BUG TALES:
CLASS 5 & 5-1600
THE BAJA BUGS ARE ICONIC AND EVER-POPULAR OFF-ROAD
RACE CARS
STORY BY STUART BOURDON
PHOTOGRAPHY: GET SOME PHOTO
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e've had many exciting races, but the best so far was the SCORE Baja
1000 in 2018," said Class 5-1600 champion Ernie Negrete. "That year it
was a loop race and ended up back in Ensenada. I started the race and
drove the first 220 miles, from there on other teammates drove and co-
drove. We were leading at our last pitstop, and I got in to drive the car for the rest
of the way. It was scary dark that night, and the GPS wasn't working. We're going
on memory, not seeing any course markers, and eventually realized we were lost.
It was dark and cold outside. We kept going and out of nowhere we saw a white
house, so we stopped. Out came this lady wrapped in a white blanket. She asked if
we were lost. We told her yes. Then she told us to go back down the road, make the
first right and that would eventually lead us back to the racecourse. We won thanks
to that lady."
BUG TALES: CL ASS 5 & 5-1600
SCORE JOURNAL
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