New Pantera video's
 

Here are a few links to some race footage on Pantera's. I thought you guys would like to see them.

The Blue 36' video was taken this past week. The F1-28 Travel Now.com - MCS was from the 1999 - 2000 race season. F1-71 from Daytona 2001 and F2-71 at the Key West 2004 World Championships.

The entire video clips will be posted on our website next week plus a few other.

Most of the footage was taken by Freeze Frame video. Original race footage can be purchased from Jeff at Freeze Frame.

Enjoy !!

JO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ-Cq3-hpjU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehklDnTS_Bs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAmz0kVWRoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssusWKXS0iA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kvox9msZKM

Still love seeing the footage of Panteraman's boat!

Saawwwwweeet!!!
beautiful :evilb:

Nice!

Well that just made my day:D

allrighty then,

I was about to give up, but I think I'll put a new motor on the 24 now!!! Great Job Jo.

Seeing all the race boat footage got me to thinking... Any thoughts about revisiting the canopy on 28, maybe for SVL with the new hull?

more vids :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW5Bcw9rPao&NR=1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSzU4...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiFVl...eature=related

great videos

Great videos JO!!! :D

Travelnow travels really light! Not much hull in the water in any of the videos. Looks really fast in the Baltimore race. Was that with the 509? Dave at MDG told me that BJ put a blower on the HP500 and broke the crank before he got Dave to build the 509 for him.

So cool to ride as hard as you were in KW with a HP500!:evilb:

Here are 2 more video links. The 1st shows the Blue 36' last week coming into Miami Beach Marina and the other shows some behind the scenes footage from the TV show we did a few months back called "El Circulo" which will actually be on TV tonight again at 9:00 PM on Channel 22 Mega TV.

JO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw2-1-1jfpU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJs10rRFUR8

Hi Tomas,

I knew you would enjoy watching your 28' in action.

In F1 class we were running a stock Mercruiser HP 500 Carb.It was rough that year in Key West on the outside with consistent 5 - 6 footers. BJ and I were running WOT in that water.I had to play with drive trim and tabs quite a bit that day.

In 2000 Baltimore race we lead from the start to finish in P3 class with the HP 500 with the blower. Boat would run right at 88-89 MPH. We had a 38' Huster Slingshot powered by twin 500 Mercs. approximately 1/4 mile back from us lap after lap plus a twin outboard 24' Skater and a twin engine Sunsation 32' with blowermotors. Boat ran perfect all day and we actually ran out of gas crossing the finish line. Your boat is probably the lightest 28' we have ever built. The entire clips will be posted on the Pantera site next week which show alot more footage from each race.

JO

:D Of course, that was a great early christmas gift!:evilb:

Do you have any pics of that blown HP500? Was it that flat the entire Baltimore race?

I do not have any pics of the engine. I am not 100 % certain which blower motor was in the boat for that race.I know it had great acceleration:cool-smiley-011:

The Baltimore, Maryland race had mainly a 1-2 foot chop. We ran wide open the entire race.

I will see if I can find the 1999 A.P.B.A. West Palm Beach race in F1 class. There was a Hurricane off the coast and we raced in huge swells. It was alot of fun.

JO

Man this sucks I just read this post and then I see that they are on youtube and damn!!!! I'm blocked from that site while at work! Now I have to wait patiently till I get off work just to see these. I think this might have to be an early day here :) lol

JO where was the actual Baltimore race? Like around the inner harbor or somewhere else. Just wondering I was at a race that year, but don't know if it was the same one. I do however remember it being very calm that day cause I was out in my 22 Classic Donzi and had no problems getting down the bay.

glad to see my boat is being used for see trials now. lol wft? come on jo sell this thing will ya.

This is my fav! Some Damn good Factory 1 action! :cool-smiley-011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehklDnTS_Bs

We finished F1-71 Friday night at 1:00 AM and fired the boat up on the hose and drove straight to Daytona to race in the Morning. The drive was a bit to high but with no time to test we were down a few mph along the beach in calmer condition ( 3-4 footers ) but as soon as we made the right hand turn and headed right into the real 5 - 6 footers we were making incredible time on the Purple Haze boat. There was I think like 12 -14 F1 boats present at this race.

