JIM IS A GIRLY MANRe: [DeTomaso] The True Story of D-Man Was Substitute forracers/gaffers tape?

Sun Sep 3 01:00:34 EDT 2006

Yeeea, I got attitude and I knew you would figure I was talking about YOU.....Okay, here's your challenge slacker....meet me in on the starting grid at Silver State in two weeks. If you can go faster then me I will give you the title of my Pantera.

  You can talk the talk....but can YOU walk the walk? 
  Huh, can YOU?  

  I'll kick YOUR ass and anythig you show up in. 

  Mad Dawg Antenucci
Team Pantera Racing
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
www.teampanteraracing.com

"mannion.info" <jim at mannion.info> wrote:
  I suspect you'll be taking up less space here on earth real soon with an 
attitude and mouth like that. Be careful who you bad mouth - you never know 
when you'll meet one of them.

Jim
PCAR #5726

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mad Dog Antenucci" 
To: ; 
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:53 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] The True Story of D-Man Was Substitute forracers/gaffers 
tape?

> Mr. Bell (aka; Coach Potato, aka; Slacker, aka; Wanker, aka; Rocket 
> Scientist),
>
> I want to stomp the living crap out of you and everyone on this Slacker 
> List. To even infer you knew Doug Mann or his mama makes me sick. I was a 
> friend of Doug Mann and you sir are NO friend of D-Mann or his mama!
>
> Curt Toumanian and I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Doug Mann and 
> Doug's Momma as you call her. Oh yea, I DO remember Doug....After Doug 
> got killed I got a a call from Joe "Mojo" Moore. Mojo wanted to 
> seriously know where to send flowers after Doug passed on. Yea, that is NO 
> JOKE. No, I don't think it is funny either. Wotz ironic about that?
>
> Everyone who knows Mojo or me also know we hate each other....always have 
> and always will.....so for MOJO to be man enough to call ME took allot of 
> courage on his part.....and even more for me to answer the phone.... but 
> that is another story.....did D-MANN GO 220 MPH? Answer is YES. Lets stop 
> the debate right now so all of you can get back to discussing the merits 
> of carbon fibre brake pads.
>
> To get back on track, after Doug's untimely death Curt (aka; Tazmanian 
> Devil) and I went to the salvage yard near Curts house hoping to pull some 
> parts of what was left of D-Mann's Pantera. There wasn't much left of 
> Doug's green Pantera from the cockpit forward with the exception of a 
> couple sandwiches on the floor that his mama made that morning. There's no 
> doubt in my military mind that D-Mann exceeded 220 MPH.
>
> Okay you want to go back even farther to May '97? Lets talk about Junior 
> and his accident at Silver State. I was also there. 1st Place finish in 
> the 140 MPH Average in a stock Pantera that much is known by some of you 
> although MOST of you want to obsess on my finishing 2nd Place with a 160 
> MPH Average fullyengulfed in flames in '99.
>
> What was not known for sure on this List until now obviously was how fast 
> was Junior traveling as he went off the road and cartwheeled into the 
> desert several times. I spoke to one of the Nevada Highway Patrol Officers 
> at the Awards banquet who just happened to clock Junior as he went by 
> Course Station #3. His radar gun had a readout of 266.031 MPH. At the 
> awards dinner I got a standing ovation.....Junior got hospital food 
> through a straw. But I will give the kid credit he did exceed 265 MPH.
>
> I keep hoping you or one of the other slacker babies on this List would 
> go out to Silver State and blow the old record out. I've waited 9 years 
> and that's 9 years too long. I gonna feel like Roger Maris going for Babe 
> Ruth's record. It pains me to break it but break it I shall in 2 weeks.
>
> So old as I am I am still going to have to return to Silver State next 
> month with a D-Mann Memorial decal on the Pantera and run the beast in 
> excess of 200 MPH BECAUSE NONE OF YOU CRY BABIES in California, Nevada OR 
> ANYWHERE ELSE in the country other then John Bentley and Doc Abe are 
> joining us.
>
> I can't find one left coast tree hugging liberal slacker-baby to unglue 
> himself from his remote control. We all know I am too old to do this. We 
> all know I need glasses....This race will probably kill me...I know my 
> time is running out.... and I am sure there won't be any tears shed when 
> the dawg gets run over....but I will rest peacefully in eternity knowing 
> the legend of D-Mann lives on.
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
> "If you're not on the edge you're taking up space"
>
>
>
>
> Grasshopper Wrote:
>
> I do not know of any racer
> here that has a certified 245 mph car.... Hooowaaa...
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> How quickly we forget!
>
> The D-Mann got pretty darn close just before his untimely demise (maybe 
> not 245mph, but 220+ is nothing to sneeze at), along with his beloved 
> mama. Maybe if D-Mann had some $140/roll helicopter tape, he wouldn't have 
> gotten airborn and sheared off that telephone pole.
>
> FYI, the D-Mann Pantera spec sheet is still posted at: 
> http://www.digitalthunder.com/dmann/spec.htm. Note however that his 
> webpage was never updated after the final speed run.
>
> How can you not respect an honest philosophy of "If you can't beat um, 
> cheat um".
>
> Yee-ha! Gimme one of those tuna fish sandwiches.
>
>
> Dave Bell
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Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
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