Blanco
03-24-2007, 02:35 AM
Tavo Vildosola passes his baptism of fire driving the Mexicana Logistics TT#4.
Mexicali Baja California, March 12 2007, for immediate release.
In one of the most exciting chapters of the Vildosola Racing’s history, young gun Tavo Vildosola, made the transition from Baja Protrucks to the competitive Trophy Truck class. Taking the green flag aboard the teams #4 Mexicana Logistics/Vildosola Racing sponsored Ford F-150 at the SCORE Baja 250 last weekend in Ensenada Baja California Mexico.
After long weeks of work before the race, Tavo debuted in his first Trophy Truck race this season, a new driver, new suspension upgrades, new graphics and even a new hood design, all these changes also coincided with a new race location, changing from San Felipe to Ensenada. Despite the chaos, the team did their homework pre-running, prepping and developing a race strategy to rival anyone.
Some minutes after 10:30 on Saturday March 10 the Mexicana Logistics/Vildosola Racing Trophy Truck #4 with Tavo Vildosola and navigator/mechanic extraordinaire Javi “Showtime” Valenzuela took the green flag as the seventh Trophy Truck off the line. After the first couple of miles Tavo settled into a good pace and gradually got more accustomed to the different behavior of the Trophy Truck over the Ensenada terrain. Piedras Gordas (RM20) presented the first time delay for the young duo, they came up behind Trophy Truck #60 and Bobby Baldwin who were both stuck in a mud ditch with no other way around. Tavo and Javi probably lost around three minutes there waiting to find an alternative way around, before long Bobby freed up and opened just enough room for Trophy Truck #4 to squeeze by both competitors.
At the Ojos Negros highway crossing, Tavo was now in 4th place physically, the race course then headed toward the big rollers on the golden fields of Ojos Negros and then proceeded to Tres Hermanos. Between the two aforementioned sections the #4 suffered the second delay of the day, this time coming in the form of a flat tire, unfortunately it happened no where near any of the twenty-three visual pits that the team had assigned. When Tavo and Javi got out to change the flat, Scott Steinberger in the #7 got by them. This now put Tavo in the middle of a battle with two of the fastest drivers in the class, Scott Steinberger ahead and Alan Pflueger behind.
They battled back and forth until Valle de la Trinidad where Tavo was running in third place physically 1 minute 20 seconds behind the #19 Trophy Truck of the Herbst and only :20 seconds behind #28 Trophy Truck of Alan Pflueger. At this point the team suffered another flat tire before getting ready to cross “La Calentura”. This put the Tavo further back, but once he crossed the famed “cross-over” road, he handed off driving duties to his father at Vildosola
Mexicali Baja California, March 12 2007, for immediate release.
In one of the most exciting chapters of the Vildosola Racing’s history, young gun Tavo Vildosola, made the transition from Baja Protrucks to the competitive Trophy Truck class. Taking the green flag aboard the teams #4 Mexicana Logistics/Vildosola Racing sponsored Ford F-150 at the SCORE Baja 250 last weekend in Ensenada Baja California Mexico.
After long weeks of work before the race, Tavo debuted in his first Trophy Truck race this season, a new driver, new suspension upgrades, new graphics and even a new hood design, all these changes also coincided with a new race location, changing from San Felipe to Ensenada. Despite the chaos, the team did their homework pre-running, prepping and developing a race strategy to rival anyone.
Some minutes after 10:30 on Saturday March 10 the Mexicana Logistics/Vildosola Racing Trophy Truck #4 with Tavo Vildosola and navigator/mechanic extraordinaire Javi “Showtime” Valenzuela took the green flag as the seventh Trophy Truck off the line. After the first couple of miles Tavo settled into a good pace and gradually got more accustomed to the different behavior of the Trophy Truck over the Ensenada terrain. Piedras Gordas (RM20) presented the first time delay for the young duo, they came up behind Trophy Truck #60 and Bobby Baldwin who were both stuck in a mud ditch with no other way around. Tavo and Javi probably lost around three minutes there waiting to find an alternative way around, before long Bobby freed up and opened just enough room for Trophy Truck #4 to squeeze by both competitors.
At the Ojos Negros highway crossing, Tavo was now in 4th place physically, the race course then headed toward the big rollers on the golden fields of Ojos Negros and then proceeded to Tres Hermanos. Between the two aforementioned sections the #4 suffered the second delay of the day, this time coming in the form of a flat tire, unfortunately it happened no where near any of the twenty-three visual pits that the team had assigned. When Tavo and Javi got out to change the flat, Scott Steinberger in the #7 got by them. This now put Tavo in the middle of a battle with two of the fastest drivers in the class, Scott Steinberger ahead and Alan Pflueger behind.
They battled back and forth until Valle de la Trinidad where Tavo was running in third place physically 1 minute 20 seconds behind the #19 Trophy Truck of the Herbst and only :20 seconds behind #28 Trophy Truck of Alan Pflueger. At this point the team suffered another flat tire before getting ready to cross “La Calentura”. This put the Tavo further back, but once he crossed the famed “cross-over” road, he handed off driving duties to his father at Vildosola