Longest Baja 1000 Race Ironman effort overall and modern era?

[landshark]

This might be some obscure trivia, but interested in knowing who might have successfully finished a Baja 1000 race with the most seat time in a four wheel vehicle.

I am interested in someone driving the entire race who finished under the time limit but used most of the allotted time. Assume this will be someone who did a peninsula run, assume the courses have gotten rougher and less direct over the years and thus time limits will be a bit longer after 1990’s.

 

[swiftracing5]

Gotta be Ramsey

 

[Fourstroker]

Gotta be Ramsey

Unfortunately he missed the time limit by less than an hour

 

[landshark]

Unfortunately he missed the time limit by less than an hour

What was the time limit, race year?

 

[powerbox_builder]

Was the Baja 2000 in 2000. 80hour time limit. Ramsey wrote up a recap on RDC somewhere.

 

[Fourstroker]

Time limit was 53 hours - 2007

 

[class5cole]

Was the Baja 2000 in 2000. 80hour time limit. Ramsey wrote up a recap on RDC somewhere.

Woof. Well over clinically insane at that point

 

[desertracer]

His 2007 solo thread...

Go Ramsey!!

Ramsey, I must say out of all of the battles that have taken place over this Baja 1000 none was more exciting to watch than yours! As far as all of us on RDC can tell your time limit has run out but you're still headed in for the finish line. Regardless of time limits you're soldiering on and...

www.race-dezert.com

 

[pjc]

San Felipe Bob did it in 2000, solo on an MC and finished well within the cutoff time.

 

[GBRACER]

In 5-1600 Trevor Anderson did the pensula run I think 2012 or 2013 solo to la Paz and won the race in class beat us by 30 min or something true iron man went thru a couple of navigators great people to race against

 

[brad inch]

there was a 9 car that raced at snore close to the 2000 and was told it was 3/4 inch to long,they cut a inch out of it,went to the race,something happen early,the driver said he was not getting out till he got back in the lead, i forgot allot of the story but he drove forever,does anyone know more about this??

 

[landshark]

Awesome, appreciate all the info and the reading. Keep them coming!

 

[landshark]

And before I get murdered by Rory, i am interested in Ironman and solo efforts.

 

[Robin Hood]

Wait...I thought an iron man couldn't had to be solo?

 

[43mod]

43hrs and some minutes ,7 codogs/ chase guys . Long day

 

[landshark]

Wait...I thought an iron man couldn't had to be solo?

Well I think the terminology was being used as Ironman being a single person in the vehicle without a passenger and solo as a single driver with a passenger(s). But whatever the terminology people need to use. I am interested in an individual weather alone or with passenger in a 4 wheeled vehicle without handle bars.

 

[landshark]

43hrs and some minutes ,7 codogs/ chase guys . Long day

Excuse my ignorance as I don’t know most on here, was this you? What race and year? What class?

 

[43mod]

Not an ironman just a long day . 2014 trophy lite . Not a perfect run but damn close for us. Would love to try it again . Open sportsman truck . I was supposed to drive to rm 1020 . I wanted to do 1000 miles . N 2 driver was mia at 2 am so i kept going . They stuck my raptor in a dry tidal flat north of scorpion bay, same flat i chose to backbtrack out of in the race truck and take the longer safe route . When you see a stuck utv its time to rethink your path

 

[landshark]

Not an ironman just a long day . 2014 trophy lite . Not a perfect run but damn close for us. Would love to try it again . Open sportsman truck . I was supposed to drive to rm 1020 . I wanted to do 1000 miles . N 2 driver was mia at 2 am so i kept going . They stuck my raptor in a dry tidal flat north of scorpion bay, same flat i chose to backbtrack out of in the race truck and take the longer safe route . When you see a stuck utv its time to rethink your path

Got it. Yes if I see more than one stuck UTV it’s definitely time to take a mental pause but as we are 4wd I don’t get overly concerned.

Now in a trophy light. Totally understand.

Those tidal flats can get super sketchy if you stray outside the lane.

 

[Kiwiflyer]

myself and my co-driver completed the 2017 peninsula race in 44 hours 16 mins 17 seconds .... never got out of the car except to dig out of silt and repair .... that was a long day