PJ won the 1971 one but I think the main topic here was that a high-profile driver like him was racing it at all. By 1970, Parnelli Jones was a USAC Sprint & Stock car champion, Indy 500 winner, a Trans-Am champion too IIRC... Before him, the Baja 1000 was raced mostly by nobodies when it came to cars (bike class high-profile guys from day 1 including Malcolm Smith, Gunnar Nilsson and others)
REST IN PEACE MR JONES YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A LEGEND 🏁😔🏁
One helluva interview.
Good video
R.I.P. 💔 😢 Parnelli Jones 🏁🏆
1971 Baja 1000 Ensenada to La Paz the record still alive not even the TTs can break it 14h 59 min 27 seconds.
They clearly went a whole lot straighter than nowadays. Back in 1970, even Highway 1 had unpaved sectors, now they struggle to find enough of them!
Makes me long for an Olympia Beer.... It's the water!
@ :50 to :53 there is Pop working in the background!!!
Too bad the new owner of big oly crashed it.
FWIW, PJ didn’t win the 1970 Mexican 1000, Drino Miller won in a buggy and 2nd was Steve Rieman in another buggy.
PJ won the 1971 one but I think the main topic here was that a high-profile driver like him was racing it at all. By 1970, Parnelli Jones was a USAC Sprint & Stock car champion, Indy 500 winner, a Trans-Am champion too IIRC... Before him, the Baja 1000 was raced mostly by nobodies when it came to cars (bike class high-profile guys from day 1 including Malcolm Smith, Gunnar Nilsson and others)