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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jimmy8" data-source="post: 2176" data-attributes="member: 118"><p>The problem with racing in Mexico, especially Ensenada, is that you are really risking your life.  Not that driving a race car is not risking your life, but in Mexico your chances are worse.  I have my personal reasons for not going to Mexico, and most of them are from my dad.  The last time I went to the Baja 500, my dad was racing in his 8 truck.  The race started in downtown Ensenada, and ran 35 miles of asphalt before finally hitting the dirt.  As my dad was about to take off the line on this, Sal came and told him to be carefull because a mexican police officer had just pulled out in front of motorcycle racer danny hammel and killed him.  Danny had been riding at well over 100 mph when this cop suddenly pulled out in front of him.  He had no place to go, and hit the cop at 100 mph instantly killing him.  How safe is it running over 130 mph in a car, down asphalt with hundreds of thousands of people less than a foot away from your car while avoiding traffic.  That isnt racing, it is stupid.  Another instance in the same race.  My dad was on another section of the course, running on asphalt again.  He was going well over 100 mph again, when an old hatchback pinto pulled out in front of him going 20 mph, loaded with 4 kids in the back looking out the rear window.  He got all over the brakes, and realized that these kids were going to die.  He had a semi truck in the other lane coming at him, so his only choice was to drive off the road into the bar ditch.  As he swung into the bar ditch,, there was a 5 foot tall cement culvert there.  He hit it going over 80 miles an hour and some how cleared the 25 foot gap between it and the other side.  After that he vowed never to race in mexico until things changed. A couple of years later, some people got held up while pre running, got died up by them selves out in the middle of the desert, and had there pre runner stolen.  The same year a racer got shot in the leg by a mexican in the middle of the race.  What about the countless rock throwings and booby traps.  Is it worth wadding up your 150000 dollar race car just to race in mexico.  I dont think so.  I am not saying that racing in mexico should be done away with, I just think some things should change.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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