VIVA!! BAJA

Gabe here, just like to say thanks to all. the crew is some of the best. Mexico is always an adventure and it's twice as sweet when you work along side people with as much heart as
the JTR crew. The race for Jake and i started at mile 679 it was dark and we were fired up to get the car to John with a good lead. not having much time in the seat it took a few miles to sort the car out and it was running strong. feeling good we began to pick up the pace all the way to scorpion bay only to find there was no fuel oops!!! the pit was not there. no problem just hammer down to the loreto check where the JTR boys would come to the rescue. well boom the jeep shut down just before la presma, we think the coil got hot and shut it down! changing to the second coil she fired up and we were back on the road. arriving at the loreto check the JTR boys gave us a quick splash and look over. At this point the average for our section was around 65mph yaaaaahoooo! back on the pipe we started the last 40 miles, this section was were many would not survive. at race mile 880 big silt! this would continue for 15 miles the little jeep kept chugging along until an encounter with a rock sent the front of the jeep into orbit. breaking the pan hard bar. but it was not long before the JTR boys came to the rescue. Dave that boy jumped into action! changing it out in about 15min he rocks! away we went but much easier. with no other moments we handed the car to john early morning. you boys at JTR put together a great car and it was a prevliage to be able to race with all of you. Gabe out VIVA BAJA!!!!!!!!

A Daughters Gift

Home at 3:30am Monday. I woke up at 7am so I could see Chris and the kids before they were off to school. It seemed like it had been months since I had been able to spend any time with them, well 4 months anyways. Feels good to be home after our long journey. My daughter tells me she has a present for me, grabs my hand and leads me to her room. She tells me; I wrote you a song, would you like to here it? well, of course I would love to hear it. She picked up her little guitar and started playing music. I am pretty sure there were no actual notes or chords played, but it sounded beautiful to me. She played her guitar and said her song was called the Baja song. Her song told about her daddy going to baja to race the baja truck, she missed me while I was gone and how much she loved me.
It is hard for me to put words to this. I am very touched by her words, especially coming from a 6 year old. She gave me a gift well beyond my expectations.
I am glad to be home, but I don't know if my mind has actually made it home yet.
I am very proud to have been a part of such a huge event with a group of people that performed well together to get the job done for 1166 miles. that is well past a baja 1000, just not this one. We will have to finish it next year. Thanks.
Tony