Roger Norman EXPOSED as SCORE Leader in charge of Kurt Caselli DEATH!
SHAME ON YOU! UPDATED 10-2014
THE DEATH OF KURT CASELLI
CARPETBAGGING & POACHING
June 24, 2014 UPDATE!
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October 5, 2010 UPDATE
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Norman Motorsports from Seth Naugle on Vimeo.
In June 2010, at the SCORE Baja 500, Roger Norman, driver of the #8 Trophy Truck and first time SCORE Baja motorcycle racer, Tim Nugent, Cartersville, Georgia, were involved in an accident that occurred in heavy dust on the Mike’s Sky Ranch road. Nugent was grazed by the right front tire of the #8 Trophy Truck and crashed from his motorcycle where he suffered moderate injuries. Norman stopped after the crash and assisted the rider along with locals who were at the scene including a doctor. However, Norman waited until his crew arrived on scene. One of the Norman Motorsports crew members’ is a paramedic and assisted in providing emergency assistance.
Norman was convinced to continue racing and eventually he crossed the checkered flag earning a 4th place finish. In the days after the race, Norman announced he would not again race in the SCORE Desert Series until changes had been made.
Afterwards he wrote in a widely distributed email, “The accident with the Sportsman motorcycle rider in the dust has shook me to the core. I have been devastated and demoralized about off-road racing since Saturday’s race,” commented Roger Norman in an email to his fellow Trophy Truck competitors. “We have all had our close calls and I can tell you that until you run someone over in the dust of another trophy truck at over 100 mph you will not understand the devastating feeling that is created even if they come out with non life threatening injuries.
He further explained in his email, “It is a miracle that Tim Nugent survived this accident. The next guy will not be so lucky and I want to avoid any one of you from having this pain and fear I have felt. The incident could have happened to any one of us and unless we do something to force the issue nothing will be done.”
In the weeks after the race Roger Norman was resolute that the 2010 SCORE Baja 500 was to be his last SCORE Race if the safety concerns involving the trucks and motorcycles were not addressed by SCORE Officials.
The outcome is that instead of 3 hours between the motorcycles and SCORE Trophy Trucks they have added one additional hour to the previously 3 hour buffer zone.
Apparently, the additional hour added is enough for Roger Norman to feel that the safety concerns are no longer an issue and he’s entered in this year’s biggest race of the season.
For 43 years, motorcycles and race trucks/cars have raced alongside each other during the most difficult point-to-point race in the world. Danger is part of off road racing and segregating the two important racing classes would be near impossible in a 1000-mile point-to-point race.
After the SCORE Baja 500 race, Norman Motorsports championship racing icon – Larry Roeseler, unexpectedly left the race team returning to Terrible Herbst Motorsports.
On Wednesday, September 29, Roger Norman announced he was going to SOLO this year’s SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 in the #8 Norman Motorsports Trophy Truck.
Ironmanning a race of over 1000-miles is a herculean effort that has been accomplished by a handful of the world’s top adventurers. Roger Norman definitely fits into that category. Norman is an avid action-athlete and continuously trains his body for these types of feats, but the facts are that since Larry Ragland won the 1999 SCORE Baja 1000, no one has won this epic race by racing alone in the elite SCORE Trophy Truck class.
Norman will venture south of the U.S / Mexico border hoping to become the first trophy truck driver since 1999 to capture the victory by driving alone.
The 43rd edition of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 will kick off on Thursday, November 18, 2010. SCORE Officials recently announced they anticipate the starting time for the SCORE Trophy Trucks to be approximately 11:45 a.m.
Motorcycles will leave the line as the sunrises over the Pacific Ocean seaside town of Ensenada, Baja California. 4 hours after the last motorcycle/ATV leaves the line the first SCORE Trophy Truck will take the green flag and charge over 1000-miles to the capital city of La Paz, Mexico.
The computerized drawing for starting positions will be held on October 9, 2010 at the SCORE Headquarters in Los Angeles.
