Official NORRA 2015 MEXICAN 1000 thread (April 25-29)

[vincent9993]

Great pics and awesome updates! Thanks Vincent

I try... Can you tell I wished I was there?!

[DIESELDOOG]

Vincent,

None of us even noticed that you might wish to be there.

Joe

[vwmanx]

These pictures make me drool!

[abgiles]

Awesome!!

[principiab]

Has something happened to the 00 car? Looks like they are very far behind the Tow'd at this point. Great photos! Thanks for the posts!

Connie

[vincent9993]

Their transponder is offline. They were sticking with the Tow'd #166.


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[principiab]

Thanks Vincent - I hadn't read back that far. The pictures were telling a different story. Lovin the photos!

Connie

[vincent9993]

Day 1 ranking is posted:

Special Stage 1
Team Tow'd #166: Pos 64 (4:31:14)
Team DS #00: Pos 67 (4:37:55)

Special Stage 2
Team Tow'd #166: Pos 72 (4:29:00)*
Team DS #00: Pos 77 (4:29:00)*

Looks like Team Tow'd #166 got a 16 minute penalty for their 'creative' route to Special Stage 2 yesterday...
I think the officials have some sorting out to do.

Good news is that they still list #166 and #00 still running.
http://www.norra.com/m1k_cars_scoring.php?stage=D1SS1

[vincent9993]

Assuming that team DS is still sticking to Team Tow'd, they have less than 25 miles to go on the last special of the day! Then they have a short 38 miles of highway before they get to day 2's finish line. Still looking strong!

[vincent9993]

Woohoo! Team Tow'd #166 (and hopefully Team DS #00) have just completed the last Special! Congratulations boys!

[vincent9993]

Looks like Team Tow'd #166 just rolled into town of Loreto after 426 miles of hard driving. Lets hope Team Manxter DS #00 is not far from them. We'll probably get a few updates from our local publishers later tonight, communication is better in that town.

Signing out for the night.

[aBuggymom1]

Yes, I have a feeling you and france may race it in 2016

[vincent9993]

Yes, I have a feeling you and france may race it in 2016

I'm not going to lie... France is pushing me pretty hard to get involved (more) in 2016...

[vincent9993]

Donna Acord Landon got news last night that they had reached the Hotel and were still having a little problem with the clutch : ( Nothing i'm sure they can't fix. So all is good. : )

Report from our people on the ground.

Both cars completed stage 2, Mike & Andrew will be in the Tow'd #166 0950 start. Paul & Brad in the Manxter #00 1005 start, keeping our fingers crossed.

The Manxter DS #00's transponder was inoperative all day yesterday, I sent an email to Mike to let them know. Not sure if it will be working today... Regardless, the 2 cars will only be 15 minutes apart and there's a good chance that they'll stick together.

Today's stages are as follow:

1. C31-D3SS1 - 71 mile Special from Loreto to Francisco Villa
2. C32-D3CT1 - 42 mile Time Controlled from Francisco Villa to CD. Insurgentes
3. C33-D3SS2 - 155 mile Special from CD. Insurgentes to Conquista Agraria
4. C34-D3CT2 - 33 miles Time Controlled from Conquista Agraria to famous La Paz

We wish them the best of luck!
After 2 days of racing, the Unofficial Classification puts #166 in 50th position overall and 8th in its class. They don't have the DS #00 ranked yet but we suspect it's due to its transponder issues.

[vincent9993]

Just got another update from Mike:

Lots going on down here, just not enough time or connectivity to update you on everything, today is shorter day, hopefully tonight I can give you more, both teams still moving forward.

It's a race after all... We need to let them concentrate on that!
Go Teams Go!