Racing in Mexico? Hell yes! Part of the thrill is that when racing in Mexico, your in Mexico! I've been robbed in Mexico. I've been beat up in Mexico. I've been shot at in Mexico. I've been arrested for pissing on a fence in Mexico. Injured in Mexico, you bet. Complete strip search at a drug checkpoint, only once. I've been involved in Tijuana crossing fender benders in Mexico. Rocks, booby traps, cops on the take, thieves, pissed off farmers, crazy locals, drug dealers landing a cessna out in the desert and then taking off with a heavy load... it's all part of what makes Mexico, Mexico!
It's like a thrill ride, there's always a chance something could happen and you'd be killed - that's why the rush is so good. Driving 100mph on a highway in Mexico chasing your car/truck/bike/lawnmower, no matter how stupid it might be, is a blast. Getting nutty in Ensenada, San Felipe, Cabo or wherever, is great. I watched my uncle wad up a then new two-seat Jimco 1-car in a trap a few years ago - damn near totalled the entire front end. That car was one of MANY that had hit the same trap, same results, total carnage. I agree it sucks, but that is part of racing in Mexico. Nobody tries to hide the fact that racing in Mexico is WAY more dangerous than in the US, if you race in Mexico, you better damn well expect trouble somewhere during the race. Most of us have stories involving racing in Mexico that scare the crap out of most non-racer type folk. I remember 6 or 7 years ago the farmers decided to give the big F-U to Sal mid-race, closing down their land with force. I heard a call on our radio that our car had just been SHOT AT by some farmers... The next thing I new I saw a big ol' barracade up ahead on the highway... tons of farm equipment and farm trucks on one side of the road, and the Mexican troops in their Humvees on the other... those balsy doofs were actually shooting at each other. How many race promoters in the US do you think could get the National Guard to open fire on someone just so the show can go on? Where else can you give a cop a t-shirt, a hat, some steekers, and get out of just about anything? Imagine a CHP officer pulls you over for going 100mph on the 5-freeway... you talk to him for awhile, give him a phat grab bag of old steekers and race stuff, and then proceed on your merry way with just a simple warning and a smile...
Mexico isn't for everyone. I don't have any idea why someone in their right mind would want to race in Mexico, and I don't care.
P.S. - I think someone should start a thread of "craziest mexico moments" somewhere.