Team Pantera Racing

The First and still the ONLY vintage-race team, in the eleven-year history of the events, to finish all team cars in both the Nevada Open and Silver State Road Race events

September 1998 Silver State Classic Challenge Open Road Race Results

The Silver State Classic Challenge Open Road Race included 158 participants, 131 of whom completed the event. Fourteen of the drivers entered in the event are members of Team Pantera Racing.

Of all Pantera's ever made, .0017% (give or take) completed the September 1998 event. Only 35 Corvettes finished. If the same percentage of all Corvettes ever manufactured had finished, over 5100 Corvette's would have had to finish the event. Given this statistic, when one (1) Pantera finished a race, 570 (That's FIVE-HUNDRED SEVENTY!) Corvette's would have to finish in order to equal the enthusiasm of any one Pantera owner!

Of the twelve (12) TPR cars that were allowed to complete their run down the course, two (2) members (Greg Sullivan and Mike Trusty) did not finish ("DNF") due to mechanical failures.

Due to poor road conditions, Kelly Sievers' accident and time constraints, the race was suspended. All participants in the Unlimited and Super Sport Divisions were not allowed to complete their scheduled runs. This included Dennis Antenucci in the 160 MPH Class and Charlie Puckett in the 155 MPH Class.

Team Pantera Racing was the FIRST Team to ever start and finish ten (10) or more cars of the same marquee. TPR is STILL the ONLY Vintage Team to finish ten (10) or more cars of the same marquee.

In the September 1998 event, TPR had two First Place finishes. In the Grand Sport Division (130 MPH Class), Mike Anderson completed the event with a 130.041 MPH average. Mike had a 00.69 time variance from his target speed/time. Curt Toumanian, in the Touring Division (105 MPH Class), had a 104.998 MPH average speed and a 00.06 time variance for his target speed/time. Of the 158 participants, Curt's time variance was the best over all.

Following is a summary of the September '98 race results: