March 13, 2009
San Felipe, Baja California (March 13, 2009) Ed Herbst and Mark Post teamed up together in their two prerunner trucks to tackle the southern half of this year's SCORE San Felipe 250 race. Together with co-drivers and chase crews the two black prerunners, the Herbst prerunner blazened with Monster Energy and the Riviera Racing prerunner plastered with Rockstar Energy Drink, blasted off into the San Felipe desert.
It wasn't long before a race broke out! In fact, as they left the El Cortez Hotel it was destined to be a long day.
Heading up the race course all was well for the first lap around the rock-ladened course and then the two prerunners began dicing as they started the second lap. It wasn't long before the Monster Energy Ford of Ed Herbst flattened a host of tires and blew the motor after a few times buried in the sands of South San Felipe.
The Herbst truck was left in the desert until Mike Smith's crews could get to the broken truck and the two Trophy Truck racers continued on in the Riviera Racing prerunner.
As they approached town coming from Morelia Jct. the Rockstar Energy Truck took a hit as the water temperature skyrocketed leaving the truck sidelined awaiting a Riviera Racing trailer.
In the meantime, BJ Baldwin's crew was busy working on his race truck in the parking lot of the EL Cortez Hotel revalving shocks after a test session revealed not so tuned shocks. It was a late night for the #97 Trophy Truck.
The team attempted to rebuild the shocks here in the hotel parking lot, however the body caps were reclocked incorrectly and the shocks were taken back to Race Prep Services in San Clemente to be rebuilt.
Additionally, Bill McBeath is having issues with his shocks after testing on Thursday afternoon as well. His trophy truck shocks are leaking here in San Felipe before the race has even started.
Rob MacCachren, Brian Collins, Robbie Pierce, Roger Norman and Larry Roseler all have left San Felipe here early this morning enroute to their final day of prerunning.
More from San Felipe throughout the day.
