Stupidity

Today we raced from Tehuacan to Peubla on some of the twistist roads in the race. It was a very long day with the cars leaving at 8 am (the service vechiles left at 6) and getting in at 7 pm. There were seven crashes today with five cars permanently disabled. The low point was a Belgium passing during a transit section on a blind corner. He ran into a civilian car at 175 kph. She is in intensive care and he and his co-pilot are in a Mexican jail where they will stay until at least the end of the race and potentially much, much longer.

Results for the day are not in yet (it is 11 pm here) but we believe the Bag of Nails moved up one position to 3rd place overall.. Richard has proven to be a superior driver and Simon´s navigation is spot on. The Gypsy Wind is maintaining her current position in the top 1/3 of the racers.

The drive today (for drivers and service vechicles) was pure hell. On one 60 km section alone there was over 100 topes (speed bumps on steriods). Not fun and very hard on the vechiles.

Tomorrow the mid-day service vechile (Jason & Todd) leave at 4 am for the long trek up to Quartario, our next stop. The drivers and the other service vechile leaves at 6 am. Racing will finish around 7 pm.