GTSPIRIT - Daily Supercar and Tuning News » Carrera Panamericana http://www.gtspirit.com Daily supercar & tuning news, automotive event coverage & car forum! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:53:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 La Carrera Panamericana 2007 – aboard the Superformance http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/12/25/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-aboard-the-superformance/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/12/25/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-aboard-the-superformance/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:57:11 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1608 How is it to drive a leg of La Carrera Panamericana with a 64 Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe? Thanks to Team # 452, who are the Canadian John Nielsen and Emine Wright, we getting a taste of it! In a 36 minutes long vid, they are taking us along three complete legs and showing us [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/12/25/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-aboard-the-superformance/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana 2007: Videos http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/14/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-videos/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/14/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-videos/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:35:24 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1556 La Carrera Panamericana: it’s truly a race. Every year La Carrera attracts more and more people from all over the world, in Mexico it’s becoming a bigger and bigger folk festival. At every start and finish city thousands of people are trying to catch a glimpse of the drivers and cars. With the availability of [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/14/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-videos/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana 2007 : Final Results http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/12/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-final-results/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/12/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-final-results/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:41:34 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1553 One week after the finish of La Carrera Panamericana, we are able to present you now the official final results of La Carrera. Like we reported earlier, Pierre de Thoisy and Frederic Stoesser are the winner of the 20th edition of the ultimate Mexican race. Their total time was 3:48:14. Impressive to see that the [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/12/la-carrera-panamericana-2007-final-results/feed/ 2 La Carrera Panamericana: Day 7 – the finish http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/02/la-carrera-panamericana-day-7-the-finish/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/02/la-carrera-panamericana-day-7-the-finish/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:32:52 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1537 Pierre de Thoisy and Frederic Stoesser are the winner of the 20th edition of La Carrera Panamericana. Their Studebaker with the number 400 finished as well the last leg of La Carrera, which lead the drivers from Zacatecas to Nuevo Laredo. The Oldsmobile driven by Doug Mockett and Angelica Fuentes finished second place. The broken [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/02/la-carrera-panamericana-day-7-the-finish/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Team Mini Mania update http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/02/la-carrera-panamericana-team-mini-mania-update/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/02/la-carrera-panamericana-team-mini-mania-update/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:13:24 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1536 Finally some news from our friends of Team Mini Mania! Father and son Herrick are participating in a special Mini Cooper S. They are driving in the Unlimited Class at La Carrera Panamericana. And so far they are doing a great job: they finished most stages around the 25 th place overall. As quick as [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/02/la-carrera-panamericana-team-mini-mania-update/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Day 6 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/01/la-carrera-panamericana-day-6/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/01/la-carrera-panamericana-day-6/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:39:25 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1535 Yesterday Pierre de Thoisy had big problems with his car. That was the chance for Doug Mockett and Angélica Fuentes to get a total advantage of 1:20 minutes on de Thoisy. Normally it is impossible to catch up that big advantage. Especially with only 100 km of ‘speed-stage’ left. But on day 6 the luck [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/01/la-carrera-panamericana-day-6/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Day 5 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/01/la-carrera-panamericana-day-5/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/01/la-carrera-panamericana-day-5/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:15:11 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1533 It’s been the fifth day of La Carrera Panamericana, which took the teams and their cars from Morelia to Aguascalientes. But let us start with the bad news: La Carrera had it’s first disqualification. For Team father and son Habich #105 the race is over. That make us sad to hear, especially since Team Habich [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/11/01/la-carrera-panamericana-day-5/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Day 4 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/31/la-carrera-panamericana-day-4/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/31/la-carrera-panamericana-day-4/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:33 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1532 Day 4 lead the La Carrera drivers from Queretaro to Morelia. More than 70 cars, that survived the last 3 days of hard driving, started at 9.00 am at Queretaro, to one of the most thrilling legs of the 20th edition of La Carrera Panamericana: the Mil Cumbres. Mil Cumbres is mystical, especially on a [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/31/la-carrera-panamericana-day-4/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: ¡viva la policía! http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/30/la-carrera-panamericana-%c2%a1viva-la-policia/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/30/la-carrera-panamericana-%c2%a1viva-la-policia/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:05:29 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1531 La Carrera Panamericana has a huge fanbase in Mexico. And somehow we have the feeling, that alot of the fans are working at the police… Enjoy this two videos by the Unlimited Class and La Carrera Daily of a police escort ‘Mexican style’:

