Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Another Side to the Race

>Here is a couple of pictures of the before an after state of one of the
>most beautiful cars entered in this year's race.


>My father still has tears comming out of his eyes ...

A girl on a mission

Our dearest friend Ana Gaby in her unique drive, a car that refects her
feelings toward the race and life: There is a wonderful woman at the wheel!

Friday, October 26, 2012

It's raining beer!!

Pris had a refreshing stop close to the arrival arch where there was champagne and beer raining all over!! The rest of the team celebrating!

Pau

Last service and arrival celebration!!

Yesterday we met at our last service stop 20km away from Zacatecas! Arrival arch was a complete party!! Well done team! All smiles!! Adrian and Guillermo celebrating a week of improvements & lots of fun.. You must know they are already thinking on some car arrangements for next year!! Lots of passion at Panamercana this year. It was great to meet with old friends from the carrera and getting to know new ones too... All have good stories and car knowledge to share.. As for myself very glad and thankful to share this experience with the Aguirre's family.

Pau

The way back to Mexico City!

Alls good in 2012 and we're driving the car back home!!
Enviado a través de BlackBerry de movistar

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Adios Guanajuato

Off to to the service at León..Hope to come back soon! Lovely morning and car ready to leave Guanajuato!

Pau

Reassembly of breaks!

One big surprise... The BMW ran into a little dog and as the dog was being destroyed by the little BMW, he in turn jammed our rear breaks (talk about karma..!) So it was a chilly night getting the breaks in place again.. We then tested the breaks through Guanajuato's tunnels which are actually pretty fun with no traffic at all! Good luck today BMW see u later!!!

Pau

Arrival arch @Guanajuato

Yesterday was an amazing arrival to Guanajuato with samba music, lots of people and good vibe! Panam getting better every day! Guillermo couldn't be happier...! And me neither by the way I enjoyed yesterday a lot!! This is a great team..!

Pau

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Day 5 - section 9

Adrian

Checkpoint for the 2nd special of day 5

Adrian

Mil Cumbres

Adrian

Day 5 - special 1

Leaving Morelia - the way back through Mil Cumbres. Same road as yesterday! Only maybe slightly more technical today because some turns get slippery in the mornings.

Breakfast..!

Adrian

Day 5 - Start!

Adrian

Monday, October 22, 2012

Priscila @ Morelia

Beautiful Pris @ Morelia's cathedral.

Pau

Coming down from Mil Cumbres

Had a good session at Mil Cumbres today!

We ran at a good pace, but not nearly close to as fast as on the first year. But, definitely safer and taking better care of the car. We should hit 4th place in the A plus category. Need to keep a good steady pace for the next few days.

We don't have a video this year, but we'll get one soon !

Day 4 - special 1

First special of the day. We did minor tweeks this morning and the car feels and sounds great!

Adrian

Day 4 - service stop

The best service stop of them all!!!

Car is running great today, and we are doing well with the times. Not super fast, but pretty consistent.

Adrian

New tire in!

Lets go!!!!!

- Pau

More adventure on our way to the service!

Panam is definitely about surprises.. We lost our wheel tread.. Good thing we have a spare tire!!

Hope to make it in time to the service this time!

Pau

Crossing lake Cuitzeo

Going from Salamanca to Morelia found ourselves over water. Meeting soon @ the service with the BMW and the rest of the team!

Day 4 - start!

Adrian

Top secret spot for the service stop

Yesterday's first speed stage had a multiple crash count with five of them happening in the same corner of the route. We think they all might have been trying to get a more secluded setup for their service, well, they found themselves in a pretty crowded place!

Thankfully out of the 5 crews only one person needed medical attention, that's a testament of the great safety measures enforced in the Carrera Panameicana! We'll try to get a more detailed account of the events and we'll keep you posted.

Priscila

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Meeting @ Queretaro's Zocalo!

More pics fr the arrival at queretaro. Lots of people came this year!

Having the car come in working order is great!

End of day 3

All set for day 3! Good day at lcp 2012!

Day 3 - 3rd special

Back in the desert !

Day 3 - speed sections 1 & 2 of the day

The first 2 specials of day 3 got cancelled due to a series of nasty accidents. 3 cars went off on the same corner only 5 turns into a long section. Plus another couple of other crashes.

Other than that, the actual place for these sections is a lovely place. Going from totally arid to forest.

We meet again!

We ran into our 288 at the gas station! Are we going to make it to the service stop before they do? We'll see!

They have 4 stages before the service and we have to travel through the same roads, I sincerely hope we'll run into some miracle luck...

But all is well on day 3!

Priscila

On our way!

The road is long today on our way to Queretaro, 389km before the service. After a good night sleep everything looks brighter!

See you soon beautiful car!

Priscila