Streets of San Felipe

San Felipe Baja California Mexico

Here’s some random photos from around San Felipe during race week.  No particular order…

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San Felipe Baja California Mexico

 

San Felipe Baja California Mexico

 

San Felipe Baja California Mexico

 

San Felipe Baja California Mexico

 

San Felipe Baja California Mexico

 

San Felipe Baja California Mexico

 

San Felipe Baja California Mexico

2012 San Felipe Baja 250 Photos

Luke McMillin Class 1 arriving at finish of 2012 San Felipe Baja 250, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. 4th place overall finisher.

Photo: Luke McMillin Class 1 arrives at finish of 2012 San Felipe Baja 250

–CLICK HERE– For a gallery of 2012 San Felipe Baja 250 images.

Here are the first few photos from San Felipe.  I was at race mile 58 when the motorcycles came through, then at mile 30 for the trophy trucks and again at the finish for the first trucks.   I only have a few photos in the gallery at the moment and will be adding more over the next couple days.  Though this was more of a working trip to help out my brother’s team, so I didn’t end up shooting too much.

3x KTM motorcycle of Kurt Caselli/Ivan Ramirez pass race mile 58 in 2012 San Felipe Baja 250, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. 1st place motorcycle finishers

Photo: 3x KTM of Kurt Caselli/Ivan Ramirez first bike through mile 58 and overall class 22 1st place finisher, 2012 San Felipe Baja 250.

 

B.J. Baldwin Trophy Truck arriving at finish of 2012 San Felipe Baja 250, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico

Photo: BJ Baldwin’s Trophy Truck sends dust into the crowd at finish of 2012 San Felipe Baja 250

San Felipe Baja 250 Time

Kendall Norman Baja 250

Photo: Kendall Norman Honda 1x, San Felipe Baja 250.  March 2011

It’s that time of year to head down to San Felipe, Baja California for the 2012 Baja 250.  My brother is racing again so I’ll be helping out the team while pre-running and on race day.  By ‘helping out,’ I mostly mean sitting out somewhere in the desert in my truck, cooking in the hot sun while waiting for a rider to arrive, fill them up with gas, watch them ride off and their dust fade into the distance, drive to a new location and repeat.  Only a week out of Europe, even 10,000 spf sunblock wont help and I’m sure I’ll be lobster Honda red after a day or two.

I’m not really sure how many photos I’ll take this year.  There’s so many other photographers these days and I don’t really have an outlet for race photos so it’s not really worth much effort.   I’ll probably focus a bit more on behind the scenes stuff while pre-running and maybe a few sunrises and landscapes while I’m sitting around in the desert.  For me it’ll just be more of a fun trip this time around.  And there’s lots of cool stuff down there to explore.  The race is almost just an excuse for me to go down there.

(All photos on this post from last year (2011).  2012 Photos coming next week.)

UPDATE, March 12: –CLICK HERE– for gallery of 2012 San Felipe Baja 250 Images

 

Jesse James trophy truck arrives at finish of 2011 San Felipe Baja 250

Photo: Jesse James trophy truck arrives at finish, San Felipe Baja 250.  March 2011

Spectators await arrival of 1st trophy truck at finish of 2011 San Felipe Baja 250

Photo: Spectators await at finish for arrival of 1st trophy truck, San Felipe Baja 250.  March 2011

San Felipe Sea of Cortez

Photo: Calm waters of the Sea of Cortez, San Felipe.  March 2011

Sea of Cortez, Near San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico

Photo: Dawn over the Sea of Cortez, San Felipe.  March 2011

2011 San Felipe Baja 250 Photos

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I’ve put up a few photos from the San Felipe Baja 250 in my archive.  There aren’t too many from this year – well, there’s more, but they’re mainly behind the scenes stuff from the team I was chasing with, so not really interesting as a whole.  Might put them online at some point in the future if I have the time/motivation.

