Baja 1000 Race Tracking 2013 2013 46th BAJA 1000 - November 11-17, 2013 - START/FINISH: Ensenada-Baja California, Mexico (65 miles south of U.S./Mexico Border) - Expected nearly 300 entries from 34 U.S. States, and 22 countries, competing in 42 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs
Course - Total Milage: 883.0 miles (8 physical checkpoints, 111 visual checkpoints plus the finish line). Start/Finish on Blvd. Costero, adjacent to the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in Ensenada. From the start in Ensenada the course will go east to Ojos Negros. The course starts on the Pacific Ocean-side of Baja California in Ensenada and heads southeast to San Felipe on the Sea of Cortez before heading south through Coco’s Corner, back to the Pacific side up through Ojos Negros to Ensenada for the finish.
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This year’s race has the longest course in history for the years when it
is a loop race.
This year’s single-loop course is approximately 883.00
miles.
The longest previous course distance in the 26 previous years it
has been a loop race was 822 miles in 1985.
The longest loop course
since 2000 was 808 miles in 2003.
The longest distance the course
traveled in the history of this race was the once-in-lifetime 2000
Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 which covered a total of 1,679.54 miles from
Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas to celebrate the new millennium.
This year’s race course has six speed zones with a maximum speed limit of 60mph for a total of 83.99 miles.
This year’s race course features 8 outlying checkpoints where each
vehicle is required to quickly stop before continuing on.
The
checkpoints will be located as follows: Checkpoint No. 1—El Chinero
(race mile 192), No. 2—El Coloridito (rm269), No. 3—El Crucero (rm 385),
No. 4—La Virgen Vieja (rm498), No. 5—Vicente Guerrero Bridge (rm660),
No. 6—Miles Road (rm760), No. 7—El Alamo (rm799), No. 8—El Lechero
(rm845).
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