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Lastly The Vault, a Hagerty collection of 300 cars My top 5 5x random cars from my greatest hits back catalogue 🤩 And that's it, this trip is done!

Fast and Furious exhibition 😎 Wedge Celebration Aston Martin Exhibition Quite an apt theme to see after the Baja 500

Then time for bekfast at a family run pancake house 😋 I drove the Mexican legs, WC Jr drove some of the USA legs of our trip so I managed to take few pics Some race rigs making their way back home Out and about as you do in California Next stop was for WC Jr's pleasure, left him to wonder around a proper American junk yard for an hour while I grabbed a few Z's 😴 in the car Then a 2hr drive upto and through LA The Peterson Museum, well worth visiting g...again for me 100yrs of Mercedes

Here is a snap shot of a few of the conversations I've enjoyed with my new desert racing buddies.... Young mechanic....I'm Sheldon, I've worked for the team in Vegas for 8 months, then went out west for 2yrs, knocking on doors to spread with words of Jesus 😳 Me....sounds fun 🙄 Me...that's a cool jet as one flew overhead, Team owner...that's mine, has 2x pilots, 1x stewardess, takes 13x passengers and has a 4600 nautical mile range 🤩 Me...I'm into powerboats, Team owners friend... oh you'd like mine, it's 40ft long, has 2x 1200BHP engines, I've taken it to 140mph but a friend has done 170mph in it, let me know when you're next over and we'll go out for a run to Catalina Island 😬 😎 Me....Oh you do motoX, I've got a friend who's into it, races a bit, even built a small track in his garden, Young professional super motox rider....Me too, here's a picture of my house with the track I had built 🤣 Everyone we've met in the team or was there to support the team have been so friendly, so welcoming to Jr WC and myself but especially so down to earth too 😍 its just been the best few days ever!!!! No more race work today, our only rest day but a long day.... Started with a 3.30am departure at Ensenada, goodbye HQ 👋 Hello queue for the USA Tijuana border and after not too long a wait, our 1st stop of the day on our way to LAX airport, a Cars and Coffee meet in San Diego 😎

There were many racing incidents https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14e4vW8MeDo/ https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FxhNzrK6q/ Even incidents during pre-running before the race had even started A pilot and passenger walked away from this nasty helicopter crash, Menzies team owner arranged for both to medivac'd to San Diego on his private jet 😍 Sadly not everyone got to go home as a motorbike rider died during the race 😢

OK, now on our flight home, very, very tired 😵‍💫 but very, very happy 😁 got a bit of catching up to post from the last 2 days Quick look back at some qualifying flying action https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZL1AdJB9X0/?igsh=MWxlNGJmODNicW5qcw== Race team HQ, a fully renovated, was originally a seedy hotel with rooms rented by the hour, totally secure, on site catering, bar and fully equipped workshop Beach 100m this way but didn't get a chance to see it Race day, was a bit of a blur, we were paired up with a couple of real fun guys in Chase Truck 2 Quick stop to watch the truck come through, around race mile 84, it's just brutally, tough racing 😬 we were running in 2nd at this point 20260606_085021.mp4 Then we dashed off, to drop off the team manager's Ford Raptor at a designated heli landing zone, which by the rules had to be at least 1 mile from the race course Then down a very bumpy road to set up a 'visual or just in case tyre change pitstop' at race mile 128 I was jack man, ready for action with a 3 ton offroad trolley jack 😬 thankfully the truck was fine 🙏 and just slid past at 70-80mph only a few meters from our pitstop box 😎 Jr WC was official photographer so has a few great shot which I'll post later We were packed up and gone in seconds, I lost my specky twats in the rush 😧 but luckily packed a spare pair of glasses 🤗 Spent the whole day in the thick of the action, driving all over the place but didn't see much race action, most of the day this was my view, while having my back/internal organs rearranged by pot holes, can't complain as it sure beats a day of racing behind a CAD screen sat at a desk in an office 🥲 20260606_133001.mp4 We drove straight to the 2nd pistop at race mile 238, Mexican military out in force, we passed a few pick ups with soldiers manning 50cal machine guns, keeping on eye that the local drug cartel weren't using race traffic mayhem to move their farm produce 😉 At the pistop there was nothing for us to do but watch, pit stop was just a 20 gallon splash and new rear tyres Pit lane is the public road, which isn't closed to traffic, which adds a little spice while trying to do a safe release, never seen a pitlane this long 😳 While pitting, 2nd place truck overtook to take 1st place away from us, racing is super tight, every second counts 🤨 pitstop wasn't the quickest I've seen, vital performance to be had here 🤓 Some race action and communication from the helicopter to the truck and on-board intercom https://youtu.be/a8yDe0UKlmg?si=TN7ehmaFjNGf6Tpw Race pace was fast and a brutally tough race of attrition, only 5 out of 10 unlimited 4WD trophy trucks finished the race 😬 Watch out spectators van on the course 😬 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZQX1QPRrgd/?igsh=MXVxZ3M0MjdxeGhybQ== After 468 miles or 9hrs of balls to the wall, send it, flat out racing.... 1st place truck was only 12 secs ahead of the 2nd place truck 3rd place truck was 26 secs behind 1st and crossed the finish line on one rear tyre To give an idea of how hard the top 3 were battling, 4th placed truck was an hour behind 3rd place After all the virtual check points were verified, times corrected due to staggered start times, we finished 3rd 💪🏁 Baja 500 bucket list item well a truly ✔️'d 🤩😎 d

