[DeTomaso] BAD ASS!!! (NPC)

[Bill Lewis]

Man, Mike, in my wildest fantasies, I am this guy in the old Car, oil on my goggles, scarf blowing in the wind, chickens flying, horses rearing - I've got the poster on my Million-Dollar Room, over the car parked opposite the fireplace.  Wowee!    ---Bill Lewis

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 21:55:52 -0400
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] BAD ASS!!!  (NPC)
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Lori and I went back to Europe last week, attending the annual Vintage 
> Sports Car Club Prescott hillclimb in England.   I attended this event in 2005 
> and was just blown away, so I had to take Lori to see it for herself.
> 
> According to UK Pantera Club secretary Roger Brotton, members of the VSCC 
> are all "...mad as a box of frogs", and I can't disagree.   Here, check out 
> this dude:
> 
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36962
> 
> This guy is driving the hell out of a 1903 Mercedes Grand Prix car.   
> Almost 10 liters, four cylinders, mountains of torque, skinny tires and wagon 
> wheels.   He's driving right on the limit, hauling ass up a narrow driveway 
> with guardrails and walls and steep dropoffs on both sides.   He has so much 
> torque that he lights up the tires exiting the corners, and powerslides and 
> drifts beautifully.
> 
> Did I mention that it is POURING with rain in this photo?   Did it stop him 
> from running?   No sir!
> 
> At the end of the day, his wife appeared in his paddock with their modern 
> Audi wagon.   Into it were deposited the helmet, driving suit, tools etc.   
> He then put on his flat cap, tied a hankerchief around his face to protect it 
> from bugs and hot oil, put on his leather gauntlet driving gloves, and 
> DROVE IT HOME!
> 
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36965
> 
> Can you imagine driving a 100-year-old Grand Prix car with no lights, no 
> front brakes, and a top speed in excess of 100 mph on the back roads and 
> freeways to get home, some hundred or more miles away, after beating the hell out 
> of it on a hillclimb track for two days, in the mud and the rain?
> 
> This guy and this car are BAD ASS!!! :>)
> 
> Mike
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