DeTomaso Mailing List: June 97, Message #34
     



From: dolster@exo.com (D. Antenucci)

Subject: Re: Newspaper article

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:55:34 -0700



Kevin,



Thanks! The eight (8)  cars in my class were;

five (5) late model Chevrolet Corvette's, one (1) Ferrari 348tb, one (1)

Camero, and one (1) wild race prepared Chevy Pickup. Corvette's  finished

2nd & 3rd place. Yea, the Corvette people jerked my chain all weekend

"until" race day! 



The featured marque at this event was the Chevrolet Corvette and no less

then five regional Corvette Car Clubs and  25 Corvette's participated in all

divisions. Two out of three cars in the Unlimited Division were also

Corvette (come on people!). . . Junior's highly modified Pantera GTS was the

third competitor.



We had  a (117) cars compete in the May event. Some of the more interesting

well prepared and/or race prepared  cars were;

an "original" 66' 427 Cobra (CSX 4000),  70' Boss 302, two Mustang Cobra's,

a Saleen Mustang,  a 70' Dodge Charger, a 73' Plymouth "Hemi" Cuda, two 69'

AMC AMX's, two Dodge Vipers, a 70' AMC Javelin, 911SC, two Supra's, a NSX,

and a Miata with a Ford 302 shoehorned inside.      



I just finished sending Mike Drew story & photo's which should be in the

next POCA Quarterly. If you have any questions on the event or the

participants please let me know.



One closing remark/request. While Junior Wilson receives a great deal of

respect from the veterans that participate in this event twice a year,

Pantera participation is rare. In spite of Junior's accidents he has

participated in every event since this series began 7 or 8 years ago. That's

twice a year!!  My suggestion to those of you  looking for a road race

challenge would be to go on out to Nevada with your car  and put it on the

road. 



Any doltz can put race tires on a Corvette BUT to prepare a 25 year old

Pantera on the road and run it. . .Now that's OUR challenge. The next event

is in September. The spectator's who go to this event love to see the

vintage cars run the road down the mountain.  My Pantera and I  never got so

much attention as I did when I went to Ely Nevada for this event..  I hope

there is at least two or more Pantera owner's out there reading this that

will consider participating in the Sept. event.  



And remember, there are five divisions ranging from 95 mph on up so you guys

with what many of you consider to be jus' "driver's" (yea, right!) will also

be amazed at how much attention you and your car get. It's a beautiful

experience.. Mike Anderson ran his relatively stock Pantera in the 105 class

last September and he has already commited to"return" this Sept.      I

don't think my cookie jar will  recover enough from preparing for the May

event to be ready for Sept.,  BUT I sure will support anyone out there who

wants to take a shot at this event.  Come on people step up to the plate. We

owe it to Junior and our cars to ensure those guys with the late model

plastic cars realize that "if it ain't steel it ain't real." 



Thanks for your support,       



Mad Dog Antenucci

"NEW"  E Mail address:  Itbewild@gte.net



 



>Congratulations to D. Antenucci---An article in the Orange County Register

>6/2/97 gave some general details about winning the Silver State race.  The

>paper even spelled "Pantera" correctly!!!!!!!  I wish they had mentioned

>some of the other cars in the class that he beat.

>

>Kevin

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