[DeTomaso] Silver State Report + NORWEGIAN & PANTERA TEAM KICKINGBUTT- We don't need no stinkin trophys - dawg vs deer
John Taphorn
jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Mon Sep 17 23:16:30 EDT 2007
Congratulations guys! Nice showing and teamwork.
JT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: "Peter Kovacs" <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>; "John Bentley (jab)"
<jab at cisco.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Cc: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:02 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Silver State Report + NORWEGIAN & PANTERA TEAM
KICKINGBUTT- We don't need no stinkin trophys - dawg vs deer
> Happy to say I am home.
>
> The Pantera ran great (averaged 149.16 MPH). And like May I got the honor
> to be the1st car off the starting line.
>
> Jason Eaton's '71 yellow Pantera powered by the Cleveland 408ci stroker
> nailed his goal speed average of 140.40 MPH for the 90 mile run down the
> 318. So much for those skeptics who said he would grenade ;-]> Navigating
> for Jason was his bro' Nick Morland...who is an awsome guy who I've become
> good buds with. They brought Jasons monster RV plus the wives and all the
> kids and they were totally into the event weekend.
>
> In Jason & Nicks division calss there were 13 cars (mostly Corvette Z06's
> or Vipers but one Lamborghini Gallado to make it interesting ( but NONE
> were vintage cars!)......There were 23 cars in my divsion class and again
> most of those were all Z06's, Vipers but I also had one nice '05 Ford GT.
> We were both close to our goal speed averages but thats not close enough
> these days to win, place or finish in the top 3.
>
> To give you an idea the winner in Jasons 140 MPH Grand Sport division
> class ran a 139.999 MPH Average! And the winner in the 150 MPH group ran
> an average of 149.985 MPH. Our consolition prize if you can call it that
> was winning the "Most Exotic Car Award" at the car show on Saturday! ;-]>
>
> The "Hard Luck Award" goes to my buds "JB Bentley" and Chuck Brown who
> drove from Santa Clara. Chuck is a veteran of many ORR's and he had
> previously won 1st Class in JB's Pantera driving solo with no navigator
> which is no easy feat.
>
> This time out he Chuck wanted to run his '89 C4 Vette in its maiden ORR
> voyage....Must have been upsetting to the Pantera Gods because 25 miles
> from the finish line their Corvette tranny grenaded ;-]> They got the
> usual ring side seat next to the course after the Vette broke and the
> communal with nature until the road re-opened. Then they headed back to
> Ely for dinner and back to Santa Clara late Sunday night.
>
> Down at the finish line Jason and Nick noticed two of their trailer tires
> were starting to delaminate (DOH!). We decided to try and convoy into
> Vegas to the awards banquet and half way there one of the tires came
> apart. My spare trailer tire wasn't a lug fit so we pulled the wheel and
> what was left of the tire and Jason pulled the Pantera and trailer on 3
> wheels the last 25 miles into Vegas and the hotel/casino with no problems.
>
> At the Awards dinner there were 51 NORWEGIAN VIKINGS showed up to support
> their team which Paal-Arvid Blytt and Gunnar Skjerve drove a '86 Pontiac
> Firebird in the Unlimited Division.
>
> They came in 2nd place (there were only 2 cars!) but they averaged a
> respectable 181.64 MPH and won the TOP SPEED award with a 226 MPH in their
> ROOKIE run!!!!!! All those guys were awsome and I wish we had had more
> time to spend with them....as we were leaving the hotel this morning their
> RV and generator were dead so I jump started them on their way back across
> the country. It truely as an honor to meet them and I'm looking forward to
> them coming back....No doubt our brothers from Sweden will not take this
> challenge lying down! ;-]
>
> In the ne Mile Shoot Out Jeff Schwartz driving I think (?) a 2002 Ultima
> GTR with 40 pounds of boost ran 212 MPH.....Yea, thats not a typo....He
> ran 40 pounds of boost on his turbo....its like pulling the pin on a
> grenaded and waiting for it to go off in your hand. And when his did at
> the end of the course it blew hot oil over his windshield which then made
> seeing anything other then the oil on the windshield impossible he spun
> out but otherwise did not get hurt.
>
> Bottom line:
> 135 Cars - 3 DNF's
> 1 Crazy Norwegian Race Team + 1 Crazy Pantera Race Team = FUN!!!
>
> P.S. After the ignition, carburator and starter and electrical shot
> 'challenges that I had I figured wot more could go wrong? Well as JB said
> we got up, close and personal with the 2 deer and then towing the Pantea
> hoe I got side swipped by an 18-wheeler that damaged the trailer but left
> thePantea harmfree....must be the positive Pantera-force-field....anyway,
> gonna need some trailer fender and turn signal repairs.
>
> I also want to thank Donny & Bobby Byers (Precision Pro-Formance), Russ
> Fulps (Russ Fulps Race Engines) and Ken Green for being Ken Green who
> stepped up to support the team with the spare ignition. After a week of
> fixing last minute glitches and just when we thought Dick realized about
> 10PM we also had an electrical short that also caused the starter problem.
> Dick doesn't work well with no ambiant light or sleep so we knocked off
> early and loaded the Pantera with the winch and the next morning I towed
> the Pantera to Donny and Bobby's shop where Donny able to find and fix the
> short and replace the starter. So my sincere thank you to all these guys
> + Jason, Nick, and their families for going and for JB for DAWGING me
> everyday to go....it was the BEST ORR ever. And it was the 20th Silver
> State Anniversary...
>
> PPS - May was the 20th Anniversary for the Nevada Open. There was a nice
> tribute 20 minute video that was shown at the Awards Banquet that had
> Junior's early Pantera in the film as well as I believe Dave Griego' or
> possibly Dan Miller's stock Pantera's in the film....Nicely done....The
> fact is WE have had a Pantera at EVERY single Silver State event EVERY
> YEAR for the last 20 years. We should all be proud of that.
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
> "Its good to have friends"
>
> Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> ...better that it happened on the way to the event than during the event!
>
> Peter Kovacs
> Property Equity & Mortgage Mgmt
> 209 345-6708
> 209 523-4919 fx
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Bentley (jab) <jab at cisco.com>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Cc: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:42:33 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] dawg vs deer
>
> come on now, has the guy jumped over enough hurdles yet? Dawg was
> pulling into Ely today and he saw a deer jump out of the ditch next to
> the road south of town.... He slams on the brakes of his truck (towing
> his Pantera) and narrowly misses the deer (the first deer). Just as he
> starts to relax, the second deer jumps after the first and he doesn't
> make it. :) Bounces off the truck, trailer, and a little swipe of the
> Pantera (the car is ok). Dawg stops at the truck stop up the road and
> changes his pants. :) I can't wait to get to Ely.........I'm sure it
> will be another great event....just like always.
>
> JB - less than 2 days now......
>
>
>
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