2006 39th Tecate SCORE Baja
1000
November 15-18, 2006
ATV Race Overview
La Paz, Mexico (11/19/06) –
Danny Prather's Pro Team was able to overcome the elements
and win the Baja 1000 with nearly two hours to spare
over Jeff Hancock's Team in second place. Everything
fell into place for Prather's Team as they had a virtually
trouble free race with only a HID light switch failure,
which forced them to switch to their backup PIA lights
for approx. 40 miles before installing another HID lighting
system to finish the race. With Prather's Team winning
the race and Wayne Matlock's Team finishing in fifth
place, Prather’s Team also wrapped up the SCORE
Desert Series Championship.
In the Sportsman ATV Class, David McCarroll’s
Team secured the win over 17 entries with only 7 teams
finishing the 1,047 mile journey from Ensenada, Baja
California, to La Paz, BC Sur, Mexico. McCarroll’s
Team completed the race in just less than 31 hours and
secured the SCORE Desert Series Championship.
GNCC ATV Racer, Richie Brown did the unbelievable and
completed the race solo in just less than 40 hours on
a Honda TRX450R, which has been reported to be the first
solo ATV racer to ever complete the race.
Here are some Quotes about the race from a couple of
the Pro ATV race Teams provided by SCORE:
No. 7a Danny Prather (1st Place)
"That was an awesome course! Man, those rocks
were gnarly! It was a good time. I just looked back
and saw that I had a truck behind me. We just barely
beat them…good times!! It was a perfect race.
We changed a couple of rear tires to keep them fresh.
All the guys did what they need, we came here to win.
Mike Cafro started and took it to Ojos; He gave
it to Dana Skreech in Puertecitos; Mike Cafro got back
on and took it to Bahia de Los Angeles; Levi Marana
took it to San Ignacio; Mark Speath to north of Loreto;
I took it Loreto down to Ciudad Insurgentes; Levi got
back on to, rode to Santa Rita and I took it from Santa
Rita home, back to the finish line.
I knew that the next team was coming. I kept looking
back. He was getting close for about the last 30 miles.
I could feel him. There’s a fast stretches and
I knew he’d be coming in soon. I’m surprised
he didn’t catch me earlier. But I’m glad
he didn’t, man. I hate getting passed by those
guys.
I’ve never won a Baja 1000 and this is by
far the best one to win. Going down to La Paz is just
awesome. I can’t even explain it.
Everybody had some issues, but we were spared this
one and we pulled it off.
It feels good, man. It’s a sweet win, a great
win! I’m hoping we win some money!"
No. 4a Jeff Hancock (2nd Place)
Co-driver, Larry Hancock: "It was pretty fun.
We had a tight battle for probably the first 500 or
600 miles and we broke an A-arm. Luckily we were close
enough to a road we got an A-arm and a front shock in,
put that back on but we lost about an hour or an hour
and a half. You know, other than that, no major problems
all day.
Jeff Hancock started. Kyle Pethens ran through
San Felipe. Jeff got back on and ran down to Bahia de
Los Angeles. I got on, then Kyle got on. I brought it
in the last 100 miles. It was great fun.
The logistics is probably the most challenging
part, just getting the trucks coming down. When you’re
on a bike, you just ride as fast as you can. That’s
all you know how to do. But, you know just getting the
stuff where it needs to be. Just having a team that
can get that stuff really helps."
Pro
ATV Overall Results (7 out of 9 Teams Finished) |
Pos. |
Team |
Time |
ATV |
1. |
Danny Prather,
Mike Cafro, Levi Marana, Marc Speath |
22:37 |
TRX450R |
2. |
Jeff Hancock, Joshua
Edwards, Kirk Schreier |
24:27 |
TRX450R |
3. |
Josh Frederick,
Tony Baker, Shane Strunk, Michael Swift |
24:55 |
Renegade |
4. |
Alex Camanini,
Carmen Cafro, Earl Thigpen, Allen Fox |
25:04 |
SRP650 |
5. |
Wayne Matlock,
Chad Prull, Keith Little, Wes Miller |
26:48 |
TRX450R |
6. |
Josh Fink, Kevin
Thompson, Jason Miller |
30:29 |
TRX450R |
7. |
Carl Penny, Tony
Bowden, Branden Sims |
31:41 |
Raptor |
Sportsman
ATV Overall Results (7 out of 17 Teams Finished) |
Pos. |
Team |
Time |
ATV |
1. |
David McCarroll,
Eric Lemley, Brett Callen, Travis Dillon |
30:56 |
TRX450R |
Ironman
Overall Results (1 out of 1 Teams Finished) |
Pos. |
Team |
Time |
ATV |
1. |
Richie Brown -
Dahlonega, GA - 26:61mph |
39:22 |
TRX450R |
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