[Fot] Hallett FoT Update

[GSFuqua1 at aol.com]

Just thought I'd let everyone know how the weekend went at Hallett.  FoT had a very small turn out but Bobby Whitehead and I waved the flag as well as we could.  Both cars ran flawlessly, at least as far as I could tell, and we finished all races including the Friday test & tune sessions.  Weather was awesome.  Nice cool mornings with a little heat by afternoon but nothing dramatic.  Bobby can give you his impressions but I was personally very pleased with how things went.  My TR 4 # 69 (Old # 96) is not particularly geared well for one of the tough corners at Hallett (Turn # 9 aka "The Bitch" but it does very well on many of the other corners.  My times dropped consistently each time out and I even managed to get them to be in a pretty consistent range when not running into traffic or making a dumb shifting mistake.  Ha ha  Started out the weekend around 1:43 and finished the weekend in the 1:38 range.  Had some great battles with a particularly fast 62 MGA.  Finally dusted him good in the points race by getting by him at the start.  He never saw me again.  YEA!!!  Still learning a ton of things but slowly getting better.  I even included a small spin and a 2 wheel off on Friday.  No harm no foul and it gave me a boost in confidence that I can experience these things without pinching a hole in my suit and the car seat.  Ha ha
 
Last race of the year for me will be Oct. 31, Nov. 1 & 2 down at Texas World Speedway in College Station.  Good Lord willing I will then remove the X and get my license.
 
Cheers to all,
 
Gary Fuqua
Classic Sports Cars
Branson, MO
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