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IRL: Las Vegas 500K Pennzoil Panther 'Pack' Notes

14 October 1998

"Pack" Finishes Third on Freemont Street -- The Pennzoil Panther "Pack" -- winners of the Pit Stop competition during the Indianapolis 500 -- finished third in the exhibition pit stop competition on Freemont Street prior to the Las Vegas 500 weekend. The "Pack" wishes to congratulate Nienhouse Motorsports and Team Cheever for their outstanding efforts during the competition.

Another Mouth to Feed -- Pennzoil Panther Racing fabricator Shane Davie and his wife are the proud new parents of a baby girl. Davie makes the second Panther employee in the last month to welcome a baby in the family. Panther engineer Damon Chandler was first.

More on the Way -- Speaking of babies, Pennzoil Panther lead mechanic Brian Hornick and his wife are expecting twins and mechanic Chris Welch and his wife are expecting a baby in the next few weeks.

Steele Support -- Manheim Auto Auctions, Blair House Suites and High Performance Coatings were added as associate sponsors to Dave Steele's Pennzoil Panther G Force for the running of the Las Vegas 500K.

Congrats Stowers -- Pennzoil Panther Racing friend and supporter, Scott Stowers received word just prior to the opening day of practice for the Las Vegas 500K that he had passed the Indiana Bar. The Panther team showed its support though "Congrats Stowers" decals carried on both sides of the tub on Dave Steele's car during the weekend.