Official NORRA 2015 MEXICAN 1000 thread (April 25-29)

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Official NORRA 2015 MEXICAN 1000 thread (April 25-29)

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We'll be using this thread to cover the activities of our friends participating in the 2015 MEXICAN 1000.

See our friends build thread here:
Brad C's Team Manxter build
Brad C's Team Tow'd build

http://www.norra.com/
https://www.facebook.com/NorraFanPage

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Schedule:
Apr 25: Tech Inspection - Ensenada
Apr 26: Ensenade - Bay of L.A.
Apr 27: Bahia de Los Angeles - Loreto
Apr 28: Loreto - La Paz
Apr 29: La Paz - Cabo Corridor

Photo bomb of the 2014 support group
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Bucket list item...
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Join us in St Louis for Manx in the Middle 2017!!!

Im not a complete idiot...there are pieces missing.
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A little bit of historical info before the mayhem starts!
Bruce Meyers (left) and Ted Mangels celebrate their 1967 Baja record run with "Old Red."
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NORRA History wrote:The first race to be sanctioned by the organization would be the 1967 "Mexican 1000 Rally" beginning in Tijuana and racing from Ensenada to La Paz. 68 vehicles started the race competing in four classes. For the first time different types of vehicles would compete against each other. After the first vehicle, the Meyers Manx Buggy #10 driven by Vic Wilson and Ted Mangels came across the line Pearlman knew he had an event that held great potential.
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Build Race Party wrote:Bruce Meyers (right) straps into one of three Meyers Manx-entered factory “Tow’d” race cars with co-driver Bill “Wheelo” Anderson for the start of the 1968 NORRA Mexican 1000. Several hours later Meyers crashed the car and severely fractured both legs and his left ankle. His trip back to San Diego for medical attention took 22 hours and Meyers quit racing until the 2002 Baja 1000.
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Autoweek wrote:After 1,300 miles, 96 hours, two engines, three transmissions, a busted exhaust, a bent shifter, a stuck throttle, countless bottles of water, much swearing and the looming threat of heat exhaustion, Bruce Meyers and the Meyers Manx Race Team buggy drove through the finish line at the town square of San Jose Del Cabo and completed the damn 2014 NORRA Mexican 1000 once and for all.

Finally -- for Meyers' and the number 1964 buggy's first time -- they had successfully navigated the Baja Peninsula and finished under their own power.
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As part of next weekend’s festivities, the newly restored car, now owned by Fred and Ginny Willert of El Cajon, Calif., will make its first public debut since the late 1980s – first at Friday night’s NORRA function at Ensenada’s Horsepower Ranch, and then in the “General Tire Vintage Round-Up” at downtown’s Riviera Convention Center on Saturday, April 25th.
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Nice! Thanks for posting
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Here are the day-by-day maps.

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Quick update from our insiders at the Meyers Manx HQ:
manxvair wrote:LONG working days, and still a bit to do.
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Looks like the crew is heading to Baja tomorrow morning.

Looks like it's going to be nice weather for the race...

Ensenada
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We can almost taste the busy activity that must be going on in the Meyers Manx HQ...

Mike sent us this quick note overnight (1:26am).
manxvair wrote:We've been burning the midnight oil getting the buggies prepared, not really any time to take any photos . Tomorrow we head south to Horsepower ranch and the next stage begins, hopefully I can get you some photos from there. Mike
Lets hope they bring enough Pesos and get to relax a little in Horsepower Ranch!

I'll try to report back later today.
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Less than 24h before green flag... Here's some videos to help you with the wait!



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It's official, the team is heading across the border.
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Team Tow'd ready to make some dust!

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Our team Manx are ready to battle it out in Baja!

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The teams are in good hands... Bruce approved!

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Those buggies are way too clean for the race!
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