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For more information about the Pan Am Race:
Gerie Bledsoe
North American Coordinator
PMB 68B
220 N Zapata Hwy Ste 11, Laredo, TX 78043
650-525-9190 (Home Office) Skype: gerie.bledsoe
Email: gbledso@aol.com
To contact the Carrera Office in Mexico City, call 310-860-6959 (a U.S.
number).
Bledsoe has participated in the Pan Am twelve times (1999-2010). In
2002, his '64 Chevy II Nova "Durango Deuce" finished first in Historic
C and eighth overall. In 2007, he finished first in class and sixth overall
in the Chihuahua Express in his a ’93 Camaro and tenth overall in 2010,
and in 2011 finished first in Historic C and 10th overall in his ’63 Nova..
Between Carreras, he raced a ’68 BMW 2002 and later a ‘93 Camaro
ITE with SCCA and the National Auto Sports Association (NASA), Camaro-Mustng
Challenge.
He was also a High Performance Driving (HPDE) Instructor for SCCA and NASA. Retired
from a staff position the California Teacher’s Association and the National
Education Association, Gerie holds a M. A. and Ph.D. in European diplomatic history
from The Florida State University. Gerie and his wife Diane live in San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico, most of the time, but frequently visit California
and Florida to attend to business and visit family. The best way to communicate
with Gerie is via e-mail.
Gerie handles entry applications and fees for the Pan Am and Chihuahua Express. He
writes and distributes CARRERA NEWS each month to over 1800 people who have signed
up for the publication, and CARRERA DRIVER, for those who have signed up for
the event. Gerie also has led the Coyote Convoy from Laredo, Texas, to
the start of the Carrera for ten years.
Since
2006, the Coyote Convoy has stopped in San Miguel de Allende
for a car show and to raise funds for local charities that
support children and families. Gerie
is also a trustee of the fund that support Guadalupe “Lupita” Hernandez
Ramirez, the Mexican nurse who lost both legs at the hip
when a Carrera car hit an oil puddle and crashed into her
ambulance.
Gerie's
'64 Chevy II Nova "Durango Deuce"
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