[TPR] TPR REVIEWS 40TH ANNIVERSARY RENO FUN RALLY

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Okay My Peeps,

Beautiful 500+ mile drive in the Pantera down the H-395 back to Orange County 
yesterday. 

Saw several Panteras on way home but none of them were broken which speaks well 
for the owners. Was pretty happy having TWO  operating windows that went up and 
down since for weight saving purposes I have no heater or AC in the 
Pantera....it is afterall a SoCal car now........seriously, thanks again Art for 
all your help before we left for Reno.

Hats off to Mark, JT and the POCA Board for putting on the event and for Steve 
Wilkinson (only vendor!) for supporting it but I gotta say the FUN RALLY ain't 
what it used to be and here's what I observed worked and didn't work.  

1.A+ for the Open Bar ;-)>

2.A+ for all the non Pantera gay events (sailboating, kayaking, dancing, go-kart 
racing <?> etc) ;-(

3.A+ for the Oklahoma, Texas, San Diego and PCNC members who were all a hoot to 
hang with.

4.F for the old and/or tired members who flunked enthusiasm and energy and did 
not drive a Pantera to the event

5.F for the only 30 Panteras being driving to Reno (10-15 more were 
towed)....total +/- 40 total!!! Only 3 came more then a 1,000 miles away.

6.F for the cancelled race at Fernley - Something about NO insurance...Wotz up 
wit dat???

7.F on Participation by POCA chapters in Southern California....exception was 
Bill Hohnhorst and the San Diego chapter gang.....there has to be 150+ Panteras 
in LA and Orange County area and less then 10% attended or drove their Panteras 
to Reno. There should have been a minimum of 100 Pantera's driven from LA and 
Orange Counties....those chapter presidents should resign and hand their keys to 
their cars to John Bentley who will show up  

In summary as good a job as Mark and the POCA Fun Rally team did in putting the 
event together I wonder what can be done to reverse the decline of participation 
and the waning enthusiasm  (Graying of POCA)  and enthusiasm as we still have 
plenty of members well into their 60's and 70's but most of them will be DEAD in 
a couple more years.

P.S. Mark I heard ya when you said numbers attending) were going up in recent 
years but obviously the Panteras are sitting in the garages for most owners for 
all the usual excuses (repairs, work/family, no income or job) and while I 
appreciate that we still have 250 Panteras in 1991 in the last major recession. 
What happened and more importantly what can we do to reverse the aging 
process....okay just kidding. 




Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com
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