[DeTomaso] Entertaining TV on Sat (no DeTomaso0

[hoppe1 at cox.net]

Just a story from back in the day.

In about 1983 I was with the pantera club at riverside speedway.  

We shared the track with another group that included dodge chargers (hemi) dodge daytonas and other assortment of cars.

I ran on the track with these big monsters.

I got to tell you they were really fast.  I was totally amazed. 

What would happen is they had soo much horsepower that on the long straights they would blow past me.

I thought on the turns I would just be riding my brake.   They did pitch on the corners but I was really surprised that once their suspension set in the corner they would do pretty well.  I think I could out corner them but when they got to the straight they were so far ahead whatever I gained in the turn never mattered.  They were gone.  

I always wanted a hemi for the street and never wanted to trade my pantera for one.  But they are fast.

Rich Hoppe

---- JDeRyke at aol.com wrote: 
> In a message dated 7/14/10 4:26:44 PM, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
> 
> > don't believe that a stock 440 Charger had to be detuned to allow a stock 
> > 390 Mustang to keep up.
> > 
> 
> Sorry, Will. The film makers said they had to progressively reduce the 
> Charger's tire size and width until the thing was quite squirrely on those city 
> streets, or it flat ran away from the Mustang. Take a look at the pitiful 
> tire size during the sequence where the Charger's hubcaps fly off in a corner. 
> They look like trailer tires. To me, thats de-tuning. Cheers- J Deryke
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