[Fot] KASTNER CUP CHALLENGE - WATKINS GLEN 2008 -

[N197TR4 at cs.com]

Cary,

I'll put you down....I think you are going to make it this time.

Looks like we might have a mini Group 44 meeting in the making?   

Joe A


> Amici
> 
>     I do not believe that a year has gone by whilst I have been an FOT 
> participant ( 199?) that the subject of requirements of various sanctioning 
> bodies 
> has not been a topic of FOT discussion. Especially the requirements to meet 
> specific preparation requirements, which for many Triumphs is the 1972 SCCA 
> GRC.
> 
>     Frankly I do not know where and when it was first decided to use the 
> 1972 
> SCCA GRC, but I do know that it was already in use when I started vintage 
> racing in about 1990. It has always struck me as particularly ironic that 
> the 
> body work modification (wheel flares) that were allowed in 1972 were not 
> allowed 
> in vintage racing and that relatively little was actually being done at many 
> events to enforce adherence to preparation of 1972 GRC engine specifications 
> other than obvious visible modifications like the carbs.
> 
>     One of the benefits of owning a Group 44 racecar, as I am sure it is 
> with 
> Kas's old racecars as well, is to see the innovation that was done within 
> the 
> rules to make the cars more competitive. One of the frustration is that 
> keeping the car as it was originally raced means that you are at a 
> competitive 
> disadvantage to other historic as well as newly constucted vintage racecars 
> that 
> are using the latest technology. As a driver/owner, you simply have to 
> accept 
> that you never going to be the fastest car on the track as they were in 
> their 
> day. 
> 
>     The second point that I would like to make is that alot of time has 
> passed since I first did vintage racing. I am glad that SVAR has opened the 
> door 
> for participation by post 1972 cars that have have a racing history. If I 
> can 
> change what is a major conflict in my business schedule with the Watkins 
> Glen 
> event and some other logisitcal challenges, you all just might get to see 
> the 
> Group 44 TR7 - Aussy Playboy TR7 in action at the Glen for the first time 
> since 
> 1975. 
> 
>     If its slower than you expected - well some of you know Bob Tullius, and 
> I am not anywhere close to Bob Tullius. It truly a great priviledge to even 
> drive the same car as the him.
> 
> Cary
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