Saturday's Racing

Yesterday was a long racing day, lots of ground to cover and lots of speed sections. The mechanical gremlins plagued us again today, sidelining us for and hour and a half in the morning's transit section. Fortunately, if we were going to break down anywhere all day, this was the place to do it. Again a brake related problem, left front caliper this time. But with the help of the very talented Mazda crew and Tom, we were on our way to catch up with the rest of the race.


We were too far behind to do any of the speed sections on the way to Copper Canyon, but it was a great practice time for me to still make the calls for the speed sections as we blew through them. And we caught up! There was just enough time to grab a sandwich, take in the breathtaking views of Copper Canyon (just for a second), take a picture and get right back in the car to join the race on the way back down.


WHAT A THRILL! The speed sections through the beautiful landscape were so much fun. Dad is an excellent driver and we did very respectable after having our issues. The Victoria ran great. The country that was drove through was very agricultural, lots of cattle, farming and apple orchards. Very beautiful.


Today takes us to the east to Ojinaga, ending up on a race track back here in Chihuahua. Should be a fun day!


For those of you DEMANDING pictures...uh hmm Matt...here are a few:


Friday morning at El Centro for the opening of the race



The cars getting ready to leave to head out the first speed section, Pancho Villa statue in the middle

Dad and me at Divisadero, the lookout at Copper Canyon

After all of the speed sections, transiting back to Chihuahua in the afternoon. Beautiful!