truck and load it on the trailer. Leonard used that time to make up a pot of his Red Chili Beef for the Chili cookoff and some beans to go with it. By 3 PM we had picked up Andrew and Leonard and were on the road. We breezed through tech, had dinner in Lucerne Valley and camped out near Anderson Dry Lake. George Kane left Long beach at 8 PM pulling his class 1 car and only got to the lake bed an hour after us. Danny Ruiz pulled up at 6:30 Saturday morning with donuts fresh from Long Beach. He must have woken up at 3 AM to get there, and they sure were appreciated. We didn't have time to prerun or test the truck before the race, but we did make sure that all the lug nuts were torqued to 130 ft-lbs. The truck fired right up and after the drivers meeting Dan Stump and I suited up and pulled to the starting line. We started last, 7th out of 7 trucks in our class. The first lap was dusty, with over 100 vehicles spread 30 seconds apart on the course. At times we were running blind, but Dan calmly navigated us through 0/0 visibility. Pretty soon we passed the 738 Nissan stopped on the side of the course, and we were in 6th. A buggy passed us on the right without using his horn, cut us off, and his left rear wheel hit our right front wheel, catapulting him 4 feet in the air. He managed to keep from flipping over, but I called him a few choice words. Later I did the exact same thing to a guy in a class 11 car, so I guess it shows I should remove the log from my own eye before I criticize the spec in my neighbors. Luckily, it only caused a little fiberglass damage to our left rear fender. The truck was running great, and we started staying to the upwind side of the course to minimize the dust impact. By race mile 10 I saw Kurt Youngs' Toyota ahead, and we slowly reeled him in. We battled with Kurt for a few miles, swapping the lead 2 or three times, then got by on the inside of a corner for good. Next up was the Jeep pickup number 723. He was tough to catch, but we finally got by in some silt and put him behind us for good. Somewhere in there we also passed 744, because at the end of the first lap we were in 3rd place behind Tyler Fox and Javier Avila. Our average speed was 36.2 mph, vs. Avila's smokin' 38.3 mph and Fox's 36.8 mph. The second lap we knew the course better, traffic had spread out so the dust was down, and we picked up the pace a bit. We kept looking ahead for other 7S trucks, but never saw them. In a silt bed I dodged left to miss a big rock, and the left rear wheel came off. We thought it was a flat, but the lug nuts had all come off and the wheel was 100 yards behind the truck. We called for help on the radio, got out, and assessed the damage. A spectator rolled our tire over, but the wheel was ruined. Dan went to jack up the truck and the jack handle was gone. He borrowed one from the spectator and started jacking up the truck while I pulled one lug nut off of each of the remaining wheels. At the same time I checked to see if any other lug nuts were loose, and found that the other rears were; evidently we hadn't seated the studs all the way when we pressed them in last Tuesday night. Zach showed up with one more lug nut, so now we had 4 for each wheel at least. There was gear oil everywhere, and Zach got to work taking the hub apart, cleaning the sand out of it, and putting everything back together. We put the spare tire on, jumped on the lug wrench to make sure the nuts were tight, and got back on course in about 45 minutes. Unfortunately, everyone got by us while we were stopped, and we were in last place again. We finished the second lap with an average speed of 21.6 mph due to the unplanned repair stop. At the pit we added gear oil, checked the lug nuts, and Doug and Zach got in. Doug and Zach got up to speed quickly, with a first lap average speed of 34 mph and a team best of the day 37.2 mph on the last lap. At the awards ceremony we found out that Tyler Fox had broken something after his 3rd lap and didn't finish, and that we had managed to get 3rd place behind Avila and Kurt. Neither of them had a breakdown all day. In typical class 7S fashion, only 4 of the 7 starters finished the race. We were thankful to be one of the finishers. After the awards ceremony was the Chili cookoff. Leonard was representing Long Beach Racers with his flavorful, smoking hot chili. The judge tasted it twice, sweating like a pig the whole time, but in the end chose something milder for the top honors. All in all it was a great weekend, a fun race, and a great opportunity to come together as a team. God answered our prayers for a finish and kept us all safe. We'll hang our 3rd place plaque on the shop wall this Tuesday night as we get started on prepping the truck for the Powderpuff race October 11th. Hope to see you there. |
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Edge of Control
We're all starting to get excited about the new BAJA: Edge of control video game coming out this month. Here are a few links and screen shots in advance of the release.
