2015 Mt. Lemmon "Hill Climb" - Photos

Photo: Chuck Huber

 The 2015 Mt. Lemmon "Hill Climb" was a great time!  The Fun Italian Automobiles of Tucson along with the Southern Arizona Panteras Club had a quick meet-up at Cars & Coffee and another rendezvous at the intersection of Catalina Highway and Snyder before ascending Catalina Highway with a stop at the Geology Point Vista pull-out to soak in the view.   After the stop at the pull-out we headed up to Ski Valley for lunch at the Iron Door.  We even had a classic Corvette, a late model Pontiac GTO, a late model Mustang, and a couple of former Pantera owners on their sport bike join in the fun!

A video of the cars departing the Ski Valley parking lot is available > here.<

After the coming down the mountain a few of the drivers took advantage of an opportunity to visit the University of Arizona's College of Engineering where final preparations were being made for this year's Wildcat Formula Racing entry in the Formula SAE Series competition held in Nebraska June 17-20, 2015.  These students took a break from doing their final preparations and packing for the competition to check out (and drive!) one of the member's Panteras!

Wildcat Formula Racing:  Bear Down and Go Cats!

These students do a lot of work from design to fabrication, coordination with vendors, assembly, test, and repair.  All this coupled with having to do stress analysis with cost analysis and presenting the results to a panel at the competition. A big "Thank You" from the clubs for allowing us to drop by and check out what you are doing!

Check out the rest of the pictures from the event > here. <  And there's more!  Here's a link to the event album from the Southern Arizona Panteras Club > here.<