[Fot] Our weekend at the Glen

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bill the sovren columbia river clasic is labor day not memorial day i know you know that but lets clear it up. the new portland surface is realy nice and would make a greqt venue for next years kas cup.
jeff
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Babcock 
  To: Henry Frye 
  Cc: fot at autox.team.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [Fot] Our weekend at the Glen


  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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