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November 2009

EL POLLO LOCOS MOCOS
This year at the SCORE Baja 1000 we are running a taco stand to
generate donations for the
Castro-Limon children's cancer clinic.
This is a cancer treatment center serving orphans and poor kids in
Baja California that have no health coverage or cannot afford
treatment. We’ll set up shop at Borrego Junction right next to the
popular Baja Pit’s two-way pit. We are looking to collect enough
money to pay the entire food cost so that all the proceeds from race
day can go to benefit the kids. Any amount will help. For a $100
minimum donation we’ll include your logo on the big taco stand sign.
Thanks and see you at the race!

www.fundacioncastrolimon.org - Download our Flyer



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03/21/2009

Locos Mocos San Felipe Race Report

Racing the San Felipe 250 was a blast. It was the first Baja race effort for Locos Mocos and Koenig Racing. In a four-truck field we got second in Class 6. Truck owner Mike Koenig and Locos Mocos Head Honcho Stu Klein started the race in the Toyota Tacoma. Locos Mocos guys Troy Robinson and Tim Schrader took over at about midway and brought it to the finish after a tough 7 hours and 4 minutes.

Our fun started on Wednesday at the amazing beach-side San Felipe house owned by Locos Mocos brother Steve Brosz (thanks 3 Ball and Kenna!). After the 14-hour overnight drive from Norcal, we grabbed some much-needed rest and enjoyed a little beach time. On Thursday Mike went out early to prerun the northern section while Troy preran the southern section. As always our Total Chaos-equipped prerunners were more than up to the job. (thanks Total Choas!). We all met back later at the house and held a birthday bash for our gracious host.

On Friday contingency took up most of the day. And for us it was almost as much fun as the race. (Ask any one of us how the race truck made it through tech using some fish net we found on the beach. Locos Mocos can fix anything, anywhere!) While in line with the race truck, Mark Naugle (Locos Mocos "BCG 1") asked a pretty San Felipe girl walking by if she would sit up on the nerf bar and pass out sponsor decals and she agreed! Man, did the truck get attention with that lovely hood ornament. Our sponsors got their money's worth of attention. Handing out 400+ sponsor decals to race fans was a lot of fun, too.

Race morning started with last minute prep and rolling to the start line. Mike Koenig and Stu Klein we're set to drive the first 122 miles then hand the truck off to Troy and Tim for the last 110 miles. Right from the start Mike knew it was going to be a long day for him. While the truck handles the rough very well it's the spectators lining the course that make it slow and go. They stand on the course and wait until the last second to get out of the way. It was nuts. At one point Mike couldn't even see the road ahead as the fans were waiting that long to move. Once he got further out of town Mike set into a comfortable pace and kept the truck moving problem-free. Then came race mile 109 and the silt. Deep silt. Trying to find the best line Mike got stuck and buried the rear axle. He tried to get the truck out by himself but it wasn't happening. Then thankfully some locals showed up and eventually got him out. Didn't get any names, but thanks guys.

Meanwhile up ahead at RM 122 where Troy and Tim were waiting to get into the truck, an out of control class 1 car missed the turn and struck a cameraman working for John Langley's COPS TV series race effort. Locos Mocos guy Tim Schrader an ex-EMT used his training and assisted the other EMT/racers in helping the injured spectator. The Score helicopter was on the ground within 25 minutes of the accident where he was flown to San Felipe then immediately to San Diego for medical help. Fortunately there were no broken bones or other injuries to the cameraman and besides some bruising he will have a full recovery.

Once Mike and Stu pulled into the pit and exchanged drivers, Troy and Tim quickly went to work navigating the truck down the beautiful Matomi Wash. At this point they were in a solid 2nd place and decided to take it easy and make it to the finish line. Then, Bam! Near the end of Matomi the line they chose had wash machine size boulders on both sides of the track with another boulder just a little taller than the driveline in the middle. The impact broke the yoke on the driveline. In just under 10 minutes they changed out the driveline and were back under way. The only other problem they had was getting stuck on a sandy steep uphill. A quick call to the nearby Locos Mocos chase crew was made and BCG1 arrived in minutes with a tow strap.

