[TPR] Fw: STEVE WALDMAN POST TO SSCC BOARD
Mad Dog Antenucci
teampantera at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 25 18:30:34 PST 2014
Awsome AJ....thanks pal.
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 6:29 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
I saw this later in the day at work and was able to post it. :)
Asa Jay
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 2/25/2014 3:54 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote:
thanks Doc...I am hoping AJ saw this and posted to SSCC board as I can't from work. ;-(
>And I can't from home either...something about they want me to pay my bill first
>
>
>
>On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:42 AM, "cengles at cox.net" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
>
>Dear Dennis: Well done and well said, sir. I am sure that Steve would
>be proud. Chuck Engles
>
>
>On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Mad Dog Antenucci
wrote:
>
>> Guys
>> I sent this little 'rememberence' to AJ to post on
SSCC Message Board.
>> I know it doesn't have all the flowery "he was
wonderful' comments but
>> it was more about our personal relationship and how
he convinced me to
>> convince myself that open road racing was and still
is about the
>> coolest thing around.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:32 AM, Mad Dog
Antenucci
>> <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Buddy I need your help here....I can't get past
our clients firewall
>> to post something on SSCC board in rememberance of
Steve's passing.
>>
>> I wanted to write something a little out of the
ordinary but at the
>> same time not write something disrespectful....as
he was very good to
>> us.,....
>>
>> So if you can perhaps post this on Message Board as
from our Fearless
>> Leader I would appreciate it.
>> Say I am overseas....haha....
>>
>> SEE BELOW
>> =================================
>>
>> 25 or so years ago I was in Vegas for a post race
drunken brawl (aka
>> banquet) when this nice European quiet guy in a
suit came up to me at
>> the Pantera Owners convention in Vegas.
>>
>> I thought maybe he was a waiter at first as he was
so damn
>> polite....so I asked him for another drink. And
then when I realized I
>> should not judge a book by its cover I immediately
apologized when I
>> realized he was someone important....and that is he
was a racer.
>>
>> At the time I was kicking concrete for a living and
sadly I still am
>> and sadly I also thought I knew something about
racing in circles at
>> the time and this Steve-guy says he started a
little open road race in
>> Nevada on a real road and wanted to know if I would
like to join his
>> group of racers.
>>
>> He talked a little about his own Pantera but I was
more interested in
>> talking about how fast I thought I was. (haha) All
the time I am like
>> a kid listening to the story about how cattle on a
hill can stand
>> upright. The more he talked the deeper I bought
into this thing he
>> did. He said he knew Junior Wilson, Charlie
Puckett, and Pete
>> Beckham, all of them early Pantera open road
racers.
>>
>> So of course I am on the hook. And then when I got
to Ely five or so
>> years later with my own Pantera I already knew all
about the SSCC
>> events. Of course I knew I would be the fastest
Pantera when I arrived
>> and I knew I would win when I came to run at that
first Nevada Open
>> Road Challenge...and of course I was the fastest
Pantera because
>> Junior's Pantera crashed, and Steve's Pantera was
broken, and Charlie
>> and Pete had lame family or work excuses back in
California....so yea
>> I was the fastest driver in a Pantera on that day!
Yea,. slow and
>> steady wins the race every time. ;-)>
>>
>> And at that first Awards Banquet when I walked up
on that stage to
>> receive my 1st place trophy Steve looked at me like
my Godfather. He
>> said, "Dennis I am proud of you". Well yea of
course you are proud of
>> me Steve. But I quess now I know he was proud of
me but little did I
>> know that for the next 17 years I would argue about
everything that
>> had to do with the SSCC events until he put Gail in
charge of dealing
>> with me. But those early years were me trying to
convince Steve about
>> who should sit on the SSCC Board or who should be
running the events
>> (again me)...... Steve always listened politly to
me and never yelled
>> back at me. Like a paternal father-figure he would
remind me he
>> understood what I was saying and that we would talk
later when he had
>> more time....and not to worry about anything....As
worrying was
>> Steve's job not mine and of course he was right.
>>
>> Yea, I believed him. And I know many of you will
miss him. I had a
>> love-hate relationship with Steve. And I am sad now
as my friend who I
>> loved to hate is no longer around to fight with.
>> He truely was a pioneer in our sport...and now I
will shut up.
>>
>> I never won an argument.
>>
>> Dennis Antenucci
>> Team Pantera Racing
>>
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