| 2006 BAJA 1000 |
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THE FIRE GUYS ARE BACK FROM THE BAJA 1000. FIRST WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN: SILVERTREE HOTEL, THE MEMBERS OF THE ASPEN RACING & SPORTS CAR CLUB, LC ENGINEERING, ANDY SCHEFINELLI @ ASE ENTERPRISES, JAKE MANESS @ COLORADO COMMERCIAL SERVICE, SNOWMASS FIRE DEPT., THE BLANGSTED FAMILY, ROBERT TAYLOR, WIDE OPEN BAJA, THE FIRE GUYS RACING CLASS 11 TEAM OF GARY & ANDREA HELMING, MARK & JENNIFER MURRELL, OUR CHASE CREWS IN THE MAPLE LEAF CANADIAN PAUL & CARRON, IN THE POWDER PUFF FUZZY AND SAM, IN THE MOTHER SHIP MARNI & KEVIN, IN THE PAPA TUNDRA PAPA HUTTER & MARISA, AND IN THE TROPHY 100 PATRICK & MARK. |
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| THE CLASS 11 AND 7S OF FIRE GUYS RACING IN CONTINGENCY |
| PITTING THE TRUCK @ EL CRUCERO RACE MILE 328.49 |
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| DRIVERS CHANGE @ VIZCIANO RACE MILE 517 JASON AND DAVID HUTTER OUT, PAUL BLANGSTED AND KEVIN GROVE IN. |
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| RACE MILE 855 WHERE WE LOADED THE RACE TRUCK UP. WE MADE IT TO 870 BEFORE CALLING IT DUE TO A BAD RADIATOR AND OVERHEATING. |
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| THE CREW OUTSIDE MK TACOS IN ENSENADA |
| THE FIRE GUYS STARTED OFF THEIR BAJA ADVENTURE BY GOING TO IRVINE, CA AND HELPING OUT WIDE OPEN BAJA. JASON & PAUL WERE BOTH CREW CHIEFS FOR A BAJA CHALLENGE CAR. AFTER THEIR DUTIES WERE DONE WITH THAT THEY TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO THEIR EFFORT IN THE FIRE GUYS RACING CLASS 7S TOYOTA. JASON HUTTER STARTED IN THE DRIVERS SEAT WITH HIS BROTHER DAVID RIDING SHOTGUN. THEY RACED THE TRUCK TO VIZCIANO RACE MILE 517 WHERE PAUL BLANGSTED GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT AND KEVIN GROVE INTO THE CO-DOG SEAT. THE FIRE GUYS CLASS 7S TRUCK MADE IT TO RACE MILE 855 WHERE AN OVERHEATING PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED. THE RADIATOR WAS PACKED FULL OF SILT AND HAD A SMALL HOLE IN IT. THE TEAM PULLED THE RADIATOR AND CLEANED IT OUT AND ATTEMPTED REPAIRS. JASON HUTTER THEN JUMPED INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT AND TOOK OFF MAKING IT TO RACE MILE 870 WHEN THE TRUCK OVERHEATED AGAIN. NOT WANTING TO DESTROY THE ENGINE THE FIRE GUYS CALLED THE RACE. AT THIS POINT THE FIRE GUYS HAD A 4 HR + LEAD ON THE #739 TRUCK WHICH MADE IT TO THE FINISH FOR THE WIN, CONGRATS GUYS! THE FIRE GUYS RACING CLASS 11 ENTRY #1146 DRIVEN BY GARY HELMING AND MARK MURRELL HAD A GREAT START BUT LOST 1ST GEAR BY RACE MILE 55 AND STILL MANAGED TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO RACE MILE 345 BEFORE THEY TIMED OUT. A GRAT JOB BY THEM TO KEEP PUSHING AND MAKING IT AS FAR AS THEY DID. |
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