Pantera is proud to join forces with the U.S. ARMY
 

Pantera racing is proud to announce that the U.S. ARMY will be backing our customer a "Special Forces Retired Captain" this 2006 race season in a new Pantera 24' Sport in P5 class. Boat will be powered by a single Mercruiser 496 HO - 425 HP with CMI Headers.

It is an honor for us to have the U.S. Military sponsoring the same Pantera 24' model that the company started and raced with over 30 years ago.Should help bring boat racing to the next level.

Look for the boat out in the race coarse in the very near future.

JO

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That is one sweet ride.
DAMN I MISS my 1985 24' :(

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Great news ...boat looks Awesome

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Sweet :)

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sweet

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Good news. Boat does look good.

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WOW , I thought all white looked good. That thing looks smok'in

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it will be in the summer heat :evilb:

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I bet it looks good wearing the checkered flag :drink:

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awesome

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I saw that boat up close and personal and it's BADA$$. These pics don't do it's justice. Another bada$$ job done by the Nunez family

jr Mike

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Wicked little frrker.....

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The excellent racing heritage of the Pantera name continues.

Good luck on the racing circuit and many checkered flags to come.

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WOW, that is beautiful, those 24's can be dangerous on the course.
Watch out big boys, another 24 is out to get you :evilb:

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Just as Donz Jr said - It looks even better in person!!!

Good luck to you guys....!

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hey Charlie hope everything is well with the fam and the your bada$$ boats

jr Mike

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That boat is awesome! Need some more pic's of the interior and lets see under the hatch.........

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i'm so but so lucky to leave where i live :evilb: i have the best boat builtders, best riggers and best waters in the world... 5 mins from Pantera, 15 mins from Cig, 6 mins from Lipship/ TnT, 10 min from Dollor and 0 mins from the ocean. i just had too

jr Mike

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looks sick!
I thought you guys were pulling the plug on the 24?

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I read that too, in an earlier post. Jo, can you comment on that? It's such a great boat. I'd hate to see you guys end a tradition, with all the racing history.

Shawn

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I Was At Factory Today And That Boat Looks Real Nice :) :) :)

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Here is the boat earlier in build. Cool boat!

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Jo , any new pic's of Army boat ? When will you hit the water ? she sure looks fast !!!

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Jo...nice work...maybe the marines will show envy and ask you to buold them a 28' with twins...you got the best 24' and 28' out there..

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yup they sure do............period

jr Mike

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the weekend race is coming soon let see some good ##s

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are you guys gonna make it th Ftlauderdale this weekend? post pics of that bad boy.....


Andy,

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Jo and John ran that little boat like champs this weekend at the Ft. Lauderdale Grand Prix. They were smoking the course until a super v boat tried to pass them on the inside (illegally) at a turn and collided with them from behind.....it was the super v's complete fault...despite the impact, Team Army/Pantera finished the race! My hat's off to you guys, I am very sorry to see this happen, but at least no one was hurt. John did a great job on his first race. Hope to see you guys out there soon. The Pantera took the hit and kept racing.....the mark of a true race boat!

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Wow!!! Nice job racing guys!
Which SV was it? :mad:

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joe boxer 39 skater v

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Here are a few pictures from this past weekend.We took the boat over to a local high school on Friday afternoon even though we were running behind on the final details.

We put the boat in the water for the first time at 11:00 PM on Friday night and boat seem to run good in very dark and flat water conditions behind Haulover.

Had a drivers meeting and physicals at 5:30 AM and we ended up with very little sleep. The boat ran great and our customer did a good job of driving in his first offshore boat race. We took a hard shot from Joe Boxer ( Super Vee ) which also caused the trim pump on the drive unit not to work after the end of the 2nd lap but decided to finish the race since we were scheduled to run on Sunday also.

The boat will be repaired and be back soon.Our customer needs to put some more seat time in the boat and we need to play around with props and a few other things to maximize the boats performance.

Boat was displayed on Saturday at the U.S. ARMY display at the Ft. Lauderdale Air and Sea show.

JO

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Boat is powered by a Mercruiser 496 HO - 425 with CMI Headers. Want to thank Fred at Trick Marine for working with me on some of these parts.

JO

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OK, so what kinda #s are you seeing w/ that package?

And who pays for the damages to the boat? The owner? just curious.

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Speed should be in the 77-78 MPH once we get it dialed in.Customer went with the Bravo 1 XR upgrade so it takes more power to push it.

Since most of the boats in P5 class are 28-29 footers we are looking more at handling than the top speed # since you can only run 72 MPH on GPS.

Boat has a unique cockpit with a center pod and the 2 race sit down seats closer together in the center.Post a few pictures soon.

JO

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Jo....the boat looks great!!! There ought to be a law against racing a Pantera that isn't black!

Here's my all tine favorite.

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Jo, the boat look awesome and I bet after a few very minor tweaks you guys will win every race in P5!
take care, Mike :drink:

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Congrats

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The U.S. ARMY 24' will be back on the race coarse in the next couple of weeks.Boat will be dialed in soon and ready to go for wins in P5 class.

JO

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Good Luck Jo, the boat looks great

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Does anybody know what kind of seats are in this boat or where I could find some more info on them. I would love to see some pictures of the cockpit.