Wayne
Matlock makes his debut on the TRX 700XX
and brings home his first ever SCORE BAJA
500 Win
Ensenada, Mexico (6/10/2008)
– The Tecate SCORE Baja 500 is legendary
in its trial of both man and machine. Many who enter
the event fall victim to the treacherous terrain
and harsh conditions, and anyone who would run a
first year production quad in this race would be
taking a huge risk; however, this year two teams
put the new Honda TRX 700XX to the test and conquered
the Baja 500. Not only did the teams, headed up
by Wayne Matlock (3a Team) and Mike Cafro (1a Team)
conquer the course, Matlock’s team took the
win, with Cafro’s team only 00:8:25 behind,
in third place.
The 1a team, consisting of Mike Cafro, Chad Prull,
and Danny Prather were having a pretty good go of
things off the start. Mike Cafro was the first rider
out “The bike performed really well. I rode
it to the 40 mile marker where Chad (Prull) took
over,” said Cafro. Unfortunately, Prull’s
turn got off to a rocky start. “Chad crashed
just 50 feet out of the pits. He hit a washed out
section and flipped the bike. Chad was ok and got
back on the bike and took off, but he broke the
throttle housing, which we had to replace and the
next pit stop,” Cafro explained. The extra
time in the pits cost the 1a team 13minutes, which
they were unable to make up. Despite their third
place finish, Cafro was still a little disappointed.
“Things didn’t go quite as good as we
wanted them to. Third is ok, but we came down here
hoping to win so we could hang onto the #1 plate,”
he concluded.
The
SCORE Series is huge in Mexico as it attracts
thousands of locals out to catch a glimpse
of the vehicles either on the city streets
or out in the middle of no where in the
desert
An
early wreck prevented Mike Cafro's team
from challenging Matlock for the win, but
they are pumped for the Baja 1000 coming
in November
With a couple of races left in the SCORE season,
including the Baja 1000, Cafro’s team still
has a shot at taking home the points win for the
year. “We only had a couple of months to
get the bike together, which isn’t a lot
of time because it is a new bike and we had to
take a lot of time designing and developing new
aftermarket parts for it, but we should have it
dialed in pretty good in time for the Baja 1000,”
Cafro said confidently.
