BAJA RALLY SCHEDULE (Subject to change) Thursday October 3: San Nicolas Hotel, Ensenada 5:00PM- 10:00PM- Welcome Ceremony and Media Reception Baja Rally will host a special ceremony to thank the Ensenada Municipality and agencies for supporting the BAJA RALLY. Riders will be present with their rally bikes on display. A no-host buffet dinner will immediately follow the reception. ***Special Room Rate $62.00 (US) for 2 large Beds. Come see why San Nicolas is known as the classiest hotel in Ensenada. Friday Oct 4: El Palomar Campgrounds, Santo Tomas, BC (Medium strength cell signal- no Wi-Fi) 9:00AM: Check-in, Registration and Technical Inspection Opens (BAJA RALLY officials’ compound located at bottom of entrance driveway) 4:00PM: Deadline for all participants to “check in”. All participants and their bikes must be present and ready for registration and inspection (time penalties apply for late check-in, minute for minute) ***Road books for day 1 will issued at 4:00PM for registered riders, thereafter as riders clear tech inspection. 6:00PM: Registration and inspection closes 6:30PM: Mandatory riders meeting located at dance floor inside campground (support crews and media welcome) ***DISQUALIFICATION for missing 7:30PM: Mandatory ***riders’ dinner located inside El Palomar Restaurant ***Registered riders ONLY; Absolutely NO support crew, families or media. ***SPECIAL road book review will take place prior to dinner being served Riders will choose between 3 meal options at check in. ***1-hour penalty for being late ***DISQUALIFICATION for missing 7:30PM: Support crew meeting at dance floor inside campground ***Support crews will be briefed on the safety, compliance, service route and bivouacs 9:30PM: Pre-Rally activities conclude. Campground goes on quiet mode, no music. Saturday October 5th: El Palomar Campground, Santo Tomas, BC 5:00 AM: Food service opens inside campgrounds. Buffet style breakfast with fruit, oatmeal, yogurt, scrambled eggs, toast. ***Complimentary for registered riders and BAJA RALLY officials. 6:00AM- Riders meeting. Final safety comments and Q&A. (support crews and media welcome) 6:30 AM: Staging begins for Day 1 (TBA) *Start of special stage 1 (TBA) will be within 1 mile of campground. Riders receive their check-in GPS units and special way point notes. 7:00AM: Start of special stage 1- First 20 bikes leave the start spaced by 2 minute gaps. Last 20 bikes leave the start spaced by 1-minute gaps. 8:00AM: All bikes have departed Saturday October 5: El Paraiso Hotel- Colonet, BC (Strong cell signal, hosted Wi-Fi) 10:00AM- Bivouac opens to support crews, parking spaces assigned (TBD) ***Bivouac area will be secured and closed to non wrist-banded spectators 1:30 PM- Estimated arrival of first bikes to finish. ***Arriving riders processed through post-stage compliance procedure, GPS units and road books confiscated. Day 2 road books issued during this process. Hotel rooms assigned to riders (TBA) ***Re-fueling service open 4:00PM- Food service opens to riders and support crews. ***Complimentary for registered riders and BAJA RALLY officials. 8:00PM- Official times and results posted for day 1. Optional post-stage riders meeting 9:30PM- Food service closes 10:00PM- Bivouac goes on quiet mode. No music. Sunday, October 6th El Paraiso Hotel- Colonet, BC 5:00 AM: Food service opens ***Complimentary for registered riders and BAJA RALLY officials. 6:00 AM: Mandatory riders meeting located inside El Paraiso restaurant ***Riders only. Official starting order finalized. 6:30 AM: Staging begins for day 2. Starting order determined by lowest net cumulative elapsed time from day 1 (includes any time penalties) Riders receive their check-in GPS units and special way point notes. 7:00AM: Start of Day 2- First 20 bikes leave the start spaced by 2 minutes Last 20 bikes leave the start spaced by 1-minute. 8:00AM: All bikes have departed for day 2 Sunday October 6th Santa Maria Hotel- San Quintin, BC 10:00AM- Bivouac opens to support crews, parking spaces assigned (TBD) ***Bivouac area will be secured and closed to non wrist-banded spectators 1:30 PM- Estimated arrival of first bikes to finish. ***Arriving riders processed through post-stage compliance procedure, GPS units and road books confiscated. Hotel rooms assigned to riders (TBA) 4:00PM- Food service opens to riders and support crews. ***Complimentary for registered riders and BAJA RALLY officials. 6:00PM-Official times and results begin to be posted for event. Optional post-stage riders meeting 6:30PM- Mandatory press conference for top 5 finishers Located inside media center. 7:30PM- Award Ceremony 9:30PM- Complimentary food service closes. 10:00 PM- Baja Rally officially concludes.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 05:52:31 +0000