Our team (RiffRAF Racing) completed the 2011 National Chumpionship in 19th
place after 25 hours, 25 minutes, and 25 seconds of racing. Personally, I
drove for about 1/4 of that time.
Jamie Palmer
On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com> wrote:
> The 24 hour race at Daytona this weekend got me thinking.
> It seems that Sebring is usually mentioned as the endurance testing grounds
> for Triumphs (at least here in the U.S)... lots of action there with a few
> different TR models.
> I am aware of some attempts by the factory teams to complete the 24 hours
> of LeMans. (early years)
>
> Anyway, anyone have any insight as to who and what car might hold the
> (Triumph) record for most distance covered in a competition event?
> Sebring, Daytona, LeMans, Lemons? I know some of our own FoT guys did well
> in the late 50's at Sebring...I remember hearing of a guy driving a TR3 for
> over 11 hours in that event (There are some great photos of this group on
> our own FoT website)
>
> This is just for fun ....Remember, It gets really cold here in Chicago and
> I need an interesting FoT topic.
>
> Whats the longest you have driven a Triumph in competition?
>
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
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