DeTomaso Mailing List: January 99, Message #210

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01/06/99                  PCNC Las Vegas Speed Trials         #6.3

Intro:
  Get ready for the Las Vegas Speed Trials at the annual POCA 
Las Vegas Fun Rally.   Race Day is Friday 4/23, Saturday is the 
Concours and Banquet.  

Visit the track at http://www.bragg-smith.com

Visit Asa Jay's website for photos from last year!  
http://www.concentric.net/~Asajay/raceday.htm

Look for pages of info in the next POCA newsletter (Jan '99), with 
detailed tech requirements, event schedule, and more !

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PCNC Las Vegas Speed Trials 1998 (Story concludes...)

In the 3rd lap, Bud was able to get around Larry on the back portion 
of the track.  It was also during this lap that Gary's street tires 
started to over heat causing him to back off on his turn speed.  This 
allowed Charlie to set Gary up and pass him during the 4th lap.  The 
last time Charlie was this close to Gary, Charlie was taken out when 
Gary spun.

The 5th lap saw Alan start to close the gap on John Parsons.  John's 
shifter handle came off during qualifying and couldn't be repaired.  
He was now having problems getting his car into 3rd gear on the main 
straight.  Alan was more than willing to exploit this difficulty.  Dennis 
was now ready to lap his 1st car.  David's MR2 was the first but not 
the last car to go a lap down.

On the 6th lap, Charlie was now closing in on John Weigel.  This must 
have made John a little nervous because heading into turn one, John 
tried to carry a little too much speed through the corner and put two 
tires off course.  This kicked up a huge cloud of dust.  Charlie had 
an immediate flash back of the 1996 collision and decided not to pursue 
through the dust.  This gave John the opportunity to regain control and 
start to motor away.  By now Charlie's stock brakes were becoming hot 
and he decided to let John go and just maintain his current track position. 

Larry was also having some problems due to stock brakes.   Ed's Miata was 
slowly chasing him down.  No Pantera owner is going to just let a Miata 
pass him.  So instead of letting up and allowing the brakes to cool, Larry 
went into the series of corners prior to the main straight a little hot 
and looped the car.  The Miata motored happily by.   

The 7th lap sees Dennis taking advantage of Larry's spin to lap his 1st 
Pantera.  He then quickly chases Ed down and did him the same favor.  
Bud goes on by Gary who is still nursing his hot tires.

The 8th lap is the beginning of the end for John Parsons.  He's managed to 
keep Alan behind him, but now as the lap begins he receives the dreaded 
black flag.  It seems that John's car is spraying the track with water like 
a dog marking its territory.  His car isn't over heating.  A faulty weld 
on a pressure tank has given way and shooting water all over.  Alan makes 
the pass as John comes off the power.

On the 9th lap the only one still passing is Dennis.  He adds Gary to his 
list of victims.  To add insult to injury, Dennis just nips by Bud to put 
him a lap down as the Checkered Flag fly's on the last lap.  

The finishing order was:

Dennis Quella	1st overall	1st Competition Class
Alan Foster	      2nd		1st Pantera Unlimited
John Weigel 	3rd		1st Pantera Modified
Charlie Puckett   4th         2nd Pantera Unlimited
Bud  Greene      	5th         3rd Pantera Unlimited
Gary Hall      	6th         1st Pantera Street
Ed Kornegay       7th         1st Sports Car
Larry  Stock    	8th         2nd Pantera Modified
David  Briggs 	9th         2nd Sports Car
John  Parsons  	10th        3rd Pantera Modified


I would first like to thank all the participants who keep the performance 
image of the Pantera alive by their enthusiastic support of track events.  
If it wasn't for these people, we might as well be 57 Chevy owners and 
just spend all our time cruising around.  I would also like to thank the 
performance fans who demonstrated their support by attending the race.  
And finally a very big thanks to our sponsors:  

Gary Hall 	    Hall Pantera 			      Primary
Sponsor
Larry Stock	    Pantera Parts Connection		Associate Sponsor
Dennis Quella   Pantera Performance Colorado	Associate Sponsor

They not only contributed to the event to keep the price down, but each 
one participated in the Exhibition Race.  Now that's enthusiasm!  

(End of story.)
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Tech Issues:
More to follow.

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Cut-Off Dates:
There are 15 weeks before the event.  Time flies, don't miss out.
The last day to register for the Las Vegas Fun Rally is 3/22.
The last day to register for the Track Event and get a FREE limited 
edition event T-shirt and the "Early-Bird" discount of $165 is 3/1.

Don't wait !  Act NOW !  Be in Pantera Heaven, Las Vegas April 22nd -> 25th.

Contact Info:
To register for the Las Vegas Fun Rally package, contact Gary Roys (home) at

(248) 879-0835 6955 Vernmoor, Troy, MI 48098, or e-mail at GRR456@aol.com.

Link to information and photos from the previous POCA Rally: 
http://www.panteraclub.com/conventi.htm

To register for the PCNC Las Vegas Track Event, contact Ed Kornegay, 
ed_kornegay@hp.com or myself, Chuck Melton, charles.p.melton@lmco.com, 
(408) 739-4174.

Event Sponsor:
The PCNC Track Event is sponsored by:
  Qvale Automotive Group  (415) 776-7700.

Sustaining Sponsors are:
  Pantera Parts Connection (800) 338-6627, on the web at
www.panteraparts.com
  Pantera Performance of Colorado (303) 660-9897
		
Associate Sponsors are:
  Pantera East (727) 381-1151, e-mail at PanteraEast@hotmail.com 
  Pantera International Motorsports (714) 744-1398, www.pim.net and
    www.panteracars.com
  Panteras by Wilkinson (562) 804-4321, on the web at www.DETOMASOUSA.com

Please contact these vendors for all your Pantera needs.  They are 
supporting us, we should support them too !

Links: 	POCA  http://www.panteraclub.com/