<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I get that! I grew up driving in Seattle Area.</div><div><br></div><div>I bought my Pantera in Seattle 35 years ago. It wasn't just raining...it was pouring. </div><div><br></div><div>Couldn't see a damn thing. Had not heard about Rain X yet which is a god send for old cars with shitty wipers and a defroster.</div><div><br></div><div>I thought my XKE was bad and it was but no doubt the Pantera wasn't any better.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of it helped being 30-something drifting around corners thinking I was immortal LOL</div><div><br></div><div>Old Dawg</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:11 PM, David via TPR <<a href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Couldn't see! Don't mind a wet track if I can see----<br><br>Sent from my handheld gizmo, please forgive my typing!</div><div><br>On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:36 PM, Steven Donegan <<a href="mailto:steve@donegan.org">steve@donegan.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px">Why not drive your car on the track in the rain? Just drive slower???<br><div><span></span></div><div> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173132" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173131">____________<br>Steven Donegan<br>KK6IVC FCC General Class License<br>SSCC/NORC Life Member, Car #86<br><a href="http://www.sscc.us">www.sscc.us</a><br></div></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173171" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173170" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173169" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173172" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Teampantera via TPR <<a href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> David <<a href="mailto:adin@frontier.net">adin@frontier.net</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "<<a href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>>" <<a href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, July 19, 2015 11:52 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TPR] Texas Trip update . . . .<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173173" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8486091688"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173175"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056252321_173174">Dave,</div><div>Loved how well you described the road trip. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Gives me more inspiration to get my pantera back on the road.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thanks for sharing with us.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv8486091688yqt8342685499" id="yiv8486091688yqt55554"><div><br clear="none">On Jul 18, 2015, at 8:35 PM, David via TPR <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv8486091688yqt8342685499" id="yiv8486091688yqt49020"><style>#yiv8486091688 #yiv8486091688 --
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#yiv8486091688 </style><div><div class="yiv8486091688WordSection1"><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">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!</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Made the Friday night car show – great fun seeing all the nice cars (mine is not).</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Saturday track day was hot, but I managed to cope. Lots of class time with a good instructor.</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">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!</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Sunday night was the big dinner at Gray’s ranch – 200 or more folks! Had a short chat with Tom Tjaarda . . . </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Good to see some old friends and some really nice Panteras.</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">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!</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">A day after my return Texas was seriously under water.</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Pretty good fun, but not as good as an open road event!</span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8486091688MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">David in Durango</span></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>TPR mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt8342685499" id="yqt19075">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">TPR mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>TPR mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>