Greetings!

Coming from a couple of strong finishes in the Pick-Up Trucks at the WTCC event at Puebla (4th place) and Querataro (2nd place), I am feeling really confident heading to the rest of the season.

At the same time, these have been tough days for my country because of the outbreak of the Swine Influenza virus that has affected a few thousand people, and has kept us at home for the past couple of weeks as a preventive measure. School was suspended a few days ago, but fortunately it seems that the situation is now improving, and we will be able to resume our normal activities later this week.

As a result of this, the race I was supposed to run last weekend in the NASCAR Mexico Mini Stocks, had to be postponed.

So now, my next event will be from May 21st to 24th. This will be my first oval experience in a full-sized V8 stock car. For this, I will travel to the United States to take part in the Competitive Edge Racing Series “Test of the Best”, which is a scholarship tryout that offers the winning driver a full season in this stock car series. The test will be on Thursday and Friday, and then during the weekend I will run the first two rounds of the championship.

This event attracts some of the most talented up-and-coming stock car drivers from the Northwestern USA, as well as some from other countries. It will certainly be tough, but I feel I am well prepared for this opportunity, and I am looking forward to learn a lot, and hopefully challenge for the win.

Oh, by the way, I would like to take a moment to appreciate a few race fans in my country, who have started a Facebook page for me. If you would like to join this group of supporters, please visit here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FanClub-Rodrigo-Marban/55505036642

Best regards,
Rodrigo