195 total cars battle it out at

S.N.O.R.E.’s BATTLE AT PRIMM

February 17^th -18^th 2007

The Baja Coalition participated in S.N.O.R.E.’s first event of 2007, the “Battle At Primm”. The entire weekend was filled with non-stop action as 195 cars battled it out on a 9.2 mile course within a 1 ½ hour time limit. Each class took off side by side in 30 second increments. Spectators and racers enjoyed the non-stop action on the spectator-friendly course. Whether you were in the pits or in the grandstands set up in the infield, the cars were flying over jumps, zooming past the straight-aways, or rolling over right in front of you. Additional weekend entertainment was provided during intermission by the Rhino race, and the Grande Finale “Powder Puff” race on Sunday.

During the weekend the Baja Coalition served many burgers to the entire racing community and worked the main-pit road crossing, but between the hours of 10:30am – 12:00 pm Saturday and Sunday, the race that we were waiting for began……..

THE 5-1600’s.

On Saturday the race between the cars was the ultimate. Trying to stay in the front of the pack to keep visibility at its max, Rulo battled against a non-Coalition member for first place, while Brent Shermak and Mike Simpson did everything they could to keep ahead of each other. From the start, Simpson and Shermak battled each jump, turn, and straight away the entire race. “We battled the crap out of each other”, said Simpson. “Shermak would be in front of me, then I would get in front of him, we touched tires once in the infield, but clean competitive racing, “What a blast!!” Simpson ended up finishing in front of Shermak by a mere 2 seconds. Mike Boone, Robert Gross, and Shawn George had their own battle, not racing neck and neck but racing against time. 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th place were only separated by 1 minute. Art Savedra had an unfortunate day and fell one lap short of completing the race, due to a flat tire.

Sunday’s race came down to all or nothing. Rulo once again was in the front of the pack with Simpson finishing his first lap just 3 seconds in front of Rulo. Unfortunately for Simpson, he lost his motor on the second lap coming around the last turn heading back towards start/finish. This left the playing field open for the rest of the 5-1600 pack. Mike Boone held his physical position, while Art Savedra was able to throttle down to 4^th place.

The 5-1600 Baja Coalition finishers of the event in order:

Rulo, Shermak, Boone, George, Gross, Savedra, and Simpson. Official Results are posted on page 3. Thanks to SNORE for an incredible event, Baja Coalition Members, and the Support from the Baja Coalition Sponsors for a successful and enjoyable race weekend.

BAJA Coalition Director Win Deen

(619) 443-0703 O www.bajacoalition.net

SNORE “Battle At Primm” Race Results
5 laps/day 9.2 mile laps 46 miles/day
Saturday
Pos/points