CLICK HERE for 2011 San Felipe Baja 250 gallery

2011 San Felipe Baja 250 Photos

Kendall Norman Kurt Caselli San Felipe Baja 250 2011

Photo: JCR Honda 1x rider Kendall Norman takes a small lead over KTM’s Kurt Caselli into RM 30 pits, 2011, San Felipe Baja 250

Kendall Norman Kurt Caselli San Felipe Baja 250 2011

Photo: JCR Honda 1x rider Kendall Norman haulin’ ass into RM 30 pits. 2011, San Felipe Baja 250

Here’s a few first photos from the 2011 San Felipe Baja 250.  I was at RM 30 for the first bikes coming through.  Headed to the pits at Zoo/Morelia road near RM 90 where I caught the trophy trucks pass by then ending up at the finish for the trophy trucks again.

I was running chase for my Brother and his team on the 209x bike.  They ended up finishing 6th place in the 250cc Sportsman class, a good effort as it was the first Baja race for 3 of the 4 riders.

I’ll hopefully get a gallery up later tonight or tomorrow of more race photos.  More info soon…

Colton Udall San Felipe Baja 250 2011

Photo: JCR Honda 6x rider Colton Udall arriving to RM 30.  2011, San Felipe Baja 250

Jesse James San Felipe Baja 250 2011

Photo: Jesse James trophy truck north of Zoo Road near Rm 90. 2011, San Felipe Baja 250

Finish San Felipe Baja 250 2011

Photo: Crowds await the arrivial of first trophy truck at finish. 2011, San Felipe Baja 250

Jesse Jones San Felipe Baja 250 2011

Photo: Jesse Jones trophy truck finishing fast.  2011, San Felipe Baja 250

Jesse James San Felipe Baja 250 2011

Photo: Jesse James trophy truck finishing. 2011, San Felipe Baja 250

San Felipe Baja 250

San Felipe Baja California

>>UPDATE: March 14, 2011: CLICK HERE for first photos from San Felipe 2011<<

It’s been a few years since I was last in San Felipe for the Baja 250.  I’m driving a truck and trailer full of bikes down for a team and will be helping with the pre-running of the course during the next week.  The race itself is next Saturday the 12th.  San Felipe is one of my favorite towns in Baja, and is a nice and mellow place to hang around for a week.  Should be springtime down there in the desert, so temps wont get to hot.  The race is also overlapping with Carnival celebrations, so it should be a good time…

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San Felipe Morning

Travel stock photo: fishing boat on beach at sunrise, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico

Travel stock photo: fishing boat on beach at sunrise, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico

A couple more photos of San Felipe from back in March 2008 while I was there for the Baja 250. The beach is covered with fishing boats, which often take out tourists on ‘sport fishing’ trips, but the locals seem to use them for their own fishing needs as well. By day the beach is alive with activity but in the first hours of morning all is quite as the sun rises across the Gulf of California.

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Panoramic stock photo: San Felipe and sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Somewhere along highway a bit south of San Felipe is some abandoned development of some sort. It looked like it would have been some nice place at some point in it’s history but now it sits abandoned; the old paint fading under the harsh Baja sun and the remaining roads ever more covered by the encroaching dunes. I parked the truck just inside the old rusty gate and cautiously wandered around, not sure if anyone still cared about this place or not. I walked down the ‘main street’ which led towards the sea and came across a couple sets of Mexican fishermen drinking beer out of the back of their old rusty pickup trucks. The beach was thoroughly covered in trash, so it looks like this was a common hang out place which helped fade any thoughts I had of trying to bribe the police as they come to arrest me for trespassing. At the beach was a nice view across the small bay and back towards San Felipe so I decided to come back a few hours later at sunset for a few photo.

Abandoned coastal development, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico

A New Start

Cody Duncan stock photography: Spring wildflower in desert of Baja California, Mexico

As of last week, I’m a student again. I’ve signed up for a 6 month language school to get me fluent in German. Class is 5 days a week from 8:30-12:45, so I’m up at 6:30am M-F. Only problem is that I only have weekends free now, so no travels for a while. Welcome to the real world, I guess…

Cody Duncan stock photography: Spring wildflower in desert of Baja California, Mexico

2008 San Felipe Baja 250 Photos

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1x Honda Factory Rider Johnny Campbell 2008 San Felipe Baja 250. © Cody Duncan Photography

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ATV 2008 San Felipe Baja 250. © Cody Duncan Photography

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Trophy Truck 2008 San Felipe Baja 250. © Cody Duncan Photography