The cyclone was totally bad ass. Yesterday I finally got to see it run in person... Car was built/maintained by Stuart Hall of Hall Fabrication in benicia. :thumbsup:

Him and the corvette had some good battles (vette had an all aluminum 417 inch Ford powerplant by the way....)

Cyclone is a 555" BBF , making around 1000 hp from what I heard. Wicked :D

Ive seen that black pantera running around Los Gatos before, way cool seeing it run on the track!!

Fast Laps were right about 1:30 for the vette/cyclone, not sure if any of those cars broke into the 20's, but that is insanely fast for laguna!

Laguna
 

I guess I just like black cars
I live in Los Gatos but keep the car at my
shop in Campbell..... I try to get it out and
drive it as much as possible.. then track it now
and again

A couple of pictures from Sunday... sorry it says they are too big too load

Panteracer

It was cool seeing your Pantera out there, Bob--I'd take it over the Maclarens and Vipers any day! I thought your Firebird was nice, but the Pantera is definitely in another league!

My luck wasn't so great, but I had a good time--how can you not do this when being allowed to race your car around Laguna Seca?

I made it through two sessions. On the last lap of my second session, my alternator exploded, sending shrapnel into my upper radiator hose. Simultaneously, I boiled my brakes, which resulted in no pedal pressure, so I was removed from the track via flatbed. At least it was my last lap, and there was at least one guy I'd passed twice...

In my row in the pits, there were three guys whose engines tanked, two of whom had broken cranks--the Fairmont guy Bob already mentioned, something to do with pistons and valves contacting. There was indeed some interesting carnage, but I guess I was lucky overall. What was cool was that the guy with the worst damage, the black TCP fastback, was letting me cannibalize radiator hose components off of his car. Another guy threw me an alternator and a hose, along with a pile of wire and a stripper. I tried, but failed; I overheated in the staging area trying to get out for the fourth session. It was my fault for either not burping the cooling system or not noticing a failed water pump. I learned some stuff...

I saw Kevin's car broke the alternator bracket. Not sure if that took out the dry sump belt which killed the motor or what... Didn't look pretty though!

At least he let you borrow parts. :D

Laguna
 

Rustomatic,
sorry to hear about the car... at least it was not
an engine like the others... I only ran 3 runs as I needed
to get on the road as my elect brakes on my trailer were
messed up and locking one.. I drove all the way down in
the morning (dark) with no trialer lights.. decided it was
better to leave early before the lights were needed

It was a great day and not bending or blowing up
motors is always a good day and not that expensive
I have lunched 8 motors in the Pontiac, one in my
mustang and none so far in the Pantera... as I stated
before I just changed all the fuel and oil lines after my
recent fire and was checking that stuff all day and hoping
to not have a bon fire

Good to see you again

Just signed up for the Thunderhill event in October with CFRA
which is the Monday after Shelby club.. trying to get a
few more Panteras there

Panteracer

laguna
 

358 Mustang,
I talked to Kevin and yes the bracket broke
things got tangled and it also broke the crank
His drysump was also hanging there so it
was a mess.. too bad as that car is fun to watch
really fast and smooth.... he can drive and the car
is well sorted

Panteracer

You talking about Kevin Sitner?

Laguna
 

I was talking about the Total
control car. I believe his name was Kevin
He helps Chet with his car

Panteracer

A Red 67/68 Mustang - white stripes and numbers I think -- That's Keviin Sitner...


He's fast... and his car is well dialed. Yeah - he works on your old Mustang (Chet's)

Merc9 reported hitting 119 db @ Laguna. :rockin:

Greg, I believe the TCP Mustang being discussed is the dark blue one and you can see it being chased and passed by the Merc here around the 2:30 mark.