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Best I can tell, Paul Newman won the 1976 SCCA D Production championship =
in a TR6, beating the factory TR7. That was Newman Haas Racing, not =
Group 44. Rumor has it that he purchased the car from Group 44 car as =
they had moved on to Jaguars I think. That=E2=80=99s all I can find.=20
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From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>=20
Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 7:49 AM
To: dave@ranteer.com; triumphs@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] TR6 racing history
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There is a guy in the St. Louis region, Dennis Wilson (no, not the Beach =
Boy) who raced a TR6 in the late 70's at a time the factory was running =
a TR7 (TR6 was out of production at this time). He had film footage of =
a race where he was leading a race with a factory Porsche 924 hot on his =
tail. One lap to go and Dennis lost a section of tire tread and the =
Porsche slipped by. The commentary was hilarious. The play-by-play =
guys were incredulous that this dowager TR6, a car designed in the 50's, =
was beating Porsche's latest offering. And he would have had the tire =
held together.=20
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Also, all the while the factory TR7 was a close third.
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I checked You Tube but I could not find that film posted. But if you =
look up Wilson Motors, that's the guy.
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Didn't Paul Newman race a TR6 at one point? Group 44?
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Dave=20
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-----Original Message-----
From: dave <dave@ranteer.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 3:58 pm
Subject: [6pack] TR6 racing history
I=E2=80=99m looking for info on TR6 racing history. Googling is not =
giving me much
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I thought I had read that a TR6 eked out a win against a TR7 around =
1976?
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Thanks!
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class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Best I can tell, Paul Newman =
won the 1976 SCCA D Production championship in a TR6, beating the =
factory TR7.=C2=A0 That was Newman Haas Racing, not Group 44.=C2=A0 =
Rumor has it that he purchased the car from Group 44 car as they had =
moved on to Jaguars I think.=C2=A0 That=E2=80=99s all I can find. =
<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b>From:</b> DAVID MASSEY =
<dave1massey@cs.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 6, 2021 7:49 =
AM<br><b>To:</b> dave@ranteer.com; triumphs@autox.team.net; =
6pack@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [6pack] TR6 racing =
history<o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The=
re is a guy in the St. Louis region, Dennis Wilson (no, not the Beach =
Boy) who raced a TR6 in the late 70's at a time the factory was running =
a TR7 (TR6 was out of production at this time). He had film =
footage of a race where he was leading a race with a factory Porsche 924 =
hot on his tail. One lap to go and Dennis lost a section of tire =
tread and the Porsche slipped by. The commentary was =
hilarious. The play-by-play guys were incredulous that this =
<i>dowager </i>TR6, a car designed in the 50's, was beating Porsche's =
latest offering. And he would have had the tire held together. =
<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:=
p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Als=
o, all the while the factory TR7 was a close =
third.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:=
p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I =
checked <i>You Tube</i> but I could not find that film posted. But =
if you look up Wilson Motors, that's the =
guy.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:=
p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Did=
n't Paul Newman race a TR6 at one point? Group =
44?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:=
p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dav=
e </span><span =
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p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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--Original Message-----<br>From: dave <dave@ranteer.com><br>To: =
triumphs@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net<br>Sent: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 =
3:58 pm<br>Subject: [6pack] TR6 racing history<o:p></o:p></span></p><div =
id=3Dyiv0109587246><div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I=E2=
=80=99m looking for info on TR6 racing history. Googling is not =
giving me much<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>&nb=
sp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I =
thought I had read that a TR6 eked out a win against a TR7 around =
1976?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>&nb=
sp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Tha=
nks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
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