Racing The BAJA 1000 Is No Joke
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- What an experience! Going down the Baja peninsula to race the famous Baja 1000, was amazing! Although faced with challenges every step of building the race car, we still managed to get down and across the starting line.  I’m grateful for the friends I got to share this trip with and with you for watching! 
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Rudy, that was your best video ever and you even kept up the family tradition of running out of gas.
That's hilarious 😂
Mat would be proud!
It wasn’t Rudy though, Rudy was the one who had the extra fuel
@@geraldhenriksen3664thanks captain obvious 🤷♂️
His formula is to copy his dad whom gave him his TH-cam career and yet Rudy abandoned him. Typical Genz Kid who can't pave their own path without the nipple.
Rudy, Putting the "Adventure" in RAD. This is a good one!
Fantastic video, 1 of my favorites, you guys gave it a great try
Hands down one of your best videos to date. Great try and hell not to many peeps can say they have been to the Baja 1000 let alone competed. You guys rock brother...🤓
It usually takes two or three attempts before you actually finish a Baja race. You keep trying and you’ll be hooked. The first time I met you in your dad’s shop, you were just building the Morrvair and I was returning to Washington from my race in Baja.
You are right, the race is no joke. To take an untested rig there was really sporty. Ya’ll learned a lot and the team pulled together to stretch as far as you could. What an adventure.
This is the epitome of Rudy's Adventure and Design -- you met the name perfectly! Its been a wonderful treat watching you grow from your dad's channel into your own man! Thank you so much to you and Janelle for sharing your lives! I look forward to seeing Janelle start her racing career! Good luck you two!!
Sorry you guys didn't get to finish. But hey!! Y'all showed up. That's awesome!! My favorite RAD video yet!!
Great adventure, and my hat's off to the editor! The whole video offered a look into the Baja 1000 that we seldom get to see.
You know how to make a small fortune in offroad racing?
Start with a big fortune!
Many men have become moderately rich from racing, they were billionaires when they started....
Hey, I know that local that was helping you when you ran out of fuel. His name is Alex. We've spent many of days in baja together with our families. Good dude
You guys should all be incredibly proud of yourselves. There is nothing wrong with pulling out of a race before serious damage or injury occurs. Good job!
I raced SCORE and BITD for years and only DNF once. The goal is to finish. The position is nice but the finish is huge! Great job. Huge learning curve!
Oh you know he learned some much deserved experience and will come next time with a rig that he built or upgraded that will be suffice and hopefully he will atleast finish...🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️😁😁
Awesome video! Best yet! BAJA is a heartbreaker! now you have tasted the dust, see you back next year BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER!
Oh you know he gained some much deserved experience and will build something or upgrade something to be suffice 😂😂😂😂😂
Awesome sauce Rudy!!! What a journey, a memory of a lifetime!! The Baja will bring a well made vehicle to it's knees!!
I have to admit, when I saw this video was over an hour long, I was going to skip it. BUT.... Because I have always had a fascination with the Baja 1000 (and Paris Dakar Rally) I said lets see what this is about. Hands down your best video yet! I was hooked and would have watched another hour of it. Sorry you guys didn't even last one day but honestly, many new teams go through this. Now you know what to focus on to repair the Jeep. Get out and do some more local events. Fine tune it and get back out there next year with one goal... make it to the end. It doesn't make a difference where you wind up in placing or how many hours behind you are, just make it to the end. I look forward to seeing the future progress of this.
For the first attempt you guys did great! It’s not the Baja 1000 for nothing. It’s a brutal test of man and machine! You all can out with wisdom and the ability to try again! Enjoyed the video a lot. Being from stg and growing up in the desert racing anything I could down the AZ Strip I’ve always wanted to try the Baja race!
That was awesome to watch,,,, especially the view face the driver and co-driver.... but yeah,,,, several break downs and noticing further damage was the time to pull the plug.... oh and nice editing on this episode.... This was a "Rudy's Adventure"
----RUDY Please put out videos more often!! This is by far the best video you've put out!! I don't usually like videos this long but dam!!!
