DeTomaso Mailing List: November 99, Message #424

Tim?,
Was this post originally meant to be humorous? (hard to tell)
Did you really intend to insult all the guys who made the effort
to support your event?
Even the ones who drove the 2-3 hours from Orange/LA Countys
just to get there?
Would you expect these same people to show up next time (if
there is one)?
And how about  those of us who drove our Panteras down that 
1/2 mile bumpy dirt road to that armpit of a racing facility to have 
our cars sit in a dirt dust bowl of a parking lot while we watched 
the racing? 
I'm sorry, if I asked people to come down to that event, saw the
kind of support it got, saw how much fun people had, and saw 
what a GREAT showing of performance the Panteras were making
on the track, I'd be EXTREMELY appreciative and would certainly
express my gratitude everyone.   

Oh, and thanks for arranging the event Tim, we had a great time.

Bryan S.

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On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 12:36:32 -0500 TTullio282@aol.com writes:
>We'll hell, what kind of wimpy ass motors are you guys building these 
>days?  
>A bunch of stock Cameros could have wiped this bunch.  It was nice and 
>cold 
>out, probably high 60's, and there wasn't one person there building 
>anything 
>resembling horsepower the entire day.  One single run in the 12's with 
>NOS, 
>everything else in the 13's, 14's and 15's.  I still can't believe it. 
> The 
>only car out there up to any challenge was Alan Foster's solid lifter 
>car.  
>His first run, a 13.08 was fast time of the day until a nitrous 
>assisted run 
>by San Diego member Bob Harrington dropped the low et to the 12.6's.  
>Foster 
>couldn't handle the pressure though and subsequent runs, although 
>showing 
>significantly improved 1/8 mile times, resulted in mid track WOT 
>shutdown 
>sidelining the car.  A Lance Nist prepared blown Pantera was also 
>present. 
>This car make pretty noises but ran in the 14's the entire day.  There 
>was, 
>however, some spectacular flaming burn-outs by almost everybody not 
>using 
>some type of sticky tire.   Also, there was a terrific turnout of drag 
>racing 
>Panteras, I believe somebody counted 14 Panteras at one time, with 
>several 
>more in the parking area.  Lot's of people turned out to watch as 
>well.  I 
>believe there was only one partial, first run clutch casualty the 
>whole day.  
>Bill Hohnhorst is assembling a list of times and names of participants 
>and 
>I'll write-up something more once I have the names.  It was very 
>difficult/impossible to keep tract of all the times as many were not 
>even 
>reported over the PA system, while others were being reported as the 
>next 
>group of cars were warming their tires doing burnout's.  Also, there 
>were 
>many more cars at the track than I've ever seen at Carlsbad Raceway.  
>Like 3 
>times as many!  The Panteras were all over the place in line waiting 
>to run 
>and not running back to back as first planned.  Anyhow, I think Curt's 
>
>initial thoughts of the racing were correct.  The participants, win or 
>loose, 
>really had such a great time that it didn't matter they left all their 
>
>horsepower on the BENCH! Curt summed up one thing I'm still "beaming" 
>over, 
>Brock Tella's "Super Stock" Pantera with DOT drag slicks and straight 
>pipes 
>couldn't even break into the 12's!  Also, it should be noted that Dave 
>
>Nuding, the person who initially called everybody out, didn't even 
>show up!  
>Oh, I can't wait to write this article!
>
>Tim Tullio 
>San Diego Panteras
>Competition Director (If their was any competition)
>Title to be changed next year to "Bench Racing Coordinator"
>

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