[TPR] SS 2011
Mad Dog Antenucci
teampantera at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 19 21:41:23 PDT 2011
If a hundred or more things go wrong at speeds even at speeds close to 150 Mph the best safety equipment in the world may not save you....
Still for all those who were looking for an excuse now to NOT do open road racing this is a good excuse not to go or at least not to go fast....Yes, the road is not in as good a shape as it was and neither is nebraska or Texas but it is what it is and as you said once if you need to slow down for the dips or rumble strips then just slow the fok down....
But going fast and being on the edge is an adrenlin high......and that was what Rick and Merle were doing....right on the edge at 190+ mph speeds.
Yea, both these guys will be missed. I spent half of Thursday and Friday with Rick in the parking lot his Camaro and my Pantera side by side.....yea the hard part is seeing someone go you will miss and know he will be missed more by his family.
Its not a sport for the feint of heart.
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: John Bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; Steve Hawkins <shawkins777 at comcast.net>
Cc: "tpr at teampanteraracing.com" <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TPR] SS 2011
I'm also very sad to hear about the Camaro accident. Good guys. We all know (or at least should know) the risks when driving at ORR events, but that doesn't stop our need for speed. You do your homework, you prepare your car, install all the safety equipment you can afford, and work up in the speed classes until you've had enough. But at the end of the day, we all know something can happen and we end up upside-down in the dessert. The is no way to eliminate risk. I thought the road was not in as good of shape as years past.
In time we will deal with this loss and get back in the drivers seat. It was great to get together in Ely and see old friends and some new ones.
JB
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From: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: Steve Hawkins <shawkins777 at comcast.net>
Cc: "tpr at teampanteraracing.com" <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TPR] SS 2011
Hey Hawk,
Short answer is no.........rumor mill has mis-ID'd others who were not even in the car with Rick & Merle....as Rick's son usually drove and his dad (Rick) usually navigated....Merle was a stand in which he has done as navigator many times.....Merle usually works Tech as did Rick.
I am pretty certain having been here when these accidents occur that words like
"excessive speed", 'lost control', 'massive injuries/fire/etc are all gonna be used....In Ricks case that Camaro was a beast....full race engine but it also had full cage and they had all the safety gear including head/neck/back restraints, fire suppression.....but its a simple lesson in physics too. ;-(
190+ on a crowned 2 lane road that like Nebras and Texas are no where close to being in good shape.....add the new centerline rumble strips that caused Moonshine's accident last year (he was in my race group) I think its noteworthy to say these kind of accidents are rare......but those rumble strips in center lane are little pockets where any road debris, bolts, nails etc can fall into.....also apexing across them on sweeper turns at 155-160 as I was and they shake/rattle the hell out of the car....everyone's car.....but as someone said....these are the course "conditions"......patches of road, dips, blind hills, canyon road, off camber turns....and all this on a crowned road.....so running on ragged edge its just a matter of time and luck to how long it takes you to either lose control or pick up someone's debris.....yea speed kills but so do allot of other things....speed is just a lot faster.
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: Steve Hawkins <shawkins777 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: [TPR] SS 2011
Message
MD
Glad
you and JB are OK, very sad to hear about the fatality's. Do they have any
idea what happened?
Steve
-----Original Message-----
>From: tpr-bounces at teampanteraracing.com [mailto:tpr-bounces at teampanteraracing.com] On Behalf Of B Hower
>Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 2:36 AM
>To: Mad Dog Antenucci
>Cc: {TPR}
>Subject: Re: [TPR] SS 2011
>
>
>Mad Dog,
>
>Thanks for the report, I have been wondering and
waiting for results. Glad to hear you and JB finished without problems.
The accident and lose of lives is truly sad. I cannot find words to
express this properly.
>
>Bud #3400
>
>
>
>--- On Mon, 9/19/11, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>From:
Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Re: [TPR]
SS 2011
>>To: "David" <adin at frontier.net>, "asajay at asajay.com"
<asajay at asajay.com>
>>Cc: "tpr at teampanteraracing.com"
<tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
>>Date: Monday, September 19, 2011,
6:50 AM
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>>Unfortunately while JB and I both finished the run today two of our fellow veteran racers (Rick DeKneef & Merle Hill) died today when their Unlimited red Camaro went off the road, crashed and caught fire....both reported dead at scene. NDOT and Highway Patrol investigators put a press lid on accident.
>>
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>>We're in Reno tonight and headed back to SF/SJ in morning...After Air Race deaths here in Reno andand deaths today in Ely its not a great time to be in Nevada.
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>>Very sad day.
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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
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: David
<adin at frontier.net>
>>To: asajay at asajay.com
>>Cc:
tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>>Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:30
AM
>>Subject: [TPR] SS 2011
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>>JB and the Dawg got teched
yesterday in spite of too much fun Friday nite.
>>
>>As soon as I
got Dennis buckled in and a few pictures shot I left. Beautiful day
and lots of good noises!
>>
>>David, leaving Ely
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