Since you guys are based out of Utah check out the Bonneville Off-road series! It’s a desert racing series with most races in utah (wendover, knolls, and vernal) also with races in Nevada and western Colorado! It’s a small series that’s absolutely mint for getting seat time. I’ve raced it for years in a class one car and our jeepspeed unlimited truck(it’s how I learned the ropes when I first started). I think it would be great for your team! Keep up the great work and best of luck
I didn't know this, are spectators allowed?
Well done to the team. Valuable lessons learnt. If you don't try it you'd never learn. To compete is a win, in the Baja 1000!!!
Really makes you impressed at how much those top trophy trucks can take. A great effort still sucks though 😢. I followed a small teams effort some years ago a really cool build you guys did better then they did I’m not sure they were able to start the race!
The guy at the end was funny 😂
What an awesome adventure that was. You should all be proud of yourselves for that build surviving almost 100 miles of baja with almost no shakedown time. Looking forward to seeing where all this goes...God bless!
Great content I found myself emotionally invested in this one. Fer real. I really enjoyed watching this one.
Wow; what a trip, running the BAJA 1000 !!! Sorry y'all's rig broke down, but, I would imagine it would take at least a few months of testing a rig to work out the bugs so it would finish that course. Just glad everyones OK and the rig is still repairable. Hope y'all can all have the opportunity it try it again someday. Great video !!!
Rudy this is by far your best video the quality of getting to watch the drivers work through the problems is awesome. You did great putting this vid together. I will co drive with u i absolutely am qualified.
Barstow to Vegas is a good race you guys should try, there’s also a lot of races in that area that are similar terrain that would be good for you guys to try. Any SCORE races really. At least you guys got a taste of what’s to come if you decide to pursue this endeavor.
Its so cool you got stickers there just for all the young fans .
This is video is as good as any documentary. Awesome adventure, thanks for bring us along.
Best video so far on your channel so far. And best I have seen on TH-cam lately!!!
Thanks for taking us on this adventure!
Looks like what I remember from driving/co-driving a chase truck on the 1000, WITHOUT GPS.. That was 50yrs ago....
That is nothing like I ever imagined.
Also just know that finishing the Baja 1000 is a feat in itself.
Best video yet!!! Cant wait to see you race Rudy!!!
I would add a 200 amp welding alternator set up on it so you can do repairs on the trail.
That's more of a obstacle coarse more than a race, lol, people, vehicles, animals and you name it everywhere
Epic video Rudy! Can’t wait to see this Jeep finish next year!
Wow what a great video, thank you Rudy and Crew. Yeah racing is tough that second guy that was driving was kickin ass man. Well hey work out the kinks and I really think you all will do well next year. Try to do more Pre running and test driving before you go next year. Thanks for the video guy's can't wait for the next one.
Sorry you guys had problems but the experience and friendship you all have is great. Just being able to do this must have been unbelievable. I will be definitely following you for a long time. Good luck in all you future endeavors.
Btw, The video production of this was incredible. The in the vehicle race video and audio? Was top notch. I don't know if you pulled your resources with editing and filming or whatever. This was a fantastic video and produced incredibly well. And I bet you still have sand everywhere and in everything just like back home! 😅😊
Congratulations Rudy, you and the team did great!
25 years ago me and a couple of friends built a dessert racer. Our primary concern was to eliminate as much electrical needs as possible. When all said and done, our truck had 27 individual pieces of wire. I used a Borg-Warner T-20 trans, with a 205 transfer. Rockwell axles with manual steering. This vid shows why I made every one of those choices. The truck still races today, it's had one more auxillary power system routed since then, for lighting and navigation.
I've always thought the KISS principal was the king when it comes to racing.
I can easily maintain 90 mph with my 400 horse power coming out of my normally aspirated small block chevy.
But hey, if you're into breaking down, use your modern stuff. I won't, I like finishing races.
Have fun all.
Top notch video, enjoyed every minute! Sorry you had to pull out of the race early, but that was a fantastic run for your 1st effort, with the machine built in just 6 months!
Video content, editing, and action was just gripping! Loved it!
Rudy awesome thanks for taking us along.Really enjoyed this being part of the race and pit.
I believe that at 25:30 it is how you end up on locked up abroad not Matt’s off road recover
Very well put together Rudy. Quality production with great content. Enjoyable.
WOW! Thanks for taken us along. What a ride!
Love the video!!! We were down there for the race. We have a house down south of San Felipe. Happy to help out if you guys need support down there!! Reach out
Rudy, I really enjoyed this video. I never have had the opportunity to do something like this, but I enjoyed every minute of this video.
Looks very fun. Also the scooters are the best way to get around and see a new place
Rudy is not a hoarder, he’s just smart because he knows that the new stuff is crap! Great vids Rudy, keep them coming.
Pretty crazy taking an untested rig to Baja. Even slight testing would've exposed an overheating problem.
Great video, The editor did a great job. Look forward to more adventures like this.
Absolutely amazing video! My favorite by far from your channel. What an adventure!
it would be a miracle if you guys made it first time. the little experience you got is worth it. DNF is not a bad thing, It just means you get to make it better next time.
Ford did it with the Raptor the first time lol
@@evictioncarpentry2628 Ford and RAD is at same level? I didn't know that.
@@jadenseph1809 It's an OEM vehicle. Arguably far crappier then a custom build.
@@evictioncarpentry2628 arguably is the key word there. RAD jeep is crappier than the Raptor by miles. Few miles and overheated? Trans line burst not even 100miles in? If the Raptor is crappier, then it would not even cross the start line.
Ford has dedicated RnD with a bunch of engineers to create a truck that can go Baja. Years of tests and works. The jeep? 6months and change building it after work, tested only a few weeks at best after build. If anything, the stock jeep will actually do better than the custom build just like the Raptor.
All you guys should be proud of what you accomplished dang I would have loved to have been part of that, living the dream through guys like you
Best video ever, congratulations on the effort.
You'll kill it next year. Lots learned this run.
That was nice to be "part of it" by watching you.
Great adventure - great video - thanks for sharing. Definitely change of pace.
My heart soars seeing you two together. Lots of happiness and good times.
Off Road Racking is no Joke for sure ! Especially Dakar ! Thanks for sharing !
I used to co-pilot for my Brother in law with Becker and Sons racing in the early 2000s back before computer controlled crap ( i like manually controlled stuff it generally works and you can fix it) we ran the Baja and Mint and a few others it's tough sport. We ran Ford Rangers and never really did well untill we ran a Ford 150 Trophy Truck and got serious about the race. I will say I am NOT a huge proponet of electric fans in offroad and even drag and drive events I see too many problems with them and too many cars out because of them. The other thing we did was go to Lake LA and pre-run the truck hard there before going to any race to shake down the truck. Going that far with an unproven rig is a huge chance to be taking. Back then the locals used to set booby traps for the racers like digging a huge hole etc. if you were out in BFE and see a bunch of locals standing around a certain area better watch out for a trap. Never trust locals for directions or anything, they think it's funny to get you lost or hurt. Better luck next year and you need to have a past Baja contestant go over the jeep and give you some pointers and help. you need to run a Vegas etc. race close to home before the next Baja to prove out that jeep. Glad you are all safe. We also used to fly down prior to the race and rent a jeep and get the extra ins. and pre-run the course and we also hired a fixed wing aircraft or better yet helicopter to watch over us during the race and we also rented Sat. phones for communications between the truck and pit crews. We finally quit because it was costing the Brother in law 10k or more per race to prepare and travel expences etc. and pay for upkeep and fuel on the Big Rig and Race Trailer etc. he finally sold everything a bought a vacation home.
Nice work RAD and friends. Thanks for sharing a different view of the Baja race. Looking forward to next year's video of the race. Don't listen to the fans on the side of the road! Should have learned that from Rat Race, and bought the squirrels from the hillbillies!
Rudy that was amazing thank for sharing the adventure!! Wishing you the best if you enter into the major off road racing and yes you BOTH should be a team!! Glad no issues while being in Mexico.
What an awesome adventure, Rudy! Thanks for bringing us along.
Well at least you all tried and had a great experience from it.
