Hello:
We currently have an all triumph and mg/tr event held yearly at buttonwillow.
Sponsored by Moss. This May event is going on it's tenth season. We typically
have 200+ cars.
Sanctioned by VARA
MD
From: Charly Mitchel <charly@mitchelplumbing.com>
>Date: Sat Mar 19 19:00:17 CST 2005
>To: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>, fot@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: West Coast Triumph MG Challenge
>Bill, for the MG's I'm sure Gary Silcox, Paul Burkhard, maybe Joe Gordon,
>probably a car from the Hart collection (aka Tony Garmey), Ken Botini (MG
>car club VP and SOVREN VP) and a couple of other Bs and probably an A or 2
>would make it. For the Triumphs you got me, Jeff Quick, Larry Choates (if
>we can keep his car running), John James, you, and again maybe a Hart
>collection car (TR250K ?). Mark York is trying to get a TR3 here from the
>East Coast and Chuck Arnolds car probably isn't vintage or his TR250 isn't
>ready. We might be able to scrounge up a few other cars such as Spitfires,
>though I haven't seen any in a couple of years. That would be about a dozen
>cars, we probably need to get upwards of 20 to get a full grid.
> Would this be only MG's and TR's or would you imagine it would be MG
>powered or TR powered cars also (as in TVR's, Devins, Specials or
>Elva's)(and Peyote's).
>I've talked to Botini about doing an all British car grid last year and he
>might need a little prodding to think about the MG-Triumph thing. If we
>could do some kind of late race or feature race, it would probably fit in.
>It seems the days are all filled with the different groups and that would be
>the problem.
>Let me know if there's anything I can do to help out. I don't know if you
>know I'm an MG guy as well as a TR guy(also a couple of Jags).
>Charly Mitchel
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
>To: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 3:08 PM
>Subject: West Coast Triumph MG Challenge
>
>
>> So I've got this here idea... Don't run, it's not a bad thing. A West
>Coast
>> Triumph-MG Challenge. I thinbk Chuck, or Jeff Quick, or somebody else
>> suggested it earlier. I've been working a little to see what would be
>> feasible.
>>
>> There's a really cool race in Portland at PIR called the Columbia Classic.
>> This year it's September 3-5. It's run in conjunction with the All British
>> Field Meet which is a club show for british cars that includes a concours,
>> autocross, vendors, and jumble. Lots of bagpipes and bangers, that sort of
>> stuff.
>>
>> Two years ago Sovren started running the race in conjunction with the
>ABFM.
>> Went over very well. I'm pushing at them to spice it up a bunch with more
>> spectator stuff (parties, etc.) and people dressing in period wear. Easy
>for
>> me, I'm still wearing the same greasy levis I wore in the sixties. It's
>the
>> perfect event for that kind of thing, could be kind of a mini-Goodwood.
>>
>> So the idea is a MG-Triumph challenge West, with both the MG-TR thing and
>> the East-West thing going. There's a fair amount of skepticism here that
>> such a challenge might not pull many cars, and would take away from the
>> regular grid. I think the second part is easy to address--we could
>possibly
>> even add a day to overcome any such issues. I suspect there are not as
>many
>> MGs and Triumph racing on the West coast as the east, but I may be wrong.
>> Even so, I suspect that some of our friends in the square flat states
>might
>> tow out for a late fall event. Portland is usually magic in September,
>it's
>> often our best month for great weather
>>
>> What I need is a rough head count, both from the MG guys and the Triumph
>> folks. Who would come?
>>
>> Doesn't mean it will happen, but there's a better shot if I have evidence
>> that we could fill a grid.
>>
>> Joe, could you forward this on the MG contingent.
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