[DeTomaso] Silver State Report + NORWEGIAN & PANTERA TEAM KICKINGBUTT- We don't need no stinkin trophys - dawg vs deer

Mark McWhinney msm at portata.com
Thu Sep 27 12:55:48 EDT 2007


Dawg riding with a Viking

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-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 6:02 PM
To: Peter Kovacs; John Bentley (jab); detomaso at realbig.com
Cc: Mad Dog Antenucci
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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