DeTomaso Mailing List: June 98, Message #288

19 cars........only 6 to go!      
GT2


>Reply-To: Dennis Antenucci <itbewild@gte.net>
>From:	Dennis Antenucci <itbewild@gte.net>
>To:	Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
>Subject: SS/TPR Update (Was: How BIG is too BIG?)
>Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 1998 21:09:07 +0000
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>A Team Pantera Racing/Silver State Race Update follows my response to 
Jack. . .
>
>JDeRyke@aol.com wrote
>(clever of you to already have done this). When he was 
Silver-State-ing, Jr Wilson
>re-geared his monsterPantera for only 6200 rpm in 5th gear = 250 mph! 
Now, THAT'S
>torque!
><<<<
>A Team Pantera Racing/Silver State Race Update follows my response to 
Jack.
> .
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><P>JDeRyke@aol.com wrote
><BR>(clever of you to already have done this). When he was 
Silver-State-ing,
>Jr Wilson re-geared his monsterPantera for only 6200 rpm in 5th gear =
>250 mph! Now, THAT'S torque!
><BR><<<<<No, I'm not clever. . .I just remember watching
>my oil temp rise as my rpms rose in the first SS. :-] Speaking of 
appreciating
>Junior's torque he was running a 3.56 ring gear!
>
><P>BTW, . . .We're up to "19" candidates (another veteran signed up 
last
>week) for the SS event in Sept. . .This already includes "Gary Hall" 
who
>is planning to bring the "Burgundy Express" outta retirement and go for
>200+ MPH on the new road. This falls race will be on a "NEW" road 
course!!!
>The latest feedback I've gotten on the regrading/repaving is the road 
construction
>is "on schedule" and all "old" speed records are history. Besides class
>winner's mAD dOG and Bob Wood, we'll be joined by SS veterans; Gary 
Hall,
>Curt Toumanian, Eric Belter, Dave Grego, John Parsons, Grant Stockwell,
>Dan Courtney and Mike "fell-outta-the-barn" Anderson. also joining us 
(so
>far anyway) is Brock Tella, Mike Trusty, Greg Sullivan, Dan Miller, Bob
>Fluty and Lowell Sidon of Canada and a couple others who aren't quite 
ready
>to officially announce their sign-up yet! .
>
><P>Currently, the event sponsors (Show Boat Hotel & Casino, Flow 
Master
>Exhaust, Edelbrock, etc) have indicated they are billing this <B>10th 
Anniversary</B>
>of the <B>Silver State Classic Challenge as the "U.S. Road Race
>Land Speed Record Event</U>". As previously mentioned Car & 
Driver
>Magazine </U>will not only be covering the event for a future story but
>are also "entering" their own entry!!!
>
><P>My buddy, Jerry Penacoli of CBS TV is working to get CBS 
Sports
>TV</U> to also provide some as yet undefined  "TV 
COVERAGE"</U>
>as well, so I'm very hopeful Team Pantera Racing is gonna get the best
>media press coverage we've ever had. 
>
><P>Thanks to the help of Scott Black, Ted Stalwart and Rebecca Sullivan
>(Sully's wife) we're also gonna have a first rate press release as 
well.
>Our POCA flyers will also be in the July & Agust Newsletters 
(thanks
>Jack!!). . .but we need you guys help getting the word out to the 
membership.
>
><P>So everything right now is "ahead" of schedule for the next race in
>Sept.
><BR>Stay tuned for race updates but I think your all gonna be real 
proud
>of the outcome. Remember, we need "participant's" and that's where you
>guys come in. Whether you race or not isn't as importent as your just 
"spreading-the-gospal"
>at chapter meetings, shows and club get togethers. So thanks in advance
>for your continued support.
><BR>We're gonna blow away the competition in sept.
><BR>MD
><BR>
><BR> 
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