Interview from Mexico

  I was curious about the Mexico City race, and what it was like for the guys on the teams working down there.  So this morning i hit up a buddy of mine that works here at the shop, Clay Robinson.  Clay is the front tire changer on the 77 Kodak team.  He went down to the Busch race to pit Rusty Wallace's car this past weekend.  I asked him a bunch of questions about the race, facility, and fans.  Here's what he had to say.  "It was like any other track we go to.  The fans were great, the facilities were nice, and never did i feel unsafe.  I only flew in on Sunday morning and flew out Sunday night, but the time i was there i loved it."  Anything that was different down there that you don't see at a normal NASCAR event.  "The only thing that was kind of weird was we had to walk thru a fan area to get from the garage to pit road.  At most of the tracks we race at you can go strait from the garage to pit road without going thru a fan souvenir area.  It wasn't a problem because the fans were really cool, they just wanted to see what was going on."  What about the pre race activities.  Most of the NASCAR races have a fly over or some kind of big show before the race.  What went on down there.  "I personally didn't leave the hauler until 10 minutes before the race, but from what i heard it was pretty funny.  They had a couple of guys on motorcycles riding around the front stretch doing burnouts and tricks on there bikes.  They were all dressed up wearing there goggles and leathers, doing all they could to entertain.  Now that you mention it Trent, i wish i would have seen it instead of hearing about it.  I think that would have been pretty cool."  Well, I think that's about all i got room for on this post, thanks a lot for your help Clay.