[DeTomaso] Richmond Bridge a good place to speed?

[David in Durango]

Hahhaa, yeah it was wonderful.

There was an on ramp w/ a "15mph" sign (Not really an onramp as much as a whole in the fence where one drove onto the freeway) that was always fun and legal to romp a little.  My "full race" Sprite (hahahaha) at full throttle (yeah, almost VW quick) onto the freeway and I could hear something making noise behind me - a quick check of the mirrors showed something coming under hard acceleration so I gave as much room as I could.  Right as the E-type went by the Sprite, the Ferrari passed the E-type with exponentially more fury.  It was F%#ing GREAT!

Mr. Arneson invented the pool sweep and had some bucks. hahaha.

cheers,

(Next week, a drive in a real 427 Cobra!)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: LS 
  To: David in Durango ; Panteras 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 3:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Richmond Bridge a good place to speed?


  " I saw Arneson's 275GTB/4 RAPE an E-Type one night on that road."

  Interesting...would love to have been there to hear that take place!

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  From: David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>
  To: Panteras <detomaso at poca.com> 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 4:27 PM
  Subject: [DeTomaso] Richmond Bridge a good place to speed?


  "He then closed the cap, and took off across 
  the Richmond bridge, which started right outside his office.

  Walter was/is a maniac.  Great guy, but a maniac.  He wanted to see how 
  fast it would go, and the bridge is a great place because there's no place 
  for cops to hide.  Traffic was light so he just ran it up to redline in 5th 
  gear.  "


  Bwahahaha - the little black and white buddies will hide at the toll booth to wait for a suspect.

  Cliff notes from court:  "I observed the defendant leave the toll plaza and accelerate.  I limited my pursuit speed to 110mph.  When I topped the crest (about 1/2 way across) the defendant was no longer on the bridge.  I called for backup."

  Defendant: " He wrote me for 125 in a 55 zone . . . I was going WAY faster than that, but there was no other traffic!  When I came off the bridge and saw the patrol cars waiting for me ahead with lights flashing, I knew I was hosed."

  After one gets off the bridge, there is still a good, straight, wind-free, smooth two miles into San Rafael.  I saw Arneson's 275GTB/4 RAPE an E-Type one night on that road.

  Anyway, the little black and white buddies have some kind of cloaking device and one NEVER knows where they will be sitting, waiting, sharpening their little claws.

  The defendant had US Navy legal counsel with him in court and barely escaped incarceration.  That judge was, how you say?, upset.

  Oh, and if a CHP officer asks you to leave with his hand on his service revolver . . . .don't argue.


  Uh, that's the way I heard it . . . . 
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