The big news is that the Long Beach Racers Tacoma and Trophy Karts will both be featured! Advance shots of our trucks aren't available yet, but Michelle Bizarro from the company that developed the game said she'll let me know as soon as they are available, and I'll post them here, so stay tuned. You can get more info here (There's a link to our website on the "Partners" Tab - under Race Teams, scroll down to Long Beach Racers) http://www.bajagame.com Or watch the trailer here: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32547.html?type= DOMINATE THE DESERT IN THE MOST REALISTIC OFF-ROAD EXPERIENCE TO DATE IN THQ'S BAJA™ 
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MORE Race Report
What a fun race format! You MORE guys really know how to have a good time. The drag race start, everything is close to the main pit, people are friendly and laid back, I can't say enough good things about MORE and this race in particular.
Our race was eventful if not successful. Doug Hood, a long time member of our team, got to start the race in the driver seat for the first time. Unfortunately for us... - Broke 4 teeth off the pinion gear at RM9. George Kane pulled the truck back to the big trailer behind his ultimate Jeep, we didn't have a spare 3rd member, but we did have an old ring and pinion, so we swapped them out (cooled the spool in the ice chest, heated the ring gear in the sun) and started over 4 hours behind everyone else. This was a real team effort, we had RJ and Pasor Steve under the truck, Tom Rose and Zach setting up the new gears, I R&R'd the axles, and Marco, Mike Schmitt and Leonard went over the underhood stuff and generally went over the truck to make sure everything else was OK. FYI - Ford 9" full floater, gears and axles were new less than a year ago, everything had been crack checked and the backlash re-set by a competent shop before San Felipe, had less than 400 miles on it including prerunning and racing. We were using Swepco 240 gear oil, and have never had a failure in 5 years of racing : ( - Truck ran great for 51 Miles of our first lap (60 including the 9 we had to do twice). - At RM 51 the ignition problem that we thought we'd fixed after San Felipe came back; Managed to nurse the truck across the line and back to the trailer. Replaced the Igniter and the truck fired up, so we sent Zach out on a lap with a new co-dog, Mark Sasaki, but the intermittent ignition came back after 20 miles, and we had to tow the truck back to the pit (again). - This time we took the ECU apart and looked at it (Tom Rose said it was like a bunch of pigs looking at a wristwatch) and couldn't identify which component was getting hot, but the act of cooling the circuit boards down to ambient temp (around 48F or so) seemed to help. - We put Chris Livingston in the driver seat with Brian Connelly (Chris is a long time Co-Dog, fisrt time driver, RJ is a first timer with a lot of desert experience) and they completed a second lap, although the intermittent condition came back around RM 36, and got progressively worse until it finally dies for good right at the trailer after completing lap # 2. By then it was 1:30 AM, so we shut it down and went to sleep. - Altogether we only finished 2 laps, but did the first 9 miles 4 times and the first 20 miles 3 times, for about 140 miles overall. This was a valuable learning experience for us, as we think we have the ignition problem narrowed down to a faulty ECU or a Crank Position Sensor that gets intermittent once it reaches a certain temperature. The rest of the truck worked flawlessly, other than a minor power steering cooler leak (do any of you NOT use a pwer steering cooler? Seems like we're always getting a leak in ours). Leonard Madrid, our resident welder, managed to melt two male fittings together to make a union so we bypassed the cooler for the last lap. Overall, everyone had a great time, we came together as a team to solve a lot of difficult problems, and got 2 new drivers and 2 new co-dogs some seat time. |
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Race Truck Update
The San Felipe 250 was a heartbreaker for the Long Beach Racers team. We spent a lot of time and money preparing for this race; Solo Motorsports practically rebuilt the entire truck, we pre-ran the whole course in the race truck the weekend before (faster than John Holmes winning speed) and had virtually no problems, other than a broken passenger side leaf spring, which we fixed before the race. During the race, the truck performed flawlessly off the start, we skied the big jump the locals put in on the dump road, and passed Heidi Steele and Norm Turley in the silt beds around RM 50. Turley eventually blew his motor and DNF'd, but Heidi finished 4th. We also passed Jesse James' trophy truck at race mile 12, where an unknown malady had him sidelined. Seems like it was a bad day for everyone from Long Beach.
