General Overview"I've been Truing to win this thing for
25 years"
............Ivan Stewart........... The 98 Baja 1000 was lauded as one of the finest
races the peninsula had ever seen, and rightly so. The problem is
that aside from the racers, the srews, and the residents along the
route, few people actually got the chance to see much of it. Such
is life in a point to point Baja race.  Now thanks to Dave Dash and
the great folks at Shoemaker Productions, producers of "SCORE News"
on the cable channel Speedvision, you can pull up a chair, grab a
brewski, and take home the glory that was the 98 Baja 1000 on
video.
And better yet, this is just one of the many
available from Dave Dash and co. Shoemaker has the entire SCORE
News series, along with events such as the BITD "Vegas to Reno",
and the 98 Terrible Town 250. Over the next months, Off-Road.com
will be bringing you reviews of Shoemaker's latest titles, but for
now.... Baja!Ivan Stewart & the SCORE News crew of Charlie
Englebart & Jeorge Jerien take the viewer along on a high speed
ride through some of the most rugged racing terrain on the planet,
alternating between in-car footage, ground cameras, and of course
low altitude, WFO helicopter footage. Begining in the little winery
town of Santo Thomas, and ending in LaPaz, the 98 1000 covered over
1050 miles full of rocks, mountains, sandy beaches, cow paths and
even paved roads. It's safe to say that there's nothing like it
anywhere else in the world. Highlights- All the top drivers including Ivan, Troy, Tim
& Ed Herbst, Dan Smith / Dave Ashley * Larry Roseler & Curt
Leduc (just to name a few)
- Learn what it takes run an event like the Baja
1000 from the people who do it
- In car footage from Gus Vildosola's Class 1,
Ivan Stewart's Toyota Trophy Truck, Troy Herbst's "Truggy", and Ed
Herbst' Trophy Truck
- Vildosola's in car crash footage
- Sweeping panoramic views courtesy of the
Shoemaker Heliocopter
- Wide open highway runs, mad dashes along the
Pacific, rocks, rocks and more rocks!
- Late night in the pits, with mad thrashing to
get vehicles repaired and back on course
- Interviews with off-road racing luminaries
Ivan Stewart & "Lightning" Larry Ragland
- Bekki Freeman, First woman to ever win a SCORE
championship!
- A tour of the Percision Preperation Inc. shop,
and Indy car / Trophy Truck parts comparisons compliments of PPI's
Tom Morris.
The Verdict - 5 Wether you are a long time
race fan, racer yourself, or just curious about "what all that Baja
stuff is about anyway", Shoemaker's "98 Baja 1000" won't
dissapoint. Quality camera work, intelligent commentary from the
men who make the sport happen, and the wild and wolly world of
racing in the Mexican Peninsula all wrapped up in a VHS package.
What more can a guy ask?
Shoemaker Productions
15471 Red Hill Ave
Tustin CA
92780 Phone - 1-714-258-1070 Tell'em Off-Road.com sent you! |
