[Fot] MOTRAH-007

[N197TR4 at cs.com]

> John James!
> 
> Your comments are really appreciated!
> 
> I was extremely pleased with the outcome and SVRA felt it was a success.
> 
> Jack Drews and Dennis Delap are already on the road to recovery after their 
> mishaps.  Great attitudes that exemplify what we are doing.
> 
> Of course we feel badly about the mechanical failures as it robbed us from 
> seeing some of the best that our Triumphs have to offer. Dick Stockton and 
> Henry Frye come to mind.
> 
> I was particularly proud of son Sean and the way he persevered on and off 
> the track. The last time we checked we were only getting about 120HP to work 
> with on #197. 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Joe (A)
> 
> 
> >> MOTRAH was the best overall vintage event I have attended in the four 
>> years I've been racing! GREAT track, super organization, very friendly folks, 
>> and best of all, lots of TR'S and other British makes. Also, met many of the 
>> legends in our trade, like Kas and had a chance to see the many well 
>> engineered Triumphs out there like Uncle Jack's #59 and Jeff Snook's wesome TR3. 
>> Nothing against all the 356's that we TR folks seem to get grouped with in 
>> SOVREN, but it was nice to have more than two or three TR4's in DP.
>> 
>> My thanks to Uncle Jack and Joe Alexander for introducing me to FoT and 
>> racing TR's with my first TR4, #24, which unfortunately met it's demise last 
>> year at Infineon primarily due to driver malfunction.
>> I thank Chuck Arnold for his nice comments on my current ride, #116, and 
>> the super job Tony Garmey of Horizon Racing did over this past winter 
>> transforming a TR4 with history back to Boise ID in the late 60's to a great 
>> handling vintage racer with great safety features and very professional 
>> engineering. 
>> 
>> I had not raced at Road America before and the initial test and tune last 
>> Thursday was a bit overwhelming with four miles of track, but I'm pleased to 
>> say I did break three minutes with a 2:59.2 + in the MOTRAH feature and had 
>> a blast dicing with Sean Alexander the entire race. If we have a MOTRAH 
>> event next year, I would plan on attending again with Tony and Bill Hart (Devin 
>> TR3) and Tony's father in law, Gene Olson. Thanks Joe Alexander for 
>> representing TR's so well at this event and all the other things you do for us.
>> 
>> It s obvious I need another twenty HP's since my motor dyno's at 147 HP at 
>> the flywheel, not 174!!!!! at the rear wheels like Keith's! I've got a good 
>> supply of TR parts I'd trade for some speed secrets!! Bent frame anyone??
>> 
>> John James. #116
>> 
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