I am very interested to know the total story of the winning rincons. Are there any web links than have the facts of how it was done. Most articles I have found say that the rincons were bone stock which I know is a lie. I have heard stories of payoffs ,savotage to other teams,stolen gas cans,and pure luck. How many quads actually entered /finished the race. Did any stock rincons enter. How did they do. Was Honda the only factory backed machine. Has Honda backed anything else since or was this just a one time publicity stunt. Did they have a support truck,helicopter ,pit crew every 10 miles or what?
I know the Ricon is a great machine but come on. Whats the story with all the other machines . Please post some links.

 

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Dirt Wheels did an article on the Rincon's a while ago and they definately were not stock. I know they took out the driveshaft and everything in the front end to make it 2wd and lighten it up some. Other modifications included, custom 7 gallon aluminum gas tank, Showa shock (but with stock travel), modified airbox, HGA Performance Exhaust, ECU Re-mapping (changed gear ratios and shift points), and Ohlins stearing stabilizer. They clocked it with a chase truck and said it could go 72mph vs. the stock 65mph.

 

From CT Racing's News page:


<FONT size=4><B>Baja 1000</B></FONT>
<FONT size=2>Team CT racing just completed the Baja 1000. Jimmy Stephensen, Cain Smead, and Mike Caffro set an easy pace early in the race. With two wins in the previous two races (San Felipe and Baja 500) we needed a good finish to win the Score Championship. Our strategy was to let the race come to us. By check 2 we had moved to second and were just keeping a good pace with Mike at the controls. Cain jumped on at about 350 mile mark, just as it began to get dark. Cain lost the 2 main headlights and was down to the backup. Cain stopped at a Honda pit and asked for some bulbs, they had him wait for a few minutes and then told him they had none. Cain set off on coarse and two miles later lost the backup. He rode back to the Honda pit in the dark with no light at all. Team Honda decided to cough a couple of bulbs. Total time lost over an hour. Jimmy got controls at about midnight. About 20 miles into the run he lost all lights. Kevin Avina in one of the three chase trucks was able too run him down and swap light racks and send Jimmy off to the finish. Other than light problems the quad was never wrenched on just air filters and fuel. We had zero flats running Maxis Razor's. Our finish position was fourth.</FONT>
<FONT size=2>The 5a Honda Rincon team was Docked 4 positions moving them back too fifth for cutting the course. They admitted to us that they had cut the course after the DQ, but Honda politics was able to get them re-instated as the winner. </FONT>