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Oct 21 2009, Oscar

It’s official. If there is a chance for entering or breaking a world record, Mexico will be there. That, my friends, you can take to the bank.

Fourty two sites within 27 Mexican states will join this weekend in the 2009 Mexico Challenge event....

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