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Subject: [Fot] The Kastner Cup event
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:22:51 -0000
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A good one.

Joe Alexander
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> On Jul 8, 2018, at 5:28 PM, DAVE HOGYE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for this message, Kas.  
> 
> Congratulations to Jim Dolan.  Hip hip hooray!  
> 
> Thanks to Shawn Frank for keeping us in suspense with his North American 
> Triumph FaceBook updates, photos and video. 
> 
> It looked like an all around fantastic event.  I wished I was there.  
> 
> I can hardly wait to see some in-car video.
> 
> Dave H.
> 
>> On July 8, 2018 at 12:42 PM Kas Kastner via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> 
>> wrote: 
>> 
>> The weather tried to outlast us but failed as Saturday, Cup Day, turned out 
>> terrific.  No Rain No Snow or tornados or other wild things or animals 
>> interfering with great racing.
>> 
>> Sam Halkais entered my TR-6 from the olden days  showing off the Triumph 
>> multi  blue & white colors from 1972. Sam had a hard time for a bit to fix 
>> something not working in the inlet system. He did find and throw out the 
>> gremlin just in time for the K Cup race and zapped off into the distance to 
>> win the race overall.
>> 
>> The Kastner Cup though is not awarded to just the fastest Triumph. 
>> Outstanding effort , preparation and service in the Vintage Triumph scene 
>> are part of the boxes to be checked off. It was a very close call for the 
>> winner of the Cup.
>> 
>> The GT-6 cars have been in a secret breeding mode as there were a ton of 
>> them there and racing. After  24 minutes of high speed chase and pass  and 
>> re-pass between Tony Drews TR-4, the GT-6 of Scott Jansen and the GT-6 of 
>> Kastner Cup Chairmen for this race, Jim Dolan,  at the end Jim Dolan kept it 
>> all together and squeezed out a clear victory for the class and to win the 
>> Kastner Cup.
>> 
>> Congratulation to Jim Dolan for a great drive and very well prepared GT-6 
>> racer and indeed for all the care and effort he made for the 16th Kastner 
>> Cup event.
>> 
>> Thanks to all the racers for bringing your great cars to this annual event.  
>> It was big fun for Peg and I and we hope to see a great number of you next 
>> years 17th  Kastner Cup in May 2019 at  Buttonwillow Raceway in California. 
>> Event Chairmen Ken Knight (a Kastner Cup winner) is working hard right now 
>> to bring off our next annual Triumph event. 
>> 
>> 
>> Never be beaten by equipment.
>> 
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