that he is the current undisputed
three-peat champion of the
SCORE Baja 1000 having won
it in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
MacCachren himself realizes
that this feat couldn't be
accomplished without a support
team made up of top mechanics
and lots of volunteers.
At this year's race, for example,
the MacCachren Rockstar
Energy Drink team was 80
people strong. According to
MacCachren, it takes months of
preparation to get this amount
of people organized to run a
race like the SCORE Baja 1000,
but it's all in a day's work. The
idea is to split everyone into
chase teams and pit crews, each
under the direction of Amber
Malloy and MacCachren himself.
"We started working on the
support logistics of the 2016
Baja 1000 a year in advance,"
said MacCachren. "We are
preparing now for the 2017 Baja
1000." Many people come back
to support the Rockstar Energy
team and come back to help
every year. One such pit team is
called the "Baja Fools," who have
supported MacCachren for many
years, and continue to do so.
While MacCachren's strategy
of 80 plus people may seem
extreme, but it's not. Several top
tier Trophy Truck teams, as well
as other classes that are front-
runners with sponsorship deals,
understand what's on the line if
they don't have the people for
support personnel. "When we
went to San Felipe, we brought
upwards of 80 people because
we wanted them to practice
for the SCORE Baja 1000," said
MacCachren. "Once we got to
the race, we had 11 chase trucks
with three to four people in each
vehicle. We also had four fuel
stops with 12 to 15 people at
each one, who camped the night
before in four different locations.
Then we had an airplane with
a crew of two for support."
According to MacCachren,
most of these people are
volunteering their time and
need to take off work to help
or use their vacation time. In
addition, MacCachren feels
DIMEL RACING KNEW
THEY WERE A LONG
SHOT TO FINISH THE
BAJA 1000, BUT THAT
DIDN'T STOP THEM
FROM ATTEMPTING IT.
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