Baja 500 Military Inspections

[Wendell #527]

We pre-ran the course this weekend. Awsome course, lots of long fast areas, and some rough rocky areas---especially over the summit. We had two military inspections we didn't expect. They weren't in the normal checkpoint areas, they were out in the middle of nowhere on the course. They were cool. They just had us get out and they checked out all our camping gear. We gave them a few sodas and they thanked us and we were on our way. We felt very safe having all those guys around. I'm glad they were there. We slept on the side of the trail and felt safe. We never had any problems all weekend. Hopefully it will stay that way.

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[racecodriver]

We saw those two guys. Talk about in the middle of nowhere!!!

Wonder what they did wrong to get dropped off there. No truck, just 2 guys in the ABSOLUTE middle of nowhere

We went through Friday with just a pass then Saturday they wanted to look in the cooler.
They seemed pretty cool

[CHROMOLY77]

i saw some guys on thursday they where 2 of them they stop us i ask one of them what they where doing in the middle of nowhere and he reply theres 10 of right here in different places then we notice 3 more behind a bush.i think it is going to be safer then any other race.

[RocketMan]

were they stopping you out near cohibuzo jct.? we ran into some unexpected stops there a few years back when they ran the loop 1000 over the summit..

[CHROMOLY77]

no we where stop by 3 hermanos and then by cerro grande i think is race mile 110

[Relvsurfs]

We had a great pre run also .. no problems actualy lost my cell phone in town and ha !!d it returned never has that happened in the states ! Go Bingham !

[Wendell #527]

We got stopped at milemarkers 205 and 255. Same deal, there were more in the bushes kind of back behind us a little. We had sodas for them, too! I'm glad to hear you guys had good luck there, too.

[gunit]

I read on another site that some prerunners were asked at these military checkpoints about their race radios and if they had permits for them, I also read (as of yet unsubstantiated) stories that radios were being confiscated because of no permit. Did they ask you about your radio when you were stopped?

[MattV]

I read on another site that some prerunners were asked at these military checkpoints about their race radios and if they had permits for them, I also read (as of yet unsubstantiated) stories that radios were being confiscated because of no permit. Did they ask you about your radio when you were stopped?

I can see it happening. I know that the Mexican Government requires US Licensed Amateur licensees to obtain a reciprocal permit. Sounds like a real pain in the arse based on everything I've read about it. Here's a link with a little info for the HAM stuff, which may or may not apply to the race radios...

http://www.geocities.com/wd9ewk/xe-permit.html

[milestonemotorsports]

I read on another site that some prerunners were asked at these military checkpoints about their race radios and if they had permits for them, I also read (as of yet unsubstantiated) stories that radios were being confiscated because of no permit. Did they ask you about your radio when you were stopped?

We were prerunning over the weekend we were asked about our radios. how many we had Then had me turn it on and checked the frequency we were on then sent us on our way