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2010 LCP: Summary of Blog Entries

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I am way behind with updates, as it usually goes in the weeks and sometimes months of recovery from the madness of LCP.  Life gets in the way sometimes.  But I finally finished blogging the 2010 LCP. Day 7 - Aguascalientes to Zacatecas (EL FIN) Day 6 - Guadalajara to Aguascalientes Day 5 - Morelia to Guadalajara Day 4 - Queretaro to Morelia Day 3 - Puebla to Queretaro Start of Day 3 End of Day 2  - Oaxaca to Puebla Day 1 - Tuxtla to Oaxaca Updated Day 0 Prequalification with new photos as well as an extra page of Day 0 photos .  Mi hermanito, Rene Rodriguez, driving #11 El Jefe, at the noon service on Day 7. !Que chulo! Photo of Geezer courtesy of Michael Emery of Lucha Libre Racing . 

LCP 2010: Sports Car Digest Article and Superb Photos

There were no issues with timing for the top contenders, evidenced by the timing details in this article.  But the photos are superb!  Scroll to see all 10 pages of photos. http://www.sportscardigest.com/la-carrera-panamericana-2010-results-and-photo-gallery/?awt_l=Ej3zg&awt_m=1efOjKETC8s.C0&nggpage=10

2010 LCP: Bill Beilharz & Maximilian Hambloch Studebaker Crash & Roll

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This incredible and spooky in-car video shows Bill Beilharz, 2008 La Carrera champion, losing his brakes in his Studebaker during a speed stage on Day 5, and along with his navigator Maximilian Hambloch, soaring off the edge of the road, rolling 4 times and stepping out largely unscathed. Whew! We came upon the scene after the speed stage was finished and were totally relieved to see both Bill and  Max standing on the side of the road, looking rattled but okay. So glad you guys are okay! They lose their brakes about 60 sec into the 90 sec video.  Bill was knocked unconscious for a short time and you can hear Max yelling to try to wake him up.  Max had joined Bill just that morning as his German Opal had burned on Day 3. Todd and I approaching the scene.  You can see the skid marks in a line through the Federale.  A giant lake lies below.  You can see Max, the navigator, in the middle with black suit and black tanktop.  The aftermath.

2010 LCP: Final Results Have Been Posted

http://www.lacarrerapanamericana.com.mx/resultados10/LCP2010_Abs.pdf #372 Bag O' Nails Thierry de Latre du Bosqueau & Eric Werner 4th in Historic C 29th Overall #371 Gypsy Wind John Greenwood & Ben Greenwood 7th in Historic C 41st Overall #395 Durango Deuce II Gerie Bledsoe & Mike Robinson 11th in Historic C 46th Overall #11 El Jefe Rene Rodriguez & Vance Stewart II 5th in Turismo Producion 64th Overall Congrats to all!