Hey there!

It has been nearly two months since I last blogged, but I’m very pleased to say they have been the best two months of my racing career.

In the past we have had a lot of international racing events in Mexico, such as Formula 1, Champ Car, WTCC, and more; but never before had we had a national series that generated so much excitement among the fans, so I’m really glad to be part of it.

A new racetrack was opened in Tuxtla Gutierrez, a city in southeastern Mexico, and my series was the first to race on it. We arrived there on Wednesday to help with the promotion of the race. The fans went crazy about the event, and more than 20,000 people showed up for the race on Sunday! The track is a highly-banked D-shaped oval at the pure NASCAR style.

The practice sessions saw me near the bottom of the time charts as I was just trying to stay out of trouble and learn the track (which was good because there were at least two wrecks in practice), but by the time the race started I had acquired enough knowledge about the track to gain some positions and finish 8th for my fourth Top 10 of the season.

The season finale of the NASCAR Mexico T4 Series was at my hometown. We raced at the famous Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, in the oval layout. The support from my family and friends who went to watch me race really motivated me, and I drove one of my best races so far, finishing 8th again, but this time only 3 seconds away from the winner, who incidentally was my teammate and mentor Ernesto Guerrero. As you can see, the race was very tight, with the Top 8 drivers separated by just a few meters. This result allowed me to make it into the Top 10 in the standings.

I had little time to rest, as one week later I raced in the Pick-up Truck Series at Puebla. This is a very nice racetrack – the WTCC races there every year – and I consider it among my favorites. My performance far exceeded my expectations, as I was the fastest in two of the practice sessions, and qualified 2nd. At the start of the race I made a little mistake that cost me the 2nd position, but I managed to hold on to third place for my first podium finish!

I see the trophy at home every day, and it definitely motivates me to keep improving. There are still two races left in the Truck Series, and I think I have a good chance of finishing in the podium again.

It has been a long season – 20 races so far – but I’m very happy with my progress, and I look forward to finishing the season with more good results, and keeping this momentum going for the 2009 season.

I don’t have any races next weekend, so I will go to the USA to watch the season finale of the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Miami. It will be a fun weekend, that’s for sure!