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Bill Emory is smiling down on you Mike. For those of you who =
don=E2=80=99t know who Bill Emory is / was; I=E2=80=99ll tell you a bit =
about him. He was a member of the Steel Cities SCCA and raced a TR3 for =
more than 40 years mostly at Nelson Ledges in Ohio but at other regional =
tracks as well. I first met Bill in 1969 while crewing for a friend who =
raced a TR4. There were parts on his car from Donna Mae Mimms pink TR3 =
which I believe Tim at Grassroots has as well as Bill=E2=80=99s TR3. =
Somewhere there is an article about Bill in one of the Steel Cities =
newsletters who at one point honored him for his racing legend. Maybe =
someone has a link to that article. So Mike good for you to honor those =
who went before you, Bill was one of many TR3 SCCA racers.
From: Mike Jackson via Fot=20
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:12 AM
To: fubog1 ; fot@Autox.Team.Net=20
Subject: Re: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded tires???
Yes, it was me (English teacher wife says it should be Yes, it was I) =
with my vintage TR3 in the SCCA race last weekend at Palm Beach =
International Raceway. Here is a link to us on the grid for the race=20
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kixjcx4ubusmbtf/on%20the%20grid.jpg?dl=3D0 =
And yes, it was on Hoosier Vintage tires.
I'm a 31 year member of SCCA and I've held a National license for all =
those years but had NEVER been in an actual classed race with any car =
meeting the requirements of a class. I'd long held a desire to do so =
before I retired from racing but I'm too cheap to rent a modern race =
car.
It had been a while since I'd driven my beautiful and well prepared TR3 =
(thanks to Glen Efinger!) and reviewing the upcoming options to do so, =
most interfered with family travel plans for the summer. So, since this =
event was essentially in my back yard.....6 miles from my =
driveway.....it was the perfect opportunity. For the previous month I =
sucked up to the Chief of Tech and the Race Chairman to let the things =
that prevented my car from being fully EP legal slide for this one time. =
That worked well and we slid thru registration and tech with not a =
flinch.
The next opportunity for it to go bad was on the grid. But, as you can =
see in the pic, there I was next to a fully prepared Spitfire driven by =
my friend and team mate Tim Slater. Then, I hold my breath for the =
first couple of laps wondering if the stewards (SCCA has a ton of them =
at every event) would have me black flagged. They did not.
Here's the bottom line - there must be something to those =
flares/slicks/fancy suspension/fancy brakes/after market transmissions =
and on and on. Tim's yellow Spit quickly became a dot ahead of me in =
spite of my lap times being in the range of what I can turn on this same =
track in a vintage race. For a while I was able to hold off the VW =
that was running last. But, even that didnt work for the entire 15 lap =
race and my 30+ year friend and I eventually finished dead f&^ing last. =
Oh, well.
But, I have now checked off one more item from the list of things I'd =
like to achieve. =20
Mike
Subject: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded tires???=20
I don't have any details, (I know nuthink!), but scuttlebutt is that a =
certain Vintage driver (name withheld to avoid possible embarrassment) =
showed up with a Vintage TR-3 racecar with Vintage treaded tires on it, =
down at PBIR this past weekend... but... the problem was that it was a =
SCCA SAARC Regional race, no Vintage class.
Not to be deterred by that minor detail, a couple pieces of white =
paper and a home printer produced a very nice "EP"... and it was "off to =
the races" for our intrepid Vintage race...
Glen
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<DIV>Bill Emory is smiling down on you Mike. For those of you who =
don=E2=80=99t know who=20
Bill Emory is / was; I=E2=80=99ll tell you a bit about him. He was a =
member of the Steel=20
Cities SCCA and raced a TR3 for more than 40 years mostly at Nelson =
Ledges in=20
Ohio but at other regional tracks as well. I first met Bill in 1969 =
while=20
crewing for a friend who raced a TR4. There were parts on his car from =
Donna Mae=20
Mimms pink TR3 which I believe Tim at Grassroots has as well as =
Bill=E2=80=99s TR3.=20
Somewhere there is an article about Bill in one of the Steel Cities =
newsletters=20
who at one point honored him for his racing legend. Maybe someone has a =
link to=20
that article. So Mike good for you to honor those who went before you, =
Bill was=20
one of many TR3 SCCA racers.</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A =
title=3Dfot@autox.team.net>Mike=20
Jackson via Fot</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:12 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dfubog1@aol.com>fubog1</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dfot@Autox.Team.Net>fot@Autox.Team.Net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded=20
tires???</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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DISPLAY: inline'>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; COLOR: =
rgb(0,0,0)">Yes,=20
it was me (English teacher wife says it should be Yes, it was I) with my =
vintage=20
TR3 in the SCCA race last weekend at Palm Beach International=20
Raceway. Here is a link to us on the grid for the race=20
<DIV> <A=20
href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/s/kixjcx4ubusmbtf/on%20the%20grid.jpg?dl=3D=
0">https://www.dropbox.com/s/kixjcx4ubusmbtf/on%20the%20grid.jpg?dl=3D0</=
A> =20
And yes, it was on Hoosier Vintage tires.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I'm a 31 year member of SCCA and I've held a National license for =
all those=20
years but had NEVER been in an actual classed race with any car meeting =
the=20
requirements of a class. I'd long held a desire to do so before I =
retired=20
from racing but I'm too cheap to rent a modern race car.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It had been a while since I'd driven my beautiful and well prepared =
TR3=20
(thanks to Glen Efinger!) and reviewing the upcoming options to do so, =
most=20
interfered with family travel plans for the summer. So, since this =
event=20
was essentially in my back yard.....6 miles from my driveway.....it was =
the=20
perfect opportunity. For the previous month I sucked up to the =
Chief of=20
Tech and the Race Chairman to let the things that prevented my car from =
being=20
fully EP legal slide for this one time. That worked well and we =
slid thru=20
registration and tech with not a flinch.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The next opportunity for it to go bad was on the grid. But, =
as you=20
can see in the pic, there I was next to a fully prepared Spitfire driven =
by my=20
friend and team mate Tim Slater. Then, I hold my breath for the =
first=20
couple of laps wondering if the stewards (SCCA has a ton of them at =
every event)=20
would have me black flagged. They did not.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Here's the bottom line - there must be something to those=20
flares/slicks/fancy suspension/fancy brakes/after market transmissions =
and on=20
and on. Tim's yellow Spit quickly became a dot ahead of me in =
spite of my=20
lap times being in the range of what I can turn on this same track in a =
vintage=20
race. For a while I was able to hold off the VW that was =
running=20
last. But, even that didnt work for the entire 15 lap race and my =
30+ year=20
friend and I eventually finished dead f&^ing last. Oh, =
well.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>But, I have now checked off one more item from the list of things =
I'd like=20
to achieve. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Mike</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I don't have any details, (I know nuthink!), but =
scuttlebutt=20
is that a certain Vintage driver (name withheld to avoid possible=20
embarrassment) showed up with a Vintage TR-3 racecar with Vintage =
treaded=20
tires on it, down at PBIR this past weekend... but... the problem was =
that it=20
was a SCCA SAARC Regional race, no Vintage class.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Not to be deterred by that minor detail, a couple =
pieces of=20
white paper and a home printer produced a very nice "EP"... and it was =
"off to=20
the races" for our intrepid Vintage race...<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT=20
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