The Purple Haze had a few mph on us on the inside but you can clearly see on the tape how much faster we were running on the outside leg.We swapped the lead a few times during the race.

Then on Sunday morning we raced in the Miami SBI race and in "real" 6-8 footers ( 25 MPH winds ) we dominated and beat most of the F2 canopied race boats that were atleast 10 feet longer with twin engines. I will see if I can post this video. Everyone present were very impressed on how a 28' Single engine Pantera with a 500 EFI could run like that in huge seas and beat most of the larger canopied boats with much larger staggered engine's . My Father did a great job of running in between the large waves and I ran it W.O.T. the entire race.

It was a good feeling to Win with My Father in the boat with me !!!

Mike,

The Baltimore race was held in the harbor.

JO

Congrats!!!

Jo, that's a great story! My dad is an albatross... Something goes wrong every time he comes out with me! You couldn't pay me to run a race boat with my dad in it!! :D

Haha mine too, or at least the two first time he went out with me. Ran out of fuel both times...:rolleyes:

Gentlemen,
I started building boats and racing offshore @ the age of 25, @ the age of 28 I set the Miami to New York Out board record, @ the age of 29 I was APBA national Champion in my class, @ the age of 30 I was Italian champion in Open 2 class, In other words, I am a legend in my own mind!
I didn't win many, but the ones I won were from start to finnish. Ba**s to the wall!
Later,
Pepe.
PS, How many racers have raced in the decade of the 70's,the 80's, the 90's, and the new millenium???
Yes, I may be considered a dinossaur, BUT I am thinking of racing another day!

Shucks, that aint nothin. Once I got a hang nail that bled for a week :evilb::eek:

just kiddin Pepe- you the man!!

Pepe and Joe,

Great Videos!!! Jeff Harran

I have quite a few more video's. I will post them sometime next week. Glad you guys like watching them.

I also have some video's from the late 70s and early 80s we will try and post.

JO

LOL My dad is somewhat of an albatross when I' m not in the boat.

I've also noticed that new boating people are also somewhat of an albatross. It seems I only break down when I have people on my boat the first time.

Great videos JO - you are a legend in my mind.

Great videos Jo!:ernaehrung004: Do you have anything from Miami 1995? I have not had any luck getting a hold of Jeff. I'll try him again in January.
Later,
Dan

I actually watched the video last night. I will try and post it after the holiday's. It is alot of work to convert it from a VHS to the correct format for internet use.

Thanks again !!!:drink:

Regards,

JO

We should make this a sticky thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLsERdjnMyI

Here is the 1999 Key West video full length from F1 class.Freeze Frame Video took the footage. We were running a single HP 500 Carb. at the time. Sea conditions on the outside leg were rough.

JO

HOLY CRAP :D SIMPLY AMAZING

That just made my day.

Its hard to tell if its the boat or the magical throttle arm of Jo Nunez :D.
That 28 pantera made that progression look like a ski boat.

I hope you've got some extra capacity at the factory, these new videos are really going to reel them in. FANTASTIC JOB

Amazing vid JO! :evilb:

The progression sure gets blown away out there!:D

bye bye progression!
i'd post it in their forum... if they had one. LOL

Haha.....More like REgression :D

Pepe, Your A Legend In Everyones Mind!!! Great Boats

WOW awesome video JO .. There is no doubt my next ride is going to be28 pantera!!!

making plans to go to Pantera when we are in Fla in Feb... I hope our time will allow it!

I can understand how anybody with a heart beat doesn't love this stuff.
I can't watch these boats run without getting all worked up:evilb: :cool-smiley-011:

It's been nearly 80 degrees out and the ocean's been nice and lumpy! I'm freaking DYING to get back in the water and this stuff, as awesome as it is, is just a cruel tease! It's like a table dance without a VIP room! :D

How would..... awe never mind :evilb: :cool-smiley-027:

Can you guys tell that my wife doesn't have a computer!? :D