Just south of Tecate, 10-15 minutes from the border. With all the moisture this should be another good event at this location. mixture of single track, rocky single track, open and valley tracks. usually they layout hard and easy route markers. great fun, great people, well managed, plastic trophies 1-2-3 in all classes. be prepared for some sections of sharp rocks (wide open on shock HSCD knob!!), the courses are always novice manageable. http://www.puertamx.com/ https://www.facebook...21727267902380/
its here this weekend. local level closed course GNCC/XC/HS racing !!! nearby well managed (we all get transponder/rfid tape) and use a staggered start sequence. fun and easy go when they say go and stop at the checkered flag. always a party atmosphere in Baja Mexico.
a good challenging 6.5 mile loop with a little bit of everything. Pros got 6 laps, I got in 5, happily got lapped by eventual winner right near the end of the 4th lap. OA Justin Morgan YAM YZ450 P2 Sammy Montalban P3 Grant Statley For me its a little bit hollow victory the 50 plus class was very thin (5 or six) but I think my OA position is fairly solid.
sammy montalvan P2 Note lots of blue bikes around, yamaha made a smart biz move to build the X models.
Wish I could have attended this event but I had a work event I needed to attend. Will be sure to hit up the next one!
Under the Oaks at the start. Puerta MX used RFID tape stickers we had them stuck behind our number plates, we did a 1 rider every 10 seconds start. the actual start was about 15 yards behind the transponder tower so we were each recorded as we left the start. Its a very good way to keep things rolling. race was 1.5 hr from the leader crossing the gate, happily Justin Morgan lapped me---right near the end of my 4th lap, so I got in 5 as my white flag lap. total distance @ 40 miles/ 2 hours in the saddle. Race was very well managed and the course really was top tier, with truly a bit of everything! Cody (AUS) open class, Rob (USA) 50+ class, Hugo (Mex) 40+ class. PS Cody's Dad was a top tier A4DE competitor back in the day. (that's for the Oz crew)
I was being conservative of my legs, I should have been up on the pegs through there. I must admit the tall seat is great for sit to stand transitions, but in the rocky ugly stuff I prefer the low seat (more like a no-seat trial riding position). When our annual 75 miles of ugly ride comes I will swap the lower OEM seat back on
