robi2106's Journal: Baja 1000 - Micron's Appleton Wins Class

There will soon be some real neat video from the Micron Team's Baja race cars. Micron CEO Appleton, with his brother in the car, drove the Baja 1000 and won the race for their class of vehicle. There are some neat clips on the site and more will be available on various news reels to be released soon.

Now Steve Appleton isn't exactly a slouch when it come to doing fun things, having been a motocross racer and a stunt plane pilot. But part of his team's win is no doubt to the hundreds of thousands (if not million or so) that goes into all the support crews, vehicles, etc. Consider that he leased some vehicles from the guy that created some of the first Baja race cars, so he had some good vehicles.

In other news, I just found out that the fastest compact flash, and possibly the highest quality flash memory, made under the Lexar brand is actually Micron memory. Wooo! Go Local guys. And some of the best PC memory is made by Micron under the Crucial name. Nifty.

Back to the Baja. I highly suggest at least watching the trailer for, if not the movie of, Dust To Glory which is made by the same people that made Step Into Liquid the amazing documentary about surfers. The trailer for both is available in a variety of formats. It is an all digital production (HD filming and digital delivery) so the clips look amazing. Windows Media 9 and Quicktime available. And when they say "Large trailer" they are not kidding. 1000kbps is available. The Dust to Glory trailer is available on YouTube if you want to see it in low res.

There is just something neat about seeing guys / gals racing the 1000 in massive racing trucks and then seeing some other guys racing the whole thing on a motocross bike! How crazy do you have to be to drive that thing for 40 hours straight by yourself on a bike! Then there are some guys racing it on 4 wheelers and others in dune buggies (like Appleton). Amazing physical race in any case. Look at a list of some of the people racing and it is a who's who of racing including Indy, Nascar, Motocross, and more. That seems to indicate that if you are into racing, then this is as hard as it gets.

In any case, the Baja 1000 is the source of many neat videos, so hit up your favorite video sharing site and see what is new.

If I win a lottery

[GMontag]

I might do some real racing if I win a lottery or something. Until then, I must stick with watching others.

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[robi2106]

seriously.... if you have the money to blow, then why not test yourself with it. Loads of fun.

(journal edited since you posted with more fun videos and a movie about the Baja)

jason