Hey John,
Welcome to FOT and the wonderful world of vintage racing! It's
neat to hear of your car and it's long history of racing. I'm in
Bowling Green which is Northern Ohio, where are you? If I can do
anything to help your vintage racing efforts, just let me know.
Sounds like you already met the "key" guys at SVRA with Jack
Woerhle and Bob Williams. They are great folks and SVRA is my
favorite sanctioning organization.
Vroom, vroom,
Jeff Snook
Battle of Britain Racing
> John Lehman wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> By way of introducing myself, I'm John Lehman of Grafton, OH.
> Since I'm new to the list, I suppose it would be proper to
> introduce myself.
>
> Triumphs got in my blood starting with the '53 Triumph solid
> tail 500cc motorcycle I bought before I turned sixteen. Living
> in the coutry I could bomb up and down the dirt roads near home
> with open pipes, no lights, no license. I progressed
> indirectly to a '63 Triumph Bonneville for the street. At some
> point I realized I wasn't actually immortal, so now I want to
> vintage race. Where's the sense in that?
>
> Nonetheless, I now have a fully restored '68 GT6 race car.
> I've had it for the last twelve years as a work in progress.
> Really it still is a work in progress. Do you actually ever
> really finish a race car?
>
> I've got the log books back to '71 when, I've been told, SCCA
> started issuing log books. Before I started racing it this
> past summer it had forty odd events to it's credit, starting in
> the Portland, OR, area, a string of events in Texas, Viginia
> and the Carolinas, then in New York. I bought it from a guy in
> Pittsburgh, PA. Whoever built the car did a pretty creditable
> job of following Kastner's books. I wish I could find Tom Hall
> in Oregon. He's the first name in the log books.
>
> Well, I took the car to Pocono this summer where Jack Woerhle
> and crew, not to mention my competitors, managed to convince me
> that car and driver really are works in progress. So did the
> motor when it managed to spin the crank bearings. Next up for
> me is Elkhart Lake in May, and hopefully Mid-Ohio in June.
>
> For what it's worth, I'm a manufacturer's rep in the radiant
> floor heating and boiler business in Northern Ohio. I mention
> that because I'm trying to finagle some Wirsbo sponsorship.
> Any consulting engineers, architects, mechanical contractors
> out there? I was pleased to note that Tech & Event Director at
> Pocono for SVRA, Bob Williams, specifies our products. That
> means I can at least write the event off on my taxes, doesn't
> it? Yeah, right.
>
>
> John Lehman
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