[DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is runninginthe "Gumdrop Ralley"

[Jim Gray]

Referring to page 277 of "Cannonball", the brothers, Hoppy & Danny Hopkins,
did indeed finish the first Cannonball Run in a time of 38:02:00.  Not bad
actually; just under three hours off Dan Gurney's pace.

It would be interesting to learn more about them and the missing car.

Jim Gray

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Charles Engles
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:50 PM
To: adin at frontier.net
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is runninginthe
"Gumdrop Ralley"

Dear David,

    Oh, oh!   I think I know:   They were brothers from southern California
with a family fortune in construction (I think)   They ran one of the first,
if not the first Pantera,  Panteras in the original Brock Yates Cannonball
Run.  IIRC, they ran only one year.   I don't think that they finished.  I
tried to locate them to no avail.  I have no idea where the car is now.   Is
that right?


                      Warmest regards, Chuck Engles




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adin at frontier.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is running inthe
"Gumdrop Ralley"


> I've posed this question (sort of) before - but no one answered.
> 
> Who were the Hopkins brothers?
> 
> what did they drive?  and for how long?
> 
> where is the car now?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Robert Simpson <R.Simpson35 at Verizon.net>:
> 
>> It's always good to hear when someone gets their car back on the road.
As
>> far as Gumball3000, no offense man but those guys remind me of a bunch of
>> douche bags.
>>
>> Gumball and Cannonball and the lesser known U.S Express were underground,
>> illegal races to break the coast to coast speed record, not some ultra
elite
>> "Look at me, look at me" display of a bunch of more brains than money
show
>> offs.
>>
>> If you guys want to see what the true spirit of Cannonball,  Gumball or
the
>> U.S. Express, do a search on the internet for this:  "32 hours 7
minutes".
>>
>> You should find some REALLY interesting sites that talk about that
infamous
>> title, the title, "32 Hours 7 minutes" is the unofficial New York to LA
time
>> speed record.
>>
>> Love, peace and chicken grease.
>>
>> Bob
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:19 AM
>> Subject: [SPAM][DeTomaso] Our New Long Island member is running in the
>> "Gumdrop Ralley"
>>
>>
>>> Robert levitt1946 at aol.com)The guy that was having all the trouble with
>>> getting his motor running and went through all the suggestions of
possible
>>> fixes (timing, sheared  distributor pin, timing chain jumped time etc.
>>> After
>>> replacing his distributor cap , plugs, wires, re timing, re jetting his
>>> holley 750, rebuilding the floats , replacing the choke and everything
you
>>> could do short of replacing the carb, he finally did replace the 750
with
>>> a
>>> Holley 650  which I recommended as a  suggestion stating  that the 750
was
>>> to big for his motor  ( not taking any credit I learned it here) Anyway
>>> his
>>> car is purring like a kitten ( or maybe more like a pissed of Jungle
cat)
>>> and he is running in the 2009 Gumball Rally. For any of you who are
>>> unfamiliar with this even ( I had never heard of it) It is a week long
>>> even
>>> that starts in LA and ends in Florida . 3000 miles. It has 120 cars of
all
>>> sorts from Exotics , to classics to muscle cars to a 1960 VW camper with
a
>>> Porsche engine.  There is even a Bugatti and a Rolls Royce. Most of the
>>> entrants are celebrities of sorts. David hassel Hoff will be driving the
>>> original "Kit " from night rider. There will be a Saudi prince , a guy
who
>>> won Lemans, some playboy chicks,  At a $44K entrance fee it keeps out
the
>>> riff raff or guarantees to well to do riff raff. Anyway here is the web
>>> sight. And I would like to suggest we support our newest member and his
>>> Pantera to represent the Marque as he drives in the midst's of some of
the
>>> worlds most exotic and expensive cars in existence. It will be broadcast
>>> in
>>> part on MTV ( who else?) Here is the web link.
>>> http://www.gumball3000.com/
>>>
>>> Boyd
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