Rush Hour In Mexico City

Reports are very slow coming and a friend from Go Fast told me... "The first two stages were pretty long... so there has been not really too much time to upload pictures or let the Information flow."

In the meantime he did tell me that the #108 Studebaker driven by Bill Beilharz is in 1st overall followed by the #10 Studebaker driven by Jorge Roberto Pedrero and 3rd is the #110 Studebaker of Stig Blomqvist. One Swed trying to catch two Mexicans all in Studebakers... There has just got to be a joke in there somewhere.

While we're waiting here is an awesome high-resolution photo taken by my friend Tach'O from Go Fast of the red Chevrolet #365 that raced against Jon and I last year followed by our friend Francisco Ortiz in #299 Datsun 510 as they haul the mail thru the middle of downtown Mexico City. CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE. This is the same spot where Jon and I flew along at 150 miles per hour. Talk about a rush!

A few laps at Queretaro

Hop in for a few laps around The Autodromo at Queretaro with Jon and I. Arriving in Queretaro was a special day not to mention the huge crowd of racers that were waiting at the track when we got there. The entire event was an awesome adventure for sure but for some reason when Jon and I pulled in to the Autodromo it was different. Throughout all of Mexico hundreds of thousands of fans lined up to watch La Carrera race cars pass but the majority of those waiting at Autodromo where in fact racers. Getting into the lineup and getting our log sheet was a bit frustrating but as soon as Jon and I got Lucky on the track we knew we were in our own element and now everyone was going to have to play by our rules.

It's important to remember this is the sort of driving Jon and I came from and it's what we do best. The only thing Jon and I hated about Queretaro was having to leave so soon. No sooner than we had finished our laps we hit the road for yet another transit section. Jon and I both hope that the next time we run La Carrera (and we will) that we will get to revisit Queretaro and Autodromo. Had we had more time to run this track we would have changed a few settings on the suspension to help reduce push but the car was perfect for the overall event and best left right where it was. In the mean time, check out some of the video that will be in our new HD DVD and crank up your dial and sit back and enjoy a few leisure laps with Jon and Gary.