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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I could have events from several drives all mixed up – it was 10 years ago after all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But I do remember one drive where a missing-tooth bubba driving a rusty, smoking Ford Explorer filled to the brim with wife and little kids got so irritated that about 20 cars blew past him at 100+ mph that he decided to teach us all a lesson by passing us back. But he couldn’t do it - partially because he had one fist waving out the window while his no-shocks Exploder bounced and wobbled all over the road like a hobby horse, and partially because his truck wouldn’t go faster than about 60. All the while his unbelted kids were getting tossed all around the back seats, screaming bloody murder because they all knew they were about to die. I felt sorry for them. Eventually the bubba gave up (or blew his engine) and disappeared in a big cloud of smoke behind us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Later that afternoon the entire caravan of exotic car speeders and hooligans pulled into a middle-of-nowhere gas station to fill up. A local police cruiser slid up next to us and the youngish officer commented on all the cool cars. After visiting with us for a few minutes and deciding we were mostly OK car guys he volunteered that his police radio had been lit up all morning with reports of a wild pack of cars screaming through the piney woods shooting all the women and raping all the cattle (OK, I stole that last part from Blazing Saddles and it never really happen that I know of). Every city and state patrol car in the county was out looking for us locked and loaded, though apparently we were moving so fast and changing farm roads so frequently that the blinky-light dudes could never figure out where we were going in time to setup a road block. If we’d been caught every one of us would have likely gone to jail and had our cars towed to some podunk salvage yard (probably owned by the guy with the smoking Exploder and bruised family) never to be seen again. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We (the speeders and hooligans) promptly split the gas station in every possible different direction and drove 5mph under the speed limit all the way home. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>No more crazy drives for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dave Bell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Will Kooiman [mailto:will.kooiman@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mike Thomas; 'MDBell'; 'John Taphorn'; MikeLDrew@aol.com; detomaso@POCA.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] Great Sunday drive video....<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Correction. I don't remember ever doing a drive with a Viper. I didn't do all of them, though.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The sport bike had nitrous. The rider was crazy. He had pads and leather. He hit a tight corner over 100mph, couldn't make it, flew off the road, and rolled through the farmer's field. I didn’t see it happen. It was in front of me. I seem to recall that someone saw the bike flipping several times through the field – or something like that. He caught up to us, and was mostly okay. Randy P thought he had a broken collar bone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We stopped for gas in Conroe. There was a girl that was all goo-goo over L's Lambo. He let her drive it 100 feet. Then her boyfriend asked if he could drive it. L. promptly said, "No!" It was funny as h_ll.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>--</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Will</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Mike Thomas <<a href="mailto:mbefthomas@comcast.net">mbefthomas@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:46 AM<br><b>To: </b>Will Kooiman <<a href="mailto:will.kooiman@gmail.com">will.kooiman@gmail.com</a>>, 'MDBell' <<a href="mailto:davidabell@att.net">davidabell@att.net</a>>, John Taphorn <<a href="mailto:jtaphorn@kingwoodcable.com">jtaphorn@kingwoodcable.com</a>>, Mike Drew <<a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:detomaso@POCA.com">detomaso@POCA.com</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [DeTomaso] Great Sunday drive video....<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What does it mean to “low side” a sport bike? Lay it down?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> DeTomaso [<a href="mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com">mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Will Kooiman<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2013 4:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> MDBell; 'John Taphorn'; <a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a>; <a href="mailto:detomaso@POCA.com">detomaso@POCA.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] Great Sunday drive video....</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>All of that happened, but I thought that was on a different drive.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Will</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MDBell <<a href="mailto:davidabell@att.net">davidabell@att.net</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, December 11, 2013 12:19 AM<br><b>To: </b>John Taphorn <<a href="mailto:jtaphorn@kingwoodcable.com">jtaphorn@kingwoodcable.com</a>>, Mike Drew <<a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:detomaso@POCA.com">detomaso@POCA.com</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DeTomaso] Great Sunday drive video....</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If I remember correctly, on the same Sunday drive the real hooligans low sided a sport bike, drove a Ferrari Testarosa through a ditch and into a fence, and blew the engine on a Hennessey 700HP Viper. Or was that a different drive??</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>At any rate no Panteras were harmed while making this film.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dave Bell </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> DeTomaso [<a href="mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com">mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Taphorn<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a>; <a href="mailto:detomaso@POCA.com">detomaso@POCA.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] Great Sunday drive video....</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Just for historical accuracy, here is a pic the camera car. (if the pic comes through) . The passengers of the camera car were not members. The speed differentials were greater than they appear as the camera guy zoomed in on the Panteras as they were pulling away. Inadvertently, he created the illusion that they were following close behind. Or at least I am told by the hooligans who were present.<br><br>Quite by coincidence, A Pantera owner saw the longer version of this guy's drive at a Lamborghini owner's house and contacted the camera guy to send us the Pantera portion. The video was probably an hour long and the Pantera owner just happened to walk through the room when this footage played. The camera guy was nice enough to send us this snippet.<br><br>JT<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 12/10/2013 7:59 PM, <a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif"'>From Space City Panteras, circa 2003....<br><br>Honda being driven by a club member gets its doors blown off at 120+ mph by one Pantera after another. Whee!!!!<br><br><a href="http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/Touring_Events/Pantera-Sunday-Drive.wmv">http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/Touring_Events/Pantera-Sunday-Drive.wmv</a><br><br>Mike</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br><br><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>DeTomaso mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com">DeTomaso@poca.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA DeTomaso mailing list <a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com">DeTomaso@poca.com</a> <a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>