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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Best I can tell, Paul Newman won the 1976 SCCA D Production championship in a TR6, beating the factory TR7. That was Newman Haas Racing, not Group 44. Rumor has it that he purchased the car from Group 44 car as they had moved on to Jaguars I think. That’s all I can find. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 6, 2021 7:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> dave@ranteer.com; triumphs@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [6pack] TR6 racing history<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>There is a guy in the St. Louis region, Dennis Wilson (no, not the Beach Boy) who raced a TR6 in the late 70's at a time the factory was running a TR7 (TR6 was out of production at this time). He had film footage of a race where he was leading a race with a factory Porsche 924 hot on his tail. One lap to go and Dennis lost a section of tire tread and the Porsche slipped by. The commentary was hilarious. The play-by-play guys were incredulous that this <i>dowager </i>TR6, a car designed in the 50's, was beating Porsche's latest offering. And he would have had the tire held together. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Also, all the while the factory TR7 was a close third.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I checked <i>You Tube</i> but I could not find that film posted. But if you look up Wilson Motors, that's the guy.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Didn't Paul Newman race a TR6 at one point? Group 44?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dave </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: dave <dave@ranteer.com><br>To: triumphs@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net<br>Sent: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 3:58 pm<br>Subject: [6pack] TR6 racing history<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv0109587246><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I’m looking for info on TR6 racing history. Googling is not giving me much<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I thought I had read that a TR6 eked out a win against a TR7 around 1976?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.96<br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br><br><br><a href="mailto:6pack@autox.team.net">6pack@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/6pack" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/6pack</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/6pack/dave1massey@cs.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/6pack/dave1massey@cs.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>