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Queretaro is one of my favorite PanAm cities - I find magic every time I go there, from the towering San Francis church in the zocolo, to the tens of thousands of blackbirds that swarm, the giant statue of the indian, Conin that greets you as you arrive, the amazing fans, underground parking, and my dear friend, Rudi, who lives there. The day was another long one but we got a break because there were two service stops today at the same location, which meant we could get there on time, set up and have some downtime in between servicing cars. After service Rene, Bimbo and I were able to make it to the town square in time to do a little bit of gift shopping before the racecars arrived. Rudi, a former coworker, had headed to the Queretaro Autodromo (racetrack) to watch the final speed stage so I knew he'd be by a little bit later. Geezer's friends Juan and Alma arrived with giant smiles to help us celebrate the end of another successful day and throngs of people swarming the cars a...

A new book, La Carrera Panamericana: "The World's Greatest Road Race!" by Johnny Tipler with an intro by Jo Ramirez is almost on the shelves! Please do me a giant favor and use this link to access Johnny's Book on Amazon. The link sends you to Around-N-Over.org and then to Amazon. Around-N-Over supports a friend of mine, Erden Eruç , as he continues his human-powered circumnavigation of the world in his effort to raise funds for school children around the world. Around-N-Over will receive a percentage of all Amazon sales initiated through their website. Around-N-Over All for Education and Inspiration To accomplish, to inspire and to teach... Two days ago I went to Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder to see Erden's presentation of his latest leg of the journey - a 312 day solo row across the Pacific Ocean - a simply amazing and world record-breaking feat. To peruse Johnny's Book and raise money to enable schoolchildren to dream big and achieve their goals (wit...

We stay in some really nice hotels across Mexico, but our heads don't spend much time on the pillows so we grab every chance we get to sleeeeeeeeep! Ruby in Texas, not affected at all by our pre-race preparations. Stewie catching some zzzzs before the race started. Martin and Jon.....so sweet together and the matching shirts is a lovely touch. Fernando, pointing his nose towards the map. Martin and Jon on their day of rest while the Gypsy Wind was being repaired. Bimbo taking advantage of the shade. Martin probably dreaming of the finish line. Bimbo trying to hide in the back seat of Big Mama. Marc getting some shut eye on a rare noon break. Dave, after a very long 3 weeks, asleep at the final awards ceremony! And finally....Fernando's bed....it looked like this every morning because he was hardly ever in it.