Petter Solberg putting his new Subaru Impreza WRC to the test


Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino at Shakedown Thursday morning


Pastrana and Edstrom hit a compression bump on the shakedown road Thursday


This is the very unique town of Guanajuato where the ceremonial start took place Thursday night


Guanajuato was formerly a silver mining town - thus endless tunnels exist throughout the city making driving a real trick


Locals chill in Guanajuato Centro (Downtown) while waiting for the ceremonial start to begin


Another view from Guanajuato


Block & Gelsomino roll off the start podium while tens of thousands of fans
line the roads exiting the city


Blocks' number for his Group N WRC Mexico entry is #61


Pastrana begins to make his way through the endless mass of people


This is only the first turn - but the crowds literally go on for miles and are even stopped on the highway outside of town!


Travis & Christian in PWRC entry #52 disappear into the night


Here is another overhead view of an area just past the official podium start