[DeTomaso] Pantera on SuperCarsExposed

[sean mundy]

I really couldn't believe what I was seeing.  I wondered the same thing as 
to them being able to run so close to the choppers.  I thought in this day 
and age of litigation no one would ever be able to do this sort of thing.  
And on a military base!!


>From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>To: seanmundy at hotmail.com, mikebecker at cox.net, detomaso at realbig.com
>CC: durland at san.rr.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera on SuperCarsExposed
>Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:48:09 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 6/10/08 10 44 32, seanmundy at hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > It's too bad they didn't have more coverage of this event.   I was 
>totally
> > amazed that Kevin kept up and even looked like he made time on the Viper 
>at
> > the end of the straight.  Probably both of them were spinning tires in 4
> > gear.  Be interesting to know why they were filming it at night and why
> > there was so much dust.  Those two factors made it seem way too 
>dangerous. 
> > I think one of the Vipers spun out and looked like he could have really 
>got
> > messed up or hit something.  I wonder if Kevin got to keep the in car
> > footage they shot from his Pantera.  Wish I coulda been there !!
> >
>
>I'm amazed that they had permission to run so close to the helicopters.   
>As
>many of the drivers appeared to be stereotypical exotic car buffoons 
>(people
>with enormous amounts of money who buy super-fast cars and haven't a clue 
>how
>to drive *anything*, much less a 200 mph supercar), the potential for 
>carnage
>seemed huge to me.
>
>Can you imagine phoning up Haggarty and telling them that you crashed into 
>a
>$20 million attack helicopter and totalled it?   THAT would be an 
>interesting
>insurance claim!!!
>
>Mike
>
>
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