To help prepare Jesse beyond his years of driving experience and past history at Baja, we thought we would give him a nice quiet ride through a landmine field. With explosive charges set to fire randomly, he will have to drive his truck around a most formidable field of flying dirt and debris. While the military has sophisticated equipment to detect landmines and take their time navigating a field of them, Jesse will have to rely on instinct and cat-like reflexes to avoid becoming a projectile himself as he zips through the field in his truck. The simulation will be sobering. Driving the Baja course means poor visibility and unknown obstacles, and even at 30mph he will have only a few 10ths of second to react, let alone when he opens it up on the flats. This will be a true test of preparedness and one Jesse needs to take seriously.
We don’t stop there though. Just for the heck of it, for both destructive purpose and science, we launch a truck into the air to examine the impact should Jesse’s vehicle become airborne and flip while racing. Loaded with accelerometers and special equipment, we record impacts both to the truck and to the driver to get an idea of the true dangers involved with this kind of racing. Baja racing is not for the weak at heart or those just looking to kick up a little dirt. If a vehicle flips moving at speed, impacts are not only severe, they may be deadly. Being airborne in a vehicle may not be new for Jesse, but being airborne upside down would be; and not something he wants to see while racing the Baja.
Sure, from the outside it may look like another dirt race, but with an unforgiving landscape that was never meant for cars, let alone humans, Jesse will have to draw on every skill he has to keep his vehicle moving and his mind sharp. Over hours of racing in dry heat, dehydration, heat exhaustion, and dirt flying impeding his line of sight, this is anything but ordinary. Once again, Jesse is put to the test to see if he can evade disaster and live to see another day.
David Sandler is the Science Advisor for 'Jesse James is a Dead Man', and President and Co-Founder of StrengthPro, Inc. He can be reached at info@strengthpro.com
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Posted July 02, 2009 | 10 comments
Jesse James is a Dead ManAutopsy: Baja 500
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Travis Pastrana should race in the Baja 500...
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Hi Jesse:
Again I saw your show...again I am disappointed. We spent so much time watching you get prepared and your truck clunks out.
The show should be called, "Jesse Is A Gay Man!"....There is nothing interesting about it.
Your best shows was with the motorcycle. I think you should stick to motocycle adventures.
This week your show stinked! Have A Nice Weekend!0 replies Reply Flag comment as inappropriate
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dude your show is awsome,but i wanted to know if u finishd the baja 500 or not.and i think you should do some dirt bike stuff or like baja racing on a quad....
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Great show on the Baja 500.
Stay in the Baja deserts for your show and you'll enjoy ratings success. the people want desolation
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Jesse- would like to see you shot out of a cannon or catapult over the niagra falls or snake river. Maybe the re-rock-et over snake river in something a little better designed than evils scud missle. I would like to design the T-shirt for that event "Jesse Flew" 6.5 years selling millions of dollars in chopper parts, including yours plus 20 years of knarled graphics including airbrush would possibly make this a bit of shameless self promotion served up with a killer idea!
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Jesse! Yet another failure with the Baja. 1st it was Monster Garage and now this. We are every disappointed with your being the master fabricator, that you could not build a vehicle that would last.
We suggest for your next life or death trial, you try getting Lisa Legohn and the Rev. Gadget to help build your vehicle as it may last longer.
As for your next death defying performance, why not try to beat the metal ball of death on a Motorcycle with flames shooting up through the ball to make it a little more interesting!1 reply Reply Flag comment as inappropriate
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first of all..... jesse you are a beast man! if anyone can think of something that someone else can learn, and be entertained its you. i have noticed one thing....... i never really see you on a dirt bike. why dont you do a death defying show involving a dirt bike. you are a icon to so many men, women, and children. keep up the good work and be careful, hell what am i sayin, youre really a true beast bro!
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your show is awsome and i loved your show monster garage you need to do it again.
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Great show. If you really want the definition of brutal race Class 11 in the Baja 1000. Nice truck, nice prerunner too that red Chevy looks nice.
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great show, see jesse in baja here too http://www.bajaracingnews.com/
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