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

[Garth Rodericks]

Excellent!  I had the same idea after I read the book last year, but was not as successful as you in finding any info. I look forward to any new leads that turn up as a result of your post and coming article.

Cheers!
Garth
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Family" <cclark at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>
Cc: <adin at frontier.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is running inthe "Gumdrop Ralley"


> Regarding the Cannonball Run Pantera...
> 
> Out of curiosity for an article for the newsletter, I contacted Brock
> Yates about the Hopkins team after reading his book 'Cannonball'
> last year.  He was nice enough to write back and said he has no
> pictures and didn't have contact info.
> 
> Using clues from the book I found that Danny Hopkins ran Can Am in
> 1973 for the Commander Motorhomes team.  Here is a page with a
> picture of him in the #98 McLaren M8F.  Commander and Danny only
> ran in 1973, they brought Mario Andretti on that team too.
> 
> http://forums.autosport.com/printthread.php?threadid=90595
> 
> More photos here:
> 
> http://www.yesterdaysneuz.com/1973%20CanAm/index.htm
> 
> Here is his whole racing history:
> 
> http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=14108
> 
> 
> Then the trail goes cold.  The book is a fun read.
> -Chris
> 
> 
> 
> Charles Engles wrote:
>>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
>>