This year’s race is expected to be a very difficult race as the starting time near noon means the first four-wheel vehicles will reach San Felipe about the time its getting dark expected to be approximately 4:30 p.m.
Darkness will reign havoc over the Baja Peninsula for the next 14 hours essentially marking this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 as a night race.
Teams can expect to have 4 hours of daylight on each side of the 14 hours of darkness and that will no doubt create a difficult challenge for the world’s top teams, let alone Roger Norman who will attempt to solo this year’s race.""
>-->"Roger Norman on the rocks"!
""I was simply swamped with work and trying to keep up with all the meetings and things I had to do. But today I've got some great news: Together with Roger Norman I will tackle the Vegas to Reno Race next week in one of his Trophy Trucks! On Tuesday I'll fly toLas Vegas
Roger Norman on the rocks: we met during my winter training in icy Ivola/Finland
I'm really confident, because as usual I'll have my navigator and our crew chief Bryan Lyttle at my side in the cockpit at our Trophy Truck premiere. And All German Motorsports is going to work together with Roger's team for the pit support. That's additional motivation.
Roger Norman is one of the true greats of our sport. Already in 1999 he won the BITD Championship. In 2001 and 2008 Roger and the Norman Motorsports Team clinched wins at the Baja 1000 -- to name just a few of his countless successes.
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On 11 September I'll be back in the AGM buggy for the Baja 1000Nevada
After the Vegas to Reno Race my family and I'll spend a few days in theUSA Nevada
... I am already looking forward to the pre-run - and some night shifts in the desert.""
*Baja Racing news.com INSIDE SOURCE: We know there's a couple people who are meeting with him today (8-10-2010 3 PM), and one of them is a TT member (name withheld). Not Roger Norman, however, he was just back from Africa on Safari, now Norman is in Fiji with family. The meeting minutes, an internal discussion and it's findings won't be posted publicly... not yet anyway.
Baja Racing News.com OUTLOOK:
1) "Pass Alert" hardware mandatory in the faster half of the truck/ buggy classes (they can afford to own it since it costs less than one tire)
2) "Pass Alert" hardware optional add on to a hardware package for any bike or quad class entry who wants it.
3) Score mandates it, pays nothing and everyone moves along. Tough guys on two wheels don't have to fuss with the nuisance/cost and slow pokes can be told they were told so if they get nerfed/punted without the the beacon.
Situation stays 'status quo' except ALL the responsibility for safety, then rests with the drivers and NOT the sanctioning body. In Theory, of course.
***As a reminder: Pass Alert Hardware pings inside the cockpit of 4-wheel vehicle with sound and light.***
>>>STAY TUNED TO BAJA RACING NEWS.com>>>
*3 PM Meeting scheduled for 8-10, appeared to start moving the issue into a new direction.
Now that SCORE has its promotional money from Baja Sur for the Baja 1000, probably around $100,000++ Sal and SCORE might be in mood to talk. Yeah, just talk! We'll keep you updated>>>
BULLETIN! Aug 6, 2010 CLICK HERE!
Larry Roeseler Re-Joins Terrible Herbst Team!
CLICK HERE>>>RACING BLAST NEW BLOOD IN BAJA!
UPDATE July 27, 2010
Some Sportman Bike Riders React to Baja Racing News.com:
""Changes in SCORE's policies, it can be done and it has happened before: 1. Remember Danny Hamel? Now we have speed limits on the highways, maybe not totally attributable to Danny's tragic death, but a change that needed to happen. 2. Dave Lapraik died prerunning Ensenada / Ojos. That is now a strictly enforced one way prerun with limited availability.""
