<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hey Hawk,</span></div><div><span>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.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>I am pretty certain having been here when these accidents occur that words like</span></div><div><span>"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.
;-(</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>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.</span></div><div> </div><div><b><font color="#0000ff"><em>Mad Dawg Antenucci <br></em></font><font color="#ff0000">Team Pantera Racing</font></b> </div> <div><i><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007f7f">The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing </font><br></strong></i><font color="#0000ff"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com">www.teampanteraracing.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Steve Hawkins <shawkins777@comcast.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> '{TPR}' <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 19, 2011 3:00 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TPR] SS 2011<br></font><br><div id="yiv1634156940">
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<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="yiv1634156940479435609-19092011">Glad
you and JB are OK, very sad to hear about the fatality's. Do they have any
idea what happened?</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="yiv1634156940479435609-19092011">Steve</span></font></div>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>B Hower<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 19, 2011 2:36
AM<br><b>To:</b> Mad Dog Antenucci<br><b>Cc:</b> {TPR}<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
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<div>Mad Dog,</div>
<div><br>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.</div>
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<div>Bud #3400</div>
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<div><br>--- On <b>Mon, 9/19/11, Mad Dog <span>Antenucci</span>
<i><teampantera@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;"><br>From:
Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera@yahoo.com><br>Subject: Re: [TPR]
SS 2011<br>To: "David" <adin@frontier.net>, "asajay@asajay.com"
<asajay@asajay.com><br>Cc: "tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
<tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br>Date: Monday, September 19, 2011,
6:50 AM<br><br>
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<div><span>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.</span></div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Very sad day.</div>
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<div><b><font color="#0000ff"><i>Mad Dawg Antenucci
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<div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: David
<adin@frontier.net><br>To: asajay@asajay.com<br>Cc:
tpr@teampanteraracing.com<br>Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:30
AM<br>Subject: [TPR] SS 2011<br><br>JB and the Dawg got teched
yesterday in spite of too much fun Friday nite. <br><br>As soon as I
got Dennis buckled in and a few pictures shot I left. Beautiful day
and lots of good noises! <br><br>David, leaving Ely<br><br><img src="cid:1.1001091174@web121920.mail.ne1.yahoo.com"><br>_______________________________________________<br>TPR
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