[DeTomaso] Entertaining TV on Sat (no DeTomaso0

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Not the same hemi of course, but my hemi RT Magnum will dust a Mustang
GT.       Michael Shortt

On Jul 15, 2010 5:41 PM, <hoppe1 at cox.net> wrote:

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


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