Baja Explorer

BAJA 1000 2007 RACE SCHEDULE:

SUNDAY, Nov. 11–(All times PST) Racer Registration/Media Registration, Grand Ballroom, San Nicolas Hotel, Ensenada 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MONDAY, Nov. 12–(All Times PST)Racer Registration/Media Registration, Grand Ballroom, San Nicolas Hotel, Ensenada 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Contingency Row, adjacent to San Nicolas Hotel, 10 a.m., Ensenada- 5:30 p.m.Technical Inspection, End of Contingency Row, 10 a.m., Ensenada– 5:30p.m.Mandatory Racer Meeting, Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, Ensenada-7 p.m.
TUESDAY, Nov. 13, RACE STARTS 6:30 AM
THURSDAY, Nov. 15, FINISH LINE CLOSES 6 PM
FRIDAY, Nov. 16- Awards Ceremony-High Noon(all times PST).

More and detailed coverage is available at Puro Off Road, teams introductions, cool baja racing and offroad racing videos, entries list and so on.

Facts and history information of this famous off road desert race is also available at the B.C.S. website. 

Hurricane Henriette roared toward farming states in mainland Mexico on Wednesday, threatening heavy rain and winds for large corn and tomato crops after pummeling the Pacific beach resort of Los Cabos. Henriette, a relatively weak Category 1 storm that killed seven people including a foreign tourist on its route up the Pacific coast, swept into the Gulf of California with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Large waves were expected to batter the coastal states of Sonora and Sinaloa, where a storm last year ripped through the tomato crop, pushing up prices blamed for a brief inflation spike. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned of coastal surges of up to 5 feet and isolated downpours of up to 12 inches in mountainous areas. "No significant change in strength is expected until landfall. Read the rest of this entry »

The Baja California peninsula extends 1,100 km from the U.S. border to the southern tip. Its widest point is approx. 230 km. Most of it is separated from mainland Mexico by the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California). It has a long, varied coastline on both sides.The Baja features four major mountain ranges: Sierra Juarez, Sierra de San Pedro Martir, Sierra de la Giganta, Sierra de la Laguna, and many minor ranges. Much of Baja California is desert or mountains. In the north we have the border cities of Tijauana, Tecate, and Mexicali. These border cities offer a wide variety of shopping opportunities and are therefore often frequented by day visitors from the USA. The southern half of the Baja Peninsula has the capital of La Paz, which many people believe is the most "Mexican" of the Baja cities. Other larger communities in the southern Baja like Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo have a more resort-town feeling to them and are more driven by the developing tourism industry. Todos Santos and Loreto are on the rise in that matter and are being developed to suit the need of tourists mainly from north of the border. Yet Europeans are discovering more of the Baja California and the many options for recreational activities it has to offer. Eco tourism, scuba diving, sport fishing are some of the "classic" options the Baja has to offer. Yet, over the course of the past few years golfing, in connection with upmarket developments in Los Cabos and La Paz, is becoming also a reason for many visitors.