DeTomaso Mailing List: March 1997, Message #177
     



From: hohnhors@nosc.mil (Hohnhorst William L.)

Subject: LAS VEGAS TRACK EVENT CANCELLED

Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 09:07:12 -0800



Good Morning,

On behalf of the Las Vegas Track Event Organizing Committee, it's with

great disappointment that I have to tell you that we have had no choice but

to cancel the Vegas Track event for this year.  The cause of the

cancellation is the Air Show that the Air Force is sponsoring at nearby

Nellis AFB on the same Friday and Saturday of the Las Vegas weekend.  Since

the Air Force is expecting somewhere in the vicinity of 150,000 spectators

arriving in 60,000 to 70,000 vehicles, they asked the Speedway to use their

parking facilities.  The Speedway agreed and as a result had to cancel us

because they believed that the hassle of getting our members into and out of

the track in the midst of this huge number of vehicles would be very

difficult and frustrating to us and an additional hassle for their traffic

control folks.  So, they made the decision to cancel our event.  As I said

above, we are all very disappointed, but we had absolutely no choice.

However, Vegas is still going to be a fantastic weekend.  Plans have

already been made to have a Red Rock run on Friday and of course the Air

Show itself should be spectacular.  So, come on out to Vegas and enjoy what

is the largest gathering of Panteras and Pantera crazies in the world!  See

ya there!

Bill Hohnhorst