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

[Dave Londry]

Now Mike has a really, really, really big plane.
dave

Kirby Schrader wrote:
> Now _THAT_ is a serious investment.....
>
>
> On 15 Jul 2008, at 8:19 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote:
>
>   
>> 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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