Awesome replay of a hard fought and successful outing filled with
challenges... Thanks for sharing and congrats!
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On 2012-09-17, at 11:15 AM, "Richard Taylor" <tarch@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> ANATOMY OF A VINTAGE RACE. Road Atlanta Oct. 14 - 16, 2012
>
>
>
> 1. Two weeks before race: remove head and grind 3 angle valve seats.
> Replace guides and all valves.
>
> 2. One week to go; replace head, crank up engine and hear the deep
> stomach growling of a loose piston. Plea goes out to FOT.
>
> 3. Four days to go; pull head, pan, pistons, etc. and discover
> collapsed piston (called by Kas).
>
> 4. Cannot get 89 mm kit in 3 days so overnight 87 mm pistons &
> sleeves. Install that night.
>
> 5. One day before race; drive to Road Atlanta but engine fails 10
> miles from track. Broken rocker arm shaft. (#4 exhaust cantilever).
>
> 6. Drive 50 miles back to ATL on 3 cylinders (& rush hour traffic
> pulling trailer)and locate used shaft. Install & drive back to RA.
>
> 7. Saturday: Lose overdrive in 2nd qualifying race. Find hidden
broken
> wire. Ready for Sunday Enduro.
>
> 8. Sunday morning: running first in class, 1 :10 in the 1:15 minute
> race, left front wheel bearing fries = DNF.
>
> 9. Drive with Neil back to ATL and remove front disk & old bearings
> from junked TR-3. Rush back to RA & install.
>
> 10. Feature @ 1515. Finish first in class. (It's none of your business
how
> large the class was!)
>
> 11. Sunday, 1800, finish turning #196 back into street car. Hook up
> trailer and drive home with a total sense of satisfaction.
>
>
>
> As anyone who reads this knows, this kind of tom-foolery cannot be done
> without the support of a bunch of friends. My friend, Neil Estes, (Neil's
> Restorations) tops the list for this weekend. Ted Schumacher is a close
> second and, of course, Kas was the looming support in the background.
>
>
>
> Thanks gang!
>
>
>
> The only other Triumph at the track was Greg Kimbrough's #551 Spitfire. My
> little anguish-list above appears inconsequential compared to the nose
> damage his car sustained during qualifying. It looked seriously whoomped.
>
>
>
> Richard L. Taylor, Jr., FAIA
>
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