Follow along as we share coverage from our friends WestX1000 from the Baja Rally 2022.
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 The Next Generation 
Can We Even Call These Riders Rookies" 

Key points: Organizers of the Baja Rally 2022 let Rookies start first, and as it turned out, the four top seats for the stage were taken by newcomers! While #3 Mike Johnson ? with a plaster on his broken finger ? finished First among the Pros. Before the final day, the rally team commemorates Moto Medics founder Patrick Attardo who recently passed away. He had been a huge part of the event since the beginning, and this moment was genuinely special for everyone who knew him personally. 
Portrait of the Stage. The penultimate 138-mile loop around Cataviña was very special. It partially repeated Stage Two in reverse and crossed an open desert section with tricky navigation which included following the average cap headings from point-to-point. Orga kept the Dakar entrants and the American Rally Originals in mind, giving them training on compressed notes, and cramming two or three different roadbook events into a single notation. 
Wild Card Start. To make it even more interesting for everyone, the race crew made the Rookie class start first, based on general classification after four days. And Rally 1 and Pro classes followed a half an hour later. All to see how the newest recruits to rally would deal with navigation without tracks ahead to guide them. That, and to confuse more experienced riders...