At RM58 we had to pass Heidi again, because their prerunning had identified a graded dirt road a few hundred yards from the course that let them pass us, but we caught them in the whoops and were just going by when the ignition started cutting out. We pulled over and tried to troubleshoot the problem, aided by Brian Connelly (RJ) and his Dad, who pulled up just in time. We found that the engine would die when we turned on the radiator fan, so we thought we had it isolated to a bad ignition switch, which took power from the same place. When we "hotwired" the ignition switch, it seemed to run OK, so we took off and tried to play catch up. We were the last truck in our class to get through Checkpoint 1. Then the engine dies again. This time the EMS relay seemed hot, so we swapped it for another relay and looked for bad grounds in the system. The engine started again, so we took off, but only went about 10 miles before it cut out again, right at RM93 (Morelia Junction). This time Zach, Doug, Andrew, Leonard, Riley, Brian, his Dad, and Andrew's friend were all there at Zoo Road. We checked every connection we could, tightened all the components, did a driver swap, and Doug & Zach took off to try to get a finish. They finally coasted to a stop at RM106, did the match and figured out that even if we could make Checkpoint 2, which was doubtful, there was no way the truck would make it through Matomi in that condition, and called for a tow back to Pete's Camp. Other than breaking the driver side leaf spring this time, the truck is in great shape. The guys from Solo did a thorough prep job, and we give them the credit for the truck holding together. Intermittent electrical issues are always tough to solve, so we are going to run the MORE Day & Night 500 as a test to make sure that the truck will be ready for the Best In The Desert Vegas to Reno race this August. |
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Race Truck Update
We preran last weekend and the truck worked great. The course is brutal for the first 40 or 50 miles as usual, but it speeds up after that, thanks to some new routing and firmer packing due to all the recent rains. It's beautiful out there as well, with purple sage all over the ground.
We will be staying at Pete's Camp (El Paraiso), 7 miles North of San Felipe. We have 12 campsites reserved, sp just look for me when you get there so we can give you a chase assignment. We'll have our final pit and chase meeting this Tuesday night at the race shop. Viva Baja! |
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Race Truck Update
The truck has been prepped by the great guys at Solo Motorsports, the transmission has been dialed in by Tony at Rancho Drivetrain Engineering, Chet, our resident electrical Genius, will come over this weekend to update the wiring and make a few repairs, and Doug is taking the truck to Tim at Glassworks Unlimited on Tuesday to have the new fenders and hood made. After that the truck will go back to Solo to get the fender mounts made, then to the LBR Shop where Pat Wynne will put the new livery on. Uncle Pat is no doubt lighting up a smoke and cleaning out his primer gun as we speak, Coors Light in hand... We'll be working Tuesday night to finish the trailer so that it will be ready for our next test session. Stay tuned, hope you can make it Tuesday night. |
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Truck Update
Long Beach Racers Update - Our Engine is back from Bruce Nogrady and the transmission is back from Rancho Drivetrain Engineering. Solo Motorsports is prepping the truck for San Felipe, and it will be ready to go to Glassworks on February 18. From Glassworks it will go back to the LBR shop to be covered in our new, top-secret livery. We plan to get a test day in before the race, and for the first time ever, will pre-run in the race truck to confirm performance as well as logistics and radio coverage, etc. We're out to win this one. That's right - the Long Beach Racers Tacoma will have a new look for San Felipe. Stay tuned for advanced pics on the website shortly before the race. GodSpeed. |
