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

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I second that vincent


Ride on
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I just want to say to everyone on the Manx NORRA 1000 team: Job well done! Way to represent! The months of planning and weeks of long days of work paid off! Glad to hear everyone made it thru safe and sound.
Enjoy the ride back home.
Congrats!!! :clap:
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For a view of the course, here's an outboard camera view of Robby Gordon's Roofcam footage from stage 4.

https://www.facebook.com/PlanetRobby/vi ... 4/?fref=nf
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An update from Mike:
manxvair wrote:One more day in Mexico. We spent the night in El Rosario, if all goes according to plan we'll be back in the USA this afternoon. We are still driving the buggies and looking at the trailer queen racers. It won't be much longer and the buggies will be back in their barn. Then it will be time for another awesome adventure.
"Wow what a ride!"

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The teams are back on US soil!
manxvair wrote:Team Meyers Manx back on US soil and heading to Valley Center.

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vincent9993 wrote:For a view of the course, here's an outboard camera view of Robby Gordon's Roofcam footage from stage 4.

https://www.facebook.com/PlanetRobby/vi ... 4/?fref=nf
I got to drive this section, It was a lot of fun with a beautiful view of the Sea of Cortez.
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I'm totally impressed with alll of your efforts. Congrats.
I can't wait for the stories... :clap:
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We made a stop at Meyers Manx HQ to drop off Bruce & Winnie,
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and then the buggies returned to their barn that we left 9 days ago,
Image We drove them to the race, raced them, and drove them home! No trailer queens here, some of us are home now yet still others will not be home for a few more days, again thanks to all the wives for letting us go play and live our dreams. There will be more to follow as we get our pictures uploaded, stay tuned.


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LIke Mike said thanks to our wifes for letting us do this great adventure and thanks to the Aussie's for taking up along
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Good job guys, welcome home.



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Congratulations! You all did a wonderful job representing the inaugural run of the Meyers Manx class. I'm proud to know you!
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Thanks guys I am sure everyone who did it appreciated the support and effort taken to follow us.

It was a great event and something that was well worth doing.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFuSNg0ADbM[/youtube]

We didn't even use smoke or mirrors to get it done :)
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Hey guys - you're getting coverage in the electronic version of Hot Rod. http://www.hotrod.com/events/1504-giant ... oad-rally/ Tom
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yeah it is funny how small Marties DualSport looks next to the Baja Edition

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OK so I finally got some pictures uploaded, not to many from the preparation as there was not much time to take pictures. There was a lot of work to do I was only there 3 days before the departure date. The checklists were full, the attention to detail was important. The fabrication skills and the equipment available made it all possible.
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Almost ready to go!
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On the road finally, on the 1 day of the year it rains in So-Cal, my C2C trip started like that and that was an incredible journey!
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Later then planned we made it to Horsepower Ranch in Ensenada.
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L-R Manxter Dual Sport Baja Edition, Manxter Dual Sport, Manxter Kick Out.
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