THE STORY OF DAVID BILLS CLICK HERE
THE STORY OF LUIS ALBERTO VALDEZ CLICK HERE
IVAN STEWART FAMILY IMPACTED AND COMMENTS CLICK HERE
""One more electronic hunk-o-junk to mount to the bike. Maybe I am missing something here, maybe I am just dumb (you can agree). But it's a machine with a light that goes off when a car is 100 yards nearby (basically a couple seconds) - I think I get that. So, how does it work? Need to be out of the way of a passing car before that light goes flashing. Nothing changes except paying for the thing.
The problematic type of riders are maybe going to rely on this, never look back and maybe
SHAME ON YOU! UPDATED 10-2014
THE DEATH OF KURT CASELLI
CARPETBAGGING & POACHING
June 24, 2014 UPDATE!
Roger Norman requests content removed, we comply, but save the content in question
October 5, 2010 UPDATE
We predicted on August 27, Roger Norman would race. Now, here's the confirmation.
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""Roger Norman has confirmed on his personal Facebook page that he will INDEED be racing this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. It was only a few months ago that Norman vowed not to return to race the SCORE Desert Series until SCORE Officials made significant changes to eliminate the possibility of SCORE Trophy Trucks and motorcycles mixing during race events.
SCORE recently published that there will be a mandated four-hour differential between the final motorcycle/ATV and the start of the SCORE Trophy Truck class in this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
SCORE recently published that there will be a mandated four-hour differential between the final motorcycle/ATV and the start of the SCORE Trophy Truck class in this year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.
Norman Motorsports from Seth Naugle on Vimeo.
In June 2010, at the SCORE Baja 500, Roger Norman, driver of the #8 Trophy Truck and first time SCORE Baja motorcycle racer, Tim Nugent, Cartersville, Georgia, were involved in an accident that occurred in heavy dust on the Mike’s Sky Ranch road. Nugent was grazed by the right front tire of the #8 Trophy Truck and crashed from his motorcycle where he suffered moderate injuries. Norman stopped after the crash and assisted the rider along with locals who were at the scene including a doctor. However, Norman waited until his crew arrived on scene. One of the Norman Motorsports crew members’ is a paramedic and assisted in providing emergency assistance.
Norman was convinced to continue racing and eventually he crossed the checkered flag earning a 4th place finish. In the days after the race, Norman announced he would not again race in the SCORE Desert Series until changes had been made.
Afterwards he wrote in a widely distributed email, “The accident with the Sportsman motorcycle rider in the dust has shook me to the core. I have been devastated and demoralized about off-road racing since Saturday’s race,” commented Roger Norman in an email to his fellow Trophy Truck competitors. “We have all had our close calls and I can tell you that until you run someone over in the dust of another trophy truck at over 100 mph you will not understand the devastating feeling that is created even if they come out with non life threatening injuries.
He further explained in his email, “It is a miracle that Tim Nugent survived this accident. The next guy will not be so lucky and I want to avoid any one of you from having this pain and fear I have felt. The incident could have happened to any one of us and unless we do something to force the issue nothing will be done.”
In the weeks after the race Roger Norman was resolute that the 2010 SCORE Baja 500 was to be his last SCORE Race if the safety concerns involving the trucks and motorcycles were not addressed by SCORE Officials.
The outcome is that instead of 3 hours between the motorcycles and SCORE Trophy Trucks they have added one additional hour to the previously 3 hour buffer zone.
Apparently, the additional hour added is enough for Roger Norman to feel that the safety concerns are no longer an issue and he’s entered in this year’s biggest race of the season.
For 43 years, motorcycles and race trucks/cars have raced alongside each other during the most difficult point-to-point race in the world. Danger is part of off road racing and segregating the two important racing classes would be near impossible in a 1000-mile point-to-point race.
After the SCORE Baja 500 race, Norman Motorsports championship racing icon – Larry Roeseler, unexpectedly left the race team returning to Terrible Herbst Motorsports.
On Wednesday, September 29, Roger Norman announced he was going to SOLO this year’s SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 in the #8 Norman Motorsports Trophy Truck.
