Day 4 - Queretaro to Morelia

If you would like to track the race cars real time via GPS go to:

http://panamericana.waypointinfo.com/

Freddy continues to dominate the race, improving to #4 overall today with Tom Silver's excellent driving skills. Besty dropped slightly to #37 overall and #4 in the Historic C class. An unexepected player is Marty Schneider who is running #2 in the Original PanAm class. Marty and his team mates hail from Orono, MN.

The roads today were trecherous. The route passed through Mil Cumbre National Park and was filled with wicked turns. A mid-day rain caused the roads to turn into an oil slick and caused several accidents. One in particular was very serious when a Jaguar barrel rolled down the side of a hill about 400 feet. The co-pilot was in serious condition with a severe concusion and face trauma.

For some unknown reason the State decided to log portions of the Park. This has resulted in severe erosion that washed away over 1/2 the road in 5 or 6 places. Where there was once asphalt there is now a 300 foot drop off with minimal signage or warnings. The van chased the race all day and the passengers were subjected to a couple of white knuckle turns. We have some great video from the trip down the mountain.

Tomorrow we race back up through Mil Cumbre an on to Aguascalientes.