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Subject: [Fot] Blackhawk Farms race report
From: awashatko at wi.rr.com (Allen Washatko)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:29:05 -0500
References: <b0e74c45-f3d4-b4d4-750b-035d39ef990b@tonydrews.com>
Thanks for the detailed review of the Blackhawk weekend Tony. It was a hot one! 
My results are as follows:

Group 8 was combined with Group 6 (Mustang?s, Corvette and Jaguar XKE) and 
Group 8G70+ (David Swernoff?s BMW M3 and Jessica Johns?s BMW). Total of 25 cars.

For the first race Saturday, I qualified 6th overall. I finished 6th overall 
and 2nd in group behind a Sunbeam Tiger and ahead of the 5 Datsun Z cars.

The second race on Saturday had me gridded 6th finishing 5th overall and 2nd in 
class.

For Sunday?s feature race I was gridded 5th and finished 5th overall but 
dropped to a 3rd place group finish due to a sticky transmission. This was the 
only defeat by a Datsun Z car for the weekend.

A big thank you to my team - Richard and Dan Gehweiler for the fantastic car 
prep and support. 

Allen

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 18, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Tony Drews via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> The Triumphs made a good showing at Blackhawk with 5 in attendance.  To my 
> knowledge, only one was beaten by equipment.
> 
> Bill's right, there was much discussion of the Thunderbolt at Tech and 
> afterwards.
> 
> The weekend was blazingly hot, mid 90's Sat and Sunday and close to 90 on 
> Friday with very high humidity.
> 
> Triumphs that I know of that attended are myself (Tony Drews - TR4), 
> Alexanders (Sean and Brendan driving - TR4), Murphys (Ryan driving - TR4), 
> Paul Ricco (TR4) and Allen Washatko (sp?) (TR6 in a different group than the 
> 4's).  I don't know Allen's finishing positions - but his car sounded sweet 
> every time it went down the front straight.  The only mechanical issue I know 
> of is Alexander's car broke a nice aluminum fuel fitting - he noticed fuel 
> spray coming from the LEFT side of the hood - it was spraying all the way 
> from the carbs to the other side of the car. Thankfully it got shut off 
> promptly and fixed quickly.  Looking at the results, Paul Ricco didn't run 
> the last two races, so he had some sort of malady.  Someone mentioned a front 
> suspension issue but I'm not sure.
> 
> We had 3 "regular" races plus I signed up for the Dad's Day Scramble pursuit 
> race.  Plus we had two practice sessions and two qualifying sessions.  First 
> practice was wet track but no longer thunderstorming.  Of the 9 cars that 
> showed up on the grid, 4 were TR-4's.  :)
> 
> For the first race (Sat), I qualified 6th / finished 5th, Ryan qualified and 
> finished 7th, Paul qualified 10th / finished 12th, Sean qualified 25th / 
> finished 15th.  32 cars in the group.
> 
> Murphys and Ricco have made great progress with their cars and are a looming 
> threat to me in upcoming races - which is very welcome.  Normally it's Sean 
> and I with the epic duel, I look forward to more Triumph player entering that 
> game.
> 
> 2nd race (Sat) we started in prior race finishing order.  I moved up to 3rd, 
> Ryan to 5th, Paul didn't run (I heard something about taking front suspension 
> apart), Sean dropped back to 26th with the broken fuel line.
> 
> Sean and Brendan ran the Enduro.  Sean ran a few laps, Brendan did the rest.  
> He came in a bit early thinking he was beginning to get dehydrated - a very 
> mature call for a 22 year old!
> 
> Sunday feature our pole-sitter didn't show so I started in 2nd / finished in 
> 3rd, Ryan started 4th / finished 5th (the fast car of Ron Suave spun in the 
> 2nd race and finished behind us - when he took his rightful place he pushed 
> us both down a spot), Sean started 25th / finished 11th (!).  Starting on the 
> front row is always cool.
> 
> We all had good battles throughout the weekend.  I had two races very close 
> to a Ford powered Elva Courier.  One of them he overcooked the last turn on 
> the last lap and I pulled him by half a car length on the finish line.  That 
> was an epic battle.
> 
> In the pursuit race, I was the only Triumph.  Of the 7 cars that stuck 
> around, I was gridded 6th (fastest at the back) and worked my way up to 4th.  
> One car got 1.5 laps head start on me, another had at least 2 laps head 
> start.  I passed them both but not enough times.  :)
> 
> Race videos will be forth-coming.
> 
> TRiumphantly, Tony Drews
> 
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