[DeTomaso] USGP F1 / Indy / Panteras Rule

[mshortt at comcast.net]

Greetings All,

Road trip to Indy for the F1 race, ( no Pantera with me )and the Indy Concours,

A Detomaso Pantera won it's class, get this, best AMERICAN sportscar, beat out a boatload of Ferrari's, more than a dozen cherry classic Corvettes, including two awesome Baldwin Motion cars, it was a red 72 Pre-L owned by a local guy, Jack R.  ?  This was a real coup with a up and coming great concours event, equal to Amelia Island, etc..  Mr. Petersen of Petersen Museum, Road and Track, , Petersen Publishing, etc. was there too as what appeared to be the ring leader of this great show.

Also met in person Dave McManus and his wife, another billboard contributer, super nice guy, gave me the Indy rundown, helped us secure Sunday close up parking and shared a great dinner, spent hours with me talking Detomaso chat. with me and then we all ate at race themed local hot spot, Union Jack's Pub, excellent pizza.

I'll post pix when I get home.

Panteras and Pantera People Rule!

Fingers crossed for Kimi,

Y'all enjoy your 4th holiday,

Michael Shortt
1971  #1660
www.tandemproductions.com/pantera.htm