Dont know if Mark Wheatley is on this list but if so....Good work for putting
an old friend on the pole! Hope the race time problems are not too severe.
Congrats to Uncle Jack, Tony and particularly to Joe A. for all the hard work
And yea, you spelled it right Henry.
mike jackson
Henry Frye wrote:
> Now that it is all over, I must say I can't remember when I had a better
> race weekend. The camaraderie, the laughs, the quality time with good
> friends. Oh yeah, and the 30 gallons worth of empty fuel containers. We
> were promised track time, and we sure got it!
>
> My car threw me a few curve balls, the most pesky being a crushed base on
> the distributor. The dizzy didn't want to stay put. I limped the car back
> to the pits 3 times with the dizzy popped out of it's clamp, including
> during the our group feature race! I was able to get back to the pits, toss
> on the timing light to reset and make it back out for a few laps, but oh,
> what a pain!
>
> Our Fearful Leader Joe and I had quite the dice during the Triumph/MG
> feature, capping off a fabulous weekend. I couldn't get around him and
> happily took 4th in class behind Tony, Jack and Joe, 6th overall.
>
> The hot Triumph lap for the weekend belongs to Mark Wheatley, running the
> ex-Charlie Kates (sp?) TR4. Mark tripped the transponder wire at a stunning
> 1:42+ in the qualifying race, putting him on the pole. Unfortunately,
> during the Triumph/MG feature his car started losing power under load, and
> he was able to hold on to 7th overall.
>
> A big congrats to Tony Drews for winning the TR/MG feature on worn out
> tires, a bigger congrats to Jack Drews for flying around the track from
> starting dead last to take 2nd in class, 3rd overall. Jack lost his coveted
> place on the grid because his car refused to restart on cue, and flew by me
> like a missile during the race. If we had a few more laps I am sure uncle
> jack would have come out on top. Jack was most deserving of the coveted
> Kastner Cup, and when I last saw him he and Francis were busy discussing
> remodeling their living room around the trophy!
>
> The Spitfire Squadron did us proud as well, I think Donny Sopp went home
> with highest honors of the Spitfires.
>
> Those of you who missed this event, it was a real treat. I encourage any
> racer who has not experienced Mosport to put it on their racing schedule,
> and the folks running Vintage really need to try VARAC's annual Vintage
> Festival, these guys really, really know how to put on a great time.
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