[DeTomaso] North American Team at Le Mans in 2010 Re: Le Mans Classic morning laps on Youtube

Tue Jul 15 21:19:35 EDT 2008

I can't take it anymore. I've seen faster commuter 4-bangers on Ocean Blvd at 5pm in Long Beach. What uncontrolled chaos are you talking about? I've watched half a dozen Utube video's and either those are the slowest drivers in the world or the camera film is in slow-motion.

Expatriate Charlie and Belgium "BUDWEISER" Pat have laid down the gauntlet. challenging Team Pantera Racing to come up with a North American Team made up of a few cash poor but race rich yanks and canuks to race in 2010 at the next Le Mans Classic.

The challenge is we need to be ready to sail  across the pond with at least two American and Canadian Pantera's and show Pat and those other Euro-rich BELGIUM, FRENCH AND EURO trash who now own BUDWEISER (thats WRONG!) that while they may own Budweiser for the moment we ain't they're be-oches. Personally I never liked the stuff anyway. We kicked the Germans and Italians butts in 45 and our new slogan is, 

"TAKE BACK BUDWEISER IN 2010!"

P.S. Pat, since you are from Belgium and probably know the family who bought Budweiser (how big can Belgium be?)  can you see if we can get the new owners of BUD to sponsor us if we bring our Panteras over in 2 years and drink that piss water? ;-]>

Mad Dawg Antenucci
Team Pantera Racing 

P.P.S. List Slackers Notice: Do not write the Webmaster whining like girls about how I have insulted Belgium or your favorite beer.

MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote: Hey guys,

On Saturday morning, the event organizers allowed people to take two 
pace-car-controlled laps of the full Le Mans circuit, charging a healthy 110 Euros for 
the privilege.   The cars went out in various groups; the GT40 replicas and 
Panteras were lumped together in the same group.   Here's a pair of Youtube 
videos shot from a GT40 replica, one for each lap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsyRhI4yGSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi0zJP2lb0A

At 4:40 in the first video, Geoff Peters and I can be seen parked on the side 
of the road, waiting for traffic to clear.   Near the end of the second 
video, the camera car catches up with a bunch of the other Panteras that were 
running together.

As you can see, it was uncontrolled chaos, with cars knifing through traffic 
at triple-digit speeds while other cars toured around at 50 mph.   Nobody was 
wearing a helmet, nobody had signed a waiver, nothing.   Just pay your money 
(in advance, tickets sold out quickly) and then go for it.

Charlie--this gives an excellent idea of what you missed.   Whether you have 
not-buyer's remorse or not is up to you.   I found it rather entertaining but 
would have difficulty justifying spending 110 Euros to take just two laps of 
the circuit, particularly as much of it was in heavy traffic.   But then I have 
the opportunity to drive on other tracks all the time.   If somebody does 
not, then perhaps this represents a good deal?

BTW, after most people had gone home on Sunday, Jim Oddie and I had dinner 
with Kjetil Finne and Lisa, and then we took them on a tour of the circuit.   
Much of it is comprised of public roads, and the roads were opened almost 
immediately after the conclusion of the racing, so after dinner we drove the route 
backwards to Tetre Route (where the public road portion ends), then we turned 
around and drove it in the proper direction.

Last I saw of Kjetil, his supercharged 4.6 motor was wheezing and chuffing 
through the wastegate as he streaked down the road in front of me, quickly 
disappearing into the distance, Gendarmes be damned. :>)

Mike

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