[DeTomaso] 2012 Summer Summit Recap 1

Mon Jun 11 19:06:20 EDT 2012

I'm not home yet, but want to add:  this is a great rally/event/vacation!  I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this is not to compete with the official POCA Rally!  It was a great fun time with great Pantera folks. If possible, you should put it on next year's events on your calendar.  Great rides!  Great scenery!    ----Bill Lewis

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On Jun 11, 2012, at 1:36 PM, "Larry - Ohio Time Corp" <larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

> The Summer Summit 2012 was a blast!
> 
> Michael did a great job planning the event, thanks.
> 
> You can never have a bad time when you're with you Pantera brothers and
> sisters, Lov you guys. The look on Bill Lewis' face when he realized which
> "Larry" he was talking to was priceless.
> 
> Sheila and I got down to the Smokies early and spent time camping and hiking
> in the mountains. If you think there not mountains try hiking 5 miles up
> one, there mountains! Saw 4 black bears, lots of wild turkeys, (some on the
> road) but not a single "still"! 
> 
> Put on 600 miles driving in the mountain back roads. Somewhat uneventful
> till I was stopped at a large roadblock. The police were spending 5 to 10
> minutes with each car. When it was my turn to pull up I informed the State
> Trooper that I had a conceal carry license and was armed. He stooped down
> and looked me in the eye, then said "that's great, we need more people like
> you carrin". He thanked me and waved me right past the road block....gota
> love the south!
> 
> Took over 800 photos so give me some time...
> 
> If you did not come this year you missed it, so start planning for next
> year!
> 
> 
> Larry (black bear) - Cleveland
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of michael at michaelshortt.com
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:59 AM
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> Subject: [DeTomaso] 2012 Summer Summit Recap 1
> 
> The 2012 Summer Summit came to a successful end yesterday.
> 
> Unfortunately, the herd thinned a bit due to 2 attendees with personal
> or familial medical issues
> ( both with Red Panteras, let that be a warning).
> 
> On hand was Michael & Joni Shortt with #1660 (Yellow), Rob & Kathy Dumoulin
> #1488 ( Black Cherry),
> Dave & Diane McManus #4604 (Yellow) plus Bill & Marilyn Lewis Grand Sport
> C-6 Conv (Yellow), Tom
> & Dena Shinrock, 86 Porsche 944T ( Silver ) and Larry Homolak & Shelia,
> Honda Civic, (White).
> 
> We stayed at Fontana Village Resort at the foot of the Fontana Dam, it was
> the original work camp for the
> WPA workers who built the dam as a part of the TVA effort preceding and
> during WW2.  The accommodations
> were nice and the staff generally friendly.
> 
> Thursday evening Joni and I met Bill & Marilyn for dinner at the
> Mountainview Restaurant inside the Lodge,
> the next morning, we headed off to breakfast in Bryson City to
> the Everett Street Diner, then on to
> to Cherokee, NC to tour the Cherokee Museum and later that afternoon,
> the Cherokee Indian village.
> Bill does a mean war dance and I have it on video! After a brief stop at
> the T-Shirt, Fudge and T-Shirt
> strip of stores, we headed back to the Lodge.  The weather and clear and
> sunny, if not a tad hot, we drove Joni's
> MB 350 SLK so as to match Bill's Corvette soft top and went styling with
> the tops down all day, it was great fun.
> 
> We headed back to the lodge and met everyone else, then had dinner at the
> Fontana Grill, also on the property.
> The next morning, we changed the schedule due to the reduced number of
> participants ( we were scheduled to have
> a private breakfast in Robbinsville, but I cancelled it because we
> originally forecast 25 guests, then it was 16 and finally
> 12, not enough to warrnt the 2 hour drive or to put the restaurant staff to
> a special effort and expense ). After a quick buffet
> breakfast at the Lodge, we headed off to US 129, the "Tail of the Dragon",
