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I had a tough time blogging each and every day while at the race this year so I will fill in the gaps and fatten up as I go. Updates are here: Added 12/11/07: 2007: One More Day Before The Race Starts! Added 12/7/07: 2007: A Few Leisurely Pre-Race Days in Oaxaca....Not! 11/15/07 (updated): 2007: One Less Grasshopper in Oaxaca 11/14/07 (updated): 2007: The Journey Has Begun Picture of El Jefe in Zacatecas courtesy of Bret Haller and TheUnlimitedClass.com

I swear I am going to update the blog soon. This race sure takes every ounce of energy out of you and when you get home there isn't much left except a freakin' huge smile. And some anxiety-ridden dreams about still being in the race. I am really still completely overwhelmed with this experience, and even more than that, I'm in awe at what it means to me and how powerful it was to do this with my dad. I know I am blessed and for that I am eternally grateful.

I am home now, sad that it is over, full of joy for all of the experiences and adventure we had, still filled with adrenaline, and glad that everyone arrived safely. Blessings for all the drivers, navigators, crews and spectators who are still en route to their homes. The final RESULTS were just posted and we placed 48th overall and 7th in our class (out of 86 vintage cars racing). A big CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who participated, especially the service crews, the race organizers and staff, the medics, the timers, the police, the local people in the villages, the children, the fans, especially my DAD who brought me here for the second year in a row, my dear family and friends, and everyone who helped this year - it was a monstrous success! I will be updating the blog with pictures and many more stories in the next two weeks so stay tuned. You can browse all pictures posted from the 2007 race blog (and a few from 2006) right HERE. As the Mexican highway signs say, "Maneje con...

Finally.....here we are! We made it to Nuevo Laredo about 730pm tonight. We broke the lower control arm going up La Bufa this morning in Zacatecas so El Jefe has been on the trailer for the last 500 miles of the journey. The suspension was shot and El Jefe was weaving all over the switchbacked mountain road. We knew we were on shaky ground when we finished yesterday but promised ourselves we would baby the car and try to get to Nuevo Laredo in one piece. But we are here and we finished! It is both joyous and sad to be here and I am enjoying all of the feelings. El Jefe's broken control arm Tonight is the final drivers' meeting and celebration and I must quickly jump in the shower and go. I will blog when I get back to the states and post the pictures in the following week or two.....there are many stories to tell. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and kind thoughts for us to get here safely with smiles on our faces - we were successful! xoxoxo Crashed out around 5am this mo...

I told an adoring fan I liked his shirt - many of the local club members wore them showing they were official motorcyclist police of Aguascalientes and the back had a skull riding a motorcycle so he did a strip tease...... and gave me the shirt off his back! so Geezer made him the proud owner of a TBZ shirt Stewie and Stacy, the copilot of the tiny Fiat Abarth, discuss the route of the day in Aguas Team TBZ at the start in Aguas Tom Overbaugh's beautiful original PanAm Lincoln lost its transmission, then they bent an axle on their trailer so we took the car to the TBZ shop where the TBZ guys fixed the axle I ran into Rene's dad taking his mom for a walk outside their shop in Guadalupe! The route at the end of the run up La Bufa. When you see multiple turns on one row of the page, that means they are S turns - one after another. Ralph and Bill of the Hot Rod Lincoln Team get the party started in downtown Zacatecas Bimbo and Rene drive El Jefe back to the shop for more work I fo...

Hola amigos. We had a solid day of racing yesterday and ended up at 40th place for the day. We came through Mexico city at 41 degrees and rain and that was cold! Rene drove in the morning with Stewie navigating and the morning was mostly transit through the mountains, but then they closed Periferico in the heart of Mexico City and raced a fast and straight 5km. In the afternoon Geezer drove with Stewie navigating. I stayed in the service truck all day as I am still a little spooked. In the morning we had a caravan of 3 trucks and trailers going through Mexico City. Behind us was the burned out Corvette from Colorado. I got to talk to both driver and navigator to hear about the experience, which I will relay later. Freaky for sure. In Mexico City we got pulled over by the local police and Geezer had to pay $120 USD because two of the trucks blew a red light. Then the Corvette guys got pulled over and had to pay another $100 USD for some unknown infraction - we think for not ha...

Thank you very mucho to everyone who has emailed, called, texted and left messages on my blog. My phone display broke when we went over the cliff. I can receive calls but can't do anything else - can't even see the screen, it is just a blur of lines like an old fashioned TV channel that went off the air. You can still call me though! I am lucky enough to have the internet this morning, a Go Fast energy drink in my hand and the news that it's daylight savings so it's actually 530am instead of 630am. We ride today from the beautiful city of Puebla, across a mountain pass that reminds me of home, to the world's biggest city - Mexico City. According to Eduardo Leon, the race organizer, they will shut down Periferico in the heart of Mexico City for a very fast speed stage. He said he will believe it when he sees the first green flag. He said this is like closing the 405 in L.A. on a Sunday. My guess is that because it's Mexico, it will go better than planned as peopl...

In front of the beautiful cathedral in downtown Oaxaca at the official start of the race >>>>>Original Post>>>>>>>>>> It's been two days since I've posted and we think we have a good excuse. Rene and I put the car over a cliff in a speed stage in the mountains yesterday. We both came out unscathed and the car was amazingly fine. The pictures don't do it justice and I am at a loss of words to explain due to a lack of sleep, nonexistent diet, inhaling too many gas fumes, cigarette smoke and maybe one extra mezcal. And this is just Day 1. In lieu of words, here are some pictures from yesterday. We heard that 9 cars went off the road in the mountain stages between Oaxaca and Tehuacan. Those mountains were humbling.....unlike any mountains I have experienced in the US, Canada or Europe and in the top 3 of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. The good news and the only important news is that as far as we know, there were no inj...