[DeTomaso] Dawg barking at squirrels

Wed Mar 28 22:38:19 EDT 2007

Yeah!, what he said.

>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>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dawg barking at squirrels
>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:43:47 -0700
>
>
>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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