November 2 -10
Another year and another Panamericana.
We thought it would be very hard to top last year’s result, where we took first and second overall, but we did!
This year we not only won first and second overall but also first and second in the ultra competitive Historic C.
I am really proud of the fact that the two Studebakers went thru the whole race without one single little problem. That is very hard, especially the way these drivers push all the time.
Equally amazing is that we took first and second in Historic C with two brand new cars. We had some “new car bugs” that we were able to work thru and at the end, the two Falcons worked really well.
A big congratulation to Harri Rovanpera and Jouni Narhi for the victory! It was a pleasure to work with you and hopefully we can continue next year.
We were all very impressed with Michel Jourdain and Miguel Diez that they could stay right with the pace of Harri. It was just 12 seconds difference after 7 days of hard racing. Noteworthy is that it was about 13 minutes down to 3rd place!
Of course it doesn’t matter if you have the best drivers in the world if the mechanics can’t build and prepare the cars.
EVEYBODY did an amazing job! They often work until 3, 4 in the morning and some night I remember seeing 5 o clock before we went back to the hotel. Then up at 6 o clock to be in time for the next service.
Amazing teamwork by everybody and once again; thank you very much!