Mexico MOD-VP 2011 Season

[Jorge Llanos]

So far of the MOD VP Season in Mexico

February 8 & 9 = 4th Place. Tlacotalpan, Veracruz.

May 28 & 29th = 2nd Place. Alvarado, Veracruz

* TENTATIVE CALENDAR

June 25 = Villahermosa, Tabasco

July = Catemaco, Ver. - Ríver & Enduro
Boca del Río - Enduro

August 13 y 14 Great Race of Chetumal-Bacalar - Enduro & River

September = Cancun, Quintana Roo

[Jorge Llanos]

New event sorry for not posting it earlier for better timing

August, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7th

River Race Marathon 6th August, 2 stages of (upstream,downstream) 90km through the River Hondo, Mexico - Belize border
Stage I: Bacalar - Botes (90 kms) Stage II: Botes - Bacalar (90 kms. Class II (shallow waters and through mangroove maze)

Sunday 7
Stage III: Circuit of 2 heats, 35kms each.

Stage 4: Super Circuit, all classes 2 heats, of 6 laps

more than 40 racing boats registered, between outboards and jet boats

[Jorge Llanos]

http://www.facebook.com/LLANOSRT

[Jorge Llanos]

From Thursday 4 of August one began to see activity near soothes official, the Club of Bacalar Candle. Under an enormous carp, the zone of pits was installed in which the coexistence between the members of equipment of all the country was of frank camaraderie, mutual support and fierce competition. Whereas the technicians prepared the last details, they were arriving representing from important regional and national mass media. Among them, cameras and microphones of Discovery Channel, Sipse Group, MVS Multivisión, the Sport program Alive, Final and Television Score that they have authenticated with this event, its commitment to spread one of the more spectacular extreme sports of the moment.

Friday, propellers and turbines began to give to samples of their power and speed during the practices, later to attend the meeting of registry and cocktail of welcome that offered in the Hotel Grand Marlon de Chetumal where they stayed the majority of the participants

Early in the morning of Saturday everything was ready. In the zone of pits, the fusion of the nervousness and stress, with the taste to compete filled the atmosphere. Medical examinations, meeting of pilots, propellant charge and finally the green flag that indicated the beginning of a route of than 180 kilometers starting off more from the Club of Bacalar Candle to the town of Boats and return. The boats faced low and superficial stones of the Matting of Chac and the curved pronounced ones of the Hondo river.

Pits got dressed rose in the formal appearance like Level navigator of the pretty Marisol Lezama, now well-known like " Penelope Glamour". Being Level daughter of Jorge Perez and Belgica also brother of Neat Jorge Lezama, evidently take the taste by the speedboat racing in the blood.
Will be pleasant to see her in the following races with his pretty smile and always glad attitude to us.

when finishing the two first stages, the Organizing Committee offered a rustic food in the Club of Bacalar Candle with delicious regional food.

Sunday, Between the strong rain and fog the races of circuit in two blocks were carried out, first for the boats of outside hut and the second for the turbines.
Six laps that added approximately 50 kilometers of practically pure speed. Before a great amount of spectators, the event was very exciting and without accidents that to be sorry.

Nevertheless, the local public was strange that the picture flag was not for its favorite pilot, gift Mario Rendón, that by mechanical problems he had to leave the competition.

RESULTS

CAT OB2000
1. Jorge Llanos Lezama / Horacio Filigrana
2. Carlos Daniel Sánchez /
3. Uriel Alemán /
CAT OB3000
1. Miguel Ángel Santiago
2. Martín Alemán / Cristian Santiago
3. MariSol Llanos / Jorge Llanos Sr.
CAT FX
1. Diego García
2. Estuardo Beltrán / Manolo Villafaña
CAT. SMALL BLOCK
1. Aarón Salcedo / Cuauhtémoc García
2. Arturo Blanco
3. Luciano Blanco
CAT. BIG BLOCK
1. José Javier Barquín / Juan Portilla 
2. Eduardo Sarabia / Andrés Sarabia
3. Carlos Rodríguez / Berenice Vázquez
CATEGORY OF SUPER CIRCUIT, The category of Free Super exhibition in which any boat of races participates was very interesting and the first place corresponded to the veteran of thousand battles Mele Bahena Lopez of the club Mexico Speedboat racing.

