Whenever La Carrera Panamericana passes through a village, life stops in that village. Schoolkids come out to watch and spectators line up alongside the speed stages. During the speed stages, diehard spectators will wake up way before dawn to pick out their spot alongside the route, set up a few garden chairs and a barbecue and spend the morning or afternoon there. The biggest spectacle, though, are the arrivals. The moments when the drivers arrive in the big cities like Guanajuato or Durango. Thousands of people line the streets and the cars make their way through a sea of people to the big arch of the finishing line. Mexican people love these cars. They want to see them, take pictures with them and even touch them. For the kids, each team makes postcards of their car and for the youngest ones collecting and swapping cards with each car becomes a sport.