Hot on the heels of heels of his dominant win at the San Diego Tour, Mark moved up the coast slightly to contest the extremely competitive El Toro ProSolo.
Staged on an airfield where many tire manufacturers do their testing, El Toro is some of the best that ProSolo has to offer. At some autocross sites you are lucky to get a 45 second course. At the El Toro Pro, 45 seconds is just one side. It combines a high grip surface, outstanding competition and some of the best Pro courses in the sport.
This year, in B-Street Prepared, Mark Baer faced stiff competition from Jason Uyeda in a highly developed Honda S2000. Despite disadvantages in weight, width, horsepower, and tire, in his BMW M3 “Dakar” Mark still held Jason to a lead of just a few tenths after day 1. On day 2, neither driver found any additional lead over the other, but Jason extended his lead to ultimately take the BSP win by just under 1 second, with Mark in second, over two seconds ahead of the next competitor in third place.
Check out the super-slow-mo, 300 frame-per-second video of Mark in the high speed slalom near the end of the course!
Over in D-Street Prepared, David Jobusch and Lee Michael backed up their strong finish from the San Diego tour with fourth and fifth spot finishes, David missing the 3rd place podium by just .297 of a second after two days of competition.