My kid turns 16 next yr and wants to race B1K
Whats the minimum age to race SCORE?
Started by RobertL, Dec 04 2009 09:49 AM
19 replies to this topic
Posted 04 December 2009 - 07:35 PM
I would hate to assume anything so I must ask,is your son ready to race Baja?No offense intended here because there has been a handful of youngsters that have done well in mexico, especially the locals because they are involved at such a young age.Now I might look like a total dk here and not knowing who you are doesnt help but I just wonder how much experience you son has or dont get me wrong in saying, how level headed he is and not just how down right fast he is.I guess it just comes down to safety.
Posted 04 December 2009 - 08:22 PM
BAJA = Easy to go fast / Easy to Die.
Get Some Experiance. Alot of it.
Maybe he already has some. No Offense.
Get Some Experiance. Alot of it.
Maybe he already has some. No Offense.
Posted 04 December 2009 - 08:32 PM
I'm not a Dad yet but if I was it would be a hard for me knowing my boy was out there with the TT's. Now if he was WELL prepped with heaps of prerunning and a solid team, he wouldn't get caught by the TT in the SF 250 and B500.
But the B1K is a different story. Entirely.
RobertL-you're Baja experienced so you should know whats best for your boy or not.
But the B1K is a different story. Entirely.
RobertL-you're Baja experienced so you should know whats best for your boy or not.
Posted 06 December 2009 - 07:29 PM
If he wants to just finish a Baja race, he can do it just needs to be safe and take it easy. If he wants to go all out and try to win , then he needs to get some experience riding in baja first. The race course is very different on race day than it is the rest of the year.
Posted 06 December 2009 - 08:36 PM
Next years B1K is the La Paz race. Not someplace I'd want my 16 year old to race his first Score race.
Posted 07 December 2009 - 08:32 AM
Ret09 said:
Next years B1K is the La Paz race. Not someplace I'd want my 16 year old to race his first Score race.
Did the 07 1k and the drive home from Cabo was the scariest part.
Posted 07 December 2009 - 08:32 AM
wood4mx said:
Do it Robert! Lets team up next year :thumbsup:
I'm seriously considering a comeback :ride:
Posted 07 December 2009 - 09:06 AM
RobertL said:
I'm seriously considering a comeback
For peoples info - Robert raced '07 Baja 500 and 1000, finished both with decent times, learned a valuable leson while preruning for 500, understands how these events go 'down', focused, smart guy.
RL - to answer your question, I believe they require 16 yr just because the riders have to go on fed. highways. That's not saying people don't enter at younger age...
Posted 07 December 2009 - 12:53 PM
BajaBoundMoto said:
Nice!
For peoples info - Robert raced '07 Baja 500 and 1000, finished both with decent times, learned a valuable leson while preruning for 500, understands how these events go 'down', focused, smart guy.
RL - to answer your question, I believe they require 16 yr just because the riders have to go on fed. highways. That's not saying people don't enter at younger age...
For peoples info - Robert raced '07 Baja 500 and 1000, finished both with decent times, learned a valuable leson while preruning for 500, understands how these events go 'down', focused, smart guy.
RL - to answer your question, I believe they require 16 yr just because the riders have to go on fed. highways. That's not saying people don't enter at younger age...
Ha thanks Tim, hopefully my kid won't learn to many of those valuable lessons.
Posted 07 December 2009 - 06:47 PM
Scotty Breauxman said:
I'm not a Dad yet but if I was it would be a hard for me knowing my boy was out there with the TT's. Now if he was WELL prepped with heaps of prerunning and a solid team, he wouldn't get caught by the TT in the SF 250 and B500.
But the B1K is a different story. Entirely.
RobertL-you're Baja experienced so you should know whats best for your boy or not.
But the B1K is a different story. Entirely.
RobertL-you're Baja experienced so you should know whats best for your boy or not.
sounds just like my dad
ive been prerunning /riding down in baja since i was about 13 or 14 and now im 19, In the last 6 years i have learned so much and i feel ready to race baja but my pops still thinks i cant walk and chew gum at the same time :banghead::banghead::banghead:
For the last 3 years we have helped my friends team pit and i think my dad is just torturing me!!!
Posted 08 December 2009 - 07:27 AM
Did the baja 2000. Our team totaled a new F350 near Santa Rosalia when the driver feel asleep and one of our other trucks had the side mirror torn off and put through the drivers window by a semi.
I felt safer in the TT then on the freeway!
What ever you do make sure he has a sat phone and knows how to use it.
good luck!
I felt safer in the TT then on the freeway!
What ever you do make sure he has a sat phone and knows how to use it.
good luck!
Posted 08 December 2009 - 06:05 PM
Reading CN just now, Ivan Ramirez said be 16 years old and this his third Baja 1000.
mtz
mtz
Posted 08 December 2009 - 08:18 PM
I'm glad you heard that from Cycle News and not from here.
Banned, you're right, the pops is torturing you, but not to death.
Patience is worth a lot, especially these days.
Maybe there should be no minimum age per se,
But Instead...
If you're old enough to write some decent sizeed checks, your old enough to race the BAJA 1000.
Banned, you're right, the pops is torturing you, but not to death.
Patience is worth a lot, especially these days.
Maybe there should be no minimum age per se,
But Instead...
If you're old enough to write some decent sizeed checks, your old enough to race the BAJA 1000.
Posted 09 December 2009 - 04:31 PM
Trophy trucks, out in the middle of nowhere by themselves, foreign country, add to that the cost factor I'm with the 18 and up opinion as a parent - not sure rule wise though.
Your pops sounds like me. Hahaha
He has been less worried about you breaking a leg than he is of your mom if you break a leg. ouch.
Anyway, your 19 now and if you come up with enough pesos and centavos I know he will let you race SCORE (or CODE or RECORD)
BANNEDFROMBAJA said:
sounds just like my dad
ive been prerunning /riding down in baja since i was about 13 or 14 and now im 19, In the last 6 years i have learned so much and i feel ready to race baja but my pops still thinks i cant walk and chew gum at the same time :banghead::banghead::banghead:
For the last 3 years we have helped my friends team pit and i think my dad is just torturing me!!!
ive been prerunning /riding down in baja since i was about 13 or 14 and now im 19, In the last 6 years i have learned so much and i feel ready to race baja but my pops still thinks i cant walk and chew gum at the same time :banghead::banghead::banghead:
For the last 3 years we have helped my friends team pit and i think my dad is just torturing me!!!
Your pops sounds like me. Hahaha
He has been less worried about you breaking a leg than he is of your mom if you break a leg. ouch.
Anyway, your 19 now and if you come up with enough pesos and centavos I know he will let you race SCORE (or CODE or RECORD)
