Results tagged “track” from Pantera #2245

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

Another Vegas Fun Rally goes down into history. We really appreciate the
hotel change this year. The new hotel is clean, has nice rooms, and decent
food. This year we trailer'd our car down to Vegas as we had our new son to
take and all the baby stuff to support him. This year I spent most of my
time at the track event. It was a very strong showing for the track event.
As always we had a really great time and already looking forward to next
year.

I had some fuel issues at the track event. My fuel pressure was only 3psi
and 6 or 8 other times. This caused a severe lean condition when
accelerating hard around the track. I think the problem is related to heat
on the fuel pump. I will probably have to move the fuel pump or replace it
and move it.

Laps at Pahrump

Drive by's at Pahrump

Pahrump Race Video

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

I participated in a car show last weekend which was held in the middle of Laguna Seca track during the American Le Mans series race. Most of the cars invited to the show were modern japanese cars. Most of the participants were born after the Pantera was made. I believe participating in that show did more to raise awareness of the Pantera then other car shows. Most people did not know what it was or who made it.

The racing was exciting and the weather was excellent. The Pantera even took 3rd place in the "Euro" class. We were able to drive around Laguna Seca track for only one lap, under the encouragement of the fans I had to light up the tires :) Thanks to my friend Mike for hooking me up with the car show. I will definitely be back next year.