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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 . 

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

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 afte...

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!

We've all heard people grumble with dread at the end of an amazing vacation, "Well, now it's back to the real world." I tend to be backwards in some things in life but when I'm at La Carrera, for me, it is real life. My real life is anywhere or anytime I'm feeling the joy, doing what I love best, getting the most out of every moment. I used to think those joyful feelings I had while on vacation could be carried back to my regular life but only for a while. Many of us like to stay on "vacation mode" for as long as possible, but in my past, those feelings faded fast and the stress of working, commuting, too much to do and not enough time, etc. would creep back in way too soon. After spending time in Death Valley a few times in the mid-2000s as a crew member at the Badwater Ultramarathon (135 mile footrace each July, recognized globally as the world's toughest footrace), I came to a realization that I needed to make my everyday life feel as g...

Today we depart Aguascalientes for the last day!  Every year at the end of the first day of racing, I'm exhausted and I say, "I can't believe it is only Day 1."  Then the next thing I know the whole damned thing is over! This is how you start the morning when you are Rene Rodriguez N. - piloto famoso. The Greenwood Brothers - always smiling! A speed stage opened and quickly closed up again.  Lots of machine gun guys, that seems to be normal this year. Now we see the reason for the delay and all the security - one of the two cars belonging to the CEO of Televisa had skidded off the road. The napping photos make us look like we had tons of time to spare - we did not. Todd taking a rare nap after arriving a bit early for noon service. While Todd napped I whipped out the camping stove and started to make BURRITOS!!  The Gypsy Wind and the Bag O'Nails, nose to nose at noon service. Ben Greenwood shows how to make lunch a...