[TPR] Texas Trip update . . . .

[David]

Couldn't see! Don't mind a wet track if I can see----

Sent from my handheld gizmo, please forgive my typing!

On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:36 PM, Steven Donegan <steve at donegan.org> wrote:

Why not drive your car on the track in the rain? Just drive slower???
 
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From: Teampantera via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
To: David <adin at frontier.net> 
Cc: "<tpr at teampanteraracing.com>" <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> 
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Texas Trip update . . . .

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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