Helicopter crash on the baja 1000 course

[Miss Perfect]

We are listening to the broadcast on weatherman. Anyway, I just heard that a helo crashed on the course. 2 Fatalities and 2 critical right now. :(

[djunkie]

:( :(

[djunkie]

Whats the link to listen in MP?

[Mandelon]

:( :( :( That sucks.

[Miss Perfect]

Whats the link to listen in MP?
race-dezert.com follow the link to the weatherman live audio feed

[Racey]

:(

[Ivan Dan]

Check out this link to see some of the teams progress so far. (http://www.advanstar.com/test/off_road/baja1000_trackerpage/Baja1000Tracking.html)
My buddies are racing in 802, 129 and 236.

[Lightning]

From what I've been able to tell it was a Score Ops helicopter that went down near Mike's Sky Ranch. 2 fatal, 2 critical.

[OGShocker]

Our thoughts and payers go out to all those involved.
:( :( :(

[Mrs.Racer277]

Very Sad

[Lavey5150]

2:59 pm 518 Class 5 Kevin Carr through Check 1
2:56 pm 133 Class 1 just cleared El Coyote. This number is thought to be the vehicle the downed helicopter was chasing. Warrior Racing? They weren't on Pre-Entry list so we don't have a name yet.
2:50 pm 518?
2:40 pm 2 critical injuries reported at BFG pit 1 RM 121; need heli transport
2:35 pm 39 Trophy Truck Ron Whitton out and towing to hwy at Ojos
2:18 pm 203x Sportsman Motorcycle Garrett Tolman team down at mile 226; broken wrist
2:09 pm SCORE OPS HELICOPTER DOWN AT MIKE'S SKY RANCH ROAD, 1/2 mile from Hwy 3
First rescue report - 2 fatalities, 2 critically injured; First thought to be McMillan Air Copter - they are confirmed OKAY. Id not established yet. "Too wadded up to tell..."
Not good,safe return for all racing...... this is from here........
http://race.off-road.com/race/2007+SCORE+Baja+1000+-+LIVE+Coverage/2007-SCORE-Baja-1000-Live-Updates/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/472577?contextCategoryId=42856

[Baja Big Dog]

Check out this link to see some of the teams progress so far. (http://www.advanstar.com/test/off_road/baja1000_trackerpage/Baja1000Tracking.html)
My buddies are racing in 802, 129 and 236.
Our 260 truck has caught Rick, gonna pass after Mikes!!!
Watch out....:D

[Ivan Dan]

Our 260 truck has caught Rick, gonna pass after Mikes!!!
Watch out....:D
The funnier thing is both of them are running down the lead class 8 trucks of Vanderwey and Adler.

[Hustler]

A little info
Downed chopper has a Warriors Racing writing on the side and the wrist band of one of the occupants was number 133. (posted by a D37 person..on our site)

[Baja Big Dog]

Fricken Chaos...Sounds like the weatherman is gonna jump uut of his plane and kick someones ass when they find the stuck mic!!!
There asking for 4 airplanes now for all the injured racers and copter guys... Just talked to our guys a Mikes, its complete chaos up there, sounds like he crashed by the Mikes turnoff...no one seems to know this "Warrior racing??"
Thats some sad shit....sucks...:mad: :mad:

[essexjet]

Where are you listening to weatherman? I click on the link at race-dezert and then on observation and am getting nothing :mad:

[Ivan Dan]

Where are you listening to weatherman? I click on the link at race-dezert and then on observation and am getting nothing :mad:
Me too....it was up a little while ago but I lost it and its been dead since.

[Hustler]

Me too....it was up a little while ago but I lost it and its been dead since.
it's on and off. I'm listing now

[Ivan Dan]

it's on and off. I'm listing now
ya just came back on....wonder if it was because of the stuck mike?

[Hustler]

ya just came back on....wonder if it was because of the stuck mike?
I'm thinking the server is getting a little over loaded:)

[Baja Big Dog]

Check out this link to see some of the teams progress so far. (http://www.advanstar.com/test/off_road/baja1000_trackerpage/Baja1000Tracking.html)
My buddies are racing in 802, 129 and 236.
Damn...you got some wind on your sails, your 3 miles ahead of us! Looks like Rick was missing some body work....

[djunkie]

I'm thinking the server is getting a little over loaded:)
The freaken locals speaking spanish on the channel is getting a little old too. :mad: :mad:

[Baja Big Dog]

The freaken locals speaking spanish on the channel is getting a little old too. :mad: :mad:
Every race...the locals and the assholes with stuck mic's makes the race a pain in the ass!!

[Ivan Dan]

Damn...you got some wind on your sails, your 3 miles ahead of us! Looks like Rick was missing some body work....
Rubbin is racin right?!?!

[Mrs.Racer277]

Every race...the locals and the assholes with stuck mic's makes the race a pain in the ass!!
The Weatherman is a saint..I have no idea how he does it

[Ivan Dan]

Damn...you got some wind on your sails, your 3 miles ahead of us! Looks like Rick was missing some body work....
Looks like Mcgillivray is down. :confused:

[Baja Big Dog]

Rubbin is racin right?!?!
If you finish with fiberglass, you didnt race!!!

[Baja Big Dog]

Looks like Mcgillivray is down. :confused:
Damn....broke. no sat phone service!!!:mad:

[Ivan Dan]

Damn....broke. no sat phone service!!!:mad:
Any idea what happened to them?

[WILDERTHANU]

Very very sad new with the chopper crash.
Getting a heads up on Billy Gapser No.105 Porter Race Cars-Chevy...

[ColeTR2]

We are listening to the broadcast on weatherman. Anyway, I just heard that a helo crashed on the course. 2 Fatalities and 2 critical right now. :(
do you have the link to the broadcast ?

[Riverkid]

You may need to download Firefox, as I couldn't get it to work with Internet Explorer...
Pretty sad, the 133 team are trying to figure out if it was there guys and where the chopper went down...:(
Steinberger is on fire, as usual...;)

[Ivan Dan]

do you have the link to the broadcast ?
Here (http://www.race-dezert.com/wm/)

[ColeTR2]

Thank you :)

[GRUNION]

you deffinatly need firefox I tried for hours on IE

[AZJD]

Got 2 salesmen from work in the quad class.
Wayne Matlock and Chad Prull in the Quad class.
They won 2005 and finished 2nd last year.......

[Lightning]

You may need to download Firefox, as I couldn't get it to work with Internet Explorer...
Pretty sad, the 133 team are trying to figure out if it was there guys and where the chopper went down...:(
Steinberger is on fire, as usual...;)
On edit - it was confirmed that it was 133 Warrior Team. Went down around Mike's Sky Ranch.

[Baja Big Dog]

It went down by MIke's Sky Ranch and was a Score Ops chopper.
A lot of helicopters are score opps...many teams run opps...
Stuck mics...what a piss off..
Next year, no mics plugged in, mics go in the glove box, cant take them out until you need to talk.

[RVRBUM2]

weatherman confirmed it was the chopper for the 133 team both pilot and co piot comfirmed dead on scene 2 spectators critical

[PunkAssBitch]

Man...that sucks to hear :(

[Ivan Dan]

Anyone know who the driver of record is for 133?

[Riverkid]

show up on the entries.. Last minute deal?

[Ivan Dan]

show up on the entries.. Last minute deal?
YA I had looked earlier but I thought maybe they said on Weatherman since I can't get it to work.

[Riverkid]

he has no internet or text, just the radio... Haven't heard from anybody but 133 chase...
PCI thinks they may be locals. Team Warrior?