1. Mele Bahena
2. Mauricio Quintana
3. Uriel Alemán

The galardoned winning ceremony was carried out in the same Club of Bacalar Candle with a touching ceremony and the presence of distinguished honor guests. As he is already traditional, the winners received medals and trophies under a rain of petals of pink courtesy of the Cascafita equipment de Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico led by gift Cuautémoc Garci'a.

As masterful of ceremony they were Mr. Héctor Chumacero of the Distributor Cuautémoc-Moctezuma de Chetumal and general coordinator of the event, as well as Guadalupe Saavedra, female leader of diffusion of the FMM. The equipment of judges of the Mexican Federation of Speedboat racings, A.C was integrated by the president of the same, Mr. Florentino Olmedo Lopez, Hans Hasselkus and Thorny Juan. From here, a congratulation to all the Organizing Committee by its concerted effort and obtained salary an event of first as it is custom.

[Jorge Llanos]

next serial is Tequesquitengo, Morelos
a lake located at the Center of the Republic of Mexico, at 2,985.56 feet of sea level.
for this race is convoqued, turbine, outboards, jetskis and pwc's and also a ski show
we will keep you posted :)

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Thank you Jorge for the story and results of the race. Keep us posted. If you can....take some pictures. Also how about some history of the familia Lezama whom you mentioned had boat racing in their blood. We are not familiar with them, but would like to know more about your boat racers. I would love to some day come watch some of your racing.

[Jorge Llanos]

Thanks for your interest in the south of the border racing.
I've been digging out videos of past racing in Mexico and here are some links:

Bacalar 1995, the VL CATEGORY is now OB3000 and the FL CATEGORY is OB2000

http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/14/z55-cLKqW1Q
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/15/9yQSVxMoB54

Now 2011, update of the Races, well several more, since August, this is the Video of the
""Carrera Motonautica Rio Hondo - Bacalar XXVI "", Circuito de Pista 7 de Agosto, 2011
/ this race was the beginning of the National River Championship, saddly the video of the river marathon race was lost, but here is a small compilation of the Endurance heats

http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/10/5QO2pQkths8

The next race, LLANOS Racing Team, attended was at the state of Chiapas, under the magnificent scenary of the "Canon del sumidero" and the Grijalva river, this was part of the National River Championship and the National Enduro Championship.
The race consisted on the river marathon, which was over the Grijalva river, upstream 25km and downstream 25km totalling 50km of racing in the beautiful stream of the Grijalva river, and later 2 heats of 15minutes each for finalizing the River Championship.

The following day, was held the Endurance, 3 heats of 15 minutes, including the Jets & Outboards race boats, it was great to compete against the Small Blocks, Big Blocks and other jet categories. a great show for the public and for the racers a quite an adrenaline.

here are some videos:
DAY 1, RIVER MARATHON AND 2 CIRCUIT HEATS
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/4/VeTCqhLjg50
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/3/BX4GRSEkykQ

DAY 2, ENDURANCE - SUPER CIRCUIT 3 HEATS
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/2/VvDE4a1NqlM
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/1/4htr4Nz7KJ0
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/0/zz8skpgMF48

All of this are some of the Pilots of the Outboards class, OB2000 & OB3000:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/9/8dUnKGwEVEo

& Here is a small trailer of the Mod Vp, class of Mexico's racing, your friends south of the border!
http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgellanosflanker?feature=watch#p/u/6/cYA8eAt-6Oo

Hopefully 2012 season includes, foreign racers and more competitions.

[Jorge Llanos]

Thanks for your interest in the south of the border racing.
The last race of the 2011 Racing Season was held in the State of Mexico, at Acambay, a beautiful damn surrounded by mountains at a height of 2,540meters (8,333 feet) so it was quite above sea level, we prepared for it and had a great outcome of the first heat of the race, we took 1rst in the 2.0Lts divisio but we could'nt keep racing because I hit an underwater wall which destroyed the lower unit and the housing :(

what a shame more than 2000km or more just to race just one heat, out of 5...
more than 8 outboards suffered the same consequence...

Anyway, that's what Racing is all about, a thousand ways to loose a race, just one to win it.
Nonetheless with the percentage of the year we took

3rd Place in the National Endurance Championship
&
1rst in the River National Championship.

