I'd like to nominate Jari Tabell to membership in the FOT list.
Jari runs a Triumph Spitfire in vintage racing events in Finland. In fact,
he drives the ONLY road-racing Triumph in Finland, although there's a very
active vintage racing series there (which you can check out--in either
English or Finnish--at http://www.historicrace.fi/.
I first ran into Jari by email when I was contemplating a trip to Finland
and he was most helpful in providing a wealth of information. More recently,
unfortunately, his racing season has been ended by (guess what?) a rear
hub/axle failure. I'll leave it to him to explain the nature of the failure
and the modification limits of preparing a car to strict FIA Appendix K
standards.
You can see Jari's beautifully prepared Spitfire 4 (Mk 1) on his own vintage
racing page at http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/.
May I have a second for my fellow Finn and Triumph racer, Mr. Tabell?
Thanks,
Jim Hill
Madison WI
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