[DeTomaso] Silver State Update - No Panteras Registered and no 500+ HP Panteras period- September 14-17 Its close to High Noon

Mon Aug 20 16:48:02 EDT 2007

Durango Dave,

  You are now a super stud among racers and have forgot your homies.....Ah geez, I wondered what those things in the GoodyBag were for. Thanks for the info 

  md

adin at frontier.net wrote:

If I had been born rich instead of sooooo good looking I would be 
there, but all these dang Barzillion goils I inherited pretty much 
keep me occupado.

Besides, all that fun twice in one year might harm me.

David in Durango

PS: Tom didn't change his phone number - he got those new nipple 
clamps in the goody bag at Sandhills and hasn't been seen since.

Quoting Mad Dog Antenucci :

> Waxers, Shiners and Slackers,
>
> I just got an email from Gail Waldman at Silver State asking, 
> "where are all the Pantera Racers?"............ so I thought I 
> better shake the List tree again and see what falls out.
>
> Between Monterey, infrared guns, gas tank bungs and aluminum rear 
> carriers I forgot to mention we are now 3 weeks out (September 
> 14-17) to Silver State. Silver State is not full yet so you still 
> have time to get on line and register www.sscc.us There are a few 
> small motels in Ely that still have vacancies as well but you gotta 
> check around. Don't have all the money? Send them a $100 buck 
> deposit with your registration and bring the rest to the event.
>
> Some of you slackers haven't done anything more exciting then 
> grabing the TV remote from your wife or questioned your boss with a, 
> "I don't think I should have to do that!".......so Go OUT to the 
> garage now and look at your Pantera again. Start that engine if you 
> must and remember what you bought it for....
>
> No Larry and Bobo its not about leaving the garage door open so 
> the neighbors can see your lack of progress! ;-]>.
>
> I keep reading about ALL these List Pantera's with dream 500+ HP 
> engines but as of today there is only 'one' Pantera registered at 
> Silver State. That driver is old, his engine is tired, the driver 
> can barely see or hear, he has ADD and yet I must assume due to the 
> lack of Pantera registrations that the List membership has abandoned 
> open road racing. No one from Southern California I can understand 
> but not one competitor from NorCal or Texas or 
> Colorado.....something is wrong.
>
> All the great veterans are out or retired.....JB is out 
> babysitting, Jason the Kid Eaton is also babysitting, Eliot "Killer" 
> Kushner is out, Big Bob Benson is out with excuses, Larry 
> "Rockhouse" Stock is out and won't even pickup the phone, Tom Di 
> Iulio is out and he changed his telephone number, Durango Dave is 
> out with one of the girls he met in Nebraska, Junior is STILL 
> retired, Russ Jacobson is retired, even Doc Abe is out with some 
> lame excuse, Erik Belter is still trying to piece 2 Pantera's into 
> one 2 years later, Colin Haney sold his Pantera, Bobby Byers has 
> been retired so long he may even remember when young Junior Wilson 
> ran, Frank Cirrincione flew under the radar and disappeared, Pedro 
> Martini blames the Armyr, Greg Sullivan disappeared after not being 
> able to go faster then 110 Mph and even Crazy Dan Courtney is out 
> but he is on the radar scope but still trying to fix an engine, Mike 
> Cox disappeared, Crazy Dave Doddek disappeared, michael Frazier 
> can't race
> more then once a year unless its in Texas ;-]>, Steve the Hawk and 
> David Bell out of Texas have joined Hillary's campaign committee and 
> they are out, Gray Gregory is enduro racing (okay, at least he's 
> racing) but spends most of his time chasing Long Horn steer on his 
> ranch outside Houston, Rich Hoppe is still semi-retired but trying 
> to prepare Pantera #3 for racing, even Racer Hero Girl Laurie 
> Ferrari is out, ohhh this is really painful....you guys are killing 
> me.....even the great Charlie Puckett is out, Grant Stockwell is 
> retired, Mike Trusty bought a GT and can't get a day off, John 
> Taphorn is hiding out, Mike Anderson bought a GT and can't be found, 
> Darryl "Mr. Corvette Suspension" Johnson is still out after 4 
> years running now ;-]>, and Tom Pillar is out retired....and that is 
> only a partial list of veternas, so who does that leave left???
>
> YOU and about EVERYONE ELSE. So get off your ass, get your 
> Pantera ready to go and come out and make history. Durango Dave 
> came out to Nebraska for the Sand Hills ORR with a tired engine that 
> probably made less then 200 HP and he still drove his Pantera from 
> home and back AND completed the one mile shoot-out and trophied in 
> his class and won the Iron Man Award.
>
> So don't tell me its your mommy, your boss, wife, boyfriend, 
> vacation time or kids that is stopping you from driving the Pantera. 
> And don't tell me you need to change the oil or there is a a few 
> drops of ZF fluid on your garage floor.....And if you own one of the 
> few Mangusta's which still haven't ever finished in ORR history 
> then I can't even bring myself to talk to you.
>
> Just do it. Just get your Pantera ready to rock. We have to have 
> more then one Pantera at Silver State....hmm, better yet lets just 
> encourage the old blind and death dawg with ADD to race 180 MPH with 
> no one there to help him....okay start your engines
>
> Rosebud!
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
> "If it was easy you'd do it"
> 
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