Here are some videos of the race.
http://youtu.be/dpTW8uMa_DY
http://youtu.be/hvgjQVKJXTo
http://youtu.be/08EpOmAN7Ds

Now, 2012..
hopefully is going to be a great year, soo far here is the Racing Calendar for 2012

Gran Premio Tlacotalpan - 4 y 5 February @ Veracruz
Gran Premio Tabasco - Villahermosa y Frontera - 25 y 26 February @Tabasco
Gran Premio Coatzacoalcos - March 24 y 25 @Veracruz
Gran Premio Alvarado - May 25 y 26 @Veracruz
VII Copa Náutica Cañón del Sumidero - June 24 y 25 @Chiapas
Gran Premio Boca del Río - July 28 y 29 @Veracruz
Gran Carrera Motonáutica Chetumal/Bacalar - August 4 y 5 @Quintana Roo
III Reto Tecolutla - September 22 y 23 @Veracruz
Gran Premio Acambay - October 20 y 21 @State of Mexico
Gran Premio Estado de México - December 1 y 2 @State of Mexico

Best wishes for this 2012!

[Jorge Llanos]

Happy 2012,

I hope the best for all of my friends at Boatracingfacts.com f for this starting year.

May I present you the Racing Season of the powerboats south of your border.

First what we do race in the Mod Vp.

The Mod Vp in Mexico is categorized by 2, the OB2000 & the OB3000.
*being OB2000 engines up to 2.0lts and OB3000 engines up to 3.0lts.
*Fiberglass hulls and merely Mod Vp's (Allison, STV, LTV, Laser, Hydrostreams, Stokers, Mirages & Bass)

We have 2 types of Championships: River Marathon & Enduro.

River Marathon consists of reaching point A to point B thru the river, like a rally thru rivers.

Enduro consists of circuits delimited by buoys separated by distances of 2 to 4 kilometers, type round and round or L shaped circuits, any Enduro race is between 4 to 6 heats with a time frame of 15 to 20 minutes each.

For 2012 we have the following dates:

- 4 & 5th February - GP Tlacotalpan, Veracruz.
- 25 & 26th February - GP Tabasco, Villahermosa.
- 24 & 25th March - GP Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.
- 25 & 26th May - GP Alvarado, Veracruz.
-24 & 25th June - GP Canyon of el Sumidero, Chiapas.
- 28 & 29th July - GP Boca del Rio, Veracruz.
- 4 & 5th August - GP Bacalar - Chetumal, Quintana Roo.
- 22 & 23 September - GP Tecolutla, Veracruz.
- 20 & 21th October - GP Acambay.
- 1 & 2nd December - GP Mexico, Mexico State

We will keep you posted of the Racing Season.
LLANOS Racing Team
0B2000
STV Pro Comp 87' #169 "Rey de Reinas"

[Jorge Llanos]

2012 Racing Season of the Mod Vp & Jets/Turbines “SUPERLANCHAS”.

1.- GP of Tlacotalpan, 4 & 5th of February.

The National Championship of “SUPERLANCHAS” 2012 will start in this magnificent place. The beautiful city of Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, will be the stage for the first 2 events of the year for the specialties of Enduros and River Marathon. For the fist time the powerful Outboard and Inboard powerboats, turbine engines that jettison a water splash up to 100 meters wide, the T1 capsule boats, and the fastest Mod Vp outboard powerboats of Mexico that have been present in a regular basis.

After a quite intense 2011 season, this year we offer the same intensity of adrenaline, intense duels, high speed and lots of fun for the local public and to the tourism that will attend to visit this important event.

The entire 2012 SUPERLANCHAS season is valid for the Federación Mexicana de Motonáuticas, A.C. and to the Unión Internacional de Motonáutica.

There is a estimate record of competitive participation for this event, pilots coming from all around Mexico, including National Champions and International Champions.

The team to beat, is the local team, they count with excellent pilots and the home team advantage of the Veracruz area people.

Stay tuned so you can get to know the pilots and teams of the SUPERLANCHAS.

Live the emotion of Powerboat Racing in Mexico.
Be in the know with LLANOS Racing Team

[Ron Hill]

Until three years ago, I went to Mexico about three or four times a year. When my daughter graduated from high school, I tok her and 7 friends to Mexico for ten days, tha was 20 years ago.

I'd love t come to one of your races, but I no longer to go to Mexico because I fear for my life.

Keep up the good fight. Maybe, in a few years we'll come down and race with you.


