Pantera Racing

That looked like Dennis Quella's Pantera.

Michael

That wasn't Dennis Q unless he was driving someone elses' car. Don't think DQ gets to Germany very often but that Pantera waived bye-bye to the F 360 on every straight but looked like it was being being driven fairly conservatively in the corners, -braking pretty early. Driver may have been less familiar with the track or just valued his car.

I guess the Ferrari collected the PCar shortly before Ferrari ended up in the gravel pit at the end vid?

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Originally posted by Panterror:
That wasn't Dennis Q unless he was driving someone elses' car. Don't think DQ gets to Germany very often .

That WAS Dennis' car. It is not Germany it is Road America ,the world’s fastest permanent road course located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin - midway between the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay and only minutes from the shores of Elkhart Lake and Lake Michigan.

Ron

That was a great post! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and laughing at the end.

Yikes, can't be more wrong than that. Dennis would know that course well. I obviously don't. You can't see the car very well but rear spoiler and induction system are as I saw his car last. Car looks almost black in the vid. Not Dennis current paint scheme is it?

Ron, was that the tube frame car Dennis has always campaigned? Would this have been recent footage?

It is the same tube chassis car he has raced for quite a few years. I'm not sure how old the video is. I spoke with him last week and he stated that that is his favorite track.

Ron

That was fantastic! Truly a great post!

The 360 would catch up in the corners, so braking and handling seemed a little better, but to lose so much on the straights would have had nothing to do with the driver's lack of experience.

That cat was awesome. Sounded pretty cool too.

I really enjoyed the video. Thank-you

Who was it that said, "To finish first, first you have to finish."?

I am not sure that the DeT Pantera had anything to give the 360 in the corners. Timing between the two appeared to be close in corners and on short straights. Certainly on the long straights the 360 did not have the legs the DeT had.

I wonder whether driver differences had a role to play here more than the car. The 360 driver appeared to brake deeper in the corners. On some corners his line was wider than the DeT. On the attempted passes in the corners, with an inside line, he cannot hold the position. In the end, possibly his braking made the ass end unweight (what appears to be at turn entry) to the point he spun it. He may have been driving more "on the edge" than the DeT guy. He certaily took advantage of traffic to finally get by the DeTomaso.

In any case ... "To finish first, first you have to finish.".

B.G.

I love the '49 Caddy Panameriana race car that lifts it's inside front left wheel in that left hand turn 7:53 into the video. Great footage!

I don't think the F-car was any faster than the P-car through the corners. It looked like Dennis was braking early - maybe he's not running 15" diameter carbon ceramic brake rotors with 6-piston monobloc calipers.

Anyway, exciting video!

That's not a recent video. The bridge after Canada Corner has been down for a 2 or 3 years as far as I remember. The Pantera was turning 2:25s-2:30s. That's not a bad time. Anyone know more about that Pantera? It screams down the straights.

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Originally posted by korina:
That's not a recent video. The bridge after Canada Corner has been down for a 2 or 3 years as far as I remember. The Pantera was turning 2:25s-2:30s. That's not a bad time. Anyone know more about that Pantera? It screams down the straights.

It's Dennis Quella of Pantera Performance in Castle Rock, CO. It's a fiberglass body on a tube frame.

The car does resemble the one on the asa jay pantera home page?