[DeTomaso] Doc Abe Averages 118 Mph at Bonneville 100 Saturday -Congratulations Doc!!!!!

[Art Stephens]

Dennis,
     Was Charlie injured when he went off roading three years ago?  Was his
tire failure attributed to anything in particular,  I guess what I mean is,
was it preventable or was it just bad luck?  I remember talking to Charlie
at Ely in 2002,  nice guy and cool car!

Art


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Subject: [DeTomaso] Doc Abe Averages 118 Mph at Bonneville 100
Saturday -Congratulations Doc!!!!!


> Joe "Doc" Abe, called me on his way home from Wendover, Utah, to say he
> and his Pantera  finished the 2-way 100 mile run at the B-100 averaging
> 118 Mph in the Touring Division on Saturday.  He also completed the 1,450
> round trip drive from home driving his Pantera all the way.
>
>  You can see some of the course video in corners on the MKM Racing web
> site www.openroadracing.com. The course has some challenging turns and
> elevation changes.
>
>  Doc mentioned he had planned to enter Grand Touring Division (140 Mph)
> but forgot before he got to Tech Inspection that his harness was more then
> 3 years old so he got dumbed down in speed to Touring.  He gave a real
> short race report but said race conditions were near perfect with no wind
> or heat.
>
>  He also mentioned Mike Borders was the big gun with his X-winston cup M&M
> cup car averaging 187 Mph which is damned impressive on a 2-lane crowned
> road with elevation changes and real turns. And my favorite race car and
> driver this weekend was again Charlie Friend in Charlie's '65 Corvair who
> finally exceeded 200 mph hitting 201 Mph in the radar trap for the first
> time, Charlie has consistently averaged 160-170 mph in the past in that
> Corvair. Charlie went off the Silver State road 3 years ago after a rear
> tire blow-out at about 160 and totaled his Corvair so it was a big deal
> seeing Charlie return earlier in May with a new Corvair when Jason, Eliot
> and I ran at the NORC.
>
>  Right now Doc is on a serious ORR campaign. He's planning to  run the MKM
> Gamblers Run in July and the Pony Express in August and join us back at
> the Silver State in September.
>
>  Way to go Doc. Very proud of you.
>  P.S. Don't forget to change out your harness! ;-]>
>
>
>
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
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