2003 TRX450R NOT
#21
2003 TRX450R NOT
Originally posted by: TyreSpinner
Just wondering, but how can a big slow Ute beat high-end sport quads??
Just wondering, but how can a big slow Ute beat high-end sport quads??
The last Rincon that won baja hit top speeds of about 75 I heard.
#22
2003 TRX450R NOT
The key to winning the Baja 1000 is to keep moving. I'm sure that the modified quads just had more problems than normal. They spent to much time in the pits, being worked on. The reliable Rincon just kept plugging along at medium pace and beat everyone else to the finish. I'm sure it had nothing to do with mud or nasty terrain. The course is setup to allow many types of race cars run on it, most of them are 2wd cars. If a sections gets to bad (mud, silt or snow) before an event, the score officals will reroute the course. Most of my life I have asked to myself "what if all the fast guys broke and someone in the slower class won overall?" Well, this is one case where that did happen. It's neat to see the slower class take the overall. They did a great job and earned the victory. But that does not mean that the Rincon is faster than all the other quads. I just means it was on that day, at that race. It's simply a matter of fact, that someone had to win the overall and that was the team with the least amount of down time.
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#25
2003 TRX450R NOT
There is one Yammie 450 racing the Baja1000 that I know of and that is Greg Row and Wayne Matlock. Bombardier has two DS650 racing. (one is ridden by me) Honda has two 450r racing but i dont think Farr is racing one. Eichner on one and Danny Rudd on the other. The Rincon won last year because all the fast quads had major downtime.
#26
2003 TRX450R NOT
Factory backed Rincon won. There's a big difference. It wasn't stock. The only thing they admitted to was what was seen by the eye. The modded machines are being worked on to much. Always wrenching on them. Them guys just can't sit still. Mechanics disease. If it ain't broke make it break.
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