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

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Hey Art,
   
  Charlie was "banged-up" after his crash but he walked away from a multiple roll over, And he did have the Super Sport tech'd roll cage and the usual safety builds. I believe he had a small cut on his chin from helmet bump and some bruises and that was it.
   
  Was the tire failure preventable at the 160-180+ mph speed he had the tire failure?  Perhaps.....As I understand it he had HOOSIER's dot R-3's on the Corvair so if he had been on full treaded or even shaved Michelin's, Goodyears or BFG's he might not of had the blow out in the first place.  But, he was also going through a sweeper turn when the left rear tire blew-out on a right hand sweeper. Driving through a blow-out in a sweeper turn in a rear biased car like the Corvair probably also didn't help.
   
  I've talked to several drivers who have had tire blow outs at high speed (above 150 Mph and even at Unlimited 200+ mph speeds) but Charlie's rear tire failure/blowout was instant and catastrophic and the bottom line is his Corvair immediately went off the road. I think at the last two ORR's I was at Charlie was back to full treaded Y (186 Mph) rated hi-performance tires but I could be wrong...I just know I want the extra cushion of a treaded tire on a less then perfect ORR road surface.  While I have run both Goodyear Eagles and Goodyear RS-CS dot race tires and BFG R-1 dot race tires in the past and not had any failures I will NOT use them in the future.  Jason brought up a good point in May when we were in Ely and that is there are not enough hard turns in an ORR to warm up the tires sufficiently to justify the race tires. But there IS enough dips, patched surfaces and uneven road surface conditions to justify having the added rubber under your backside. ;-]>
   
  Mad Dawg Antenucci
  Team Pantera Racing 

Art Stephens <artstephens at charter.net> wrote:
  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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