After the Western Divisionals were over, Steve Jones and I loaded our boats, motors, props and everything we needed to race on Artie Lund's trailer. Artie would be towing his big trailer to Acapulco for the exibition race. Everyone was driving down except me and Elmer Grade. Elmer would be flying in from Florida and I caught a plane out of San Antonio two days after the race at Beaumont.
Carlos Sandoval was in Laredo and would get them through the border. If you don't go more than about 10 miles in it was no problem to come and go. Further than that required passports, a temporary visa and they had to go through customs to declare what they were bringing in. On the way to Acapulco they would stop and stay overnight at dormitories at Mexico City where atheletes stayed for the 1968 Olympics.
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