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Day 2 went well for us and Team TBZ was on the podium again last night for their performance from Oaxaca to Puebla.  Stewie was driving with Geezer navigating and clearly they tore it up!  Congrats to the whole TBZ Team!  Well-deserved!  The Greenwoods started out the day in 24th place or so, a great showing from solid drivers in the Gypsy Wind. Several cars blew their engines including the navy blue Corvette from Canada (the husband and wife team who totalled it two years ago), and a Chrysler.  We know of two Mustangs that went off the road, one worse than the other but no injuries.  One was Mats Linden, but it didn't look too bad, just some scratches on the passenger side and a broken strut which he repaired at the noon service.  Lots of cars were on the side of the road and lots on trailers.  It has been a tough couple of days. Check out the skid marks going off the road (click to enlarge). It is always a spooky sight to come arou...

Day 1 went well for our teams.  The Greenwood Brothers are running in the top 20 overall, which is fabulous.  Gerie and Fernando had some trouble again with the hydraulic clutch and were on the trailer in the afternoon.  Todd said he saw quite a few cars disabled on the side of the road and picked up a white Mustangs, owned by two Swedish guy, who had Mats build them a car recently.  Todd towed them about 200 miles to Oaxaca.  And the best news of all is that Team TBZ with El Jefe was on the podium last night, earning 3rd in Producion Class!!  We haven't been on the podium in 5 years and we were all very excited.  Rene drove with Stewie navigating and they did really well.  They are running 51st overall, which is fine and respectable for the end of Day 1, when 50% of all of the crashes of the race happen.  Yay El Jefe!  I walked into the drivers' meeting just in time to have a paloma and snap some photos of the guys on the podium and s...

From Huatulco, prior to taking off for Day 0 Prequalification.  Evidently 5 cars crashed, including a Datsun 260Z that is completely out of the race.  Oil was spilled on the roadway which may have caused some of the crashes.  Gerie and Fernando spun out and lost their hydraulic clutch line and oil pressure. Suerte and blessings of safety to everyone on Day 1! El Jefe and TBZ team suiting up.  Our brochachos!  Fernando y Gerie.  Carson and Lauren getting ready to roll.  Jochen Mass struggling with his headset.   Linda Robertson - beautiful as ever!  Ralf Christianson and his navigator - big smiles!  Go Vikingos! Angelica, Doug and Oscar. Quote of the day. Ralph Carungi (Hot Rod Lincoln) and Stewart Robertson of the classiest Studebaker out there. Ralph & Bill get to lead the entire Carrera on Day 0! Go #101! Super fast Mustang and very low profile. Still welding on a Mexican-driven Fiat.