[DeTomaso] New Open Road Race in Northern Mexico, April 20-22, 2007

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

This isn't an endorsement for this new Mexico ORR... but a friend I went to the La Carrera with sent me the press release  anyway.
   
  As JB says open road racing isn't for everyone (espially in Mexico!!)..... but if you're interested in an ORR challenge and you aren't doing the Texas Big Bend and/or Vegas in April and/or the Nevada Open ORR in May and  have at least a 6-point cage (Tech required for Mexico ORR's)  in your Pantera, etc here's some information below.
   
  Mad Dawg Antenucci
  Team Pantera Racing


       
  Press Release
   
  Subject:   The Chihuahua Express!
  Topic:  A new open-road race in Mexico, April 20-22, 2007
  Contact:  Jerry Churchill  313-819-1159
                   Gerie Bledsoe 650-867-9488
  Use: Immediate Release 12.30.06
   
  Where else in the world can you open up your performance car on a public highway for 500 miles under the protection of the highway patrol?  Viva Mexico!
   
  On April 20-22, 2007 modern and vintage high performance cars will line up in Chihuahua to rip across the county side on closed highways at speeds upwards of 200 MPH.  It’s the first annual “Chihuahua Express” -- three days of open-road racing very close to the USA.
   
  Chihuahua City is only 220 miles south of El Paso and 140 miles west of Presidio, Texas.  The landscape is arid, with rolling hills and canyons.  There are good roads and few towns to slow the cars down.
   
  Entries will be divided into several classes -- based on displacement, induction, and modifications -- for competitive purposes.  But the idea is to spend three days driving your car as fast as you want through the twisty canyons of northern Mexico and not be far from the States. Oh yes, you can dispense with your radar detector.
   
  Of course, there will be “duels in the desert,” as old racing buddies square off to capture trophies for class and overall wins and bragging rights.
   
  Veterans of the famous La Carrera Panamericana will use this event as a tune up for their main event in October since the Express will run under the same pro-rally rules.  Some of their classic hotrods are capable of sticking with the modern Vettes and Vipers.
   
  Contact Jerry Churchill (Michigan) @ jerrychurchill at hotmail.com.  Mr. Churchill, a long-time ARCA racer, has extensive experience racing in Mexico.  Gerie Bledsoe is a NASA HPDE Instructor and races in CMC.  He is also the North American Coordinator of La Carrera Panamericana.
   
  Attachment (Information Sheet)

   
  
 



Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
  The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com