Can you guys come down/over to Sebring?
Jamie Palmer
On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:03 PM, "FoodDude" <dforeman@fooddude.com> wrote:
> We are encouraging them to do one in NOLA, they'd love to see 2 6's too!
>
>
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> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Joe Henry
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 8:25 AM
> To: Vince G; Reed, John
> Cc: Friends of Triumph
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Triumphs are still relevant, even today
>
> As a fellow TR6 racer on the ChumpCar circuit, I can also say it is not
> always about finishing at the sharp end of the pack but the victory in just
> finishing and having fun. Congratulations and well done! We need to
figure
> out a race where both Chump TR6s can compete head to head!
>
> Joe Downer
> RiffRAF Racing TR6
> Charlotte, N.C.
>
>> From: vangoughv@hotmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:41:51 -0400
>> To: John.Reed@wilson.com
>> CC: fot@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Triumphs are still relevant, even today
>>
>> Very cool. Way to go!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 2013-06-24, at 8:33 AM, "Reed, John" <John.Reed@wilson.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Wow that's awesome. Congrats
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/24/13 7:20 AM, "Bobby Whitehead" <igofaster@att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> With the dawn of the new age and the alignment of the new world
>>> order
>> taking
>>> shape, occasionally on must take a few steps back to be right with
>>> the
>> world.
>>> This past weekend is one such event when the Chump Series came to
>>> the
> well
>>> used
>>> Texas World Speedway in College Station Texas. Six fearless
>>> champions
> came
>> to
>>> show to the world, once again, that the Triumph marque was still
>>> relevant
>> and
>>> worthy. Team FOGHAT (five old guys have a Triumph) ... (yes we can't
> count
>>> either) proudly campaigned a true crap can car.. in theory there are
>> supposed
>>> to
>>> be $500 cars that enter the event... now I don't know about you but
>>> I've looked far and wide for a $500 Miata (or Myyaatah according to
>>> our Canadian
>> driver)
>>> and
>>> I've never found one,,, much less a BMW or a SHO.. but our car I
>>> happen
> to
>>> know
>>> was a former Lemons car owned by Bob Kramer that was a $200 car..
>>> 1970
> TR6
>>> bone
>>> stock and not worthy of much..but it was complete.
>>> We campaigned all day Saturday from start to checker flag EIGHT
>>> hours in
> 95
>>> degree heat. A big thanks to the CoolShirt company indeed. We had
>>> tires
>> that
>>> were very predictable, they would not hold a corner at all. That
>>> night
> the
>>> tires
>>> were switched out for sticky tires and we started Sunday with much
>>> more
>> grip.
>>> Yours truly was piloting the TR6 when all that traction separated
>>> the
> front
>>> wheel from the hub, thank God it was not turn 7 or the
>>> straight..with
> much
>>> vigor
>>> and stupidity several of the guys forged on to reattach studs and
> lugnuts..
>>> we
>>> were sidelined for several hours but we did get the TR6 back on the
>>> track
>> the
>>> last hour to catch the checked flag!
>>> Later in the afternoon the awards ceremony came around and all the
>>> usual trophies were passed out. It came to the final trophy for the
>>> event, one
>> that
>>> personified the true spirit of crap can racing in the Chump Series
>>> and
> with
>>> large eruption of cheers from the team and the crowd, team Foghat
>>> was
>> awarded
>>> the great honor of the receiving the award. I hollered and even shed
>>> a
>> tear,
>>> it
>>> was one of the greatest moments in my Triumph career.
>>>
>>> Point is, it's okay to take a few steps back every once in a while,
>>> if it makes you happy and keeps the true things in life relevant,
>>> like racing
> Triumphs!
>>>
>>> Bobby Whitehead
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