Slow Baja

Sal Fish 1975: The Year That Changed Baja Racing


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Sal Fish, the Godfather of Baja racing is back for his third conversation on the Slow Baja Podcast. We recorded this one back in March on our way home from the epic Slow Baja Winter Expedition.


We gathered to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first Baja 1000 organized by SCORE, and personally and painstakingly marked by Sal. The 1975 Baja Internacional and Baja 1000 heralded the dawn of the modern era of off-road racing. Before his joining SCORE, Sal was the Publisher of Hot Rod Magazine at Petersen Publications. He and advertising salesman Bob Weggland raced a Revel Model Company-sponsored Baja Bug in the NORRA Mexican 1000 from 1969 to 1971.


Fish will join me on the 2025 Slow Baja Vintage Expedition to share stories from his life in off-road racing. Joining him on the trip are fellow Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Famers, journalist Chris Collard, and mechanic and chief margarita-mixer, Curt LeDuc.


Learn more about the Slow Baja Vintage here:

https://www.slowbaja.com/adventures/slow-baja-vintage-expedition-1

More on Sal Fish and ORMHOF here:

https://ormhof.org/sal-fish

Get your Baja insurance here: https://www.bajabound.com/quote/?r=fl9vypdv2t

Listen to the previous conversations with Sal here:

https://youtu.be/uNCqWNMTe3s?si=8AVUBgidk0N-YMnk

https://youtu.be/xnDq0pL-Y1A?si=PW3kbFDOgjcJ5WWZ

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