Pan Am Tour
Don’t want to drive your Testarossa down to Mexico? You can take other options.
First option.- If you want the whole Tour package: Fly into Laredo, Texas on Friday, October 16 and hop a ride in a service vehicle down to San Miguel. CLICK HERE FOR SAN MIGUEL de Allende photos.
In SMA Rosa Maria Mondragón Fiesco will pick you up for the trip on down to Oaxaca and Hautulco with the convoy and schedule your return from there on Friday,October 30.
Then Rosa Maria will drive you back to Laredo along the route of the Pan Am the cost will be $1,995 US Dollar for each person.
Second option.- If you want the short Tour package: fly into México City, starting Wednesday, October 21, exit to Huatulco very early in the morning and schedule your return from there on Friday, October 30. If you go with the Rosa Maria's tour during La Carrera itself, the cost will be $1,395 US Dollar for each person. It will be exciting.... guaranteed.
Rosa Maria is the former P.R. director for the LCP 10 years and ten-time co-piloto in the actual event. She is also a licensed rally driver, so she knows how to get you close to the action. Her unique talents are especially valuable to photographs and family members who want to be close to the racing action.
You must, of course, bring your passport, but that is the only document you will need, other than a Mexican tourist visa. We also do not expect swine flu to be a problem in October, either.
To have a comfortable trip only 3 people by each car, she will have space for only six people. Do not wait to sign up.
She will also provide something of an adventure!
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Sometimes Getting Pulled Over Is Fun
You begin to feel much better when the officer asks, "Would it be OK to take a look under the hood?"
Sunday, July 05, 2009
The Ultimate Auto Saftey Advice Rule Number 1
In my opinion building a safe La Carrera car is much the same as the same thinking used with respect to upping your chances of surviving a plane crash which is simple... Don't get on the damn plane!
In either event whether it be flying in a plane or running La Carrera Panamericana... Take a parachute.
In either event whether it be flying in a plane or running La Carrera Panamericana... Take a parachute.
Somehow This Post Makes Me Feel Just A Little Bit Dirty
By now I'm sure everyone has seen or heard of the "789" which refers to the model year of the Chevrolet vehicles that have inspired the aftermarket creation of N2a. You can spot the influences fairly easily... The “hooded eyes” and the grille of the 1957 Chevy, the middle section of the 1958 Impala, and the rear, a 1959 Impala with those monster tailfins.
Now before you start thinking I've been turned by the dark side relax... I'm still a die-hard Ford guy. I will admit my very first car was a 57 Impala complete with 409 and a four-speed and from what few Corvettes I have owned my 57 was my favorite so for what it's worth this car does have some sentimental value.
Then last night I found something and even though it's a GM product it really got my interest. At first glance I assumed someone had photo-shopped this wild creation and my second thought was it was just another attempt to produce another Frankenstein creation like the "789" that seems to have the interest of an awful lot of bow-tie fans.
But check this out... This is the real deal and it is NOT an aftermarket kits car and this car came out light years before the "789". This is the Buick Wildcat II and was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an “American adventure in tomorrow’s design”.
Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick‘s trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of the hood. Originally displayed in blue and later refinished in gold, this dream car featured expanded front wheel wells with polished metal inner fenders finished off with wide white wall tires. The Wildcat II continues to travel and evade the rumored fate of the 1955 Wildcat III assumed to have been destroyed in a wrecking equipment test.
Check out these beautiful photos taken at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
This is a 1953 Buick Wildcat also at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Later this evening I nstumbled onto this rare beauty... A 1954 Oldsmobile F-88, yet another factory car. By the way, this car recently sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction for $3,240,000!!!
Here is a 1957 Oldsmobile F-88 Mark II.
This is a very rare 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama
Now if you thought you have seen big fins hold that thought until you check out this 1951 Buick LeSabre concept car.
Just think.... Toss in a roll cage, some seat belts, a fuel cell and that would make an awesome La Carrera Panamericana car.
Now before you start thinking I've been turned by the dark side relax... I'm still a die-hard Ford guy. I will admit my very first car was a 57 Impala complete with 409 and a four-speed and from what few Corvettes I have owned my 57 was my favorite so for what it's worth this car does have some sentimental value.
Then last night I found something and even though it's a GM product it really got my interest. At first glance I assumed someone had photo-shopped this wild creation and my second thought was it was just another attempt to produce another Frankenstein creation like the "789" that seems to have the interest of an awful lot of bow-tie fans.
But check this out... This is the real deal and it is NOT an aftermarket kits car and this car came out light years before the "789". This is the Buick Wildcat II and was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an “American adventure in tomorrow’s design”.
Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick‘s trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of the hood. Originally displayed in blue and later refinished in gold, this dream car featured expanded front wheel wells with polished metal inner fenders finished off with wide white wall tires. The Wildcat II continues to travel and evade the rumored fate of the 1955 Wildcat III assumed to have been destroyed in a wrecking equipment test.
Check out these beautiful photos taken at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
This is a 1953 Buick Wildcat also at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Later this evening I nstumbled onto this rare beauty... A 1954 Oldsmobile F-88, yet another factory car. By the way, this car recently sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction for $3,240,000!!!
