[TPR] Some Pantera Content Re: Oh! that hurts.
Mad Dog Antenucci
teampantera at yahoo.com
Mon May 30 10:00:58 PDT 2011
Well since its Memorial Day....here's my MagnaCarta and you have to read down to
find Pantera content!
First off the bummer part....my baby sister died yesterday in her sleep at home
where she lived near Snohomish Washington on a small farm she loved. She had
heart disease but the shock of her passing is hard to describe.....you know
that feeling where you want to cry, know it would be better if you did but can't
for whatever reasons so I'm too tired and too old to get drunk so like it or not
here's my rant...
My sister was such a sweet kind beatuiful woman who left many heartbroken on
the news of her passing. She was just 57 years old. She was always supportive
of my adventures, used to make excuses for me even though I was a terriable
tormenting brother in our early life together..........the only regret I ever
heard her mention was that she never got or took the time to travel around the
world which was a big dream for her but her passions were her family and her
little farm and I was envious of her peace.. Her husband, grown children, and
all her extended family and friends all adored and loved her. As did I so while
I am missing my baby sister today and I am also regreting we lived our lives in
different parts of the country....but thankful for the time I did have with her.
Very special woman.
Now how does that tie into racing the Pantera? ;-)>
I don't know...this is like the Pope rambling....Memorial Day has become not
just about remembering veterans who died or never came home but those in our
lives who have passed on and not taken us with them....so yea, NONE of that
makes sense and its not supposed to make sense! ;-) I quess it is about
fulfilling your passions and not waiting too long to realize those passions
because you never know when its your 'turn' to pass on...............so for the
rest of us yea I know the common thread is the PANTERA but I realize more then
ever before that what binds this group of brothers is the reality it is not
forever.
I found my sweet spot at Silver State at 150-170 speeds or 130-140 at the Pony
Express or Bonneville 100 or 120-135 speeds at the SORC or BORR or down in
Mexico.....I have run the Pantera and a Jag XKE in the middle and the back of
the pack in SCCA, EJag, Ferrari, Corvette, and POCA club open track competition
and got close enough once to Jim Saxton and his race Pantera to force him into
a upside down turn around turn 5 at Willow Springs....nearly plowed into the
back of a restored Ferrari Boxer at Turn 1 coming down off the corkscrew at
Willow Springs and so asking Charlie Friend recently how he continues well into
his 70's now to average 170 MPH in his race Corvair-from-hell in orr
competition.
Charlie said that to average those speeds he has to speed along that 2-lane
road at 180-185 in the straights at SS on a road far from straight and then slow
down to160 mph through the sweeper turns and then speed up again in the
straights coming out of the canyon/narrows and of course wht he does not say is
that if ONE thing goes wrong at any of those speeds (a tire, an A-arm, steering
rack, or even a deck lid ;-) your day is not gonna be a good one. Perhaps in
Charlie's case as Carl Young once said when you have flown a F-100
fighter-bomber in Nam while being shot at and both Charlie and Carl did that
driving a Corvair or just about anything else pales by comparison....or so
Charlie says.
So as I 'remember' how fast I used to be (big grin) I am missing more those
friends and family who are now gone....passed onto where ever we pass on to...
FYI to self....remind family and friends how much you love and appreciate them.
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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From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Sent: Sat, May 28, 2011 9:28:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Oh! that hurts.
DARN RIGHT!
Of course, Open Road Racing is one I haven't tried yet. I might be just as
bad at that. ;)
Asa Jay
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired & Shelley Marie Spokane, WA
****************************** http://www.racingagainstautism.com
http://www.teampanteraracing.com http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
On 5/28/2011 7:10 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote:
Which only goes to prove once again everything is more dangerous then
open road racing ;-)
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>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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From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
>To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>Sent: Sat, May 28, 2011 5:48:14 PM
>Subject: [TPR] Oh! that hurts.
>
>Autocross today at Spokane County Raceway, not the usual course at
>Deer
>
>Park airport. They've just finished re-routing the road course and
>our
>
>local autocross club managed to get a big chunk of it today for us
>to
>
>try out our driver skills. This makes for a faster course as all
>the
>
>autocross elements are laid out in-line with the road coarse.
>
>This can also be deceptive, challenging and dangerous if you're not
>paying attention. Such unlucky fortune found it my way today.
>
>First run of the day, cold track, cold tires. Didn't take it easy
>enough. Ran OFF track and nosed my Pantera into a ditch when I
>failed
>
>to negotiate a slalom. The previously dented front valance now is
>dented severely to include new creases. Well, I -was- going to
>replace
>
>that anyway. And as further luck would have it, as I inspected and
>hammered it out just a tad, I found where that funny warm coolant
>odor
>
>was coming from. <sigh> Looks like the Fluidyne radiator is weeping
>
>just a tad on the drivers side from some tube (I haven't found
>exactly
>
>where yet). Not enough to leave drops on the garage floor yet, but
>we'll need to get that fixed.
>
>Second and third runs went much better and by the end of the day we
>were
>
>spanking the course pretty darn hard.
>
>Sooo....
>
>- Glad I've not started a restoration project yet
>- She's still pulling hard and driving fine (though the driver needs
>a
>
>bit more experience)
>- Having fun despite the tiny setbacks.
>
>:)
>Asa Jay
>
>--
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>& Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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