[DeTomaso] La Pantera Bianca coming out of retirement!

[Julian Kift]

More of the Phillip Island racing below. The Kevin Bartlett La Bianca Pantera was discussed a little while ago. IIRC it retains only the central spider from an original Pantera, so more a purpose built race car.

http://www.shannons.com.au/club/news/larry-perkins-to-race-la-pantera-bianca-at-phillip-island

Details and history;

http://www.go2hal.com/pantera/


Julian

> Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 06:44:59 -0600
> From: jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
> To: detomaso.pantera at verizon.net
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] La Pantera Bianca coming out of retirement!
> 
> Wow
> 
> That is some pretty heady competition.  Most of those cars in that class 
> were purposely built for competition.  Passenger car compromises were 
> never a consideration in their design.  Awfully impressive that driver 
> placed the Pantera where he did.  The Pantera is getting the short stick 
> in that class.  It ought to be running with Camaros, Mustangs, 
> Firebirds, Javelins, Challengers and Street Porches.  Rather, we get 
> placed in the Can Am class.
> 
> JT
> On 3/9/2013 1:24 AM, davek wrote:
> > Driven by Larry Perkins, this Pantera qualified 6th today at the Philip Island Classic ... less than 1 second behind a Porsche 956!
> >
> > Results posted here: http://www.adaps.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PI_Qualifying.pdf
> >
> > Should be an interesting race!
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > Feb 9, 2013 08:35:49 PM, detomaso.pantera at verizon.net wrote:
> >
> > ===========================================
> >
> >
> > There was a write-up on this car in one of the Australian car magazines circa 2010. The driver, Kevin Bartlett, was quoted as saying "Unfortunately he (owner, Paul Halstead) didn't have a big enough budget to test and develop it. So we could have done a lot better with it; there was plenty that we could do to it".
> >
> > Seems to be a common thread in the history of Pantera race cars.
> >
> > Even so, this car dominated the field in both 1985 Austrailian GT Championship as well as the national sports car series.
> >
> > Dave
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