[DeTomaso] Pantera at Brooklands Double Twelve

[Bill Lewis]

95% of you'll won't know about this, but at the seawall in Galveston, TX, there is (or was) a concrete driveway from the beach up to the road ways, and the driveway was about a 30-40 degree uphill for about 50 feet.  We were in college and had a MG Midget, and I did not know at the time about what was about to happen, but we got about halfway up and the car would go no further.  Luckily, there was no one behind us and we could roll back down and get a running start at the incline, and barely made it to the top.--------------------------------------  I'm assuming that this is sorta what this is.  Wish there were pix of the other side!!!  I saw the Pantera didn't have any problems.    ---Bill



> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:08:20 -0400
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera at Brooklands Double Twelve
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> There's a nice article about the Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport 
> Festival, held at the legendary Brookands track and test circuit in Surrey, 
> England.
> 
> Geoff Peters was there with his monster Pantera, and really put on a show 
> on the Test Hill.
> 
> http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/test-hill/
> 
> Here's a writeup on the event generally:
> 
> http://www.sportscardigest.com/brooklands-double-twelve-festival-2011-photo-
> gallery/?awt_l=P2b4N&awt_m=JnR4PvlRnus.C0
> 
> The photographer got some really great images of Geoff from a couple of 
> different angles:
> 
> http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-content/gallery/brooklands-double-twelve-2
> 011-photos/d3s_7729.jpg
> 
> http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-content/gallery/brooklands-double-twelve-2
> 011-photos/d3s_7733.jpg
> 
> http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-content/gallery/brooklands-double-twelve-2
> 011-photos/d3s_7637.jpg
> 
> Here's a Youtube video; Geoff's first run appears at 3:37, and his second 
> at 6:37.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbasc5OZA-U
> 
> Geoff being Geoff, he got overly excited on one of his runs and forgot to 
> brake nearing the top of the hill.  On his last run, he got the car airborne, 
> then locked up the brakes and crashed into/underneath a wooden barrier!   
> The front of the car got a little bit banged up, but nothing super-critical, 
> and he was able to drive it home.   Considering that he'd torn up one of the 
> flares by turning the wrong way at Spa the week before, the car is quickly 
> developing what the English lovingly refer to as 'patina' :>)
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Mike
> 
> P.S.   Larry Finch has time on his hands so I'll let him generate TinyURL 
> links for the links above. :>)
> 
> P.P.S.   Notice the missing driver's side doorhandle, as per our discussion 
> on this topic last week....:>)
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