Results tagged “racing” from Pantera #2245

Twice in one year! We participated in the September event as well as May this year. We signed up for the 140 class with the tire woes behind us as we purchased four new BF Goodrich speed rated tires. We also took the family with us this time, both families in the new RV. It was a bummer they dont let kids in the pit area at the finish line but they still had a great time.

As for the race, I messed up on the timing sheet and didn't have the last 6 milemarker times on the sheet. So we were on the money 7th to last mile but couldnt tell where we were in the last 6! Lesson learned I will be ready next time. Even with that we were 4 tenths of a second off, not too bad.

Siver State Classic Results

Nick and I just finished the Nevada Open Road Race this weekend. Again we had an amazing time.

We arrived a little earlier this year checked in to the motel and hooked up the pantera crew. As ussual a good dinner then we hit the Big 4 Ranch for drinks, a little local flavor and good company.

This year we brought race tires, the Hoosier R6. We thought we were in the shade as surely race tires are designed for high speeds. However due to some unsure history with the A3 model of Hoosier's and lack of expierence with these tires at open road races, the tire inspectors felt it was not safe to run at the target 140mph. We were demoted to the 110 class for safety. We didn't dispute this as these guys are the experts and we want to be safe. It was a little bit of a downer. All the rest of technical inspection whent fine.

We prepped the car saturday night with fluids and cleaned out the fuel filter just in case. It was a beautiful day, sunday and we head out to the track w/o any issues. We were slightly deflated with the speed class reduction but started the event on time with good spirits. Once your out on the open road at speed you forget what class your end and just run your race. Everything was going peachy until I ran into the first corner at the narrows going 120 or so, and I told Nick, isn't that the narrows, he says "oh yeah, the most treacherous corner on the course ... you just passed it." ... Well so much for the warning. But all was good we had a couple of pucker in your pants corners but made it out just fine.

After the narrows we were passed by a Dodge Viper. Now technically nobody should ass as everybody is a minute apart and all in the same speed class. Since we were eally close to our target time we knew the Viper was way off pace. As we were finishing the race I tried to hit our target time at the finish line but was of by 2 seconds.

Again we had an awesome time and plan to go back in September to try for the 130mph
if not 140mph. See you next time.

Nevada Open Road Race Results - 07

Nevada Open Road Race 07 Video

This year I invited Nick my brother in law along who drove the Pantera in the C class while I drove it in the B class. We had the Hoosier slick tires on and boy did they make a difference! I was passing cars right and left and had a real blast. Before the event I added a new fuel system with an Aeromotive pump and regulator. This remedied my fuel issues from last years Rally.

I also added a front wing on the car which is made from 1/4" aluminum plate and angled about 30 degrees to create some downforce. Its shapped the same as the front of the car and painted to match. It looks really nice.

We had alot of fun this year in pahrump and will be back again next year.

A very good Rally this year. They had a car show at the hotel to take the
place of the Freemont Street display. The weather was nice and the track
event was well attended. We were at Pharump again this year. As always I
have some pictures and in car videos of this years event.

Laps at Pahrump

We made it! We just got back from the Pantera national convention. It's
about 600 miles each way. This year I towed my car there as I was not
comfortable with the reliability yet to commit to driving it. There was
quite a turn out this year. Several hundred owners and a few hundred cars.

Two of my days were spent at the race track. They have put together a very
nice facility there. It's an expanded course over two miles. Two corners
gave me trouble all weekend. The car handled beautifully and the brakes
were amzing. I do not have the facilities to drive this car to it's full
ptential, but it's sure a lot of fun trying. I popped a radiator hose on
the first day, which I was able to patch up quite easily. However getting
the system blead of all the trapped air was difficult and an overheating
car limited my track time.

I did manage to capture in car video of several laps. Links are below.

Las Vegas Speedway - Several Laps

Las Vegas Speedway - Fastest Lap

Pantera Rally - Track Fun Run

The half shafts came in and they look great. They seem about the same size,
just stronger, better metal. They are zinc plated which makes them look
good as well.

What do you need to go to the track event? How about an IO-PORT rollbar
camera mount, fire exstuinguisher, and batter shutoff! Getting the camera
mount setup should be a lot of fun.