Ryan Longshore, a design engineer at EXAIR, famous for his hard work on our new High Lift Reversible Drum Vac, will now be famous for something else. He left Cincinnati, OH last Thursday November 6th, 2014 to run the Baja 1000. He is running the race with a few members of his family and friends as a part of Longshore Racing. His trip to the race is 2,168 miles. After driving to Ensenada for the start of the race, They will compete in 1,275 miles of racing, unlimited UTV class 19.
The Baja 1000 is one of the most grueling off road races in the world. According to Scores International, the race this year will be 1,275 miles starting in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico finishing in La Paz, Baja California Sur. The course crisscrosses the Baja California Peninsula drive along the cost of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California at various times.
The temperature in La Paz now is 87 degrees and sunny, so I hope he gets a chance to enjoy himself.
If they complete the race (a huge accomplishment), the convoy will then depart from La Paz to drive back to Louisville, KY. For those of you scoring at home that is roughly 6,500 miles or around 80 hours of windshield time.
As I’m writing the blog the number 1943 is 398 miles into the race after running for 18 hours. They only have 40 hours to compete in the Baja, so they have an uphill climb to finish in the allotted time, but they seem to be putting on a good showing so far.
Best of luck to # 1943! EXAIR is Cheering for You!
Monday Morning Update: The Longshore Racing team made it to mile 625 where they suffered an insurmountable breakdown – two broken front right ball joints. The repair vehicle was a couple hours away and they were unable to make the repairs in time to finish the race. Ryan has stated it has been an amazing journey and they have begun talking about next year.
Dave Woerner
Application Engineer
@Dave_Woerner
DaveWoerner@EXAIR.com
Photo Courtesy of Longshore_Racing