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Old 12-04-2006, 10:47 AM   #1
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Default La Carrera Panamericana Unlimited Class 2006

Hello members of the Ford Forum board!

We are posting this (and hopefully it is ok to do so here, and not considered spam) to let you know about our upcoming race.

www.theunlimitedclass.com

In brief: In November of 2006, La Carrera Panamericana will be opened for the first time to modern day production cars! 100% legal. 100% race.

La Carrera Panamericana is the last great road race in existence. It is fully sanctioned by the Mexican Government, Police, and Tourism board. (Unlike the Gumball, Players Run etc, this one is legal.)

The Unlimited Class at La Carrera Panamericana will take place from November 9th to 16th of 2006, starting in Oaxaca, Oaxaca and finishing in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. For the inaugural race, the modern cars will be a separate class immediately proceeding the traditional Historic race.

The approximate length will be 3,050 km. La Carrera Panamericana will be divided into seven stages (days) over paved roads. The race consists of timed travel sections and unlimited velocity sections. Detailed information can be found in the "Application" section of our website.

The Unlimited Class will consist of any production car manufactured after 1990. It will operate under the same rules and authority of La Carrera Panamericana Historic racing. There will be case by case exceptions made for some "super cars" such as the Ferrari Enzo, Bugatti Veyron, and Mercedes Clk-Gtr in regard to roll cages, hood locks, and tow hooks.

In 2006, the Unlimited Class will be limited to twenty entrants. Prize monies will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place each day in addition to an overall winner's purse. Further information is in the "Application" section of our site.

We are now accepting applications.

We hope to see some of your cars at the races and also hope to see some of you on our chat boards!

The Unlimited Class Organization.

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Old 12-04-2006, 11:00 AM   #2
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Oooook.....Hi there. From what i understand this race is in Mexico, right ? You do know this is an Australian forum dont you ? Just asking...
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Old 12-04-2006, 03:19 PM   #3
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I'm sure there's people on the forums who would still do this.

If I had the money (and a quicker car) I'd love to give this a bash.

Cannonball run anybody ?
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Old 12-04-2006, 03:23 PM   #4
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would cost an absolute fortune...
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Old 12-04-2006, 03:36 PM   #5
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Ship a sorted Falcon over would be great exposure. Anyone got a old V8 supercar they don't need in Nov and a few sponsors?
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Old 12-04-2006, 04:32 PM   #6
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Ring Mark Larkham, he might have a few laying around I reckon! :
Unless he sold em??? :Up_to_som
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Old 27-04-2006, 10:31 AM   #7
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Oooook.....Hi there. From what i understand this race is in Mexico, right ? You do know this is an Australian forum dont you ? Just asking...
Yes, we know you are in Australia! We get a very international crowd for our historic races. We would like an international crowd for the modern class also!

Feel free to come to Mexico and race!
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Old 27-04-2006, 10:34 AM   #8
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That would be sweet....one day.....it would also make a very cool Wheels/Motor article and it would be great exposure.
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Old 29-04-2006, 12:00 PM   #9
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That would be sweet....one day.....it would also make a very cool Wheels/Motor article and it would be great exposure.
We plan on providing great exposure. One of our organizers last feature film was "Dust to Glory", if any of you folks have seen it. We intend on making a feature film of the event very soon.
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Old 29-04-2006, 12:53 PM   #10
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I went to your site and linked onto www.gobirdman.com
What a crazy Porche ... 800hp & 252mph. Also checked out his gallery with all his very wealthy friends. Thats the first time I've seen a Bentley turbo doing burnouts!
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Old 29-04-2006, 01:06 PM   #11
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LOL nice nice

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Old 03-05-2006, 02:34 PM   #12
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I went to your site and linked onto www.gobirdman.com
What a crazy Porche ... 800hp & 252mph. Also checked out his gallery with all his very wealthy friends. Thats the first time I've seen a Bentley turbo doing burnouts!
Adrian a.k.a Birdman is about to make some noise in the US leg of the gumball3000 rally ...
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Old 03-05-2006, 05:11 PM   #13
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Maybe we should talk to Wheels or Motor about entering an F6 Typhoon or...the DRIF6 in it?? Now THAT would make for good reading
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haha cool pic!

There goes a lazy couple of thousand in rears...lol
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Old 25-05-2006, 06:14 AM   #15
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Here is a link to a video documentary that was done on last year's historic race (190mph+ hostorics that is!). Our event will be very similar, but with new cars. The documentary is 50 minutes long, and is in French. The guys in the car that flips are fine... broken arms is all.

http://tinyurl.com/pycxw
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