2021 Baja 1000 Motorcycle - Danny Steyn with Team Persevere 628x finish 2nd place ProMoto60 class!

I got an invite to join Team Persevere, 5 weeks before the 2021 Baja 1000, and jumped at the opportunity. 1,227 miles, split between 8 riders, ranging from 63 to 75 years old. We finished the peninsula run, the 4th longest in Baja1000 history, in 44 hours and 53 minutes, and 2nd in the ProMoto60 Class. What a blast! Achieving finishers trophy in both the Baja 1000 and the Roof of Africa is a dream come true, so grateful for the opportunity!
Our riders were Richard Jackson, Jim Ryan, Don Whittington, Danny Steyn, Bob Kimber, David Heath, Mike Whitman and our RIder of Record, Scott McIntosh, who won the 2021 SCORE Desert Championship in the ProMoto60 class!
Danny Steyn races SCCA and NASA events in both Spec Miata and Super Touring Lite cars. His cars are prepared by OPM Autosports, his SM is powered by Rossini Racing Engines, his STL is powered by Nelson Racing Engines, and both cars are stopped courtesy G-Loc Brake Pads, with contingency support from Hoosier Racing Tire, Toyo Tires and Mazda Motorsports.
Danny also races Hare Scrambles and OffRoad Races on motorbikes, and does Adventure Touring on bikes around the world.
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[@Theairguitarguy]

I love the story telling element! So glad you got the bike out of the silt!!

[@dannysteyn]

glad you liked that part - was very hesitant about adding it, wasnt sure how it would be received!

[@Theairguitarguy]

@@dannysteyn the video would have been empty without it. Makes the video way more interesting 👏

[@spae007]

Subtitle comments during the GoPro footage were great.

[@dannysteyn]

thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@jamesbarker2555]

Excellent little film, and congratulations

[@dannysteyn]

Thank you James, much appreciated

[@randypobstofficial]

Danny, this is heroic, and well documented. Thanks, I enjoyed the dramatic story! Congrats 🏁

[@dannysteyn]

Thank you Randy. Glad you watched the whole thing. I was so out of my comfort zone the entire weekend, scared to death, but so glad I did it.

[@riccardochiorboli2971]

Nice Danny well done.. Howzit from South Africa.

[@dannysteyn]

thanks Riccardo - whoever would have imagined, all those years ago in 1984, that running the Roof of Africa would eventually lead to this!!!

[@eliasmora715]

good job..... baja lets you live.

[@dannysteyn]

Yes, pretty happy to return home from this epic event ALIVE!!!! That was my Priority. Finishing was my 2nd Priority.

[@garrettvandersys9114]

Great video!! Baja is definitely a special place!

[@dannysteyn]

Thank you Garrett, and yes Baja is truly a special place. It is a different beauty, best seen in the early morning and late afternoon light, with long shadows from the cacti!

[@Tomsworld]

Epic!

[@dannysteyn]

thank you - it sure was for me!!!

[@dlock5794]

Great video great narration thx.

[@dannysteyn]

Thank you, wasnt sure if the narration would have killed it, but it seems that most have enjoyed it.

[@Nuno.Alcaide]

Great work!!! 💪😃

[@dannysteyn]

Thanks Nuno!

[@darylsmioth1904]

I wonder how Baja racers finished this race without GPS like back in the 70's etc? Today this guys have total cockpits on their bikes to navigate by satellite. Cool video!

[@RideRocks801]

So true, they didn’t have vcp’s making sure they were on course, so if they diverted some and made their way back, all good. 😂😂

[@ivancamacho7668]

Thanks for sharing! What type model of bike was your team using? Congrats for that good ride and the great results!

[@dannysteyn]

My pleasure Ivan, just want to encourage more to try this wonderful race. Our team, like many others, rode a Honda CR450. I think ours was a 2012-2016 model. Easy to work on, and pretty bullet proof. In fact ours ran for many hundreds of miles with no water in the radiator. Amazing that it never seized.

[@ivancamacho7668]

@@dannysteyn thanks! Yes, as you showed, it run air-cooled for a while, and survived!

[@bolo863]

Quick question, which race was more difficult the Baja or the Roof? I'd be right keen to hear the answer to this question...I have a feeling you'll say the Roof because you have to complete the race yourself without a team but I may be wrong.

[@dannysteyn]

The ROOF is way more difficult not because it is done solo, but it is all about the terrain. ROA is more like hard enduro, and you need Graham Jarvis like skills to finish it. The Baja1000 can be done by anyone with above average dirt bike skills and a decent amount of grit. Now if you ironman the Baja1000, that takes massive amount of grit and determination