Ironmanning a race of over 1000-miles is a herculean effort that has been accomplished by a handful of the world’s top adventurers. Roger Norman definitely fits into that category. Norman is an avid action-athlete and continuously trains his body for these types of feats, but the facts are that since Larry Ragland won the 1999 SCORE Baja 1000, no one has won this epic race by racing alone in the elite SCORE Trophy Truck class.
Norman will venture south of the U.S / Mexico border hoping to become the first trophy truck driver since 1999 to capture the victory by driving alone.
The 43rd edition of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 will kick off on Thursday, November 18, 2010. SCORE Officials recently announced they anticipate the starting time for the SCORE Trophy Trucks to be approximately 11:45 a.m.
Motorcycles will leave the line as the sunrises over the Pacific Ocean seaside town of Ensenada, Baja California. 4 hours after the last motorcycle/ATV leaves the line the first SCORE Trophy Truck will take the green flag and charge over 1000-miles to the capital city of La Paz, Mexico.
The computerized drawing for starting positions will be held on October 9, 2010 at the SCORE Headquarters in Los Angeles.
This year’s race is expected to be a very difficult race as the starting time near noon means the first four-wheel vehicles will reach San Felipe about the time its getting dark expected to be approximately 4:30 p.m.
Darkness will reign havoc over the Baja Peninsula for the next 14 hours essentially marking this year’s SCORE Baja 1000 as a night race.
Teams can expect to have 4 hours of daylight on each side of the 14 hours of darkness and that will no doubt create a difficult challenge for the world’s top teams, let alone Roger Norman who will attempt to solo this year’s race.""
Klausy-Alert system.
Here's the pant-load from Clausy of the crackheads:
"Off-Road Racing is a sport that evolves with the
The crackheads suckoff another one! You heard it here first, who represents the racers? The crackheads??? PLEASE!
Baja Racing News.com sez here and now, this device should NOT 'be mandatory by all the sanctioning bodies'.
VOLUNTARY ONLY!
VIVA LIBERTY! VIVA BAJA RACING! VIVA RACERS CHOICE!
advancement of new technologies as the need for increased safety standards emerges.
Bikes and Quads now use mandatory amber lights, helmets use more modern materials making them stronger and lighter and neck restraints are already mandatory in short course racing.
The latest step into the future is IRC’s proximity sensor the “Pass Alert”.
The amber light solves part of the visibility issue. It lets the approaching race car see that someone is a few feet or inches ahead. If the amber light bounces or suddenly stops its a good indication the lead vehicle slowed down, went over an obstacle, or stopped. However the lead car never realizes that someone is right behind them and they are about to get passed.
Off-Road racers have developed the system of knocking on the rear bumper to let slower drivers know that they’re behind and wanting to pass. This practice called “nerfing” a competitor however often leaves one party unhappy. There are also obvious dangers associated with this practice; Safety and potential vehicle damage.
Now that we all understand the challenge, lets look at a new solution.
The IRC Pass Alert is a small device, the size and shape of a garage opener. It’s battery powered by a common 9V battery, has 2 switches, and a multi-color LED light array.
It signals the vehicle ahead via radio frequency that you are behind them, are faster, and about to pass. The vehicle in front will have its LED’s flash yellow and may take action to let you pass. The signal range is limited to approximately 100 yards, so it wont interfere with the racer 2-miles ahead; it also travels only in the forward or backwards direction intended. If you signal to a vehicle in front of you, then a racer behind you will not falsely receive your “intent to pass” signal.
In addition to the yellow “passing” signal the unit can also be turned into a “man down” status. In this mode any approaching unit will be alerted with a red LED signal.
Race promoters may also send out a “green” signal to alert of special zones. This could be used to signal upcoming restricted speed zones, pit areas, or checkpoints.
The IRC device works similar to the French Sintenel used at the A.S.O. Dakar Rally, but is a totally new design tailored to the needs of North American desert racing.
