[DeTomaso] Track Car/Street Car news

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Thanks JT....I was certain there was something in POCA or PI a few years 
back....could be wrong....there were some serious drops and few  roadside 
railings or posts on both the road race and the hill climb....and the ones I saw 
would not have stopped a donkey cart but most of the hills other then the road 
up to the Hill climbed  looked survivable assuming you had a good cage and 
safety gear when you went off the road. 


Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; MACHWIL at aol.com; JDeRyke at aol.com; 
detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 5:53:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Track Car/Street Car news

A story about the race that addressed Frank and the incident was a feature 
in Autoweek after the incident.  It had to be prior to 1991, as I was living 
in Charleston, SC at the time.

My recollection, from the article, was that Frank was viewed as keeping to 
himself at the Event and no one knew had much dialogue with him.  Where and 
when he went over the cliff, no spectators or other competitors were within 
line of sight to witness.

JT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: <MACHWIL at aol.com>; <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Track Car/Street Car news


Thanks....I met Franks son once at the Huntington Beach Concourse in 
California
and he gave me some details on the accident. I wanted to give him something 
in
memory of his dad and i didn't have much except shirts so I gave him a TPR 
shirt
which included his dads name on the back of the shirt and later sent him a
plaque. Yea, I know it wasn't much.

It was obvious Franks family and friends missed him allot....And I have to 
say
the Mexican's in Ensenada all remembered him. When i was at the start line 
of
the Hill Climb with Dick Drenske and everyone put their 'hands' on my 
Pantera I
didn't realize until later they were praying.

Did not PI or POCA do a story about Frank's race years with the Pantera +/- 
20
years ago?

Dennis



Mad Dawg Antenucci
Team Pantera Racing
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: "MACHWIL at aol.com" <MACHWIL at aol.com>
To: teampantera at yahoo.com; JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 10:29:57 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Track Car/Street Car news

That would have been Frank Gerum, Dawg.



In a message dated 7/1/2010 1:26:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
teampantera at yahoo.com writes:
It may not have made a difference but doesn't the Virginia City Hill Climb
>sanctioning body require 'full 6-point roll cage or just a roll bar?
>
>When I ran the Pantera in Mexico they changed the rules to add the roll 
>cage
>requirement after one of our Pantera guys (forget his name) was killed in
>Ensenada Road Race (Jack-Mike??) 10 years earlier... he reportedly went off 
>the

>road in the Pantera on a turn with just the roll bar and went down an 
>embankment
>
>and landed on his roof. The same rule applied for the La Bufadora Hill 
>Climb
>when I ran that....everyone needed a full roll cage.
>
>
>Its not the fall that kills you....its the impact
>
>
>Mad Dawg Antenucci
>Team Pantera Racing
>The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
>www.teampanteraracing.com
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com>
>To: RCBSONS1 at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>Sent: Wed, June 30, 2010 9:24:41 PM
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Track Car/Street Car news
>
>FWIW, we had a death at the Virginia City Hillclimb outside Carson City
>(now with a changed name & new sanctioning body) over the weekend. Young 
>guy in

>a Porsche Turbo drove off the side of the mountain at pretty high speed.
>Seat belt, shoulder harness & current full-face helmet still left him DOA 
>at
>the bottom. Dunno what actually did the deed- no fire, anyway. Gotta know
>your (and your car's) limitations... J DeRyke
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