Ron,
I have been where they start the last leg of the race - I would love to see
the whole race. I have never had the opportunity to be in the race. It is a
very cool race with all different kinds of cars. Don Picard ran a Morris
traveler in the race one year. He blew the motor so he cane in on a
trailer. If your running next year be sure to get your entry fee in early.
They turned down cars this year because they were full. In the past they
never really had a limit. This makes me think they are filling the sleeping
locations because more cars are entering the race each year.
Vigil
--- On Tue, 7/29/08, Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] My 2009 road trip
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 7:59 PM
Out of the "something I want to do before I die" part of my brain, it
turns out I'm going to be driving a 1953 Studebaker in the 2009 La Carrera
Panamericana 2200 mile race across the mountains and streets of Mexico. For
those not familiar, www.panamrace.com. At first I was told by my co-pilot it
was a 1951 Stude. I talked to the builder today and it's a 1953 Starlight
Coupe, a beautiful Raymond Loewy design (he of the Coca Cola bottle and many
other of the most famous and important industrial designs of the 20th
century).
Hey, by the way - Zoom, is that what "Coca Cola in a Motorola Kitchen"
meant? Anyway, this is a very, very cool rally, with police escorts,
townspeople
cheering at the checkpoints, massive amounts of free Corona beer...etc. Due
to
some amazing generosity, we have at least one sponsor from Colorado who owns
a
Mexico City parts distributor who will provide crew at planned pit stops with
fuel, spares, brakes, tires, mechanics, etc. They
are also providing accommodations in their vacation house at the rally
origin
for preparation. We have some work to do on the car, but it's already well
on its way. It'll be festooned with period correct signage and lettering,
and the base color is, naturally, white. (How do you say "White
Trash" in espanol?). The 70 year old builder once held a Bonneville land
speed record in a Studebaker back in the 90s, and pieces of it are going in
this car, like some of the cage. He didn't want to drive the car because
"Have you seen the pictures of those mountains??? I'm too close to the
end to take chances like that." Anyway, any and all are invited, October
2009.
Woo hoo,
Ron
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