Just before dark the team crossed the finish line with the checkers waved by none other than Troy's dad, VORRA founder Ed Robinson. Ed was the official SCORE flagger for this race and really enjoyed waving in his son. Everyone on the team was thrilled to have finished their first race in Baja.

Koenig Racing wants to thank all of our race crew who helped out, these guys and gals did a great job making sure we would make the finish.

And special thanks to our sponsors. Without them our first Baja race would not have happened. Baja Bound.com Mexican Insurance, Total Chaos Suspensions, ORW, Red Line Oil, Dezert People, BFGoodrich Tires and , FlameLab Sports Marketing.

-- Troy "Boofay" Robinson

 


1.8.09 Koenig Racing
PR Release #1

Koenig Racing to enter the 2009 San Felipe 250

It's all set. It's a fact. Mike Koenig and Troy Robinson, both long-time Locos Mocos guys, will be entering their Toyota Tacoma race truck in the 2009 SCORE San Felipe 250 coming up March 13, 14 and 15.

Last year saw them work the kinks out of the new racer in several Nevada and California desert races. Now, they're more than ready for Baja.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Any business interested in joining the Koenig Racing team should contact Tim Price, FlameLab Sports Marketing, 415-505-6445.

BajaBound.com Mexican Insurance

Current sponsors include BajaBound.com Mexican Insurance Services. BajaBound.com was a natural for Koenig Racing. Since 1999 they've been the fast, easy, convenient way for racers and race fans to get their Mexican insurance. Visit them at www.bajabound.com


Redline Synthetic Oil

To help withstand the abuse dished out by a SCORE desert race, Koenig Racing wanted a tough lineup of lubricants, and they found it in Redline Synthetic Oil. A leading manufacturer of fully synthetic oils and chemically advanced additives, Redline signed up Koenig Racing as part of the 2009 Redline race marketing program. See more at www.RedlineOil.com.

KOENIG Racing

 


2007 SCORE Baja 500

Team Locos Mocos was at RM 162 in a
beautifull soft sand wash, awesome camp spot
and we had a very entertaining water x-ing in front of the Pit!

Made for great views of all the 400+ racers that past us

Read Will (Gadget)'s Detailed Report Here.

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Over 500 photos from the day
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2007 Baja 500 Locos Mocos Pit


2007 SCORE/Tecate Baja 250

Slide Show Video From our Pit @ RM 172

Photos by Steve Buckelew


2006 SCORE/Tecate BAJA 1000

Team Locos Mocos were again part of a chain of 20 pits run by BAJA Pits
We were set up @ RM275 near Gonzaga and
RM619 at El Datil fish camps a BCG mystery Pit.

It was another great event, and there are photos and stories to tell
for years to come, stay tuned for them, and post your stories in our
GuestBook or send us email!

peetie


2006 Baja 1000 Locos Mocos Race t-shirts

(shirt back sample)
unoficial shirt back


Thanks to all who donated!
Thankfully Team Locos Mocos received a huge response to our request for help in getting our LMC Pit trailer replaced, and we received a great amount of cash donations and several orders for the Locos Mocos Pit DVD produced by Curtis Guise of JD Films. Our new ultra trick Race/Pit trailer is just about finished, it has been custom designed and fabbed by our own Stu Klien AKA BajaJones. This baby is race! CLICK HERE to see production photos.


!!! TEAM LOCOS MOCOS HAS BEEN ROBBED !!!
The Locos Mocos pit trailer and welder were recently stolen in Lakeside, CA. Locos Mocos is a non-profit pit team made up of many volunteers. Now is your chance to help out the crew that have been helping SCORE racers in Baja for 7+ years.
CLICK HERE to see how you can help and get a DVD


Checkers Off-Road & Team Locos Mocos
Present
YET ANOTHER
"SAN FLIPPY 250"
EL CHINERO TIRE DROP, CLAM BAKE, AND TACO FEST


Pete's Campo / K177
"El Chinero" #181
N31°07.998' W114°53.475'

Friday, March 10, 2006

Dusk to 10:00-ish (There IS a race the next day!)
Meet the great, the near-great, and the not-so-very-great-at-all.