> after a couple of fun ( accident and citation free )
> runs, although it was close, I was saved by a slow motorcycle who held us
> up, one turn before the next turn hiding an marked
> State Highway Patrol SUV who was lying in wait, ready to pounce.
> 
> I did get an opportunity to take Tom Shinrock for a ride up the Dragon, it
> was fun until we ran upon a flock of clueless
> mini vans who's sole mission in life seemed to be ruining other people fun
> and seeing how slow you could go while
> maintaining forward movement. Finally, we headed on to Pigeon Forge, TN via
> a long winding drive to Floyd Garrett's
> Muscle Car Museum.  Inside were over 90 classic cars, some of
> my personal favorite where the Gran Torino King Cobra
> ( 1 of 3 ), a perfect Sunbean Tiger Mk 1, with a rich SCCA racing history (
> including being National Champion ), a Calypso
> Orange Boss 429 and a Competition Orange Camaro ZL1 ( 1 of 69 ).
> Pigeon Ford is a sprawling tourist mecca (trap) and traffic is miserable, I
> couldn't wait to get out of there, neither could
> my car, it was hotter sitting in traffic than being thrashed on the dragon.
> 
> On the way back, there was some excitement in that Rob, Bill and Dave were
> witness to a car accident, a man in what
> appeared to be in later 70's dropped a wheel off a newly
> paved section of asphalt with a 7" shoulder drop and like most people,
> braked with one set of tires on gravel and the other set on pavement, then
> hit a wooded railing and rode that straight into a
> rock bridge, the entire right side of the car was sheered off.  Joni and I
> and Tom and Dena pulled up right after it happened,
> Rob was first on scene and checked on the folks, then Joni gave them a
> nurse's quick check up and I called 911 since
> Verizon was the only signal that worked ( barely ) and directed traffic (
> Tourist can be real jerks BTW ).
> Rob has photos, perhaps he will share.  After the US Park Rangers arrived,
> we took off andf continued on our journey to dinner at
> Naber's Drive Inn.  It is one of those iconic drive in places with a
> corrugated metal cover with menus and curb service and an eat
> inside area, the whole place perched on a river bank with flowing
> water passing behind it.  We ate ( pickle flavored milkshake,
> deep fried Indian corn on the cob and Hot Fudge Sundaes with TWO brownies )
> and we took a nice leisurely drive back to the Lodge.
> If I had one complaint it was the outrageous prices of the food, 1.55 hot
> dogs, 1.95 cheeseburgers and 3.00 double fudge sundaes. ;-)
> 
> The next morning brought rain ( LOTS of Rain ) and we decided to call an
> early end to the fun and had breakfast at the lodge.
> Bill Lewis was awarded the "long Distance Award for driving all the way
> from Hockley, Texas, his award was a Detomaso Grill
> Emblem on a business card stand custom made and donated by by Gary Walker,
> gow2 at rc-tech.net.  Get yours TODAY.
> I bought one, put my original grill emblem on his supplied stand and now
> have his emblem installed on the grill of my car, it is BELLA!!!!
> 
> The long drive home was wet and somewhat eventful with an road
> raging aggressive driver and a last minute part failure 2 miles
> from home ( stories to come later ), made it home safely after an 8 hour
> tense day of driving mostly all downhill, in monsoon
> like rain storm.
> 
> It was another Summer Summit, next year will be the 3rd one and we hope to
> see more of you participate, the location is
> subject to change.
> 
> Our Photos will be posted in the next few days.
> 
> Meanwhile, commercial photographers work several stations on the Dragon and
> have our photos posted,
> check the times between 10 a.m. and noon.
> 
> http://www.killboy.com/
> 
> http://www.dragonslayerphotos.com/
> 
> http://www.moonshinephoto.com/
> 
> http://www.zeefoto.com/
> 
> http://us129photos.com/
> 
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> Michael Shortt
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> michael at michaelshortt.com
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