[Sleeper CP]

Got 2 salesmen from work in the quad class.
Wayne Matlock and Chad Prull in the Quad class.
They won 2005 and finished 2nd last year.......
Salesmen ? Wayne ? Premier Cabinets? I gave him $ 350 spending money for the race last week. Brother spent the night with the Matlocks in Ensenada last night.
They started 4th. Wayne rode the first 15 miles(rider of record) and gave the bike to Chad. At 50 miles out Chad was on Danny Prathers ass:devil: Working for first quad on the course.
Sleeper CP
Big Inch Ford Lover

[Sleeper CP]

A lot of helicopters are score opps...many teams run opps...
Stuck mics...what a piss off..
Next year, no mics plugged in, mics go in the glove box, cant take them out until you need to talk.
Been there a few time's, it sucks. That is a very good idea. People just don't realize :mad:
Sleeper CP
Big Inch Ford Lover

[Baja Big Dog]

Looks like Mcgillivray is down. :confused:
Looks like Rick is kicking some ass....

[spectratoad]

I just drove back from Ensenada and got home this morning. My team is Speed Technologies. Class 1 #129 & #111. Couldn't be there for the finish but I will be next year!!!! I wasn't chasing this year. Got hired on for logistics so I got to watch the start. AWESOME!!!!!

[Sleeper CP]

Baja Big Dog,
You have an update on the Trophy trucks this morning. Who's where and thru what check point for the top three or 5 trucks?
Thanks if you have the info.;)
Sleeper CP

[Baja Big Dog]

Baja Big Dog,
You have an update on the Trophy trucks this morning. Who's where and thru what check point for the top three or 5 trucks?
Thanks if you have the info.;)
Sleeper CP
I talked to two chase guys this morning and a few TT's were passing them past loreto, didnt hear which ones, the sat phones are a mess down there....I think its saturation thing, maybe??
They heard 1X finished around 7 AM...Fricken 55 MPH ave, unreal!!!
Most of the "Big Boys" didnt want public tracking....they wanted to run stealth!!

[Baja Big Dog]

Word is comming in by the minute....cops pulling over race cars, chase trucks wrecks, Helicopter crashes, trucks stolen from Ensanada....looks worse that last year, and thats hard to believe!!!

[PunkAssBitch]

anyone have any updates on car 551? or how 'bout Terribly Herbst team?

[Ultra Blaine]

That's sad.
Every year their are more and more booby traps and false detours built by locals, problems and chaos.
The stuck mic could be delibrate like so many other problems along the route.

[Screaming Pete]

any more word on the copter crash a friend of mine has a robinson 44 he flies for some of the race teams????

[Baja Big Dog]

Looks like Mcgillivray is down. :confused:
Booby trap at 177, tore the right side control arms off, about 10 to 15 other wrecks.

[airchairmaster]

Well back from the baja 1000. I had the first pit for Cattrack and Porter racing in the valley of trinidad. After we gased them up, drove down to mikes sky ranch to watch a little bit of the race. I was filming some truck screem down the dirt road, when I heard a truck and a choper. This pilot was so damn low to the ground, that If the driver of the race truck stuck his hand out, he could of touched the skids of the choper. When I turned to film the next guy. everyone started yelling he's down. Turned back around to film what ever they were yelling at. when I relized it was the choper that had just crashed. Pilot tried to pull up before hitting the power lines and stuffed it head first into the ground.When I got to were the crash . I didn't relize there was dead bodies. I was filming the paramedic try to help the 2 in the back of the choper. From what I saw and gathered. The pilot and co-pilot died on in pack. The co-Pilot was getting into the race car at the next check point. Didn't make it. As soon as I can get the video of the crash down load it and post it. Driving back from Mikes sky ranch to ensanada on there hwy 3
was crazy shit. Simi truck going back up the hill with miles of cars behind them. Local a holes passing on curves and blind spot. I also heard that 2 chase truck tried to pass and crashed. Not sure why SCORE and sal fish would of had the race course on the main hwy like that.Poor choice of routing on them. from Mikes sky ranch it took me 6 1/2 hours to the border.

