WTF

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...