  • Rules
    " No bikes/quads in the Compound
    " No fireworks, no joke
    " Flatbillers welcome!
    " Larkin? Well, maybe …
    " No class too small
    " No pets (I already have one … safely [for you], she will be secured in our Gitmo "Dog Jail")
    " Pick up after your buddy, that way he'll cover YOU
    " Spliffs outside west gate
    " Please pee on a plant
    " "Box" the returnable Mexican beer bottles
    " Also:
    " Eat
    " Drink
    " Make Mary
    " Bench race
    " Lie
    " Tell the truth (God forbid!)
    " Suggested topics:
    " Are ALL "8s" illegal?
    " Was Jason Baldwin's A/C out of fuel?
    " Is "5" dead?
    " Who cares?
    " Who really cares about Robby?
    " Is "1600" the toughest class in the dez or what?
    " Who IS this Spencer Low, Jr. fellow, anyway?
    " Who killed Mickey Thompson?
    " Hug a Flatbiller
    " Repeat as required
  • BILL O' FARE
    " Augie's tamales, beans, rice, tortillas, and salsa
    " Almejas de vapor
    " "Tacos de Locos Mocos" -- Muy sabroso
    " Beers (XX y Tecate) 'n' tables 'n' chairs

  • AMBIANCE
    " Tunes (over 3,500 random iTunes ... including George Michael, Robert Earl Keen, and NWA!)
    " More space, i.e., a new garage carport/deck
    " More concrete, i.e., a new garage slab = less sand/silt/dust/polvo
    " More basuraderos: scoped out a number of 55-gallon drums
    " Beer openers on posts over "catchers"
    " Warmer weather!
    " Rented port-a-john with door angled toward full moon (!) = natural illumination.


**********************************************************
Tony e Mark
Adult Supervision Suggested

Tony Tellier El Chinero
www.elchineroconcepts.com tellier@mindspring.com
Mail: P. O. Box 9011 #358 Calexico, CA 92232-9011
Site: Pete's Camp #181 K177 San Felipe, Baja CA, MX
(Internet) (011) (52) (686) 577-3034 (Cell) (044) (686) 164-7114


Locos Mocos & The 2005 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000

By Baja Jones
The 38th running of the Baja 1000 with a start and finish in the city of Ensenada BCN Mexico was an unusual event to say the least. One of the largest starting fields in recent history (342 bikes, quads, trucks & buggies) and a comparatively short course (706 miles) yielded only 162 finishers. The entire racecourse never dipped more than 150 miles south of the U.S., Mexico border yet the brutality of the terrain coupled with freezing nighttime temperatures, extracted a heavy toll on both the racers and the equipment. Less than 50% of the eager starters would see the finish line within the 30-hour time limit.

The 2005 Baja 1000 found the Locos Mocos (crazy boogers) crew, setting up shop at race mile 127, Cohabuzo Junction. The pit was early in the race for us. The location was selected for a few reasons. We were running pit #2 in a chain of 11 pits for the world famous Baja Pits Racing Team. Baja Pits provides full service professional grade race support for the independent racer and pro teams alike. Cohabuzo Jct. is a dusty cross road of 2 trails, almost never traveled. You won't find it on any map, it's 60 miles from the nearest paved road and the name sounds cool when you say it on the radio. The Total Chaos / BCG pre run crew had scoped out the location the week before. Torturing 12 Total Chaos equipped pre-runners over a geological feature that racers humbly refer to as "The Summit". The Summit (10 miles up course from us) is the remnant of a ranch road abandoned over 30 years ago by ranchers and avoided by race promoters for the last 20. The "road" (for lack of better word) climes to 4500 feet above the desert floor and crashes almost straight down the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Juarez. In just a few miles you plunge 2000 feet over a waist land of bare rock and multi foot high drop offs. Tire slashing; wheel eating jagged boulders jut from both sides of the 2 track. Needless to say this is a one-way street to all but the experienced rock crawler.

The Locos Mocos crew lives to wrench on broken racers and we figured this would be the place to do it!
The advance crew arrived 36 hours ahead of time to start setting up the pit. Fuel drums are unloaded and set atop race style scissor stands. Generators, welders, compressed gas, dump cans, spare tires, cases of oil, transmission fluid and gear lube are all strategically positioned. Sunshades and a 50-foot radio antenna pop up. Radios, power supply and a timing table are connected and tested.
The pit is really 2 separate facilities consisting of a "hot pit" and a "garage". The hot pit is for scheduled refueling and quick tire changes. The garage is a fully equipped repair and fabrication shop complete with Stick, MIG & TIG welders. A 10,000 KW Miller Trail Blazer powers an array of electric tools and lights. Air tools and impact guns run off CO2 tanks.

