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

[Art Stephens]

     Jeez,  I'm almost glad I'm not a veteran!


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


> 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"
>  <teampanteraracing.com>
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