[Fot] Watkins Glen The Legends Speak The FOT

[Bill Babcock]

I'm very familiar with turn 8 at Mosport, a fine place for an  
accident. I never went through that turn the same way twice. If it has  
an apex I never found it. I'm glad you didn't hang up your gloves, see  
you at the Glen.

On Aug 27, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Russ Moore wrote:

> Bill,
> I had an incident similar to yours two years ago in my Spitfire at  
> turn 8 at Mosport.  I had passed a driver in a borrowed Sprite and  
> she tried a Bonsai pass inside me on 8 which is a very high speed  
> sweeping right hander. She lost it and hit her brakes. Her left  
> front corner hit my right rear and I was instantly on my rollbar. I  
> am just now getting all back together and will be at Watkins. I have  
> seen over the past 19 years how some folks suffer from the red mist  
> syndrome and cause incidents they seemingly can get away with. This  
> latest one almost caused me to hang up my gloves. 5 years ago at the  
> Glen I had an orange Sprite punt me in turn 7. At the time I thought  
> I had hit oil but the dent and orange paint revealed otherwise. SVRA  
> let it go because “they didn’t witness it”.
> In reading your accounting of the event it was like déjà-vu. The  
> other driver the day after blamed me for the incident and I could  
> never get VARAC to take any action. Yep, her left front corner and  
> my right rear, ………………… I had to replace the entire front end, the  
> whole rollbar structure and build a new engine all because she  
> didn’t like being passed. Jeez.
>
> In any case, here’s to a safe and enjoyable weekend at The Glen this  
> year.
> Best regards
>
> Russ Moore
> Spitfire #49
>
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net]  
> On Behalf Of Bill Babcock
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:22 PM
> To: BillDentin at aol.com
> Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net; fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Watkins Glen The Legends Speak The FOT
>
> It was 150 cars last year,  and everyone that wanted to go, got to  
> go. This year as one of the featured elements we might get some  
> special treatment. I doubt they'll have us leading off the thing,  
> but they might at least stick us all together.
>
> It was really fun, I wouldn't miss it. And Diane will need a ride  
> for anyone that has an open seat (they wouldn't let her sit on  
> Peyote's fuel cell, I can't imagine why). She is in NYC this week,  
> visiting a friend, but she packed her leather helmet and goggles.  
> Pictures, here, but a warning too, there are pictures of an injured  
> LBC (more injured than I thought at the time. Tony Garmey is STILL  
> working on Peyote to get it ready for Watkins Glen. I'm glad I took  
> it to Tony, it wouldn't have been ready, and for many, MANY reasons  
> I don't want to miss this race). If you have a weak stomach you  
> probably want to have some Mylanta handy. Also I made a disparaging  
> remark about the SVRA's handling of the accident that I apologized  
> for later. I left the remark in place because the apology wouldn't  
> make sense without it. http://www.allaluminumtour.com/?p=263
>
> Bill
>
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