[DeTomaso] Pantera at Auto Italia at Brooklands

[Andy May]

It's not quite as dangerous as it looks; people get out of the way pretty
quickly if anything does go wrong, and a car would have to be trying very
hard to make it out of the course and up to the spectator railings. The
biggest issue is remembering to stop at the top for the sharp right hand
bend - you can ask Geoff about that one though ;-)

This is what happens when the car does go off course....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-6818i2_ZE

One of me last year - I was too jet lagged to even consider taking part
this year as Dawn and I only returned from the remainder of our USA trip
after the fun rally on the day of the Brooklands event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoK0yVpRKcY
Andy
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Garth Rodericks
<garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Yeah, I thought the same thing about the "safety barricades" - "hope no
> one goes off course!"
>
> But the thing that really struck me is just how much the crowd enjoys our
> cars!  The excitement and enthusiasm of the crowd at the end of the
>
> second video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbd7BwOvY90) serves as a
> great reminder of the responsibility we have to bring Pantera-joy to
>
> those less fortunate.
>
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
> Yikes!!
> Spectators three-deep against a flimsy wooden fence close to the road!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MikeLDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: detomaso <detomaso at POCA.com>
> Sent: Sun, May 5, 2013 10:01 am
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera at Auto Italia at Brooklands Hi guys,
> Yesterday was the annual Auto Italia festival at Brooklands, the legendary
> race track/airfield/manufacturing/testing complex in Weybridge, Surrey,
> England.   Auto Italia magazine hosts a festival for Italian cars, and
> part of
> it includes cars going up the test hill, which was built in 1909 to allow
> manufacturers to test not only their ability to make cars that could
> climb, but
> also descend safely.   Here's some info:
> http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/test-hill/ Geoff
> Peters (my best man at the wedding last week) lives only a few miles
> away, and always puts on a great show.   Last year he forgot about the
> whole
> 'stopping' thing, and flew the car and crashed into a wooden barrier!
> This year he was a bit more circumspect, but no less impressive!
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUes9go_9hI
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbd7BwOvY90 Mike
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