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
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> 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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