[Fot] Our weekend at the Glen

[Bill Babcock]

I'm thinking it's time for the left coast. Maybe Thunderhill? It's a  
hell of a track, though the surrounding facilities suck. Portland  
would be great, the Columbia River Classic is the weekend before this  
SVRA race (Memorial day weekend), and it's a high-track time event.  
Most folks are sick of racing by the time the Monday races roll  
around. it also encompasses the All British Field Meet which a lot of  
Triumph folks attend as well.

I know I could get SOVREN to roll out the red carpet for FOT since I  
helped to give this race a boost a few years ago. The Saturday at- 
track party is legenday, an opportunity to get out your vintage duds,  
and I can commit to a pretty cool FOT party at Casa Babcock.

On Sep 9, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Henry Frye wrote:

> We came, we raced, we marked our territory with our racecars. Some  
> more
> than others.
>
> We hung out with TS 1 LO, parked under thI'm thinking it's time for  
> the left coast. e tent with the beer. What were
> they thinking. Anything could have happened. Nothing happened... I
> think.
>
> We shared some special moments remembering uncle jack.
>
> Many of us were able to put faces with familiar names. Before I just
> knew the names. Now I have faces in my brain so I will forget all your
> names. Sorry, that's just how it works.
>
> My car rose to the occasion. First, somehow it became the poster child
> for the event, landing on the front page of the local daily  
> newspaper on
> Saturday.
>
> Then it drove into the paddock hemorrhaging oil from every orifice  
> after
> the All Triumph Race, but I achieved a few lofty personal goals in the
> process.
>
> Then on the start of the Group 3 race my car pulled me down the inside
> line to pass a bunch of guys in turn one, then I passed the start/ 
> finish
> line in third overall a couple times. Running way up there in a SVRA
> feature race is something I never thought I would do. Then the track  
> got
> a little slick from rain and I backed off a bit, I will never be a  
> brave
> rain driver. Too much to lose, nothing to gain. Still finished well,  
> no
> complaints there.
>
> There was less attrition than I expected over the course of the  
> weekend,
> at least until Sunday. It was nice to spend time with our friends
> sitting on chairs with a beer in hand, not under cars requesting
> wrenches and sockets.
>
> Many big names in our sport were there, both past and present, and
> getting face time with them was a real treat.
>
> Congrats to Tony Garmey on winning the Kastner Cup. This was the third
> time I have seen the TR250K on track, it was always fast. This weekend
> it was amazing. During Kas' presentation of the cup, he said he has  
> not
> seen the car go as fast since he ran it at Sebring in '68. He then
> issued a manufacturers recall notice, but I think Tony is going to  
> take
> his chances!
>
> Congrats to Larry Young for the Bill Ames Award, well deserved.
>
> The Western PA Triumph gang was there in force, as was a big  
> contingent
> of New England Triumph folks. Bob Lang brought Khartu, his TR6
> autocrosser for the folks to enjoy. Dave Hutchinson drove his pristine
> Italia. If I continue to try to mention all the special cars that came
> out to support the event I would miss several, I don't want to do  
> that.
>
> Many thanks to Jack Woehrle and the rest of SVRA for treating us  
> Triumph
> folks better than we deserved. Jack was never too far from the Triumph
> ghetto, and made sure we got what we needed.
>
> So, it was a great weekend, sorry if you missed it... Where to next
> year?
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