It was the first edition of the carrera panamericana. The film was directed by ian mcarthur, and included a soundtrack entirely of music by the band pink floyd, as the bands guitarist david gilmour, drummer nick mason and manager steve orourke competed in the race in 1991. Damit wurde es erstmals auch fur autos jungerer jahrgange moglich, an dem rennen teilzunehmen. It was canceled in 1955 because of the cost and concerns about safety. It has since been resurrected along some of the original course as a classic speed rally. See more ideas about racing, race cars and carrera. We were treated with the warmest regard by the mexican people as we drove the backbone of the country.
The carrera panamericana was a bordertoborder sedan and sports car racing event on open roads in mexico similar to the mille miglia and targa florio in italy. In 1988 the event was revived as a stage rally on closed public highways and for thirty years has offered both. The film was released in 1992 and it includes a number of instrumental tracks that the band wrote specifically for the film and never released as part of an. Sep 8, 2019 explore halwasecs board carrera panamericana road race, followed by 250. It is the only road rally in the world with sections allowing unlimited speed, in which the road is closed until the racers pass through on their way. The carrera panamericana was conceived as a road race by the mexican government to showcase the opening of the mexican stretch of the panamerican highway. As a participant many of us came back with the opinion that it was a life changing event.