I sure miss seeing Ganaro Garcia at our races, he is quite a gentleman.

Keep posting, we are interested in your race for sure!

[Jorge Llanos]

Dear Mr. Ron Hill,

I know that you see via news media the huge problems Mexico is having facing the drug war. Finally we do have a President that is encouraged to stop the issues of our country and It will continue until the erradication of this drug cartels cell or "Narcos".

But this problem, this fight is on our north side of the country.

In the states where the races are held there are no problems like this.
Quintana Roo is one of the safest places in Mexico. Tabasco & Veracruz have military presence and things have gone better.

Hopefully for this 2012, Racing Season we are going to have a project mid July - August for a race in Cancun, (here things are perfectly normal, thank God).

Some good news for Mexican Powerboat Racing, is that Mr. Genaro Garcia, is now in the "Federacion Mexicana de Motonauticas" (Mexican Racing Federation) Hall of Fame.

Also the Racing Family is growing,
Genaro's Garcia's son, Genaro Garcia Jr. also a really good friend of mine is eager to start Racing, he will begin his racing career with a Hydrostream Viper for the OB2000 category.

Other racing family that is returning are the Filigrana's from Tabasco, they are returning with 3 Mod Vp's Mirage Jaguar & 2 Hydrostreams the Viking & Vector.

The creation of a new category of V4 engines.

The presence of bigger and better sponsors national companies such as: Tecate, Suzuki, Coca Cola & New Mix.

We will keep you posted on the 2012 Racing Season of the SUPERLANCHAS.

Best Regards,

Jorge Llanos L.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

We wish Federacion Mexicana de Motonauticas a very successful season Jorge, and look forward to pictures and results. I hope your president has much success in his fight against the narcos, but unfortunately I think it will last beyond his term. I hope your next President continues. Here, we have and Attorney General that has just added to the problem, but hopefully we will take care of that by the end of the year. A bunch of us in the community we live would take the hour and a half drive to shop and eat in Nueveo Laredo several times a year. It's been awhile since we did that. Glad to hear things are better further south. We don't get that news on our Television.

I did an exhibition race in Acapulco in 1980 and the officials and everyone there were very gracious and hospitable. It was one of my racing experiences I will never forget. The President of FMM at the time also sent a representative to Laredo to watch a race we held, and he also helped us out with a letter to UIM in 1978 regarding a fuel situation. In addition FMM supplied us with licenses for American drivers to participate under the Mexican Flag in the past. So I feel somewhat of a kinship with your racers down there and wish you well. I would love to drive Rio Balsas with Ron Hill some day.:cool::D

[Ron Hill]

Ganaro, if I'm no mistaken, was a USC graduate. He came to Havasu and Parker with a pretty large pit crew. My Spanish in those days was "NO WAYNO". (Now days I can hold my own with the average Spanish speaker). Garno's friends all spoke perfect, well good English.

Seems, as I recall, Ganaro helped start Sir Speedy Print. I knew Ganaro's family were silver miners among other ventures.

Ganaro would alwasy ask me to come to his house and stay a MONTH. He'd say come and we can race Rio Balsas. Well, I never went. Finally, one year, Ganaro said, "Ron, I'm mad at you and I've never inviting you again, because you never come anyway."

I said, "Ganaro, I ACTUALLY have to work for a living."

Somehow Teddy Whalen and Ganaro became friends. Teddy went to Mexico and drove in several races. Teddy said, "On my first trip, I took a taxi to the address I had. The driver dropped me off at the address I had. I went inside and asked for Ganaro.......After about 15 minutes they said go to the 32 floor. That was Ganaro's office, he also owned the building."

It is great to hear of his Sports honor. Also, it is cool to hear his son will be racing. Until we "MERGE" with Mexico, I won't be traveling that way soon....

[Jorge Llanos]

In front of thousands of spectators the successful start of the National Motonautique Championship in Veracruz, inside a frame of festivities of the “Virgen de la Candelaria” where more than 26 Mexico’s most powerful Racing Powerboats reunited.
The fraternity between the outboard and turbine teams gave a great result of another spectacular event with great sportsmanship, genuine competence. The race event was organized by the “Club Nautico del Golfo, A.C.” with the Championship modalities of River Marathon and Enduro Racing, 4th and 5th of February.