[Baja Big Dog]

Well back from the baja 1000. I had the first pit for Cattrack and Porter racing in the valley of trinidad. After we gased them up, drove down to mikes sky ranch to watch a little bit of the race. I was filming some truck screem down the dirt road, when I heard a truck and a choper. This pilot was so damn low to the ground, that If the driver of the race truck stuck his hand out, he could of touched the skids of the choper. When I turned to film the next guy. everyone started yelling he's down. Turned back around to film what ever they were yelling at. when I relized it was the choper that had just crashed. Pilot tried to pull up before hitting the power lines and stuffed it head first into the ground.When I got to were the crash . I didn't relize there was dead bodies. I was filming the paramedic try to help the 2 in the back of the choper. From what I saw and gathered. The pilot and co-pilot died on in pack. The co-Pilot was getting into the race car at the next check point. Didn't make it. As soon as I can get the video of the crash down load it and post it. Driving back from Mikes sky ranch to ensanada on there hwy 3
was crazy shit. Simi truck going back up the hill with miles of cars behind them. Local a holes passing on curves and blind spot. I also heard that 2 chase truck tried to pass and crashed. Not sure why SCORE and sal fish would of had the race course on the main hwy like that.Poor choice of routing on them. from Mikes sky ranch it took me 6 1/2 hours to the border.
You would have been better off going to Mexicali
...would have saved you a couple hours...
Dont ever question Sal's decisions..he is god, and answers to no one!!!:mad:

[RVRKID]

Just what I read:
Drug Kingpin killed in Chase Helo Crash??
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First off I'm not trying to spread any rumors, just posting what I heard on channel 12 mexican news and read on website and below is link to "frontera.info" article if you can read spanish.
According to sources at "frontera.info" and "ensenada.net"
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLi...07/273423.aspx
http://www.ensenada.net/noticias/?id=11275
In a brief summary:
It says that the body of Francisco Medardo León Hinojosa aka "el abulon" was stolen from the ensenada morgue wednesday night by a group of 50 armed men in 12 vehicles. The article goes on to say that he was a passenger in a helicopter that was chasing a vehicle in the race when it crashed killing him (does not mention pilot). It also says that he was the man left in charge of the Arellano Félix Cartel after Francisco Javier Arellano Felix was arrested by the U.S.
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Chula Juana MEXICO
Oddometer: 9 Regarding the Baja chopper crash. WEIRD things are happening. Yesterday a 15 car convoy of masked men entered Ensenada's morgue to reclaim one of the bodies from the helicopter crash(rumors was he was a drug kingpin), they took hostages and when cops tried to intercept convoy on highway from Ensenada to tecate, gunmen opened up with ak47 killing two cops. as of right now nobody knows whereabouts of convoy!!!

[djunkie]

Its too bad such a bad ass race has to be held in such a shitty country........:( :(

[mendo247]

Here is some more info on that copter crash. Turning into something out of a movie!
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/15/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Road-Race-Deaths.php

[Lightning]

So why do they "steal" the bodies back? I guess if the family comes in to claim the body, it puts the family at risk???

[airchairmaster]

The Weatherman is a saint..I have no idea how he does it
My pit was the first pit in valley of trinadad. after my truck (Class 1)gased and left.
I went to Mikes sky ranch to watch some of the race, when the crash happened. Have video of the copter
just before the crash and Video of the wreckage.I just found out that they were with Arellano Felix Cartel. Drug Trafficers. Also 20 men stormed the esanada morgue. shoot 2 police men. took the body of the pilot, so they didn't ifentify the bodies. Crazt shit. Also the 2 cash truck that crashed coming back from Mikes sky ranch. died. I'm not suprised. When I was making my way back to esanada. It was crazy. people passing on blind curves. Miles of people behind simi truck tring to pass. CRAZY.

[Jbb]

Yeah......Mexico sounds like a terrific place...:rolleyes:

[warlock]

Its too bad such a bad ass race has to be held in such a shitty country........:( :(
No freakin' shit!