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/30/la-carrera-panamericana-%c2%a1viva-la-policia/feed/ 1 La Carrera Panamericana: Day 3 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-day-3/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-day-3/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:40:37 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1530 Day 3 lead our La Carrera drivers from Puebla to Querétaro. The first special stage of the day 3 leg was the local highway near Mexico City. The six center lanes were exclusive closed for the participants. Thousands of fans were there to take pictures and videos. They enjoyed to see the Studebaker’s, Porsche’s, Mercedes-Benz’s [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-day-3/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Corvette Stingray caught fire http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-burning-corvette-stingray/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-burning-corvette-stingray/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:38:26 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1529 In our day 2 summary we already mentoined the Corvette that caught fire. Luckily nobody was injured during the accident. Elke and Leila (they participate with a 1969 Porsche 911 E) have some pictures of the wreck of the Stingray. Good news on the LT that crashed during day 1. With a lot of repair-metal [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-burning-corvette-stingray/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Day 2 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-day-2/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-day-2/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:33:55 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-day-2/ Saturday’s starting city was Tehuacan. Start time was 9 am and the temperature at that time was already very high. That made the handling of the cars very difficult in those winding streets. Yesterday we already reported about the crash of the ‘Original Panamerican Class’ BMW. On saturday a silver Corvette lost control and flipped [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-day-2/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: first crash pictures http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-first-crash-pictures/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-first-crash-pictures/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:16:41 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1526 Day 1 of La Carrera Panamericana allready had its first crashes and breakdowns. This shows again what a hard and challenging race La Carrera is. Hardly damaged was an old BMW, who will spent now a lot of time at the garage. Thanks to Jon and Leila we can share you some pics of the [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/29/la-carrera-panamericana-first-crash-pictures/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Day 1 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/27/la-carrera-panamericana-day-1-2/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/27/la-carrera-panamericana-day-1-2/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:52:34 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1525 On day 1 of La Carrera Panamericana, the participants had to leave very early the city of Oaxace. A lot of fans came to the start of the 20th edition of La Carrera. The fans really enjoyed to interview the drivers and get autographs. But then finally the time came for the offical start. All [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/27/la-carrera-panamericana-day-1-2/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Team Emil and Keri Update 1 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/27/la-carrera-panamericana-team-emil-and-keri-update-1/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/27/la-carrera-panamericana-team-emil-and-keri-update-1/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:03:46 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1524 Yesterday was the qualifying stage at La Carrera Panamericana. And we are glad to hear that Emil and Keri did a ‘muy bien’ job! They finished 2nd in the Unlimited Class did the 13th best time of the complete La Carrera grid. And yes: La Carrera Panamericana is a race … not a rally! For [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/27/la-carrera-panamericana-team-emil-and-keri-update-1/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: Qualifying stage http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/26/la-carrera-panamericana-qualifying/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/26/la-carrera-panamericana-qualifying/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:00:48 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1523 Traditional La Carrera Panamericana starts with a qualifiying stage. This year the stage started in the Mexican City Oaxaca. Fastest car in the official historic La Carrera was Roger Habich with his Co-driver Daryl Habich in a Studebaker Commander. They participate in the Turismo Mayor class and finished with a total time of 0:04:36. Fastest [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/26/la-carrera-panamericana-qualifying/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana – Team Emil and Keri http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-team-emil-and-keri/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-team-emil-and-keri/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:11:31 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1522 Running a road rally is hard. Running a road rally in Mexico as part of La Carrera Panamericana is even harder. Our friends Emil and Keri are up for this adventure. They participate in the Unlimited Class with their Porsche GT3. GTspirit.com is happy to provide you some of their latest updates. For more updates [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-team-emil-and-keri/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana: 20th Anniversary http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-20th-anniversary/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-20th-anniversary/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:42:00 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1521 Once again, the most daring drivers of 10 diffferent countries will meet in Mexican territory to complete the 20th edition of La Carrera Panamericana: the great Mexican Road Race. More than 80 teams will participate from the 26th October to the 1st November. The total lengh of the route will be more than 3100 km. [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-20th-anniversary/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana – The final registration http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-the-final-registration/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-the-final-registration/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:14:38 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1520 Only one day to go before La Carrera Panamericana starts. But before all teams are good to go they had one final step before the start on friday: the final registration. The parc ferme was located at the Eduardo Vasconcellos baseball stadium, which is where all cars are pre-staged, inspected and signed up for registration. [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/25/la-carrera-panamericana-the-final-registration/feed/ 0 La Carrera Panamericana – Live tracker http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/24/la-carrera-panamerica-live-tracker/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/10/24/la-carrera-panamerica-live-tracker/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:42:39 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1519 For all those who want to follow La Carrera Panamericana online, there’s now an online tracker available. On this interactive map you can follow each team of the different classes of La Carrera and watch their times during the stages!!! -> La Carrera Panamerica Map Tracking < -

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