Next the Kitchen Pit goes together. Locos Mocos is a hard charging bunch and they work up an appetite in the process. During our 3-day stay the kitchen crew will prepare 300 meals to feed the 46 crewmembers and a dozen or so stuck racers and chase crews. Were not talking burgers and dogs. The menu at the Locos Mocos pit rivals that of many 5 star restaurants with entrées like Mane Lobster, Carne Asada & RopaVieja.

Setup finally complete we need to test it out. Pauly hops in BSB (Big Strokey Bronco) and "burns in the pit". He does a couple of high-speed ingresses with full throttle egress. This is done as much to see how the pit looks to race traffic as it is to entertain the crew. With new sets of 37" tire tracks through our little service oasis, the pit now looks like a pit.
The crew is at full strength a tent city stands scattered around a roaring iron wood campfire, dinner is served and stories ricochet around the circle dancing of light.

BCG 7 enlists the help of an elite group of pyrotechnical experts and a fire is lit at the edge of the clearing. A magnesium case is added and once fully involved, propane cylinders are introduced beneath it. The explosions produce a 60 foot high cascading shower of brilliant streaming particles. All the while a constant aerial display of quarter pound rockets light up the sky and the reports echo off the nearby hillsides as if to announce the mayhem of the coming day. The evenings entertainment was co-sponsored by Cortez of JD films, Nik of Total Chaos Fabrication and BCG 7 of Konig Racing.

RACE DAY:
Baja Tym has left his race radio on, tuned to Weather Man's channel with an amplified speaker on the roof of his Tundra. 6:16 AM Just as the mourning sun begins to chase the frost off the tents, the radio cracks the cold dry air: "Weatherman to SCORE Opps", the hair on the back of a thousand necks stands on end. The Baja 1000 is underway. For the next 36 hours, The Weatherman will paint an auditory picture of the toughest test of man and machine on the continent.
(Weatherman is Bob Steinberger of PCI Race Radios. Weatherman runs radio relay from his perch atop Pico Diablo 9700 feet above sea level. For 36 hours straight he will relay thousands of complicated transmissions from racers to chasers, handle medical emergencies, dispatch fire crews, quell riots and coordinate rescues. He will communicate decisions from SCORE operations to check points, racers, chasers, pit crews and spectators. He is constantly heckled by drunken idiots with modified ham radios and regularly asked to perform the miracle of omniscience by stuck racers with no idea what frequency their team monitors. Through the unyielding din of white noise he performs with machine like accuracy and endurance. However he is compensated, it is not enough, our hats are off to him for the service he performs and the stamina and professionalism he displays.

9:07 the distant rhythmic thump of a helicopter, 2 minutes later the first bike is through . 2 minutes behind, the second passes, biding his time staying just out of the choking dust of his eventually to be consumed competitor. 17 minutes till the third and fourth bikes are through. In 125 miles the leaders have opened up almost a 15-mile lead on the nearest competitors. Then the valley is filled with the constant roar of choppers and 4 stroke bikes followed by trophy trucks, unlimited buggies and the rest of the field.
10:04 our first scheduled bike, 407 X is in and out with fuel and chain lube.
During the next 14 hours the crew would record 309 racers through the location.
We fueled, repaired, extracted, welded, fed, relayed, rescued, encouraged and assisted over 40 racers.

Before the race we had calculated the last vehicle still competing would be through our location no later than 7:00 PM. The Summit was taking its toll though, so much so that SCORE extended the checkpoint closing times by 2 hours.
We recorded the last racer through at 11:50 PM. Vehicles continued to limp or be towed out well into the next day. By Midnight the temperature was down to the freezing mark with a stiff breeze blowing. The few still standing huddled around the campfire and toasted the racers plying their way through the fridged Baja night. We passed the Tequila, recapped the day and began to plan the next race.

Drive fast and take chances
See you all In Baja.
Jones

For more info on pit support check with Carlos at Baja Pits (619) 596-8033 or E-mail us with the link on our web site.

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