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"Moriah" I am stoked to report that my PanAm team, TumbaBurros de Zacatecas (TBZ) has joined forces with Todd Landon's Mustangs To Go for the Chihuahua Express 2008 Road Rally in Chihuahua, Mexico on April 11-13, 2008. Mustang builder Todd Landon will arrive with "Moriah", his 1967 Shelby GT350 convertible with rubber toes on the starting line. The piloto/copiloto team is led by the U.S. Organizer for La Carrera Panamericana, Gerie Bledsoe (CA) and includes Vance Stewart Jr. (Zacatecas, Mex), Vance Stewart III (VA) and Brian Glass (MN). Todd's vintage Mustang corral also includes the highly competetive "Bag O' Nails" driven by Richard Tyzack (U.K.) and "The Gypsy Wind" driven by Doug Allen (CO) - both veteran Historic C cars/drivers of ChiX and La Carrera Panamericana ( http://bisonspirit.blogspot.com/ ). El Expreso is a 3-day road rally covering 1,000+ miles in the Mexican state of Chihuahua where competitors will race their powe...

2007 Day 2 Teohuacan to Puebla TBZ spinout on speed stage 1. Does anyone know who the photographer is wearing tan pants, army green shirt with yellow tshirt underneath? Possibly associated with the other 2 guys in yellow tshirts? I would love to get a copy of the film! Thanks! Who is the guy in the tan pants and army green shirt in front of the car (above)?

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...