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American
Honda / Precision Concepts ATV Team of Matlock,
Goodman, Spaeth & Miller - Win 41st
Annual Baja 1000 & SCORE ATV Championship
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ATV Racing Team H-Bomb
/ Matlock
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Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico (12/8/2008)
– On Nov. 21, 2008 the American
Honda / Precision Concepts ATV team of Wayne Matlock,
Harold Goodman, Marc Spaeth and Wes Miller took
the Overall ATV win at the 41st annual Baja 1000
race in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico with a
time of 14:47:25 (42.69 mph).
The 41st annual Baja 1000 was set to be another
great race for the Honda team. With the great
success of the new Honda TRX700xx in Baja, and
the team’s Overall wins at both the San
Felipe 250 and Baja 500 earlier in the year, the
team was looking forward to another win in Baja
and a chance at the SCORE ATV Championship.
Race Report:
Race morning Wayne Matlock was 7th ATV
off the line, #8A and would ride the 700xx to
race mile 120 where Harold Goodman would take
over. Off the start, Wayne fought thick dust on
most of his morning ride but was able to move
up and hand the quad to Goodman in 2nd place on
adjusted time.
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Harold Goodman
- ATV Team H-Bomb / Matlock
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Goodman’s section included the famous La
Rumarosa grade and would continue all the way
to Borrego where he would finish his ride at race
mile 279 and hand to quad over to Marc Spaeth.
Goodman was able to make up over 1.5 minutes on
the lead quad down the dangerous and rocky La
Rumarosa grade and move into the lead after hitting
the fast sections of Laguna Salada.
Marc Spaeth took the quad from Goodman in Borrego
and would continue on through the deep and sandy
whoops of San Felipe. On his trek down the rough
course Spaeth was able to hold the lead before
passing the quad off to Matlock at race mile 353.
Matlock was to then ride the quad up the famous
Zoo road section in San Felipe before handing
the quad off to Goodman in Borrego for his second
ride of the day. While picking his way through
the deep whoops and rocks of Zoo road Matlock
received two rear flats. Both rears had to be
changed in an unscheduled pit before reaching
Borrego. Matlock finished his ride and passed
the quad off to Goodman in second place due to
the flats at race mile 405.
Goodman took off in a chase for the lead up through
the Mike’s Sky Ranch loop of the course.
After a small stop and go pit to install the lights
Goodman made his way into the dark pushing hard
for the lead before the hand off again to Matlock
for his third ride of the day.
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Wayne Matlock
- ATV Team H-Bomb / Matlock
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Matlock took the quad from Goodman at race mile
455 and would take the quad to race mile 470 where
he would hand it off to Wes Miller. Matlock’s
third ride was uneventful and they continued to
chase the lead quad down.
Wes Miller took the quad from Matlock and took
off for the coast. Miller was pushing hard and
made the pass soon after reaching the coast. After
his pass for the lead he was able to start pulling
away on his ride up the coast. Miller would finish
his ride at race mile 590 where he handed the
quad to Matlock with a 4.5 minute lead.
Matlock would take the quad to the finish and
try to improve on the lead Miller helped create.
Matlock raced off into the night fighting missing
course markers and booby traps built by the locals,
and was able to put an additional 4.5 minutes
on the second place quad and earn the overall
win by a total of 9 minutes.
By earning the Overall Baja 1000 ATV win, it
gave the team the perfect season taking the Overall
ATV wins at every Score race this year making
them the 2008 SCORE Class 25-Pro ATV Champions!
Matlock said after the race, “We would
like to dedicate this race and championship to
Bruce Ogilvie…stay strong”
The American Honda / Precision Concepts ATV Team
of Matlock, Goodman, Spaeth, Miller proud winners
of the 41st Annual Baja 1000 would like to thank
their sponsors- American Honda,
Precision Concepts, Alba Action Sports, Maxxis,
Elka, Laeger’s, Moose, HMF Pipes, IMS-Roll,
Pro Honda Oil, IMS, Douglas Wheels, Tire Balls,
Quad Tech, PRM-ATV.com, Baja Designs, Scott Goggles,
Division Four, One Industries, DID Chains, Motion
Pro, Tag Bars, Alpinestars
www.score-international.com
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