Carreras, Durango

{{Short description|Town in Durango, Mexico}}

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Image:Carreras Durango.JPG Carreras is a town in northwestern Durango, Mexico.{{Cite news |date=4 December 2008 |title=Externan temor policías |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/308134487/F16796F5A1D3403FPQ/13 |access-date=2025-06-14 |work=Reforma |location=Mexico City |language=es |via=ProQuest}} The town is part of Tepehuanes Municipality. Carreras has a small population of mostly retired people, with tourism during the summer and the winter. Tourists mostly consist of the children of migrant parents from the United States mostly from California, Nevada, Illinois, Texas, Georgia and Virginia. Children usually ride ATVs around the town's dirt roads but recently the roads were paved. Occasionally, the town hosts various coleaderas (rodeos) in the town's lienzo charro.