Subject: [Fot] Thompson Vintage Motorsports Festival

From: Robert Lang <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:38:52 +0000 (UTC)

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Hi,
FOT was well represented at the 2016 edition of the Thompson, CT Vintage Mo=
torsports Festival. Present were event co-chair Paul King (GT6), Mike Harmu=
th (Mk 1 Spitfire), Rick McCurdy and myself with my 63 TR6. Rick suffered a=
n axle problem during practice sessions on Thursday that ended his weekend.=
 Mike and Paul seemed to run fine all weekend and I did fairly well conside=
ring that the car had no engine about two weeks prior to the event. My plan=
 was to break the replacement piston rings in slowly and ramp my times up a=
s the parts wore in and limited the engine to under 6k RPMs. That plan seem=
s to have worked okay with the lap times dropping a few tenths every sessio=
n. I had some great dicing with a Series 2 Lotus 7 in all of my races, but =
once I abandoned the 6K redline, I got down into the 1:24's which was good =
for fast lap for the weekend for Group 2. All-in-all, it was a fun event an=
d I'll def. consider attending again in 2017. FOT support was also availabl=
e with Rob Dardano and Dennis Culligan crewing respsectively for myself and=
 Mike H=20
For non-Triumph interests, there was a fairly good turnout of Alfa Romeos i=
ncluding a pre-war GP car and a post-war F1 car. The straight eight engines=
 sound pretty amazing. There were probably 25 Alfas racing and there were s=
ome pretty mice street Alfas also present for the weekend.Thumbs up to FOT =
Paul King for his efforts as event co-chair!Regards,Bob Lang
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sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_35884=
">Hi,</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_35929"><br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_35930">FOT was well repr=
esented at the 2016 edition of the Thompson, CT Vintage Motorsports Festiva=
l. Present were event co-chair Paul King (GT6), Mike Harmuth (Mk 1 Spitfire=
), Rick McCurdy and myself with my 63 TR6. Rick suffered an axle problem du=
ring practice sessions on Thursday that ended his weekend. Mike and Paul se=
emed to run fine all weekend and I did fairly well considering that the car=
 had no engine about two weeks prior to the event. My plan was to break the=
 replacement piston rings in slowly and ramp my times up as the parts wore =
in and limited the engine to under 6k RPMs. That plan seems to have worked =
okay with the lap times dropping a few tenths every session. I had some gre=
at dicing with a Series 2 Lotus 7 in all of my races, but once I abandoned =
the 6K redline, I got down into the 1:24's which was good for fast lap for =
the weekend for Group 2. All-in-all, it was a fun event and I'll def. consi=
der attending again in 2017. FOT support was also available with Rob Dardan=
o and Dennis Culligan crewing respsectively for myself and Mike H <br></div=
><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_36124" dir=3D"ltr">For non-Triu=
mph interests, there was a fairly good turnout of Alfa Romeos including a p=
re-war GP car and a post-war F1 car. The straight eight engines sound prett=
y amazing. There were probably 25 Alfas racing and there were some pretty m=
ice street Alfas also present for the weekend.</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_y=
m19_1_1466953494493_36223" dir=3D"ltr">Thumbs up to FOT Paul King for his e=
fforts as event co-chair!</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_3=
6238" dir=3D"ltr">Regards,</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_=
36239" dir=3D"ltr">Bob Lang</div></div></body></html>
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From: Robert Lang <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:05:04 +0000 (UTC)

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     On Monday, June 27, 2016 8:38 AM, Robert Lang <[email-masked]=
> wrote:
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=3D"ltr" id=3D"yiv5462446919yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_35930">FOT was =
well represented at the 2016 edition of the Thompson, CT Vintage Motorsport=
s Festival. Present were event co-chair Paul King (GT6), Mike Harmuth (Mk 1=
 Spitfire), Rick McCurdy and myself with my 63 TR6. Rick suffered an axle p=
roblem during practice sessions on Thursday that ended his weekend. Mike an=
d Paul seemed to run fine all weekend and I did fairly well considering tha=
t the car had no engine about two weeks prior to the event. My plan was to =
break the replacement piston rings in slowly and ramp my times up as the pa=
rts wore in and limited the engine to under 6k RPMs. That plan seems to hav=
e worked okay with the lap times dropping a few tenths every session. I had=
 some great dicing with a Series 2 Lotus 7 in all of my races, but once I a=
bandoned the 6K redline, I got down into the 1:24's which was good for fast=
 lap for the weekend for Group 2. All-in-all, it was a fun event and I'll d=
ef. consider attending again in 2017. FOT support was also available with R=
ob Dardano and Dennis Culligan crewing respsectively for myself and Mike H =
<br></div><div id=3D"yiv5462446919yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_36124" di=
r=3D"ltr">For non-Triumph interests, there was a fairly good turnout of Alf=
a Romeos including a pre-war GP car and a post-war F1 car. The straight eig=
ht engines sound pretty amazing. There were probably 25 Alfas racing and th=
ere were some pretty mice street Alfas also present for the weekend.</div><=
div id=3D"yiv5462446919yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_36223" dir=3D"ltr">T=
humbs up to FOT Paul King for his efforts as event co-chair!</div><div id=
=3D"yiv5462446919yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_36238" dir=3D"ltr">Regards=
,</div><div id=3D"yiv5462446919yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466953494493_36239" dir=
=3D"ltr">Bob Lang</div></div></div></div><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </d=
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