[DeTomaso] Carl "Pappy" Young Passes Away - an ORR Legend

[Tom Di Iulio]

reminds me that we our time here is limited. sounds like he made the most of
it. thanks for letting us know....

On Jan 21, 2008 4:18 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Many of you who have raced ORR in Nevada and Texas will remember Carl
> "Pappy" Young.
>  I just found out today he passed away. Along with Junior he was one of
> the original open road racers going back to '88.
>
>  Pappy always drove the 'other' P-car at SilverState driving his street
> licensed Porsche (s) at close to unlimited speeds. He was one of the first
> veteran racers to adopt Team Pantera Racing.
>
>  Pappy started the Porsche Wine & Cheese Party at the Silver State and was
> reknowned for his practical jokes like putting trojan condoms over rookies
> antenna's or allowing me the 'first' sledgehammer hit to the side door of a
> Porsche all in the name of charity....what he never told me was he had added
> some plate steel reinforcement to the back of the door of his parted out
> Porsche...when my sledgehammer bounced off the door I think my hands
> vibrated for a week.....he was a hellva competitor and a true friend to the
> sport of ORR and Team Pantera Racing.
>
>  One of the many stories about Pappy was that 3 days after open heart
> surgery he came back to run at Silver state....of course no one knew at the
> time he had just had the surgery but as I recall he averaged well in excess
> to 170 mph.  Pappy liked to say he after
>  flying F-100 and F-105's in Vietnam at tree top level going 170 mph was
> no big deal...he was one hellva good man and will be missed by all who knew
> him.
>
>
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
>  The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
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