[DeTomaso] Dawg barking at squirrels

Wed Mar 28 22:16:47 EDT 2007

<<I never claimed to be anything other than a slacker.>>

Mark I bet you spend all your time here.

http://www.slacker.com/

Larry (I should talk) - Cleveland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
To: "'Mad Dog Antenucci'" <teampantera at yahoo.com>; "'Michael Shortt'" 
<michaelsavga at gmail.com>; "'panteras'" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dawg barking at squirrels

>
> I never claimed to be anything other than a slacker.  So far, I have a
> perfect record.
>
> Mark
>
> Still the 1st & only vintage team to slack all ORR events.
> Some people said it couldn't be done. . .what they really meant was they
> hadn't done it yet!
> "Slacking is life. . .everything that happens before or after is just
> racing."
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:08 PM
> To: Mark McWhinney; 'Michael Shortt'; 'panteras'
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dawg barking at squirrels
>
> bOBO
>  Can I be in the begineers group? ;-]>
>  When are you coming to Silver State?
>  md
>
> Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com> wrote:
>
> Doggie,
>
> I checked the driver list but did not see your name.
>
> http://www.panteraclubnorcal.com/track_registrants.htm
>
> I know that it is a little scary getting on a real track, but we will be
> there to hold your hand. The first day you can just sit in the paddock
> making vroom-vroom noises until you are confident enough to start the
> engine.
>
> As an incentive, if you get out on the track, I'll take you out afterwards
> and buy you a drink with an umbrella in it just the way you like it.
>
> You can sign up at http://www.panteraclubnorcal.com/track_registration.htm
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:59 AM
> To: Mark McWhinney; 'Michael Shortt'; 'panteras'
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Flamethrower engage....Re: Fwd: NPC - Another
> EnzoBitesThe Dust
>
> BOBO-Slacker
>
> You mean REAL race cars like the Pantera? ;-]>
> Look for me in your CCTV rear view mirror in Vegas
> woof
>
> md
> Mark McWhinney wrote:
> The dog's barking at squirrels again.
>
> These high-end road cars are built to generate money to support the
> development of real race cars. They were never designed to be raced. They
> are designed to be driven (or more likely garaged) by wealthy people.
>
> Few Enzos are going to see track time, and no Enzo is ever going to see 
> any
> serious track competition. Ditto for the Bugatti Posermobile. The Bugatti
> even has an HP gauge on the dash so the Viagra-generation driver can see 
> how
> much of that 1,001 HP he is generating.
>
> The fact that the Enzo came to its demise in a parking lot is a sad but
> telling story.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:53 AM
> To: Michael Shortt; panteras
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Flamethrower engage....Re: Fwd: NPC - Another Enzo
> BitesThe Dust
>
> At least he put the Enzo on the track and raced it....his decision to loan
> his ride to someone with questionable driving skills is arguable but as
> usual you guys just don't get it.
>
> These automobilies were designed to be RACED. The fact that Ferrari or
> Bugatti, Porsche or even Corvette and others sell these high performance
> automobiles to non-racers is beyound sad ITS PATHETIC. But in this and 
> many
> other cases you have to give credit to the individual owner who is willing
> to put his priceless automobile on a race track at speed and push the
> outside of the envelope. Which is more then you can say for 99% of all 
> OTHER
> owners of high performance automobiles who buy them to pose with, play 
> with,
> re-engineer and race old guys in new Corvettes.
>
> When Charlie Pucket and Erik Belter both went into the tire wall a day
> apart at Thunder Hill a couple 2-3 years ago totally wrecking Erik's 
> Pantera
> and severaly damaging Charlies I had at least 10 Pantera owners say they
> would never take their Pantera's on a track or ORR event again they were 
> so
> DISTURBED by what had happened....and that doesn't even count the ones who
> said the same thing after my little fire... ;-]>
>
> Both Charlie and Erik were like "HELL YES I AM GOING TO REBUILD AND RACE
> AGAIN" And Charlie is already racing again and Erik isn't far behind him 
> on
