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The Red Bull Mexican Logistics father/son team of Gus Vildosola Sr. and Gus Vildosola Jr. have repeated their 2010 Baja 1000 overall win, giving a Mexican national team the overall title for only the second time in the history of the race. They completed the 1,121-mile course in less than 20 hours, beating the two-wheeled riders to the finish line for the second time in the past three contests.
Gustavo, 59, and Gustavo Jr, 30, of Mexicali, Mexico, repeated the history they made in this race in 2010 when they became the first Mexican national team to capture the overall title in the granddaddy of all desert racing in their No. 21, Red Bull Vildosola Racing Ford F-150.

With Gustavo Jr driving large starting and finishing sections of the course and his father Gus driving a small section in the center of the course, the dedicated pair covered the exasperating course in 19 hours and 45 minutes, averaging a strong 56.79 miles per hour.


The Vildosola team also recorded the fastest time on the course for all vehicles, including motorcycles, which have recorded the fastest time in 36 of the 45-year history of the race.
298 starters leaving the Ensenada, Baja California starting line Thursday morning and as the finish line in La Paz, Baja Californa Sur closed Saturday morning at 10:01:30hr PST 174 official finishers had made it within the 45 hr. time limit.

With the 2012 Peninsula Run, the 45th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, it was obvious that another memorable and colorful chapter had been added to the legacy of this popular desert race in the magnificent Baja California peninsula.

Tavo Vildósola talking about his Trophy Truck. http://baja.trophytruckracing.com/race-teams/vildosola-racing Tavo Vildósola (Born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on February 1, 1982) is a Mexican off-road racer.
Tavo Vildósola is a official Red Bull athlete. His #21 SCORE Trophy Truck is sponsored by Red Bull, Mastercraft Safety and Mexicana Logistics.
Tavo won the overall in the 43rd edition of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 http://www.score-baja-1000.com/ making him, alongside his father Gus Vildósola, the first Mexican national to win the Baja 1000.
He drove Trophy Truck #21 of Team Vildosola Racing to the finish line in 19:00.04 hrs. averaging 55.87 mph - 89.91km/h. Since 1973, a 4 wheel vehicle had not won the overall time over the motorcycles.
Stay tuned and get updates at Baja 1000 on Facebook and Baja 1000 Goggle Plus. The 44th edition 2011 Baja 1000 is coming up with 2 top contender RedBull Trophy Truck Teams. (Menzies Motorsport and Vildosola Racing) and much more Baja Desert Racing action!! 

Son and father desert racers Gustavo Vildosola, Jr. and Sr. made history early Friday morning along with Kendall Norman/Quinn Cody and the Appleton brothers who are all unofficial early winners of the 1061.69-mile 43rd edition of the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race down Mexico’s mysteriously magical Baja Peninsula from Ensenada from La Paz.

Gustavo Jr., 28, and Gustavo Sr., 57, of Mexicali, Mexico have become the first Mexican national team to capture the overall title in the Granddaddy of all Desert Racing in their #21 Redbull Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck in the 43-year history of the world’s most famous desert race.

Norman and Cody, the JCR/Honda Racing team stars, dominated the motorcycle portion of the race on their Honda CRF450X and brothers Steve and Chris Appleton withstood the challenge and conquered the Baja in the unlimited class 1 in a Chevy-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car.

The Vildosola's came close to the overall victory in 2007 when they placed second to winners Mark Post and Rob MacCachren in the 40th anniversary event that finished in Cabo San Lucas.

In this year’s race, Gus Vildosola, Jr. started and finished and Gus, Sr. drove a section in the middle the grueling route. They finished with an unofficial overall time of 19 hours and four seconds, averaging 55.67 miles per hour, marking the first time a four-wheel vehicle has recorded a faster time than the motorcycles since 1973 in a peninsula run to La Paz.

The Vildosola victory also have BFGoodrich Tires, celebrating its 35th year of SCORE Baja racing in 2010, its 24th overall four-wheel victory in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including the last four straight.

Norman and Cody gave Honda its 21 overall motorcycle victory including its 14th consecutive triumph, after Norman drove the first and final sections and Cody the middle to a winning time of 19:22:22 with an average speed of 54.87mph. It was the fifth overall career win for Norman and fourth straight in this race while Cody picked up his third career Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 overall motorcycle victory.

Defending SCORE Trophy-Truck season point champion and NASCAR Sprint Cup regular Robby Gordon was second overall 4-wheel vehicles and in SCORE Trophy-Truck, finishing unofficially 22:18 behind the Vildosolas in his No. 1 Chevy CK1500 SCORE Trophy-Truck.

Awaiting the finalization of the review of the ‘black boxes’ by SCORE officials, third and fourth overall in four-wheel vehicles and among SCORE Trophy-Trucks was a battle between a pair of Nevada racers — Roger Norman and B.J. Baldwin. Norman appears to have finished 53 seconds ahead of Las Vegas’ Baldwin on elapsed time. Norman drives the No. 8 Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck while Baldwin teamed with Chad Ragland, Vista, Calif. in this race in the No. 97 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy-Truck.

“This race means a lot to me and my family,” Vildisola, Jr. said. “Every time we go out and race, I say we have the privilege of representing Mexico because we’re the only Mexican SCORE Trophy-Truck team. It’s obviously an honor to finally be able to win a race for them and for all of our fans who have been supporting us for all these years. And it is especially great for my dad, as well. He bought this SCORE Trophy-Truck eight years with the dream to win a Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 overall and today we were able to fulfill that dream.”

With 292 starters leaving the Ensenada starting line Thursday morning, competitors from 37 states and 19 countries are battling in the rugged terrain in cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs in 33 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes.

Massive crowds reaching nearly 250,000 have lined the historic Baja peninsula to gain a glimpse of the competitors. Vehicles left the start line in 30-second intervals and all vehicles will have 45 vehicles to become official finishers of the race.

This year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is the 36th time in the first 43 years of the storied race that it started in Ensenada and it is the 18th time it is finishing in La Paz. The 292 starters represents the third highest number in the 18 years it has finished in La Paz and it is the 11th highest total in the 43-year history of the race.

Redbull # 21 Team Vildosola jamming at RM 650. The Redbull Trophy Truck #21 is showing his strength. The Vildosola is leading this years Baja 1000 peninsula run ahead of BJ "Balistic" Baldwin, Roger Norman and Robby Gordon (no powered by his own, all new "Speed Energy" beverage). This is the standing according to satellite tracker around race-mile 650!! The total race mileage is 1061 so plenty to go and we expect the first vehicles to come in here in La Paz, Baja Sur 5:00 - 6:00 am. The first trophy truck left this morning at 11:32 PST in Ensenada, Baja California (north - about 80km south of the USA -MEX border). This is the 43rd running of this desert-racing classic. In the 43-year history of the SCORE Baja 1000, this will be the 36th time the race has started in Ensenada and the 18th time it has finished in La Paz.
Massive crowds reaching nearly 250,000 spread out along the rugged 1,061.69-mile course that travels on both sides of the peninsula as the world’s most famous desert race.
For live footage, as much as this is possible in that kind of racing where ones don't know anything for hours, check the following websites the different tracking options www.score-baja-1000.com (selections in upper/top menu of website), for race maps and video (live when available) www.baja-1000-live.com and for finish line action from La Paz check www.puro-off-road.com