[DeTomaso] Patentit! Race Team 2023 SVRA Season Championships

[jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com]

All,

Having been at many of the events and having kept in touch with Steve and the Patentit! Race team, I can attest to the exceptional work and effort this team has put into their success. Certainly Tony, KC, and Steve put considerable, thoughtful work into the build. However, what I noticed as I saw the competition is the drivers (Tony in the Pantera and Steve in the Prototype) clearly stood out from the field.

In the case of the Pantera, even though up against (as Steve indicated) vastly more modified and powerful competition, the reliability Steve and Team built into the Pantera and the skill of Tony the driver were the deciding factors.

And to top it all off, the team is so open and interacting with the fans. The Pantera is like honey for bees. The number of people who stop by in the pits to discuss the car is astounding. Steve, Tony, and KC make time to interact with them all. They are great ambassadors for the Pantera badge.

Seriously, if you can make it to any of the events identified by Steve you should. If for no other reason than to add moral support.

Congratulations Steve, Tony, and KC!!!

Jim Kosloskey

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Steve Lisa
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 1:34 PM
To: Detomaso Email List <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Patentit! Race Team 2023 SVRA Season Championships

All,

It has taken a while for the SVRA to announce the final race standings for
2023 and to deliver trophies. Finally, we are able to send an email to the DeTomaso Email List along with a link to some pictures.

For sure, 2023 was one of those very rare years when everything went right.  The team's prep was top notch, the race cars and rigs ran well all year, and the driver's did their job. Here is a link to a share file of a few pictures:

   - https://photos.app.goo.gl/DN7yUvj8hWUoKnXE7

First, and most importantly, Tony Lisa won the SVRA A-Production 2023 National Championship in our SN5533 Pantera FIA Gr3 car!  This was an amazing result given that Tony was competing in an GR3-spec Pantera against heavily modified and more powerful A-Production cars.  To put that in perspective, twenty A-Production cars competed in the 2023 SVRA Series. It has taken a few years of sorting things out and a lot of hard work by the team.  But, SN5533 is running well and finishing events.

Second, though surely of less interest to the Pantera crowd, while Tony was racing the Pantera, I was racing our 2009 Norma M20F Prototype.  I ended up winning sixteen races and the overall SVRA National Championship in the Prototype class. Those results also garnered second place out of 450 racers in the overall 2023 SVRA Sprint Points Championship.

As for 2024, we have finished our winter prep, tested at INDE Motorsports Park and are heading out this week for our first major event of the year.
Current plans are for a full schedule of racing, but will run the Pantera at only our three favorite events:  Laguna this week, Road America in July, and the HSR 24-Hours of Daytona in late October. We are trying to get our other race cars into the rotation, and will take them to the other races.

Finally, I want to say thanks again to everyone that helped us along this several year journey to build a reliable and fast FIA Gr3-spec Pantera.  I want to send a special shout out to Patentit.com for sponsoring the team, SRE Engines for building a motor that ran flawlessly all year, Ron McCall for building a great transaxle, Mike Drew for fielding my many calls and emails, and Jim Kosloskey for showing up and crewing at many of our race weekends.

We will keep you posted for 2024, and hope to see you at the track.

Regards,

Steven G. Lisa, Esq.
*Patent It! - The Law Offices of Lisa & Lesko, LLC*