The Club Pecqueur Motorists invited its members to follow the last two stages of the Carrera Panamericana, a 3900 km rally featuring vintage cars, including the Studebaker "EL COMMANDER" from the winning team in 2023 with Laura and Hilaire Damiron.
Event: EL COMMANDER 2024
Race: Carrera Panamericana
Country: Mexico
Date: From October 13 to 19, 2024 (14 days including the Mexican Grand Prix of F1)
Participants of the Club Pecqueur Motorists: 12
Initially organized between 1950 and 1954, the legendary Carrera Panamericana race was revived in 1988 as a stage rally of 3900 kilometers, with a route similar to the original layout extending from Veracruz to Nuevo Leon. The requirement to recreate the atmosphere and challenges of the original race is to have a vintage body. Most of the participating vehicles are American stock cars from the roaring fifties and sixties, equipped with V8 engines from modern NASCAR race cars.
The Club Pecqueur Motorists invites you to follow the last two stages of this race with the team of Hilaire and Laura Damiron, who won the last edition aboard a 700 horsepower Studebaker capable of reaching 320 km/h on local highways. The nickname given to this race car is "EL COMMANDER". In the second week, to help you recover from the excitement, we offer you the opportunity to join the paddock of the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix.