[Fot] Yeah, what about FOT??? + racing Triumph-related question

[Jim]

On the flip side, one of the best autocrosses I've ever run was in the rain.
I was one of the few to have rain tires in addition to the DOT slicks
everyone else runs.... In pouring rain I was outrunning late model Corvettes
in a 1500 on a "fast" course.

There comes a point in racing a Triumph that you just gotta say "I don't
care, I'm going for it" and go.  I got held up early in my career by having
a co-driver that worried more about appearance than in car prep or skill.

Luckily I got rid of that obstacle.



Cheers,

Jim
Dallas

-----Original Message-----
From: robert bownes [mailto:bownes at seiri.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:41 PM
To: britbits at netzero.com
Cc: RACER BUD; Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] Yeah, what about FOT??? + racing Triumph-related question


Reminds me of the first two lessons I learned about formula cars...

1) Drain holes don't.

2) Drain holes are bi-directional.

My first formula car race was in the rain at Pocono. Miserable. Also the
only time I've ever passed a Formula Continental in my Formula Vee.

Still trying to build a Triumph powered formula car...

Bob



On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Jim <britbits at netzero.com> wrote:



Worst case?  Put the car on a lift and drill lots of small holes through the
floor pan.  Call it a factory drainage system if protested.




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