Here is a 1957 Oldsmobile F-88 Mark II.
This is a very rare 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama
Now if you thought you have seen big fins hold that thought until you check out this 1951 Buick LeSabre concept car.
Just think.... Toss in a roll cage, some seat belts, a fuel cell and that would make an awesome La Carrera Panamericana car.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Time Warp For Gary
Wow! Far Out! Bitchin!
That and a few other expletives is exactly what I said when I found this gem. The reason being is simple... I was there!!!
It took place back in 1973 when I used to attend all of the Laguna Seca races. It was special for so many reasons. I had a full head of hair, I was relatively new to the California racing scene, and even the smell of the racing fuel these cars used was worth the trip all by it's self.
Unlike today, back then getting into the pits was not easy but I had a special connection and for me it was like going to Heaven. Anyone that has been to Laguna Seca in the last 30 years will notice the absence of any safety fences in this video and not only are there only a small guard rail and a few bails of hay but people could stand right next to the track. As a matter of fact, with my pit pass all I had to do was wait until the track had no cars racing and ten run right across the track.
In this grand old classic video you will see a Can Am Race at Laguna Seca and Mark Donohue is driving a Porsche 917/30.
Race Results:
6 Mark Donohue / USA Porsche 917/30
101 Jackie Oliver / GB Shadow DN-2
59 Hurley Haywood / USA Porsche 917/10
97 Bobby Brown / USA McLaren M8F
33 Milt Minter / USA Alfa Romeo T33/3
You can see Donohue pass Follmer at Turn 9 and take the lead.
George Follmer lost his turbo during lap 44 and dropped out.
In the photo, Donohue examines his blown engine during qualifying. Somehow his team replaced the engine before the start of the race.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH
That and a few other expletives is exactly what I said when I found this gem. The reason being is simple... I was there!!!
It took place back in 1973 when I used to attend all of the Laguna Seca races. It was special for so many reasons. I had a full head of hair, I was relatively new to the California racing scene, and even the smell of the racing fuel these cars used was worth the trip all by it's self.
Unlike today, back then getting into the pits was not easy but I had a special connection and for me it was like going to Heaven. Anyone that has been to Laguna Seca in the last 30 years will notice the absence of any safety fences in this video and not only are there only a small guard rail and a few bails of hay but people could stand right next to the track. As a matter of fact, with my pit pass all I had to do was wait until the track had no cars racing and ten run right across the track.
In this grand old classic video you will see a Can Am Race at Laguna Seca and Mark Donohue is driving a Porsche 917/30.
Race Results:
6 Mark Donohue / USA Porsche 917/30
101 Jackie Oliver / GB Shadow DN-2
59 Hurley Haywood / USA Porsche 917/10
97 Bobby Brown / USA McLaren M8F
33 Milt Minter / USA Alfa Romeo T33/3
You can see Donohue pass Follmer at Turn 9 and take the lead.
George Follmer lost his turbo during lap 44 and dropped out.
In the photo, Donohue examines his blown engine during qualifying. Somehow his team replaced the engine before the start of the race.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Lets All Remember
Have A great Fourth Of July and take a moment to reflect how lucky we are to live in this awesome country.
But lets not forget all those service men and women past and present who helped make it all possible.
God Bless America!
But lets not forget all those service men and women past and present who helped make it all possible.
God Bless America!
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Back To Defend His (Their) Title
Anyone who has ever raced with Doug Mockett will say the same thing... A fierce adversary, super personality, very smart and someone you'd be proud to call your friend. The same can be said about Angelica Fuentes with one exception... She's far better looking than Doug.
Doug and Angelica with 2008 overall winner Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima
Doug and Angelica in his 1954 Oldsmobile Super88 are returning to Pikes Peak to defend their title.
Colorado Springs, June 26----- Fans at the 2009 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb can enjoy a sort of “Time Travel” experience again this summer when they watch the entries in the Vintage Race Car field.
Defending champ Doug Mockett of Chistiansed, St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands is set to seek another title with his co-driver, Angelica Fuentes, and they’ll be aboard their 1954 Oldsmobile Super 88 again. They won it all last year on the Hill with a clocking of 14:26.034 to nudge out runnerup Keith Davidson of Golden, Colorado, in his 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint, also coming back to race again.
The Vintage drivers will be at the wheel of autos including 1965, 1966 and 1968 Ford Mustangs, a 1952 DeSoto, a 1955 Chevy Corvette and a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda.
Mockett was a Rookie on the Hill last summer when he won the crown, but he’s had decades of experience across the globe. In 2002 he won the fabled Carrera Panamericana, viewed by experts as perhaps the most dangerous race in the world.
He began his career in road racing in 1961-62 as a crewman for late Road Racing Drivers Club President Mark Donohue, and then went into racing broadcasting before becoming a promoter of motorcycle races. He has been a successful racer of Vintage cars from New Zealand to Monaco to the Monterey Historics, provides his stable of vintage Formula One cars to young American drivers to showcase their skills to a new audience of potential sponsors, and has been a significant supporter of the development of young American road racers.