IRC field tested the device at the last Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno race between the top Trick Trucks and some selected Bikes and Quads. The device is still in a field testing phase and pending feedback from racers will soon undergo production.
Steve Meyers told us that the expected price point should be less then $200 per unit, but that depends on what the final device design will be like.
This technology is not the silver bullet to make racing 100% safe but its one of many options that will get us closer.
We hope to see this device become mandatory with every race organization." Quote from Clausy, Crackhead.
Clausy, you ignorant slut! If this system is so critical, YOU PAY for everybody's use!
This system is for racers who can't or don't know how to drive into the dust and there are many more "systems" that are far superior in the conditions we are addressing here.
Stay Tuned, testing in progress>>>
We'll Report>>>
August 27 UPDATE:
We predict Norman Motorsports will compete in the Baja 1000, now that people think he wasn't to blame for running over that sportsman motorcyclist.
The blame has been shifted to SCORE and all of their BAD rules.
BAD SCORE-BAD SCORE!
August 12, 2010 UPDATE:
Whats really happening here? Roger needs to blame something else, for his almost killing somebody. Period.
Now, if this were you or I, we would be in jail. But, Richy Rich here, can buy and blame his way OUT of real responsibility. We hope he takes care of the victim, for the rest of his life.
We predict Norman Motorsports will compete in the Baja 1000, now that people think he wasn't to blame for running over that sportsman motorcyclist.
The blame has been shifted to SCORE and all of their BAD rules.
BAD SCORE-BAD SCORE!
August 12, 2010 UPDATE:
Whats really happening here? Roger needs to blame something else, for his almost killing somebody. Period.
Now, if this were you or I, we would be in jail. But, Richy Rich here, can buy and blame his way OUT of real responsibility. We hope he takes care of the victim, for the rest of his life.
Armin from All German Motorsports confirms the rumors as true:
""I was simply swamped with work and trying to keep up with all the meetings and things I had to do. But today I've got some great news: Together with Roger Norman I will tackle the Vegas to Reno Race next week in one of his Trophy Trucks! On Tuesday I'll fly to
Roger Norman on the rocks: we met during my winter training in icy Ivola/Finland
I'm really confident, because as usual I'll have my navigator and our crew chief Bryan Lyttle at my side in the cockpit at our Trophy Truck premiere. And All German Motorsports is going to work together with Roger's team for the pit support. That's additional motivation.
Roger Norman is one of the true greats of our sport. Already in 1999 he won the BITD Championship. In 2001 and 2008 Roger and the Norman Motorsports Team clinched wins at the Baja 1000 -- to name just a few of his countless successes.
Roger and I met during the winter training that I organise up in
On 11 September I'll be back in the AGM buggy for the Baja 1000
After the Vegas to Reno Race my family and I'll spend a few days in the
... I am already looking forward to the pre-run - and some night shifts in the desert.""
UPDATE 8-11-2010:
*Baja Racing news.com INSIDE SOURCE: We know there's a couple people who are meeting with him today (8-10-2010 3 PM), and one of them is a TT member (name withheld). Not Roger Norman, however, he was just back from Africa on Safari, now Norman is in Fiji with family. The meeting minutes, an internal discussion and it's findings won't be posted publicly... not yet anyway.
Baja Racing News.com OUTLOOK:
1) "Pass Alert" hardware mandatory in the faster half of the truck/ buggy classes (they can afford to own it since it costs less than one tire)
2) "Pass Alert" hardware optional add on to a hardware package for any bike or quad class entry who wants it.
3) Score mandates it, pays nothing and everyone moves along. Tough guys on two wheels don't have to fuss with the nuisance/cost and slow pokes can be told they were told so if they get nerfed/punted without the the beacon.
Situation stays 'status quo' except ALL the responsibility for safety, then rests with the drivers and NOT the sanctioning body. In Theory, of course.
