<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434920869077_2661"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434920869077_2660">I'll be ready for both. Let the fun begin.</span></div><div><span></span><br></div><div><span>Mark</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, June 21, 2015 4:50 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Do you remember the first time you were talking with your Dad and saw <br>the coolest car you'd ever seen in the world actually drive by you and <br>you said to you Dad, "I'm going to have one of -those- someday."<br><br>Take a few moments and reflect on how much your Dad meant to you growing <br>up. Yes, most of us saw him as a hero until we got into our teens and <br>then maybe we thought they were out of touch with reality and then <br>sometime later a magical thing happened; we understood what it was to be <br>a Dad.<br><br>You might not remember the first cool car you told Dad you'd own <br>someday, and for most of us that first cool car we spied with Dad <br>certainly wasn't a Pantera; it was something that came along later and <br>turned our head.<br><br>Today, some of us have children of our own so it might be easier to <br>remember the first real "car" conversation we had with a son, or <br>daughter. What kind of magical memories swim around your mind when you <br>think of Father/son or Father/daughter when it comes to your Pantera? <br>Is that something you'd like to preserve just a little longer?<br><br>I would.<br><br>When you were a teenager, what was the coolest 40 year old car still on <br>the street, either original or hot-rodded? Does it compare to the <br>Pantera? Why, or why not?<br><br>Then turn you mind to today, with that 40+ year old small Italian <br>package of Argentinian and American descent sitting in your garage. <br>Have you been like a father to her? Have you taken her on a nice <br>Father/daughter night out for dinner and a show? When was the last time <br>you let her show off her attributes in public and been proud? Or <br>defensive? How many young men have wanted to date your daughter recently?<br><br>It's time for us as Dad's to foster that relationship again.<br><br>We've got the Sandhill's Open Road Challenge coming up in just 45 days. <br>Team Pantera Racing has a small and loyal contingent of driver's from <br>the mid-West whose mission it is to get as many Panteras registered as <br>possible. Word is this year they might have three.<br><br>The Silver State Classic Challenge is just 87 days away. That's less <br>than three months. We have some folks still working on engines or just <br>working on their Pantera in general. The last few years we've had three <br>or more Panteras join us in Ely Nevada for three days of fun, story <br>telling, dinners and racing. We'd love to see you again, or for the <br>first time, this year.<br><br>- Download the rule book<br>- Inspect your Pantera<br>- Fix what you need; get good tires on it<br>- Get your entry fees in<br>- Get your hotel rooms reserved<br><br>... and see you where the fun begins. ;)<br><br>Asa Jay<br>2015 TPR President Elect<br><br><Don't make me sic the Dawg on you><br><br>-- <br>Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>& Shelley Marie<br>Spokane, WA<br>******************************<br><a href="http://www.racingagainstautism.com/" target="_blank">http://www.racingagainstautism.com</a><br><a href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/" target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TPR mailing list<br><a href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>