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Well done, the Jefferson is a great event. I expect a large turn out for
many events this year. Our HRG event in June at Lime Rock filled up a month
ago, we had to turn away cars. VSCCA had a vintage racing school two weeks
ago with 27 cars entered, about twice the normal turn out.
Get out, drive hard, have fun
Never Be Beaten By Equipment (N3BN)
mike h
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 7:44 AM yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Jefferson 500, Summit Point, West Virginia
>
> The pent up energy as we come out of the pandemic was apparent, the car
> count was off the charts. In the 3 race groups we ran in, around 106
> cars posted times. Out of those 106 cars, 14 were Triumphs, or Triumph
> powered specials. Looking at lap times, 5 of those Triumphs were in the
> top 12. Impressive results.
>
> The Lola Cup race had the Spitfires, and that race was won by one of the
> Spits out of the Vintage Racing Services camp. No surprise there,
> anything our friends at VRS produce will be wicked fast and very well
> driven.
>
> The Donahue Cup race had the TR3, Ambro and Peerless GT running. Vic
> Schuster posted a great time in the Ambro, but that race had a Bobsy
> sports racer that ran away from the field.
>
> The Marlboro Cup race had the later TR's and GT6's. Attrition at the
> front over the weekend left two contenders to battle for the win, and
> while on paper the TR250 never had a chance against a well prepped and
> driven Lotus Super 7, the plan was to race the guy hard and clean and
> hope for a mistake. I was relentless, especially in the carousel,
> getting side by side on numerous occasions. I got around him at least 3
> times in traffic, just to have him power around me on the next straight.
> But a back marker was in the right place at the right time, clogging the
> line on the last turn on the last lap. I used the back marker as a pick,
> pulled onto the front straight in the lead, and the drag race to
> start/finish was on. The Triumph prevailed by .092 seconds!
>
> Incredible racing, weather and camaraderie in the paddock. Doesn't get
> any better than this.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Well done, the Jefferson is a great event. I expect a larg=
e turn out for many events this year. Our HRG event in June at Lime Rock fi=
lled up a month ago, we had to turn away cars. VSCCA had a vintage racing s=
chool two weeks ago with 27 cars entered, about twice the normal turn out.<=
div><br></div><div>Get out, drive hard, have fun</div><div><br></div><div>N=
ever Be Beaten By Equipment (N3BN)</div><div><br></div><div>mike h</div></d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Mon, May 17, 2021 at 7:44 AM yellow04 via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@aut=
ox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Jefferson 500, Summit Point, West Virginia=
<br>
<br>
The pent up energy as we come out of the pandemic was apparent, the car <br=
>
count was off the charts. In the 3 race groups we ran in, around 106 <br>
cars posted times. Out of those 106 cars, 14 were Triumphs, or Triumph <br>
powered specials.=C2=A0 Looking at lap times, 5 of those Triumphs were in t=
he <br>
top 12. Impressive results.<br>
<br>
The Lola Cup race had the Spitfires, and that race was won by one of the <b=
r>
Spits out of the Vintage Racing Services camp. No surprise there, <br>
anything our friends at VRS produce will be wicked fast and very well <br>
driven.<br>
<br>
The Donahue Cup race had the TR3, Ambro and Peerless GT running. Vic <br>
Schuster posted a great time in the Ambro, but that race had a Bobsy <br>
sports racer that ran away from the field.<br>
<br>
The Marlboro Cup race had the later TR's and GT6's. Attrition at th=
e <br>
front over the weekend left two contenders to battle for the win, and <br>
while on paper the TR250 never had a chance against a well prepped and <br>
driven Lotus Super 7, the plan was to race the guy hard and clean and <br>
hope for a mistake. I was relentless, especially in the carousel, <br>
getting side by side on numerous occasions. I got around him at least 3 <br=
>
times in traffic, just to have him power around me on the next straight. <b=
r>
But a back marker was in the right place at the right time, clogging the <b=
r>
line on the last turn on the last lap. I used the back marker as a pick, <b=
r>
pulled onto the front straight in the lead, and the drag race to <br>
start/finish was on. The Triumph prevailed by .092 seconds!<br>
<br>
Incredible racing, weather and camaraderie in the paddock. Doesn't get =
<br>
any better than this.<br>
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