***As a reminder: Pass Alert Hardware pings inside the cockpit of 4-wheel vehicle with sound and light.***
>>>STAY TUNED TO BAJA RACING NEWS.com>>>
*3 PM Meeting scheduled for 8-10, appeared to start moving the issue into a new direction.
BULLETIN! Aug 6, 2010 CLICK HERE!
Larry Roeseler Re-Joins Terrible Herbst Team!
Norman Motorsports Appears To Grenade!
RALLY & BAJA RACER Schwarz reportedly joins Norman
INSIDERS REPORT: "From what is being said, the Schwarz deal is possibly just one race. All German Motors isn't racing V2R, so Schwarz has no conflict racing this event with another team. Martin Christensen has expressed interested in jumping into the TT field, and this would be a good opportunity for Shwarz to get some seat time. Schwarz' inclusion on the #8 entry was finalized before Roeseler left Norman Motorsports.
RALLY & BAJA RACER Schwarz reportedly joins Norman
INSIDERS REPORT: "From what is being said, the Schwarz deal is possibly just one race. All German Motors isn't racing V2R, so Schwarz has no conflict racing this event with another team. Martin Christensen has expressed interested in jumping into the TT field, and this would be a good opportunity for Shwarz to get some seat time. Schwarz' inclusion on the #8 entry was finalized before Roeseler left Norman Motorsports.
As for why Norman has decided to take the rally path, it seems to have stemmed from an ice rally school he attended in Finland earlier this year. But short, groomed sections of rally course are vastly different than a five hundred mile off-road course. It should be interesting.
The Norman Motorsports group that the fan world and the kiss-ups see is a bit different than the one off-road professionals work for. So many of the very wealthy are a bit tetched. A good indication is to take a look at the numbers of off-road talent that have passed in and then quickly out of the shop in the short time Norman Motorsports has been in business. Roeseler's departure is clearly the most noticeable, but not the the first and definitely not the last. It would not be surprising to see more defections soon as a result.
The shop profile in the latest issue of Dusty Times puts a wonderfully glossy but inaccurate spin on the place. The elevation of a part-time construction contractor with little off-road experience -- and none of that with a large team -- to team manager was unfathomable. His comment about "no drama" in the place had former and current employees howling with laughter."
Roger Norman responds to the implosion:
"Yes, Larry was worried about his future at Norman Motorsports. We are sorry to see him go. As for Norman Motorsports we are preparing for the V2R. The news SCORE Safety Committee was recently created by Sal and Paul and I will be attending the first meeting next week. I'm certain changes will be made to increase the safety of our sport."
Roger Norman responds to the implosion:
"Yes, Larry was worried about his future at Norman Motorsports. We are sorry to see him go. As for Norman Motorsports we are preparing for the V2R. The news SCORE Safety Committee was recently created by Sal and Paul and I will be attending the first meeting next week. I'm certain changes will be made to increase the safety of our sport."
CLICK HERE>>>RACING BLAST NEW BLOOD IN BAJA!
UPDATE July 27, 2010
Some Sportman Bike Riders React to Baja Racing News.com:
""Changes in SCORE's policies, it can be done and it has happened before: 1. Remember Danny Hamel? Now we have speed limits on the highways, maybe not totally attributable to Danny's tragic death, but a change that needed to happen. 2. Dave Lapraik died prerunning Ensenada / Ojos. That is now a strictly enforced one way prerun with limited availability.""
THE STORY OF DAVID BILLS CLICK HERE
THE STORY OF LUIS ALBERTO VALDEZ CLICK HERE
IVAN STEWART FAMILY IMPACTED AND COMMENTS CLICK HERE
""One more electronic hunk-o-junk to mount to the bike. Maybe I am missing something here, maybe I am just dumb (you can agree). But it's a machine with a light that goes off when a car is 100 yards nearby (basically a couple seconds) - I think I get that. So, how does it work? Need to be out of the way of a passing car before that light goes flashing. Nothing changes except paying for the thing.
The problematic type of riders are maybe going to rely on this, never look back and maybe
