A mud bike rider stole the present on the Baja 1000 by finishing the grueling 1,000-mile race whereas live-streaming to his mom utilizing Starlink Mini the entire time. The rider, Ben Hundter, and his brother David, accomplished the race in 31 hours half-hour, which is a reasonably lengthy FaceTime video name, all issues thought-about.
A video of Hundter ending the race has made the rounds on-line, partly because of the racer’s eye-catching Starlink Mini setup. As could possibly be seen within the video, Ben Hundter’s 279X Sportsman Moto class Sherco was outfitted with an enormous Jackery battery on the rear. The Starlink Mini was duct taped to the rider’s head. The iPhone that Hundter was utilizing to FaceTime his mom was additionally taped to his chest.
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In an interview following the race, Hundter defined that he had at all times wished to race the Baja 1000, however his mom was hesitant since he has Kind 1 diabetes. And whereas she did enable him to take part within the grueling race, she had one situation—he has to livestream the race to her the complete time. As such, the Starlink Mini, with its low energy consumption, mild weight, and excessive velocity web connectivity, grew to become the proper answer for the grime bike racer.
“I wished to race the Baja so dangerous, however my mother wouldn’t let me as a result of I’ve kind 1 diabetes. She mentioned the one manner I might race it’s if I used to be reside streaming to her the entire time, so I’ve her on my chest proper now,” Hundter famous. He additionally joked that he and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got here up with the duct taped Starlink Mini answer.
Cool
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2024
Elon Musk did see the video of the grime bike racer finishing the Baja 1000 whereas live-streaming via Starlink, and the CEO appeared impressed. In a reply to a video of the Baja 1000 participant on social media platform X, Musk said that the feat was “cool.”
Finishing the Baja 1000 this 12 months is already a feat in and of itself, so Ben Hundter and his brother David are coming residence as winners. Sadly for the brothers, they ended up working afoul of a street closure through the race, ensuing within the staff working an “unlawful line” via the peninsula, as famous in a Jalopnik report. This resulted within the brothers getting a 17-hour penalty and a disqualification.
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