Wow, so the Triumph competition dept was nothing like the Ford
competition dept in the mid-late sixties when they decided to go racing
8*)
Sounds like you did it in spite of the Triumph management. I thought
they would at least allow you to raid the parts isles and give you at
least one mechanic. zowie
>When I was racing my TR-2 and my TR-3 there were NO FREE PARTS. There were
>also no free mechanics working for me and even after a couple of years of
>the Competition Department I finally was allowed to hire ONE guy. The one
>thing I did have FREE was an 18 hour day and there were 7 of them in every
>week. The most the department EVER had was three and we ran fifteen races
>with three different models of cars and then an occasional 12 hour event in
>Florida with still just the same amount. I don't think scavaging through
>the return warranty parts is a defination of FREE PARTS. But in those days
>you were not allowed to run anything but the stock item (air filter) so
>messing around with countless materials was never an option The last couple
>years of the departments existance were good I'll admit, a real budget and
>access to some inventory at the factory, BUT then there were eight years of
>"tough sleding with no snow".
TeriAnn
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