> building a dedicated race Pantera but in the meantime he races everything
> else (shifter carts, spec Miata, etc).
>
> If you don't see the beauty in running after or passing a Bugatti, Ferrari
> Enzo or F40, Saleen S7's, or even another Pantera you're not a racer and
> you need to turn your keys over to someone who will spank that automobile 
> of
> yours. Again 99% of you guys once again fail to understand these 
> automobiles
> were meant to be driven hard and put away wet. STOP turning them into 
> trophy
> garage queens.
>
> I understand how the free enterprise system works...Ferrari and everyone
> else just take your money and hand you the keys. No multiple test 
> questions
> about your driving experience or what plans you have to race the
> car........... Hell, you know they don't even want to hear about your club
> racing plans or your lack of driving skills....just write the check 
> SUCKER!
> but if I was king I'd stop all that. No matter how much money you were
> choking on you couldn't buy MY Panteras, Ferrari's and Porsche's unless 
> you
> signed a blood oath you would wring the hell out of them on the track.
>
> If you can't afford to race your 310 to 1100 HP automobile (including a
> vintage Pantera) then you are beyound gay.....you should just hand the 
> keys
> to someone who will race it. Okay who else is signing up for ORR?
>
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
> "If it was easy you'd do it"
>
> Michael Shortt wrote:
> Follow Up
>
> This made abcnews.com 's Front Page
>
> The genius who let him drive the car - Daniel Sadek, producer & former 
> enzo
> owner!
>
>
>
> IRWINDALE, Calif. Mar 27, 2007 (AP)- Eddie Griffin crashed a rare Ferrari
> Enzo worth $1.5 million into a concrete barrier while practicing at a
> racetrack Monday, destroying the car but escaping uninjured.
>
> The comedian was practicing for a charity race to promote his upcoming 
> film,
> "Redline," when he drove too fast around a curve at the Irwindale 
> Speedway.
> Video footage showed the red sports car screeching before it ricocheted 
> off
> the barrier with heavy damage to its front.
>
> "Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the
> brother can't drive," Griffin, referring to one his past films, said after
> the accident.
>
> The film's publicist, Wendy Zocks, said Griffin was "doing OK."
>
> "He walked away completely unscratched, but probably a little shaken," 
> Zocks
> said.
>
> The Enzo, valued at around $1.5 million, was owned by the executive 
> producer
> of "Redline," Daniel Sadek, whose exotic car collection is featured in the
> movie.
>
> Sadek said that the car was damaged beyond repair and that he had "mixed
> feelings" about the wreck.
>
> "I'm glad Eddie came out of the crash OK, but my dream car got destroyed,"
> Sadek said. "I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought,
> there's people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the
> world."
>
> Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were ever produced, all between 2002 and 2004.
>
> Griffin's credits include the comedies "Undercover Brother"; "Deuce 
> Bigalow:
> Male Gigolo" and its sequel; "Date Movie"; and "Norbit."
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Shortt"
> To: "Plotkin, Richard (NBC Universal, SPS LLC)"
> Cc:
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Another Enzo Bites The Dust
>
>
>> Law of the jungle at work, the weak shall perish and the strong survive.
>> Having 1 million dollars to spend on a car ( or even worse having 1
>> million
>> dollars for a car and letting ANYBODY else drive it )
>> not only doesn't make you a race car driver ( ROFLMAO Solo 2), it also
>> makes
>> you a &^%$ idiot.
>> At this rate, there won't be any Enzo's left in 33years (the youngest of
>> Panteras, not counting those continuation cars).
>>
>> Next up, Steve the lawyer who just won a huge settlement, bought an Enzo
>> and
>> considers himself M. Schumacher because he once won a trophy in the
>> soapbox
>> derby back in 1969! ( insert Ford GT as well).
>>
>>
>> On 3/26/07, Plotkin, Richard (NBC Universal, SPS LLC) <
>> Richard.Plotkin at nbcuni.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks to a celebrity at Irwindale Speedway.
>>>
>>> Caught on tape:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yohmnd
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