[DeTomaso] Awesome Nor-Cal Pantera open track deal!

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/22/11 7:54:43 PM, cengles at cox.net writes:
Judy..... (snip) 
> Finally, as I will say, "Are you serious? Ed's wife did the mechanicking 
> on the Pantera??"
> Wow, Chuck Engles
> 
> 
> Don't be amazed, Chuck. Nina Kornegay apparently did do all the wrenching 
> on their car, which as I remember ran decently for a street Pantera.   Ed 
> showed up at our club events in a pro driving suit with cute nomex booties & 
> a helmet..... I tried to talk to him about some beneficial mods, but he 
> said, 'well, you do all that trick stuff....' as if it were magic. Too bad we 
> lost track of Nina and the car after their split. An exceptional woman. 
> 
> Nor-Cal Panteras has had other women who are decent wrenches and also 
> good drivers: Shelley Montfort still has her own Pantera which she maintains, 
> and was a good enough driver to be hired by Larry Stock to drive his 
> Pantera at Pahrump one year. And then there's Go-Nanci Haney, who met my son when 
> she was sitting on top of her engine changing the intake manifold between 
> dyno sessions. In days gone by, wife Judy used to retorque the head studs 
> on her own 250 Bultaco Pursang dirt tracker after we had a session in the 
> outback. There were others- Fun times- J Deryke