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

Tue Jul 15 23:28:37 EDT 2008

Its a challenge. And I love challenges and so should all of you.

And I take the challenge seriously even if I do like to throw a little BUD on it. ;-]>

We can do it people.  We got 10, then 12 then 14 Pantera's to enter, start and finish the Nevada Silver State and 5 more to  the Texas Big Bend not just once but multiple times over the years when  most people told me we couldn't.  

I personally challenged every Ferrari, Lamborghini, Corvette, Jaguar, BMW, Porsche, Shelby, Saleen Aston Martin club president or race I knew  in North America to try and meet or beat what this small group of enthusiasts have repeatedly accomplished.

Not ONE team or club president of 5 or more vintage automobilies of any vintage marque has ever taken our challenge.  Should they dare to accept  the challenge they know we would crush them in defeat.  ;-]>Y ou can call that bragging, arrogance or confidence or just call it...it is what it is. No one else with any other vintage automobile has ever come close. And I suspect no one ever will in my lifetime.

Next month we will have 3-5 Panteras going to Nebraska, the drivers not all coming from California or Texas but coming from Colorado, Kansas and Tennessee. . .And probably 5 more Panteras to Silver State in Nevada in September and 5 more Panteras to Texas in October....The only folks who ever want to challenge us is the Corvette ZO6 crowd! 

I know Europe is allot bigger challenge then Nebraska but it can be done and it should be done and this List should support doing it.   

We used to be told repeatedly  not only would we NOT get 5 Panteras to start in a open road race we would NEVER get  5 Pantera's to finish.... then we got 10 Pantera's drivers to start and finish.  

If the guys in Europe get their act together there is no reason with some organization and team work and support that they can't finish every Pantera that's entered in 2 years.  We should continue to support their efforts and do so in a bigger way by bringing some Pantera's in 2010 to the Le Mans. 

Never under estimate  the  can-do attitude of  Pantera owners.  

Just turned a empty 5 gallon jury can into a large piggy bank for the 2010 Le Mans Challenge.

Build it and they will come.

Mad Dawg Antenucci
Team Pantera Racing
"If you're not on the edge you're taking up space"

Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote: 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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