Caballo de Heirro (sp) Home built Hot Rod takes on Mercedes 300 ... lots of
stories about it in Hot Rod and other publications at the time. Oldsmobile
V8 engine if I remember correctly.
Ak Miller, Ray Brock and friends took a re-creation of the car South for a
re-run of the race several years back. Ray was telling stories about it at
the Timing Slips tent at World of Speed and had us all enthralled. I think
that was the year Ak got into the 2 Club. They left a trailer full of parts
down there and took a new, manufacturer licensed, '93 or '94 Jeep Grand
Cherokee V8 down to retrieve the rig. Wouldn't tell how they got THAT rig
into Mexico.
Wes
on 10/31/02 12:38 PM, FastmetalBDF@aol.com at FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
>> This popped up in a news list on my computer : <
>
> AND THE RACE IS ON IN MEXICO
>
> Some 100 specially modified cars are participating in a cross-
> Mexico auto race that began over the weekend in Chiapas. It's
> the annual La Carrera Panamericana race. Most of the cars are
> classics. Some were made in the 1950s and '60s. The cars are
> divided into classes. For example, drivers entering BMWs will
> race them in a division with Alfa Romeos, Mercurys and Hudson
> Hornets. Promoters tell media that the race was first run in
> the 1950s, but was later discontinued. It was revived in the
> late 1980s. Some of the worst driving must be done in the
> initial days of the race, when the course traverses several
> tricky mountain roads and desolate areas. The 2,000-mile con-
> test is scheduled to end on Halloween in Nuevo Laredo, across
> the border from Laredo, Texas.
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