Temperatures in Ojos Negros dropped into
the mid-30s and the team prepped for the
final fueling and rider change in the cold.
Brown changed into his cold weather Klim
gear and the team anxiously awaited Richie's
arrival in the field as bon fires burned
and the crowd pressed in near the course.
It was approximately 12:30am when Richie
came to the pit. The bike was fueled, Richie
let Brandon know the bike had lost its rear
brakes, and in a matter of seconds Brandon
Brown took off for the finish approximately
17 minutes behind the leading quad. Brown
would wade through fog, mud, and needed
to remove his goggles during the last leg
of the race and was unable to close the
gap.
The trucks just tore up the start,â€
Brandon explained at the finish, gesturing
at the muddy race bike, and the locals made
a few booby traps in there. You had to be
really careful and just focus on getting
the bike through to the end. Brandon crossed
the finish line at approximately 1:50am,
where he was greeted by the rest of the
team, fans, other racers, and SCORE officials.
I am really proud of the whole team. It
takes a lot of effort on everyones part
to race down here. We are fortunate to have
awesome riders “ Jorie Williams, Kenny
Sanford, Jamie Kirkpatrick, Richie Brown
“who put in 100 percent every time
they come out. Kenny is an amazing mechanic,
our race bike is always improving and he
did nothing short of a miracle before this
race. And our support crew, all of our chase
drivers, our operator and our family, friends
and fans really help us pull this program
together.
Theres a lot to be proud of here, and by
no means did we have a bad day, although
we always come out shooting for the overall.
The team finished first in class.
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Quad75Dezert
ATV Race Team of Brandon Brown, Jorie
Williams, Richie Brown, & Jamie
Kirkpatrick |
At the conclusion of the 2011 SCORE International
season, Quad75Dezert secured the Class 24
championship as well at the ATV Overall championship.
As December approaches the team is taking
a short break and then preparations for the
2012 season, starting with the San Felipe
250 in March, will commence. You can find
more information and more pictures, including
some from pre-running, at Facebook.com/Quad75Dezert
and Quad75.com
Quad75Dezert would like to thank the following
for their success at the Baja 1000: Jamie
Kirkpatrick, Kenny Sanford, Jorie Williams,
Richie Brown, Brandon Brown, Ken Sanford,
Dan Kirkpatrick, Joey Kirkpatrick, Rick Sosebee,
Patrick Murray, Mary McHugh, Sean McHugh,
Jeff Petrich, Dave Jenkins, Mike Gingles,
Todd Petchnick, and Megan Murray.
For updates, information, photos and videos,
visit Quad75.com
or Facebook.com/Quad75Dezert
Quad75Dezert
competes with the help and support of the
following companies:
S&S
Motorsports, Water Well Developing &
Surveys, Fox Racing Shox, Maxxis, Klim,
Teixeira Tech, HMF Racing, K&N Filters,
CBR Performance, MotoXNutrition, UPP Racing,
Fullbore Innovations, HiPer, Pro Armor,
ProCaliber.com, IMS, TCS Motorsports, Spider
Grips, Warn Industries, QuadTech, Maxima,
Precision Racing Products,Fusion Graphixx,
Powermadd, Asterisk, Wiseco, We All Ride,
Scott USA, Rekluse, Pro Caliber Motorsports,
Trail Tech, Hot Rod Fabrication, KBH Construction,
Cycle Wash, Dune Tech, PitTraffic.com, Team
Money$hot, & Murray211
