[DeTomaso] Pantera at Sema in Optima Challenge

[Christopher Kimball]

Cool!  We always benefit from more good publicity.
Go for it!
Chris

> To: detomaso at poca.com
> From: rcbsons1 at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 19:28:51 -0400
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera at Sema in Optima Challenge
> 
> There will be a second Pantera at Sema this year
> I received a call from Jimi Day (AMX guy) who I have been bugging
> for several months and my Pantera (the first one ever for this
> event as he stated) has been selected to compete in the
> Optima Ulitmate Street Car Challenge... Car will be in 
> a corral with the others at Sema all week Nov-4-8th then
> we take a drive to Pahrump for the event.. Event is on
> Saturday November 9th same place where we used to
> run our Pantera Track Event- you can buy tickets to 
> see the event but if you want to go you better get it
> done soon as it does sell out 
> 
> Competition is several categories
> 
> Craftsmanship- hopefully they like old Mario's work
> Autocross
> Stop box- run the car from start to a stop box approx 80 yards out- hardest thing to do
> Two timed laps on the course
> 
> 60 cars selected.. a few will be selected right off the floor
> of the Sema event that week
> 
> Been wanting to this ever since it started 6 years back
> 
> Will try to keep the mark Proud but there are many $300k
> cars (ridetechs) built special for this event... 
> 
> Will be a great event with many press gathering etc
> and they even have me handing out baseball cards with the car on it
> 
> Bob Benson #3 Pantera
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