Raised in Short Hills, New Jersey (25 miles west of New York City), he attended his first race at nine years old, when his father took him to a race at a board track. "I couldn't believe it, it was just out of sight. It was unreal. They were racing midgets and what you would call jalopies." In his teens and twenties, Mockett helped out local amateur racers, one of whom was Mark Donohue. "Mark Donohue grew up in the town next to mine. I crewed for him over a couple of seasons in SCCA and really got into it. We had a great time, obviously. He was just a real character. Really great. Just a good guy."
Mockett obtained his BA in English from Hobart College in Geneva, New York -- conveniently on the other side of Lake Seneca from Watkins Glen. Hitchhiking down Route 14, Mockett saw his first race at the legendary track in the Fall of 1958. "Joe Bonnier won in a Maserati 250F and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It was just unbelievable. It was a Formula Libre race, so mainly, it was a run what you brung. I remember he had a big dice with Peter Ryan from Canada, who was driving a sports car of some sort. But Bonnier was clearly the class of the field."
Growing restless in the Spring of 1968, while he was finishing up his MBA at N.Y.U. and doing advertising and public relations for a brokerage house on Wall Street, Mockett decided to take time off. His two choices were sailing the Caribbean or attending all the Grand Prix races that season. "One night after a few beers, I flipped a coin and the Grand Prix races came up. I've often looked back and wondered what would have happened if the sailing had come up."
On the scene will be the world famous Budweiser Clydesdales, a chance to meet the drivers and racers, view their cars and motorcycles, music with live local bands, a Firefighters Chili Cook-Off, food and refreshments, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb’s Mobile Museum, a merchandise and race ticket booth, displays of custom cars and motorcycles, and stuff for kids like Freestyle Motocross Jumping exhibitions.
Tickets: www.ticketswest.com (866) 464-2626
Doug and Angelica with 2008 overall winner Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima
Doug and Angelica in his 1954 Oldsmobile Super88 are returning to Pikes Peak to defend their title.
Colorado Springs, June 26----- Fans at the 2009 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb can enjoy a sort of “Time Travel” experience again this summer when they watch the entries in the Vintage Race Car field.
Defending champ Doug Mockett of Chistiansed, St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands is set to seek another title with his co-driver, Angelica Fuentes, and they’ll be aboard their 1954 Oldsmobile Super 88 again. They won it all last year on the Hill with a clocking of 14:26.034 to nudge out runnerup Keith Davidson of Golden, Colorado, in his 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint, also coming back to race again.
The Vintage drivers will be at the wheel of autos including 1965, 1966 and 1968 Ford Mustangs, a 1952 DeSoto, a 1955 Chevy Corvette and a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda.
Mockett was a Rookie on the Hill last summer when he won the crown, but he’s had decades of experience across the globe. In 2002 he won the fabled Carrera Panamericana, viewed by experts as perhaps the most dangerous race in the world.
He began his career in road racing in 1961-62 as a crewman for late Road Racing Drivers Club President Mark Donohue, and then went into racing broadcasting before becoming a promoter of motorcycle races. He has been a successful racer of Vintage cars from New Zealand to Monaco to the Monterey Historics, provides his stable of vintage Formula One cars to young American drivers to showcase their skills to a new audience of potential sponsors, and has been a significant supporter of the development of young American road racers.
Raised in Short Hills, New Jersey (25 miles west of New York City), he attended his first race at nine years old, when his father took him to a race at a board track. "I couldn't believe it, it was just out of sight. It was unreal. They were racing midgets and what you would call jalopies." In his teens and twenties, Mockett helped out local amateur racers, one of whom was Mark Donohue. "Mark Donohue grew up in the town next to mine. I crewed for him over a couple of seasons in SCCA and really got into it. We had a great time, obviously. He was just a real character. Really great. Just a good guy."
Mockett obtained his BA in English from Hobart College in Geneva, New York -- conveniently on the other side of Lake Seneca from Watkins Glen. Hitchhiking down Route 14, Mockett saw his first race at the legendary track in the Fall of 1958. "Joe Bonnier won in a Maserati 250F and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It was just unbelievable. It was a Formula Libre race, so mainly, it was a run what you brung. I remember he had a big dice with Peter Ryan from Canada, who was driving a sports car of some sort. But Bonnier was clearly the class of the field."
Growing restless in the Spring of 1968, while he was finishing up his MBA at N.Y.U. and doing advertising and public relations for a brokerage house on Wall Street, Mockett decided to take time off. His two choices were sailing the Caribbean or attending all the Grand Prix races that season. "One night after a few beers, I flipped a coin and the Grand Prix races came up. I've often looked back and wondered what would have happened if the sailing had come up."
On the scene will be the world famous Budweiser Clydesdales, a chance to meet the drivers and racers, view their cars and motorcycles, music with live local bands, a Firefighters Chili Cook-Off, food and refreshments, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb’s Mobile Museum, a merchandise and race ticket booth, displays of custom cars and motorcycles, and stuff for kids like Freestyle Motocross Jumping exhibitions.
Tickets: www.ticketswest.com (866) 464-2626
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