1/126

RAUL SOLANO

565

10:50:00

14:38

11:04:38

14:07

11:18:45

14:09

11:32:54

14:11

11:47:05

15:31

12:02:36

1:12:36

2/116

MIKE SIMPSON

559

10:51:30

15:17

11:06:47

14:46

11:21:33

14:52

11:36:25

14:51

11:51:16

14:36

12:05:52

1:14:22

3/106

BRENT SHERMAK

556

10:51:30

15:09

11:06:39

14:48

11:21:27

14:49

11:36:16

14:51

11:51:07

14:47

12:05:54

1:14:24

4/96

MIKE BOONE

589

10:50:00

16:10

11:06:10

16:00

11:22:10

15:47

11:37:57

15:46

11:53:43

15:36

12:09:19

1:19:19

5/86

ROBERT GROSS

555

10:52:00

16:15

11:08:15

16:21

11:24:36

16:02

11:40:38

15:58

11:56:36

15:52

12:12:28

1:20:28

6/76

SHAWN GEORGE

571

10:52:00

16:59

11:08:59

16:30

11:25:29

16:27

11:41:56

16:24

11:58:20

16:25

12:14:45

1:22:45

7/47

ART SAVEDRA

599

10:52:30

15:49

11:08:19

15:31

11:23:50

24:44

11:48:34

16:43

12:05:17

1:12:47

Sunday

1/126

RAUL SOLANO

565

10:31:00

15:09

10:46:09

14:22

11:00:31

14:36

11:15:07

15:03

11:30:10

15:59

11:46:09

1:15:09

2/116

BRENT SHERMAK

556

10:30:30

15:50

10:46:20

15:10

11:01:30

14:52

11:16:22

14:58

11:31:20

14:46

11:46:06

1:15:36

3/106

MIKE BOONE

589

10:30:00

16:05

10:46:05

16:04

11:02:09

16:00

11:18:09

15:41

11:33:50

15:48

11:49:38

1:19:38

4/96

ART SAVEDRA

599

10:32:00

17:02

10:49:02

16:32

11:05:34

16:30

11:22:04

15:58

11:38:02

15:48

11:53:50

1:21:50

5/86

SHAWN GEORGE

571

10:31:30

17:21

10:48:51

16:48

11:05:39

16:48

11:22:27

16:37

11:39:04

16:23

11:55:27

1:23:57

6/76

ROBERT GROSS

555

10:30:00

17:58

10:47:58

17:31

11:05:29

17:45

11:23:14

17:19

11:40:33

17:17

11:57:50

1:27:50

7/19

MIKE SIMPSON

559

10:30:30

15:06

10:45:36

0:15:06

End Results-
                             Total Time              Laps        best lap time        avg. mph avg lap    points
1. Raul Solano           2.27.45            10        [2] 14.07      37.36       14.63   252
2. Brent Shermak       2.30.00            10        [10] 14.46    36.80       14.72   222
3. Mike Boone           2.38.57            10        [5] 15.36      34.72       15.74   202
4. Shawn George        2.46.42            10        [10] 16.23    33.10       16.44   162
5. Robert Gross         2.48.18            10        [5] 15.52      32.81       16.62   162
6. Art Savedra            2.34.37            9          [2] 15.31      32.20       16.93   143
7. Mike Simpson        1.29.28            6          [5] 14.36      37.10       14.68   135

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BFGoodrich Tires is proud to once again sponsor the 2007 Baja Coalition.

We began our relationship with the Coalition in 2006 and enjoyed our partnership this first season. Please notice that I did say partnership, because that is what needs to happen between a sponsor and sponsorship recipient. Sponsorship used to be “give me something and I will put your name on my car”. Those days are gone for the most part. Now a good sponsorship “partnership” provides a sponsor with one or two of the following items; Sales, Brand awareness and/or technical exchange.

BFGoodrich Tires continues our involvement with the Baja Coalition based on the opportunity to expand our brand awareness and tire sales opportunities. Thank you for your support of BFGoodrich Tires and good luck to all competitors! JD Motorsports- GM- Frank De Angelo

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Brent Shermak Driver Profile

Currently 2^nd in Points for the Baja Coalition 2007 Race Serie

Since 1983, five years after watching his first race ever in 1977, Brent Shermak age 18,started racing Motorcross at Saddleback Park. This was start of Brent’s racing career. During those 17 years of motorcross, Brent raced with Orange County Honda, BassettRacing, JT Series, and achieved many wins including the Western State Nationals, SSM, CRC, AMA, and the SMX titles.

In 2000, Brent had decided to give the 5-1600 class a try, so along with his wife, Jody, and daughter, Brooke, they purchased a 1973 bug, and Shermak Racing was formed. Shermak Racing does all of its own prep and framework, while they send out the motor to Tim Boyle, and always send the transmission to DFT, Dave Folts. Today, Shermak Racing is sponsored by The Shermak family, Superior Fence, BFG, DFT, and Homes by Hampton Bluffs of AZ.

By 2002 “Shermak Racing” took the class Champion title, and finished in the top 20 Overall in points for the SNORE race series Brent’s favorite race happens to be when Jody chased him to the finish line at San Felipe and they both crossed the arched finish line together, as first place finishers. As Brent knows all to well from his 24 years of racing, “No matter how much it sucks, Never quit!”, “You have to want it to win it”.. “If it wasn’t for our families, we wouldn’t be racing, that and a full stock of Corona’s,” Brent chimes in. Shermak Racing spends endless hours of time prepping the car, as Brent said, “Do we ever stop?” Race Rituals before each racing event, consist of prayer,…. and John says he never sleeps.

