2009 Winter Mini Baja at Michigan Tech

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2009 Winter Baja
The event is an informal, but competitive Mini-Baja race held on a motocross-style track made out of snow! It was held February 14, 2009 at Lake Linden, Michigan at the Public Park
There were 2 Endurance Races (120 minutes each) and the Big Air Competition

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Winter Baja at Michigan Tech, February 2009: First Endurance Race Set 1; The event is an informal, but competitive Mini-Baja race held on a motocross-style track made out of snow! It was held February 14, 2009 at Lake Linden, Michigan at the Public Park. There were 2 Endurance Races (120 minutes each) and the Big Air Competition; Hope you see yourself.

Winter Baja 2009 Endurance Race Results
Place Team Car#
1 Central Michigan University 67
2 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 6
3 Virginia Tech University 22
4 Michigan Tech University 66
5 Michigan Tech University 73
6 University of Wisconsin-Stout 60
7 Northwestern Michigan College 51
8 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 17
9 University of Iowa 37
10 Central Michigan University 46
11 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 7
12 Sanilac Career Center 2
13 Sanilac Career Center 63
14 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 41
15 Michigan State University 28
16 University of Wisconsin-Stout 222
17 Central Michigan University 99
18 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 117
19 Northwestern Michigan College 40
20 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 8
21 Virginia Tech University 3
22 University of Iowa 11
23 Kettering University 68 2
24 Michigan State University 72
25 Sanilac Career Center 35
26 Northern Illinois University 86
27 Northern Michigan University 1
28 Michigan Tech University 57
29 Northwestern University 56
30 Michigan State University 48 5
31 Lake Superior State University 0
32 Ferris State University 21
33 University of Iowa 111
34 Michigan State University 20
35 Western Ontario University 107
36 University of Wisconsin-Stout 129
37 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ½
38 Ferris State University 81
39 Lake Superior State University 64

Results with laps

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Michigan Tech was one of the first schools to participate in the SAE sanctioned Mini Baja with event founder and team advisor Dr. William Shapton. Starting in 1981, Michigan Tech hosted the first ever Winter Baja - an event designed to test the off road vehicle in winter's worst conditions.

Winter Baja was successful during the eighties, but as the decade came to a close, so did Winter Baja. Reinvigorated with a new advisor, the Michigan Tech Mini Baja team redesigned the event format and hosted the rebirth of Winter Baja in 2001. Since that time, the event has continued to grow, and is now one of the largest Mini Baja events in the nation.