[TPR] OPTIMA CHALLENGE

[David]

Way to go Bob!  Congratulations, we ARE proud of you!

All the best,

David

Sent from my little hand held gizmo

On Nov 11, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bob,
> That is awsome report. Really proud of YOU. Thanks for report. Very impressive.
> Sharing with the TPR guys as well.
> 
> Dawg
> 
> 
> On Monday, November 11, 2013 3:52 PM, "rcbsons1 at aol.com" <rcbsons1 at aol.com> wrote:
> Just getting back to the real world today
> First I want to thank my buddy Rich for helping
> me out with loading the car, keeping track of my keys
> and helping with everything and hanging out.  I also want to thank all the 
> Pantera owners who came out to support me.  We talked to a bunch 
> of cool guys besides that loved the car.. best of all we did not break it!!!
> 
> Results... I am officially 28th out of 58 competitors
> If you are 20th or more in any part of the event you get ZERO.. lots of Zeros in the results
> Almost everyone scored 10 points for the cruise.. one broke
> a few must have taken a shortcut in cruising 5 miles one way
> down the Strip at 4pm on a Friday night and then 7 miles the other
> way.. then a short hop on the freeway to Shelby.. testing cooling..proving its a street car.. etc
> 
> I only scored in the stop box event taking 13th overall.. car was slightly
> bogging down from the turn around point even after lowering the fuel
> bowel and installing a crossover tube..
> 
> I had 8 cars score better than me in looks with no performance points
> In my book that moves me up to 20th overall.. not bad for a 40 year old car
> and many cars with from 800 to over 1000 hp
> 
> I made row three of the group photo behind all the vendors and 300k cars.... they took their time picking the order
> I had a photo shoot with Popular Hot Rodding after I finished
> I had the guy at the start of the Autocross told me he loved the sound of the car
> Goldberg talked to me to pump you up and gave me a thumbs up after my run
> They put cameras on the car several times.. inside and out
> When I pulled up to do the stop box they held me for a bit as the helicopter camera guy really wanted to shoot
> the car on my run...they waited and he a tech problem so no shot
> On the track run I had the Race car driver behind me in the photo car for two laps- 570hp 4 wheel drive Amg station wagon-fast,fast
> I met and talked to Herb Adams of VSE.. cool guy running his 40 year camero
> I burned the tires off the car but still had good launches in the autocross and stop box challenge
> I did spin the car in the autocross and did not fair too well but beat my mustang buddy by 4 seconds
> 
> One of the local autocrossers I have know since he was 16 won the overall event in his Dad's 65 vette
> Last year he lost by 1 point 
> 
> Great times and when I thanked Jimi Day of Optima he told me everyone loved the Pantera
> It will be televised on Mavtv I believe in Februrary.. the Pantera will hopefully have some air time
> 
> They just annouced a new series leading up to the Challenge starting in March at Laguna.. it will be a new Mav tv series
> I will be there but more than likely with the Firebird knowing I got Zero points in the pretty catagory with the Pantera
> 
> I just died and went to heaven.. it was a great ride... best thing I have done in the car so far
> 
> Bob Benson still #3 black Pantera 
> 
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