[DeTomaso] Casoni at Monza, mid-April 1974

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/14 16 20 42, lashdeep at yahoo.com writes:


> Could this be one of the reasons Porsche lobbied to have the Pantera 
> moved to another class for Le Mans?
> 
> Detomaso was so close to some real results at the 24 Hours.
> 
> Porsche saw that and got scared.
> 

>>>That's for sure.   When the Pantera made its debut in 1972, it finished 
1-2 in the first race and 1-3 in the second race.   Then Porsche went 
berserk and got the FIA to allow them all sorts of advantages, and the result was 
the Porsche RSR.   In the photo the entire field behind the Panteras is made 
up of various 2.8 and 3.0 liter RSRs.   Unfortunately by 1974, only 
privateers were racing Gr4 Panteras, and while they had a lot of success in Italy, 
the privateers lacked the budget to race outside of Italy, except for some 
feeble attempts at Le Mans.

What could have been....

Mike
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   In a message dated 4/7/14 16 20 42, lashdeep at yahoo.com writes:

     Could this be one of the reasons Porsche lobbied to have the Pantera
     moved to another class for Le Mans?
     Detomaso was so close to some real results at the 24 Hours.
     Porsche saw that and got scared.

   >>>That's for sure.  When the Pantera made its debut in 1972, it
   finished 1-2 in the first race and 1-3 in the second race.  Then
   Porsche went berserk and got the FIA to allow them all sorts of
   advantages, and the result was the Porsche RSR.  In the photo the
   entire field behind the Panteras is made up of various 2.8 and 3.0
   liter RSRs.  Unfortunately by 1974, only privateers were racing Gr4
   Panteras, and while they had a lot of success in Italy, the privateers
   lacked the budget to race outside of Italy, except for some feeble
   attempts at Le Mans.
   What could have been....
   Mike