[Karl Bebout]

Yesterday, the Pantera Club of America had a track day at what used to be Firebird Raceway and a couple intrepid Cobra drivers took their cars for fun and games. Mesa Mike, who's tracked several times before, and Wild Will, who was a first timer. Several of us from East Bumscrew went along to harrass and criticize: Dave, Hector, Bill and me, along with Mike's wife Lorraine, Will's wife Donna, Will's daughter, Mike's gonna be son in law, and a few others. The drivers had lots of fun and did no dammage. There were several Panterras as well as other assorted cars running. Two of the Panterras had the 180* headers and just screamed. The fastest car around the course was a Honda, NSX that was not only very powerful, handled great, and had a very good driver, was driven to and from the track! Most interesting car was a sweet Bugatti Veyron ($1.2M) that made many passes, until he kissed a tire baracade. Scuffed up the entire driver's side and tore off the mirror. The guy left very shortly afterwards. ha. Heard that his Daddy was there so at least he didn't have to think how he was going to 'splain the paint rash. Told Mike to look for the mirror. Probably cost $20K! For some reason, I think the owner/driver may not have been born in the USA.