The Long Lonely Road

I apologize for not writing last night but things were kind of hectic and the hotel did not have a business center. Below is the update for the last two days.

After the terrible day from Morelia to Aguascalientes we have made a lot of progress. The heads and valve train were replaced on the Bag of Nails and they are back in commission. After day six they had moved back up to 6th overall and 2nd in Historic C. Going into Nuevo Laredo it is expected that they will finish in a similar position as the 1st place Historic C car has almost a 3 minute advantage on them.

The Gypsy Wind continues to run consistently after the water pump issue and is running around the 20th place mark overall.

The truck and trailer that Jason, Todd and Sheamus were in was broadsided by a race car yesterday. The jerk was driving dangerously in town and would have taken out a group of spectators if he hadn't of hit us first. We heard him lock up his breaks for almost 30 meters before getting hit on a corner. No damage to the trailer and a dented rear fender on the truck.

We were hosted by Vance and our friends at TBZ last night. They graciously let us part the rigs and work on the cars in their shop.

A belated happy anniversary to the Tysacks and a belated happy birthday to Simon's daughter.

Today marked the long, boring journey to Nuevo Laredo, see attached. Imagine 400 miles of bleak terraine on a arrow straight road with few cars. Kind of like driving through west Texas. See attached for the route http://www.lacarrerapanamericana.com.mx/ruta/nvo/8_ZACATECAS_NUEVO_LAREDO.pdf

The cars arrived tonight at the Zocolo with no issues. The Bag of Nails was immediately tagged for inspection. We had to pull of the carburetor and have the pistons checked for displacement to convince the officials that we did not have an illegal car. At the time of this posting the final results are not available yet.

Tomorrow morning we part ways. The consensus from past Carrera participants in our group is that this has been the best event ever. We had a fabulous set of customers this year, top notch support and a new found confidence that we can put the right cars and drivers on the road to win this event.

More pictures and the final results will be posted this weekend.