Brent Shermak along with Co-Driver John Kueneman (Bullhead City Funeral Director) both agree that the biggest accomplishment for Shermak racing was “When we were buried alive, and were able to dig ourselves out”. Racing in Primm, Nevada one of the main bolts in the steering column came out and pitched the car down an embankment, upside down in a ravine, encasing the car perfectly, all around. With gas pouring down on top of them and unable to see any light, they literally had “to dig themselves out”

Shermak Racing wants to Thank-

Our families for there support and dedication for what I love to do. To my wife and daughter, Thank you for everything that you do....Love you BDS

Thank You John for being my co-driver--- Brent

To Beth, Darrian, Reese- Thank you for your understanding and support. Love JDK

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In addition to racing in Coalition events, there are many areas where your expertise can better the Coalitions efforts as a whole. Forging a family of 5-1600 racers is a primary goal of the Coalition. Families need to work together, and the help of your 5-1600 teams in the following areas would be most appreciated:

Ø Event Promotion

Ø Contingency Coordination

Ø Tech Inspection

Ø Items of interest for Coalition

Newsletters & website

Ø Pit Support

Ø Production of promo materials

Ø Identification of Sponsors

Don’t hesitate

Contact the Coalition today!

(619) 443-0703 www.bajacoalition.net

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Attention all 5-1600 racers.

Subscribe to the Baja Coalition newsletter.

The Baja Coalition would like to welcome your team to join us this year in our five event race series.

Subscribe to the Baja Coalition newsletter. This circulation is just the beginning of what we hope will continue throughout the years. Articles that you can look for in future newsletters will include up to date rules and race information, race bios, and other articles that you as an off-road enthusiast may want to know, and see. Look for it in your mailbox, or go online to www.bajacoalition.net.

Open letter from the director

The Baja Coalition is proud to announce its intention to host a 2006 five event race series.

Coalition Director Win Deen says, “It is our goal to forge a family of 5-1600 racers who will help to perpetuate the great sport of off-road racing into the future. We sincerely hope you will include our events in your racing plans for 2006.”

The Baja Coalition charges a nominal entry fee per race for 5-1600 teams to participate in its series. One third of this money goes directly to the Coalition winner of each event, one third toward the Coalition Series championship purse, and one third toward the ongoing promotional expenses of the Coalition. Remember, the Coalition has no paid personnel.

The money you put into the Coalition promotes Coalition events and memberships putting more money right back into your pocket. The Coalition is providing additional incentives to its participants, as well, such as winning driver/team feature articles on the Coalition website. Plans are also in the works to place an in car camera in a Coalition vehicle for each of the Coalition events. The Coalition is well under way in enlisting a fine group of sponsors for our series which will provide even more purse money, contingency prizes, tires, parts and services to our winning teams, and pit efforts.

The Baja Coalition will, this year, be providing a Coalition Main Pit for its family of racers, complete with mechanic support, welding capability, medical safety staff, and communications. It is our desire to work with you to make the 2006 off-road racing season an outstanding one. Building a true family of 5-1600 racers is our primary goal. There are many Coalition functions that will require additional personnel from the various race teams if we are to make the Coalition all that it can be.

Please take a moment to review all the information about the Coalition’s efforts and contact us to discuss how the Baja Coalition can be a mutually beneficial endeavor for 5-1600 racers, off-road sanctioning bodies, and the spectacular sport of off road racing.

We can’t wait to talk to you.
Baja Coalition Director
Win Deen
(619) 443-0703

THANK YOU – RON PLUNKETT

The 2005 BAJA Coalition Off-Road Race Series has come to an end, but the future of the Coalition looks bright. This is because of the diligent hard work, dedication, and vision of one man, Coalition founder, Ron Plunkett. Ron began forging a family of 5-1600 racers that will indeed race to future victories, and he forged a Coalition that will attain new heights in 2006. It is with deep gratitude and endless thanks that the 2006 BAJA Coalition wishes Ron Plunkett every success and happiness in future ventures and adventures.

2005 Champion- CONGRATULATIONS - ERIC DEEN w/ Deen Racing

Heart felt congratulations go out to Eric Deen and the Deen family race team, winners of the 2005 BAJA Coalition Off-Road Race Series.