I forgot to mention that one of the two Panteras racing this weekend pulled up and parked in the middle of the party. Apparently the owner is the guy who previously ran a very stock Pantera L model in previous years, very slowly. He now has a great looking Gr4 replica: The mechanics apparently don't know much about American engines, so they came to get schooled. Stephane Bergeron, one of the principals of Pantera French Connection, has built quite a few strong Pantera engines and spent a half hour laying some knowledge on them. The car ran for the mine minutes of the first race at what might politely be called a 'dignified' pace. It's running at least! Plateau 6 just started with a kick-ass Gr4 Pantera replica #1679 driven by former F1 a d porsche endurance racer Jochen Mass. He is fast! Time to leave the VIP enclosure (A/C isn't working anyway) to get close to the action. REAL close! Mike Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2016, at 23:15, Effie Richards <erichards@zogob.sdcoxmail.com> wrote:
Thank you Mike and Lori for the updates and photos! Sounds like the event of a lifetime, I know we all wish we were there!
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On Jul 9, 2016, at 2:07 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
Very hot here today with little shade available. We had a terrific reception at the Pantera French Connection paddock at 5:30 pm with champagne for all. About 25 cars including two Pantera Si (one spyder) and a Guara, several early euro pushbuttons, the ex-Roland Jackel Longchamp GTS prototype, but no Mangustas.
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Some terrific Swiss Gr4 replicas were there, one with Webers:
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Besides one driver, we also have one of our own, Jim Oddie, working as a corner worker!
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Gray Gregory had a blast during day and night practice yesterday; he was running at about 3 am and said he ran out of headlights because they were aimed too low.
His first race started at 10 o'clock but there were two big wrecks which caused it to be red-flagged after only 9 minutes. He must be pretty annoyed but at least he didn't get collected in the wrecks.
We are taking advantage of the downtime to hang out in a VIP enclosure and charge our phones which are both dead....now 11:07 pm and still T-shirt and shorts weather outside so glad for the A/C and free drinks!
Mike
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