Thanks Henry... Yes an epic battle with that darn sports racer... It will be a
long time before I forget it! As you mentioned, Richard Schnabel
(richard467schnabel@gmail.co,) had his first event in the Rob Stewart Spit. and
was very pleased with it. He formerly owned a Spit in the past but went off
course and raced Volvo's, MG-A's and a Miata over a period of many years. He
races out of the Baucom Mortorsport clan with me. A truly good guy. I offer
him as a worthy member of our group. Mark, Please add his name to the list.
Thanks.....
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From: Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of yellow04 via Fot
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 9:58 AM
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Subject: [Fot] The Glory Continues - Triumphs at the Jefferson 500
Jefferson 500, Summit Point, West Virginia, site of the 2015 Kcup, we again
showed how Triumphs continue to get the job done.
The TR3's run in the Donahue Cup group, the Spitfires run the Lola Cup group,
while Marlboro Cup group runs the TR4, TR6, TR7 and GT6. We saw domination in
all groups! All groups ran a practice/qualifying session Friday morning, then
the pace car comes out for the first race of the weekend. Saturday morning is
another race session followed by a feature race Saturday afternoon. Sunday is
an enduro in the morning then an all-comers race in the afternoon.
In the Donahue Cup, we saw John Styduhar emerge as the class of the field,
taking home the first overall wins of his racing career. Second place in the
Cup race belongs to Vic Schuster in the Ambro, then John Hasty had his hands
FULL with a Renault Spec Racer during the feature race but did what he needed
to do to complete the podium sweep for Triumph. Styduhar won the feature and
the Saturday morning race as well!
Well done John, well deserved and that was a hoot to watch. Everybody was happy
to see that Mark Rosenberg got the Peerless back together and is back on track
with this uber-rare Triumph powered racer.
The Lola Cup was dominated by Dave Gussack driving a Vintage Racing Services
Spitfire, he had the field by two seconds a lap. Unfortunately, he didn't
finish the feature, but Richard Schnabel driving the recently acquired Rob
Stewart Spitfire took second overall. Rob's car is certainly in great hands.
The Marlboro Cup saw some great racing all weekend. Mike Moore showed his stuff
to drive for the overall win in the Saturday morning race, holding off some
great competition. However, buy the time the feature race rolled around, a
Sports Racer who was put in the group because he didn't fit anywhere else
worked his way up to start on the front row and had the field by a second and a
half a lap, so he just ran away with the overall win. But we took P2, P3, P4
and P5 out of a field of 36 starters! Mike Moore ran second in his TR4, Mark
Wheatley took third in his TR4, Scott Janzen took 4th with his GT6 and Dave
Gott took 5th in his TR4. Bill Emery came out with Dad's TR7 to give the Wedge
crowd a car to cheer for, and Mike Kurtz ran well all weekend until almost
finishing the feature but was sidelined with a mechanical. Jay DePol looked
great out there in his GT6, Dale Oesterle left the Spitfire at home and ran a
cool Jensen Healey this weekend.
Me? Kas would not be proud, I was beaten by equipment and never turned a timed
lap. Must be getting close to time to turn the Trophy back in...
~~~
Henry Frye - if I can't run at least I can write the race report
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