From Friday 3rd the arrival of many Racing Powerboats reunited at the pit zone where a ramp was build by the host team solely for this Gran Prix of Tlacotalpan.
From noon the testing and practice the whole town saw runs. And afterwards a great welcome engagement aboard a boat platform that was anchored in front of Tlacotalpan town, with spectacular view to the main stage where the popular Mexican singer – actress Yuri, gave a great show. There also was held the welcoming VIP party by the District President of Tlacotalpan, C.P. Hilario Villegas.

The night was very pleasant, reining the already mentioned brotherhood of all the teams involved.
For the people that doesn’t know the deep end of this extreme sport, is worth to mention that although this extreme sport is held in a professional matter, every Racing Powerboat is property of the pilot that tripulates and assists it by their own means, without economic remuneration. For this and many other reasons each Racing Event gives a result a sportsmanship spectacle highly competitive.

River Marathon Race, Saturday 4th was held the River Race, starting from Tlacotalpan to the town of Carlos A. Carrillo and back over the Papaloapan River, where pilots and co pilots faced calmed waters, shallows and superficial trees.
The race was a thrill for the turbines as for the outboards the speed was quite similar of the “SUPERLANCHAS” and the skill of the copilots determined who would be the winners, that way the team of Andres Wilson and Erick Medellin obtained the Absolute Win, followed closely by “Fantasma III” of Estuardo Beltrán and Manuel Villafaña and in 3rd position “Peke Cascafita” of Virgilio and Daniela García.
Only 6 seconds of difference came the “Sobredosis” of Charles Large and Hugo de la Vega from the Club Motonáutica México, they left their first place aspirations just a few meters away from the finish line due to the empty fuel tank.
In other part maybe the fastest “SUPERLANCHA” of the event was the “Mrs. General Lee” of Íñigo Barquín and Javier Tapia, they had problems in their steering system, lost control of the Racing Powerboat and ended up, outside of the river. Luckly the incident had no consequences and the team arrived by their own strength to the finish line.

River Results
FX Category
1. Andrés Wilson / Erich Medellín
2. Estuardo Beltrán / Manuel Villafaña
Small Block Category
1. Virgilio García / Daniela García
2. Charles Large / Hugo de la Vega
3. Ángel Cárcoba / David Gallardo

Formula 4 Category
1. Juan Antonio Salgado / Arturo Salgado
2. Jazmín Agüeros / Yazia Agüeros / Antonio Agüeros
3. Jaime Lara / Fidel Lara

OB2000
1. Jorge Llanos Lezama / Sol Llanos Lezama
2. Ángel Gustavo Ficachi / Casto Márquez
3. Roberto Bahena López / Roberto Bahena Jr.

OB3000
1. Miguel Ángel Santiago /
2. Martín Alemán / Ángel Zarracino
3. Marcelino Alemán / Roberto López

The ENDURO
Impressive spectacle gave specially the SUPERLANCHAS outboards in 3 tremendous heats in wich together with the turbines thrilled thousands of assistants, an impressive “agarron” / duel between Jorge Llanos on board the STV “Rey de Reinas” and Martin Aleman in his Stoker “Taz” and Roberto Bahena Laser 380 “Halloween”.
The 3 heats were full of adrenaline, euphoric cheers and the beautiful Tlacotalpan on the background, while the official narrator, Mr. Gabriel Saavedra narrated with big enthusiasm what was happening in the Racing Circuit.

ENDURO RESULTS:

Formula 4 Category
1. Jaime Lara
2. Juan Antonio Salgado Ponce
3. Jazmín Agüeros

OB2000
1. Jorge Llanos Lezama
2. Roberto Bahena
3. Daniel Sánchez

OB3000
1. Martín Alemán
2. Miguel Ángel Santiago
3. Marcelino Alemán
FX Category
1. Andrés Wilson

Small Block Category
1. Virgilio García
2. Aarón Salcedo
3. Ángel Cárcoba

At the end of the event, again on board the beautiful boat platform, prepared specially for the event by Club Náutico del Golfo, was held the awards ceremony and delicious food by C.P. Hilario Villegas, of Tlacotalpan, who personally delivered the award trophies to the winning pilots and acknowledgements for all participants.

We also have new pilots such as: José Luis Varela from Tampico, Tamaulipas, the debut of Jazmín Agüeros as pilot and her sister Yazia as co pilot.
In representation of the Federación Mexicana de Motonáuticas, A.C. were with us his president Florentino Olmedo López in quality also of official Judge, Juan Espinosa as technical inspector, Javier Sarabia as official referee and Alfredo Castrillón, president of the Club Chapultepec.
The organizing committee was directed by Norma Alemán Alor of Club Náutico del Golfo.
Also the participation of: Sergio Alemán, Patricio Ramírez, José Luis Varela, Ángel David Méndez, Juvencio Villegas, Uriel Alemán, Jorge Cornelio Alor, José Antonio Romero Centurión, Adolfo Ruiz, Miguel Reyes, Íñigo Barquín, Javier Tapia, Rafael Pagés, Roberto Cruz, Ignacio Roque Caballero, Mauricio Quintana, José Alemán Alor e Ileana Alaminca.

What is next.
The next racing date of the National Motonautique Championship will be in the cities of Frontera and Jonuta, with the magical return of the Tabasco Motonautique.
We already have a lot of inscriptions and a big number of competitors for what is certain to be another succesfull sportsmanship event.
The Gran Prix of Jahuactal and 50 Miles of the Usumacinta, LLANOS Racing Team with Junction with Club Motonáutica México are organizing this GP, we expect to do great in our first racing event organizers debut.

[Dabull1919]

You guys down in Mexico have it (Mod-VP) going pretty darn well. Don`t screw it up like we did.

DB

[Jorge Llanos]

Thunder! in Tabasco,
A Great Expectancy has generated between the most laureled pilots that compete for the National Championship (2 modalitities: River & Enduro), of the "SUPERLANCHAS" the magical return to Tabasco, and the confirmation of great loval leyends such as Francisco Filigrana & Balin Mena among others.

Such is the case of the ex president of the "Federacion Mexicana de Motonauticas" who will race on board the #26 "Fantasma III" the world champions, Virgilio Garcia on board the "Cascafita", Uriel Aleman from Minatitlan and Antonio Agüeros, who will premiere use a new Laser boat.
Some attention for the Rookie sensation Jorge Llanos Lezama and his "Rey de Reinas #169 that this year impose conditions on the first racing day that was held in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz.

The same contingent team of Veracruz has assembled and confirmed 15 "SUPERLANCHAS"to the next racing day, leaded by Martin Aleman Toledo, they will seek for success.

In the Turbine special racing boats that use Nascar engines, the fight will be close dueled between Charles Large & Hugo de La Vega on board the "Sobredosis - Viva Tabasco" and Angel Carcoba in #55, Estuardo Beltran and Mauricio Quintana on board the "Chiapaneca".

The Enduro is programmed to start at 1200 hours in the port city of Frontera, Tabasco. Mexico.

And the River Marathon will be held in Sunday, more than 200 kilometers from Frontera to Jonuta and back, It will be a great Racing Weekend.

Be in the Know with LLANOS Racing Team and the Powerboat World of Mexico.

[Jorge Llanos]

You guys down in Mexico have it (Mod-VP) going pretty darn well. Don`t screw it up like we did.

DB

We are doing the best with the "Federacion Mexicana de Motonauticas A.C" and various clubs affiliated to it, like Motonautica Deportiva de Mexico of Charles Large, Nautica del Golfo, the Aleman family of Veracruz, and many more. Amongst them LLANOS Racing Team, we.. which now are making the debut as family team & organicers of the next racing serial of the 2012 SUPERLANCHAS Calendar.
we already have confirmed 42 of Mexico's finest powerboats (Mod Vp and Turbines), it's going to be a great event.
We've had the support of the Tabasco government, two districts: Centla and Jonuta.
It's a great event because Tabasco in the golden age of Mod Vp supported with many pilots and racing boats to the National Racing Powerboats, so it's great to return here after 10 years of not making races here.
So, wish us Luck for the Mod Vp and the "SUPERLANCHAS" to keep growing to a level where we will be able to include an invitational category for foreign pilots. with support of sponsors and government. Hopefully we can still grow.
Mod - Vp is not going strong only in Mexico, also in Puerto Rico, South Africa, Argentina and Venezuela are going strong, River Marathons like the 1000km of Argentina can be the uphill for the Mod - Vp.
for the next World River Marathon, Mexico will be host for the 2013, hopefully many Mod Vp's will compete

Best Regards,
Jorge Llanos Lezama