[DeTomaso] Official video from Supercar event in Spain
Charles McCall
charlesmccall at gmail.com
Sun Jun 1 15:19:03 EDT 2014
Hi all
A few weeks ago, Amaya and I attended a Supercar event in Northern Spain and
had a blast.
The "official" video was just published on Youtube and may be found here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-A-fOqi3p8
Non-Spanish speakers don't need to worry - the intro and opening interview
don't last long. The video gives a good flavor of what the weekend was all
about.
Observant people may notice that among the official sponsors listed at the
end are the all-important Spanish Guardia Civil and the Police of Santander.
One of the things that made this event so special was the extremely rare
opportunity to totally disregard any and all speed limits for the entire
weekend, while accompanied by the police to move you along if they thought
you could do better. In Politically Correct 2014, these opportunities are
extremely rare, and we were quite lucky to be able to simply drive as we
wished.
Looking at the video reminds me of an anecdote - toward the end of the video
(and weekend) we went to a gourmet sardine factory. They hand-cut and
hand-prepare some allegedly very special sardines that they sell for some
very special prices. I can't stand the stuff, so I gallantly leave more for
everyone else. But after the tasting I took the director of the factory our
for an e-ticket ride in the Pantera, complete with one of the best burn-outs
I've ever done. Cold tires and a dusty street made it easy to hit the
throttle and spin around 180 degrees, back off the throttle a tad to gain
traction, and mash it again to take off straight, tires spinning wildly. I
couldn't do it again that perfectly if I tried - it was childish, but I had
an adrenaline rush until we got back and I dropped him off. He was suitably
impressed and had a great time. Too bad THAT wasn't in the video!
If anyone should happen to be in Spain next year, this event is really worth
attending..
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Hi all
A few weeks ago, Amaya and I attended a Supercar event in Northern
Spain and had a blast.
The "official" video was just published on Youtube and may be found
here.
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-A-fOqi3p8
Non-Spanish speakers don't need to worry - the intro and opening
interview don't last long. The video gives a good flavor of what the
weekend was all about.
Observant people may notice that among the official sponsors listed at
the end are the all-important Spanish Guardia Civil and the Police of
Santander. One of the things that made this event so special was the
extremely rare opportunity to totally disregard any and all speed
limits for the entire weekend, while accompanied by the police to move
you along if they thought you could do better. In Politically Correct
2014, these opportunities are extremely rare, and we were quite lucky
to be able to simply drive as we wished.
Looking at the video reminds me of an anecdote - toward the end of the
video (and weekend) we went to a gourmet sardine factory. They hand-cut
and hand-prepare some allegedly very special sardines that they sell
for some very special prices. I can't stand the stuff, so I gallantly
leave more for everyone else. But after the tasting I took the director
of the factory our for an e-ticket ride in the Pantera, complete with
one of the best burn-outs I've ever done. Cold tires and a dusty street
made it easy to hit the throttle and spin around 180 degrees, back off
the throttle a tad to gain traction, and mash it again to take off
straight, tires spinning wildly. I couldn't do it again that perfectly
if I tried - it was childish, but I had an adrenaline rush until we got
back and I dropped him off. He was suitably impressed and had a great
time. Too bad THAT wasn't in the video!
If anyone should happen to be in Spain next year, this event is really
worth attending..
References
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-A-fOqi3p8
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