Mercado de Reflacciones Gran Prix

CODE kicks off their season with the Mercado de Reflacciones Gran Prix just outside Mexicali near the Laguna Salada dry lake. This race can be summed up in three words as to another reason why the CODE series is so very cool… LAND RUSH START!

LAND RUSH START!

Setup with a similar layout to a Laughlin event that we are use to in the United States with the added coolness of a land rush start, the racers would run two heats; one in the morning and another in the afternoon over some of Baja’s finest terrain.

Gotta love Baja

Alfonso Lacarra and partner Joaquin Rodriguez talked about the exciting new season they have lined up for the New Year. “We have some great things coming this year, this race is sponsored by Mercado de Reflacciones who sponsored our Jacume race last year and we’re really happy to have them on board.” Said Lacarra. “We had a great race this weekend and they were a big part of it.” “ We also have our all ladies event coming in May called “Racing for Boobs” its for an association called Mujeres que Viven which means Women the Live and they are helping fight breast cancer and helping educate women on breast cancer here in Baja.”

“We are also getting together with NORRA this year for their second rally event in September, we’re fusing that event with our Mexicana Logistics race, which is one of our strongest races. NORRA is going to start in Mexicali and race to San Felipe, spend the night there and then race to Ensenada where their finish for that day will be at our contingency. The next morning we will run both our races together from Ensenada back to Mexicali and have a big party at the finish here at the Bull Ring, it’s going to be an exciting event.”

CODE+NORRA=GOODTIMES!

All this plus the great racing is only a part of what CODE is and why people go south for a bit of Baja.

As for the race, it was a typical CODE race, smoothly ran, a great course, spectator friendly and awards held directly afterwards. In the CODE tradition, the teams gathered and celebrated the day’s wins over a few beers with their friends and fellow competitors. A truly good time had by all.

Keep an eye out for upcoming CODE races.

April 12^th – 14^th  VW Escomex Night Race

May 17^th – 19^th  Racing for Boobs – Mujeres que Viven

July 26^th – 28^th  Viejas Casino Jacume GP

Sept 27^th – 29^th  Mexicana Logistics 300

Nov 29^th – 30^th  Race Ready 275

Words and photos by Art Eugenio
POS FINAL
PRO
CLASE 1
18    JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ/CARLOS APDALY LOPEZ
104    ALFREDO TORRES/ALFREDO TORRES JR
43    JAVIER ROBLES
75    BENNY CANELA
88    ARMANDO BRAVO / ALLEN BRAVO
28    MANUEL ROBLES
71    RICARDO VALDEZ/FERNANDO VALDEZ
CLASE 10
1004    VICTOR VALDES JR/VICTOR VALDES SR.
1002    LUIS JAVIER SALGADO/SERGIO SALGADO
CLASE 12
1299    VIC BRUCKMANN
1202    LUIS BARRAGAN
1206    DAVID GARCIA/LUIS BARRAGAN/L BARRAGAN JR/E YEPIS
1203    MIKEY AGUILAR/ ADOLFO AGUILAR
CLASE 1/2 1600
1609    JAVI VALENZUELA    10:34:00
1605    JOSE CARLOS MARTINEZ / ROBERTO ROMO
1603    ELIAS CANCHOLA JR
1608    CESAR FISCAL
1600    ROBERTO ROMO / JUAN MAYORAL JR.
1602    KEVIN PRICE/ BRIAN TALL
1614    LUIS HERRERA/VICTOR HERRERA JR.
1607    LUIS ALONSO SAENZ / JESUS ROSALES
1606    ARNOLDO GUTIERREZ JR
1612    FRANCISCO ESCARENO
1601    EDGAR ALVAREZ JR.
1604    FERNANDO FLORES
1616    ALEX BELLOSO
CLASE 8
800    IVAN RIVERA/DARIO RIVERA/IVAN OVIEDO/E VALDEZ
801    MARCO JUVERA / JORGE JUVERA
CLASE 7
706    JAVIER MANZO / LEO MANZO
704    AARON CELICEO
705    ROLANDO GUTIERREZ
700    ALBERTO GONZALES / GUILLERMO BERENGUER
703    ARTURO ALVAREZ/FCO. LOPEZ/DONATO JIMENEZ/E REAL
702    BRANDON WALSH
718    LEONEL LIMON
CLASE 5
500    JOSE LUIS LOPEZ/J LUIS LOPEZ JR/ARNOLDO GUTIERREZ
502    MANUEL MERCADO
504    VALENTIN MEZA
517    JORGE MARTINEZ
5/1600
598    MIKE AGUILAR
554    JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ
555    MICHAEL KING/VICTOR HERRERA
551    PATRICK LAM JR / PATRICK LAM
CLASE 7s
749    ALEJANDRO PERUSINA/SERGIO
731    MIRIAM DURAZO / HUGO AGUNDEZ
724    DANIEL URIARTE
723    ISMAEL REYES JR
721    SERGIO DURON / LUIS CASTANEDA
722    OMAR RUCOBO/ RAFAEL SOSA
CLASE 9
911    JOSE C. AGUIRRE
902    ROBERTO RUIZ
905    JOSE A. GONZALEZ
949    JESSIE HERNANDEZ/NABI HERNANDEZ
900    ERIC MULLER JR/ERIC MULLER/JUAN CARLOS
CLASE 11
1102    GUILLERMO VALLE
1105    HECTOR CAZARES
1104    GILBERTO ARREOLA/RENE VALLE/DENISSE BOJORQUEZ
1149    ALEX ARROYO/MANUEL LUNA/M CUEVAS/CHICHO RGUEZ
1106    SERGIO GALINDO
SPORTMAN
CLASE 14
1407    MARIANO BRASSEA / PIT MORQUECHO
1409    ANDRES MARTINEZ/ANTONIO FERLA/RODRIGO FERLA
1405    JORGE MARIO VALDES MIRANDA/ CARLOS FLORES
1415    FRANCISCO GONZALEZ/EDUARDO GONZALEZ
1412    CESAR DE LA TORRE/JESUS DE LATORRE
1402    C PEREZ/D NAVARRETE/A NAVARRETE/LIZETH PEREZ
1449    JULIO LOZANO
1401    FCO DELGADO/MANUEL DELGADO/M VALENSUELA
1410    ALFREDO LUGO/JESUS CORDERO/LUIS YANEZ/M RIOS
1444    JESUS VELEZ
1403    RICARDO CORVERA/JAHRIM CORVERA/EDY CRISTERNA
1413    BRYAN FILER / GEORGE JACKSON
CLASE 15
1501    RAUL MARQUEZ
1505    EFRAIN PELAYO
1506    MARIO GASTELUM
1502    JAVIER ROCHIN/ALAN DE LA ROSA/DAVID VALENZUELA
1529    EDUARDO NAVARRO
CLASE 18
1801    STEVE TERRILL
1800    A RAMIREZ/G IDUARTE/R LARIOS/I GUADIANA/M RECHSTEINER
1802    MARIO LEAL/DAR√≠O MONTOYA/GUSTAVO CRUZ
CLASE 1850
1855    ARTURO MONTA—O
1853    VICTOR M. HERRERA
1898    JUAN C. RUBIO / MANUEL RUBIO
1854    ENRIQUE RAMOS

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