[Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!

[Kas Kastner]

Nothing beats being on the right side of the pit wall.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars at comcast.net>
To: "Richard Taylor" <tarch at bellsouth.net>; "'Bill Babcock'" 
<Billb at bnj.com>; "'Mark Eginton'" <markconsultation at twcny.rr.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!


> Hello Richard...you are racing....which means  You are a Race 
> Driver!....Take a non-racer for a few hot laps...then they'll get the 
> picture....the slowest car out there is going Much faster than the average 
> spectator has a clue about!..
> Racer Bud
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Taylor" <tarch at bellsouth.net>
> To: "'Bill Babcock'" <Billb at bnj.com>; "'Mark Eginton'" 
> <markconsultation at twcny.rr.com>
> Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!
>
>
>> As a venerated representative of the opposite end of the prepared-car
>> spectrum from Babcock, I can say that I totally agree with him
>>
>> My ole #196 is as close to a first derivative TR-4 as there is out there. 
>> I
>> drive it to the track with roll up windows, heater, turn signals and a
>> Georgia Tech license plate. And the trophies I add to the shelf are 
>> seldom
>> for being the fastest. Enduros are my forte and much of my modest success 
>> is
>> for simply finishing without a mistake. It's amazing how dependable a
>> mildly-pumped, 125HP TR-4 is. But, as Bill points out so well, I can 
>> still
>> race as hard as I know how. But it's against my select group of other 
>> guys;
>> other guys, frequently in other marks, who for what ever reason, run at
>> about my speed.
>>
>> Now do I hold a grudge because another TR has a Tojo transmission? No, I
>> could care less. The way I look at it is that there is almost no limit to
>> the time/expense one can go to to squeeze another Joule of juice out of 
>> an
>> old Triumph. So I say, have at it. As long as there is a spot in a grid 
>> for
>> me to line up in and race my car to the best of my ability in the manner
>> that gives me great satisfaction, I'm happy.
>>
>> All this said another way: I appreciate the be-true-to-your-cause 
>> driver's
>> concern, and I respect the efforts and difficulties of the sanctioning
>> bodies, but slicing and dicing rule book restrictions (other than safety
>> stuff) just isn't part of my sport.
>>
>> I will also add that there was a time many years ago (maybe when I was
>> Babcock's age) when I didn't feel this way. So maybe it's just an old man
>> thing.
>>
>> Admittedly, however, my view may be tainted because in the past there has
>> been very little control over who does what to their car.
>>
>> Richard
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