Disguised 2015 F-150 ran the Baja 1000?

[randy s]

with aluminum body panels, it will make doing any body work a challenge seems like...

 

[Roice]

How did they get the magnets to stick to aluminum?

 

[Chris Tobin]

How did they get the magnets to stick to aluminum?

Duh, they are special Ford aluminum magnets!!!

 

[Roice]

Ha ha!

 

[Offspring]

"That's the toughest baja 1000 and you did it in a stock truck" "Pretty crazy"

There was some finely crafted language from start to finish in that clip.

 

[partybarge_pilot]

did you see the hole in the fender where a jeep speed ran into them? I thought that it would have been a dead giveaway on the aluminum panels.

Saw the missing D-side headlight, did not notice the material of the fenders.

 

[John Black]

How did they get the magnets to stick to aluminum?

Those were my magnets.... they used duct tape.... mystery solved

 

[El Mamito USMC]

I guess i found out my next truck.. why Nissan doesnt do this..

 

[partybarge_pilot]

I guess i found out my next truck.. why Nissan doesnt do this..

I would wait a year or 2 to buy one............

 

[Roice]

Those were my magnets.... they used duct tape.... mystery solved

It was more of a joke than mystery

 

[az_amsoil]

Finished the B1k, slapped a windshield on and drove it back to Detroit...pretty impressive!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.643065502416843.1073741836.302031903186873&type=1

 

[Chris Tobin]

SCORE shows #227 as a DNF for the 1000. Maybe they did time out.

Finished the B1k, slapped a windshield on and drove it back to Detroit...pretty impressive!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.643065502416843.1073741836.302031903186873&type=1

Well, maybe drove the entire course... but apparently they timed out so they did not actually finish the Baja 1000. Still cool for the factory to be involved at all though!

 

[Short Bus]

I would wait a year or 2 to buy one............

Just in time for the Raptor version to be released.

 

[baja619]

Same article - referenced on Road & Track
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-shows/2014-detroit-auto-show/2015-ford-f-150-baja-1000-prototype-ford-snuck-in

 

[Chris Tobin]

The Official SCORE 2013 Baja 1000 results show the 227 as a DNF!

http://score-international.com/2013-tecate-score-baja-1000-results/

How is Ford saying they completed the race??? They may have ran the whole course but they did not finish the race!!!

Also the lead photo in the Road & Track article clearly shows the tow strap connected to the bumper and tossed through the windshield opening. I guess they got tired of putting it away after being frequently towed or something like that!!!

Ford definitely stretched the truth about the capabilities of the truck and now irresponsible editors are repeating, compounding and embellishing the story further! That is a bummer!!!

 

[Short Bus]

Can anyone make sense of this track

http://trackleaders.com/baja1k13i.php?name=227_Steve_Olliges

 

[partybarge_pilot]

Was Fish driving?

 

[jeff]

Was Fish driving?

Ha!

Aloha

 

[Chris Tobin]

Can anyone make sense of this track

http://trackleaders.com/baja1k13i.php?name=227_Steve_Olliges

So did the truck actually run the race at all????

 

[dan200]

Anyone remember those gigantic (possibly armored) trucks that ran in Baja a few years ago? They weighed a million pounds or something.
Weren't they only entered as part of a marketing strategy?
I thought they timed out but were saying they "completed" the race since they drove all the miles.

Even with the DNF, making it all the way around the 2013 Baja 1000 loop and then driving home is a decent accomplishment. (If that's what they did) I see claiming to have finished a bit of a stretch considering they were past the time limit. But, as a parallel, nobody actually finished the 2013 Baja "1000" since the actual race was less than 900 miles, right?