It's a shame you guys had so many issues out there. I'm sure it was a blast to participate in it regardless. What a dream come true! I hope you guys put that rig through some rigorous testing, go back out there, compete, and finish in a following year. Best of luck!
What a race. Y'all did well for your first time.
Hey, you guys got the chance to run it. A lot of us can't say the same.
Love your ADVENTURES.
As a young man I spent time in La Paz Mexico ....loved it
Well Rudy thank you for the adventure. Nice scenery on this side food Coast. And the desert.
Better luck next time bro.👍🏽🤷🏽♂️🤙🏽🤜🏽💥🤛🏽😊😎✌🏽🙋🏽♂️.
Great job guys. No shame in calling it, you gave it your best shot. You’ll get em next time. That’s a unique adventure and an awesome memory.
Let's just try the Baja 1000 for the fun of it??
You should be proud of your first attempt!!!
I can't wait to see you next year!!!!!
Fun video as well!!
This is an amazing video. Wow, that really feels like something you should be doing, and such an awesome adventure. Really wonderful video. Well done!!! Great idea, and a great trip. I look forward to more of this. Fantastic.
That’s awesome, always loved Baja 1000 since I saw the documentary from dust to glory. Are you hooked?
It’s like watching “Dust to Glory” again. Awesome job guys!
Too bad everyone didn’t get a turn at driving but I’m certain you learned a lot and will be stronger next year. Thanks for taking us along for the adventure .
Well you shook it down and found out what needs to be improved for next year. I'm just glad that it didn't burn down or something as catastrophic. First time out it was a learning experience and a good experience as well. Thanks for the video!
This is what I've been waiting for! So happy you guys got to go out and have an awesome adventure. Better luck next year!
That was so fascinating! I'd heard of the Baja but never knew what it was like. You and the crew will be prepared for next time!
Hell of an adventure! Thank you for sharing it with us. You learned a lot and got a once in a lifetime experience out of it that maybe will be a twice in a lifetime gig if you try again next year with some tweaks to the Jeep. 😜
lots of lessons learned here. You will need almost 2 complete parts cars to go with the assembled one to make it.
Well done guys, you were up for it and competing well, shame the vehicle let you down. You need to sort the issues out and get a proper shake down and try again. It was amazing to see the teamwork, the chase care, it was a blast to watch. Kudos to you all for giving it a go.
Two thumbs up for this one Rudy and crew. Thank you. 👍👍
fantastic video. Thanks for taking us along on your Baja 1000 adventure.
my hubby used to go to SAN FALEEPA on the EAST COAST SIDE .. HE SAID YOU GOT TO CHECK IT OUT. BUT LOVE BAJA 500 // NOW BAJA 1000. ENJOY..
Keep at it, everybody has to start somewhere. I dont know much about the 1000 but I am told it is very hard on vehicles. I am sure you will figure it out and be nailing it soon enough.
This is so sweet to be able to watch basically the behind the scenes in car view of the Baja 1000.. So wild how many regular vehicles are on the road @ the beginning & how many vehicles & people were on the dirt trails getting/being in the way of the race vehicles causing them to lose alot of momentum, speed & increased race time
You guys did awesome all things considered sorry for the way it turned out you gave it your all
It looked like a fun exciting but hard trip. Hope everyone had fun. Now you know.
From my racing experience, with a new engine, finding the right fan blade that can pull the air in can take some experiments. I didn't really think about it until it was a problem. Good luck 👍
Great race guys, 6 months prep, are you kidding me? Guys spending a million bucks just for bragging rights are already preparing for next year's race. Congratulations! You've inspired us, I think we'll see you down there in a couple years. We're thinking a jeep like your dad's 😊
Great video, really enjoyed being in the Jeep with the guys & experiencing what was happening!
Fabulous video, Rudy. One of your best!
Awesome video, someday I would love to race the Baja 1000
I cant believe the people in the road!! LOL
Really really enjoyed this one bud!! Probably your best one so far! Great job and hope to see more👍
Incredible video!!! I love every moment! Thanks you posting it!!!
Man what an awesome experience! I’ve wanted to run Baja for the last 40 years but haven’t gotten to yet . Y’all did great for no experience and only a short time to build the truck .