[TPR] Texas Trip update . . . .

[Teampantera]

Dave,
Loved how well you described the road trip.  

Gives me more inspiration to get my pantera back on the road.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 18, 2015, at 8:35 PM, David via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
> 
> The drive from Durango to the POCA Texas track days is a 2 day trip, I left after a storm had gone through town and caught up to it the first night on the road.  When I got to Texas every other curve in the road had a “Watch for standing water” sign = Texas has a drainage issue!
>  
> Made the Friday night car show – great fun seeing all the nice cars (mine is not).
>  
> Saturday track day was hot, but I managed to cope.  Lots of class time with a good instructor.
>  
> Sunday track day was raining – most skipped the first sessions hoping the rain would let up as the visibility was horrendous – why go out and crunch up a car?  Finally got out for a couple of sessions in the wet and learned some interesting things about the track and the Pantera.  OK, so I wasn’t real fast out there . . .but they didn’t have to send a tow truck 50 years out in the mud to unstick me! Bwahahahahaha  Great road course!
>  
> Sunday night was the big dinner at Gray’s ranch – 200 or more folks!  Had a short chat with Tom Tjaarda . . .
>  
> Good to see some old friends and some really nice Panteras.
>  
> Two day drive home – had about 50 miles of real hot car which scared the crap out of me.  Never boiled over or steamed just running hot.  Next morning I could find nothing amiss so filled the tank and never had another issue. One tank of 22mpg – I was having too much fun putting my foot to the floor every chance I got.  You know how it is . . . a chevy tries to pass on the freeway and you think to yourself – this will never do! Those chingaderos drive fast!
>  
> A day after my return Texas was seriously under water.
>  
> Pretty good fun, but not as good as an open road event!
>  
> David in Durango
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