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Bebe · 06-07-2007, 03:34 PM

HUMMER Wins Tecate SCORE Baja 500

SCORE Baja 500

Jun 7, 2007
By: Press Release
Off-Road Racing

DETROIT - Team HUMMER owner Rod Hall and son Chad Hall teamed with navigator Jake Povey to earn yet another SCORE Baja 500 victory, piloting their stock mini class H3 to the finish line in 16:49:34 hours at the 2007 SCORE International Tecate Baja 500, June 2, in Ensenada, Mexico.

For the second consecutive year, the Team HUMMER H3 was the only mini-stock class vehicle to finish the grueling Baja 500 and this year crossed the finish line before the full stock finishing Ford F-250 and Dodge 2500. With the 2007 victory, Hall is tied for the most class wins in the history of this race with Ivan Stewart, who won 17 in his career.

"This year's course was extremely grueling and treacherous," said Chad Hall, who piloted the H3 from mile 110 to the finish. "Fortunately, the H3 is designed to excel in these types of terrain conditions."

Hall's other son, Josh Hall, entered his full-stock class H2 with navigator Sam Cothrun. Hall and the H2 were leading the full stock class until mile 200, where an issue with the front axle housing took the H2 out of the race.

"The Baja 500 has been an extremely difficult race over the last couple years," said Josh Hall, 2006 Baja 1000 full stock class winner. "The team did a great job supporting the vehicle, but we just couldn't get the problem fixed in time."

Josh and the H2 are the defending full stock winners at Team HUMMER's next race, the Best in the Desert Racing Association "Vegas to Reno," August 23-25, 2007.

About Team HUMMER
Team HUMMER was founded by legendary off-road racer Rod Hall in 1993. Since then, Rod and his sons Josh and Chad have compiled 11 class wins at the Baja 1000; 47 podium finishes in the Best in the Desert (BitD) Racing Association series; and five BitD class championships. Team HUMMER competes with the H1 Alpha, H2 and H3 in the stock class, which features production-based vehicles with stock frames, stock suspension designs and production-based engines. For more information about Team HUMMER, visit www.rodhallracing.com

Bebe · 06-07-2007, 03:35 PM

I thnk Sam brokded the H2

camo · 06-07-2007, 05:55 PM

at last years baja 1000 I raced wheel to wheel with Rod at about mile 900 through some nasty silt and then for another 5 miles we swapped paint. I ended up betting them to the finish by a bit. Fun racing against the legend.

Samco Fab · 06-08-2007, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bebe

I thnk Sam brokded the H2

Dont blame me

We had engine oil spewing on hot exhaust and of course flames and broken parts. We did make it a hundred miles further than last years 500

06-08-2007, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samco Fab

Dont blame me

We had engine oil spewing on hot exhaust and of course flames and broken parts. We did make it a hundred miles further than last years 500

It will be better now that we have a Hummer tech section with H2 owners on pirate

AtlantaK-5er · 07-16-2007, 11:05 PM

x2!!! There is a lot of stuff out there that just hasn't trickled down to us.

06-07-2007, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bebe flamethrower Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75270 Location: Auburn, CA Posts: 8,396	HUMMER Wins Tecate SCORE Baja 500 HUMMER Wins Tecate SCORE Baja 500 SCORE Baja 500 Jun 7, 2007 By: Press Release Off-Road Racing DETROIT - Team HUMMER owner Rod Hall and son Chad Hall teamed with navigator Jake Povey to earn yet another SCORE Baja 500 victory, piloting their stock mini class H3 to the finish line in 16:49:34 hours at the 2007 SCORE International Tecate Baja 500, June 2, in Ensenada, Mexico. For the second consecutive year, the Team HUMMER H3 was the only mini-stock class vehicle to finish the grueling Baja 500 and this year crossed the finish line before the full stock finishing Ford F-250 and Dodge 2500. With the 2007 victory, Hall is tied for the most class wins in the history of this race with Ivan Stewart, who won 17 in his career. "This year's course was extremely grueling and treacherous," said Chad Hall, who piloted the H3 from mile 110 to the finish. "Fortunately, the H3 is designed to excel in these types of terrain conditions." Hall's other son, Josh Hall, entered his full-stock class H2 with navigator Sam Cothrun. Hall and the H2 were leading the full stock class until mile 200, where an issue with the front axle housing took the H2 out of the race. "The Baja 500 has been an extremely difficult race over the last couple years," said Josh Hall, 2006 Baja 1000 full stock class winner. "The team did a great job supporting the vehicle, but we just couldn't get the problem fixed in time." Josh and the H2 are the defending full stock winners at Team HUMMER's next race, the Best in the Desert Racing Association "Vegas to Reno," August 23-25, 2007. About Team HUMMER Team HUMMER was founded by legendary off-road racer Rod Hall in 1993. Since then, Rod and his sons Josh and Chad have compiled 11 class wins at the Baja 1000; 47 podium finishes in the Best in the Desert (BitD) Racing Association series; and five BitD class championships. Team HUMMER competes with the H1 Alpha, H2 and H3 in the stock class, which features production-based vehicles with stock frames, stock suspension designs and production-based engines. For more information about Team HUMMER, visit www.rodhallracing.com __________________ What's all the Hub-bub about Blue Stars??? Click Here MFS H3 Long Travel Build Bink'sFab Capt Ahab FZJ80 Build My Dad's cool HotRod Junk Haulin the Groceries AND Haulin the MAIL

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Bebe flamethrower Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75270 Location: Auburn, CA Posts: 8,396	I thnk Sam brokded the H2 __________________ What's all the Hub-bub about Blue Stars??? Click Here MFS H3 Long Travel Build Bink'sFab Capt Ahab FZJ80 Build My Dad's cool HotRod Junk Haulin the Groceries AND Haulin the MAIL

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06-07-2007, 05:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
camo No comment Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 4 Location: Rubicon Posts: 27,068 Blog Entries: 1	at last years baja 1000 I raced wheel to wheel with Rod at about mile 900 through some nasty silt and then for another 5 miles we swapped paint. I ended up betting them to the finish by a bit. Fun racing against the legend.

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AtlantaK-5er Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Member # 34549 Location: Atlanta Posts: 112	x2!!! There is a lot of stuff out there that just hasn't trickled down to us.