This was scheduled to be a big weekend for Triumphs at Hallett. Tony
Drews did the long tow from Illinois, which prompted Greg "Lunker"
Hilyer to come over from New Mexico and Bob Kramer to come up from
Texas. Gary Fuqua rounded out the contingent of TR4s and Bobby
Whitehead was running his GT6 in a different group. Gary also organized
the carport, which was greatly appreciated by all.
Unfortunately, Bob's engine decided to eat its crank scrapper on Friday.
Gary ran very strong on Tony's tail Saturday, but didn't run Sunday due
to pain from his shingles. By Sunday morning, we had the two remaining
TR4s and Bobby's GT6 running. Apparently, the three 911 guys and the
two Mustangs in the race group got bored, so they lobbied for a reversed
order start on Sunday morning. I watched the race from the lower
bleachers, which oversee what I call the "stop and turn left" at the
bottom of the hill.
Lunkerman Hilyer didn't finish the previous race on Saturday, so he was
gridded near the front. Instead of having a rabbit or a carrot to
chase, they got number 3.14, the "Plum Pi". Tony was gridded about a
third of the way back in the pack. First lap around, the pi was behind
three B sedans and Tony had worked up to eighth or so. Next time around
the pi was in front and Tony was fifth. Then for the next few laps, it
was the Lunker in front with Tony hot on his tail. Before long, the
911s worked through the rest of the pack and we had the two TR4's with
the 911's and one of the the Mustangs in hot pursuit. The two little
Triumphs fought valiantly and held off those nasty Porshes for some
time, but eventually they succumbed to the newer technology. After
that, it was a race to see which Triumph would come out ahead. They
fought tooth and nail and Lunker felt the increased pressure as the
flagman indicated two laps to go. Both Triumphs went faster and faster,
but Tony was not able to get around the pi. They finished with Tony
glued to the tail of the pi. For both cars, their fastest lap was the
last one - both running in the 1:34s.
As a spectator, the race was great fun. I can imagine how much fun it
would have been for Tony and Lunker. Here's a photo taken on about
about the 5th lap of this 9 lap race. I've also sent some video clips
to Tony. I hope he can work some magic and combine them with his in-car
video.
http://www.tildentechnologies.com/DSC_0216a.jpg
Larry Young
Tony Drews wrote:
> Fun race, they reversed the grid for this race - slow guys up front.
> Last video on this page:
> http://www.tonydrews.com/Videos/TonyVideos.htm
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