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 Mini Mania Car 554 Race Blog |
Colin and Eric Herrick will be posting their experiences here, leading up to and including the race, so you can follow along.
You can track the Mini Mania Car #554 at the La Carrera Panamericana in realtime from this site ! Open the page and click on the 'Mapa' button and a new window will open. Select 'Race Cars' from the floating 'Tasks window', scroll down to car #554, select it, then hit 'start tracking'. You'll need to zoom in quite a bit to make heads or tails. It's pretty slick...
| Colin & Eric Herric Blog | | Final Results 11/02 | The good news is we checked our final standings and if my math is correct, we have finished La Carrera 2007 with the 10th fastest time overall. The Camaro blew it's motor on the second to last day, so thanks to that bit of bad luck on their part, we got 4th in the Unlimited Class.
Not bad for our first time here!
more.... | | We've made it! 11/01 | I'm not sure how, but we've made it to Nuevo Laredo safe and sound!
The Mini Mania Cooper S has just proven itself to be absolutely
bombproof. Although we did have to bust out our tool kit twice today,
it was for other teams both times. We didn't even have a flat tire if
you can believe that, I know I certainly can't!
more.... | | Day 6, Aguascalientes, Mexico 10/31 | Most importantly, the Mini is running flawlessly. More so than my father and I are to be sure. La Carrera is about 1 month´s worth of experiences compressed into one week, and if it weren´t for the video and photographs it would be most difficult to remember what happened.
more.... | | The Race Has Started 10/27 | The race has finally started and while all is gong great, time is limited. Will provide more details shortly!
more.... | | Pre-Qualification Complete 10/24 | We got our first true test behind the wheel of the Mini today. All systems were go except the 3 camera HD video system we had mounted in the car today by Kevin Ward.
more.... | | Wednesday- Oaxaca.Mexico 10/24 | The Coyote Convoy left Laredo at 6am sharp on Saturday, 11 hours later we pulled in to the beautiful old town of San Miguel de Allende. We had high hopes that it would be our longest haul driving from then on, but it paled in comparison to the 15+ hours it took to drive from San Miguel to Oaxaca.
more.... | | Texas is Huge 10/18 | About 10 miles into the trip we found ourselves stuck on Highway 17 in what was quickly becoming a 10 mile, 2 lane parking lot. Things were not looking good.
I phoned the fire department and asked my B.C. what the heck was going on. He told me one of our Captains just called in for an ETA on medics, as he was on scene of a big rig that dumped its scrap metal load onto a pickup truck, trapping the driver inside. (update: driver is OK), This left us with no way to cross the mountains separating Santa Cruz from the rest of the world, and no chance of making the Mexican consulate in Sactown by noon.
more.... | | Loaded and Ready 10/16 | Car's loaded with all the spare parts we could fit, which isn't really too much in a Mini. One of the great things about removing the backseat is that it has exposed all sorts of good anchors to secure our spare, tools, and luggage. As we are driving the whole route from Santa Cruz, CA to Oaxaca, Mex., and back, (with La Carrera falling somewhere in between), packing appropriately in our available space is not proving to be easy.
We picked up our Mini from Jacques at Bay Bridge Motors a few days ago, and we're leaving literally any minute. It's officially time to pucker...
more.... | | Greetings, Mini Folks 10/10 | Thanks for having a gander at our very first blog entry. We really appreciate your coming by to see what we post here, and we hope you enjoy the updates!
First off, let me just apologize for what has been somewhat of a slow start to these blogs. Shortly though, the brewing thunderstorm of updates starting off softly in the distance, will be booming and raining down photos from on-high. As we're getting closer to the race, more and more is happening on an minute-by-minute frequency. A few months ago things progressed by the week. As time went on, things happened day-by-day. We're now moving ahead at warp-speed, where not an hour goes by without having to make an important decision, receive an important call/email, or discover a significant new problem in need of repair.
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