A quick lunch at a local place, never tackled an arm sized beef burrito with cheese before, nearly gave me meat sweats but I perservered 😓 Then back to race HQ, quite quiet, as the race truck was out just doing some final damper adjustments so we kept ourselves busy helping where we could or should I say I watched while WC Jr got stuck in 💪 This is one of the team's pre-runner trucks, used to drive the course taking notes to be used during the race Looks more stock than the race truck but looks can be deceiving as it's very much a race truck, just slightly detuned with a bit more luxury to make long days of driving a little less fatiguing This one is only a 2 seater, many have 3 seats ie rear seat, 3rd seat is for a spotter/ride on mechanic Race truck arrived back, bodywork off in minutes, like a giant Tamiya RC truck but the parts are heavier and cost mucho pesos more Quick clean, good check over and ready to go for the race tomorrow 🤞 Cost of a new truck is $1.6m without engine, a bargain IMHO If anyone is interested enough to follow the race live, this is the website to use https://score-international.com/liveTracking.php Or download this app for live in car front/rear view film footage and tracking but only for the 4wd unlimited trophy truck class the team is competing in Sorry won't do live race updates tomorrow as not willing to risk giving away any strategic info 🤫

There are so many different classes, even an over 60's motocross class but one of my favourites is Class 11 based on a stock VW Beetle 😎 How to make it even more difficult to finish an almost impossible to finish race 😳 Word on the street is, the Bugs are almost indestructible and hold up well to a full on desert beating 🥴

Easy day today, lots more race crew arriving from all over the USA and a a few local Mexican guys too 😎 30.ins drive across town, through normal Baja weekend traffic 😳 Arizona road register too 🤔 Morning was spent soaking up the atmosphere in the centre of Ensenada where the competitors vehicles were queuing up for tech inspection We missed the top unlimited trophy trucks but there are 183 trucks, buggies, quads and motorcycles entered so lots to see

A long but good day yesterday, team qualified 2nd, qualifying 1st isn't isn't as important to the teams as other forms of motorsport so qualifying in the top 5 is fine Fun fact, it's perfectly acceptable to nudge a slower truck off the racing line 😁 We didn't watch qually, too busy supporting the other half of the team out pre-running the course Quick splash and dash with a side order of chicken burritos Last load up of the day, pre-running involves a lot of driving around the desert with a lot of waiting around, we can easily be 100 miles away from the truck as we're chasing it around 😳 20260604_151718.mp4 Back at HQ, no jobs for us to help with tonight as more of the team has arrived, left it to the professionals 💪 HQ, is a converted hotel, with lots of security, we're being fed and watered extremely well, I may have undone all my months of gym work on this trip 😉 Team has been so welcoming, everyone super friendly, met some great people, heards some amazing/funny stories 😍 This is how the team rolls, fleet of chase trucks, not shown are 2x refueling trucks but a helicopter with a $200k camera out back somewhere 😎 20260604_211331.mp4

2ft on the front, 3ft on the rear We are here... Looks like this 🤗 bit warmer today 35C Great scenery but we're deep inside cartel country, mountains around are full of farms growing 'produce for export' 😉 Year or so ago, bandits hijacked a race team at gun point, stealing their support truck and tailer 20260604_103921.mp4

Having way too much fun Another day, another fill up, today's vehicle we're hauling is a best in class Gen 1 Mason truck Yesterday's truck was a Gen 2, nearly 3x years of designing/building, has very innovative rear end with twin ptop shafts and rear portals Apologies for any speling mistakes, I'm travelling in Chase Truck 3, all Star Linked uproads are like Oxfordshire so being bounced around a bit 🥴

Lots of hanging round today as the driver/co driver were pre-running different sections of the course 1st stop of the day for the the guys to have a lunch break Pacific side of the mountains a bit cooler from a sea breeze, otherside of the mountains a bit scorchio at 31deg C Our chariot for the day, Chase Truck 3, a 6.7ltr Ford Dually Super Duty, towed like a boss 💪 Race truck finishing the pre-running Back to race team HQ by early evening to give the truck a full check over, truck on the left is the new truck, won't be raced, so being used to put some miles on it Jr and I got stuck in to helping to unload the truck and going through stuff after todays running We cleaned it, checked for leaks/damage, wheel/tyres changed, bled the brakes, bodywork off/back on, helped fix an electrical problem with the on-board hydraulic jacks when one side wouldn't lower Engine is a 9.2ltr big block, 1100ish BHP consumption a 2mpg today as not flat out racing, race running around 1.6mpg 😬 Tomorrow is qualifying 🤞 we're just going with the flow, enjoying every minute of it Bucket list experience so far exceeding my expectations 😎

Taco Wedsday 🌮 😍

25hrs door to door 😬 Hertz wouldn't rent us a Jeep to go into Mexico as a good chance the locals would like it and we'd have a long walk back to the border We slept like logs 😴 Today is another Pre-running day, 1st fill up of the day Unloaded in the middle of nowhere We are here