[Fot] Why do you race what you race?

[Bill Bartlett]

Hi Gang
I race an MGA Coupe because I had a MKII project car I could not finish when I
got married, and had to sell it when I moved from Canada to the states.
I race a Lotus Super 7 because I had to cancel the order in the 70's to buy a
ring to get married to the gal who made me sell my MGA.
I race a Lotus 51 because my new wife lets me race and they are so damn fun.
I will be racing a GT6+ as soon as I get it back together because they are a
bit of an engineering/driving challenge with the engine so far forward and the
poor rear suspension. My brother had one during university while I had a
MGB-GT and we use to have a blast them.
Cheers to the memories, and those wifes that support our sport :)
Bill Bartlett

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of RACER BUD
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:16 PM
To: Andre Rousseau; Kas Kastner
Cc: Friends of Triumph Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] Why do you race what you race?

Tr3s....another favorite car of mine....I love them
all...British..Italian...German....American....So many cars...So little
time(seriously).....It's kind of like our kids.....We put in the love, care,
and time..and then.....we can be Happy as hell because we did so...and we
want to do so more!.....
that's one of the great thing about groups like this!
Racer Bud
Spitfire #21
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Rousseau" <andre at gt6.ca>
To: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas at cox.net>
Cc: "Friends of Triumph Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Why do you race what you race?


> Loose many coffee cups?
>
> ;)
>
> A.
>
> On 23-Jan-09, at 10:18 PM, Kas Kastner wrote:
>
>> Loved my TR-3. It was just a neat car.  Sitting at a stop light,  sitting
>> my cup of coffee on the ground while waiting for the light  to change ,
>> then lighting a farmer match on the ground and lighting  a cigarette and
>> picking up my coffee  had all the people in back of  me in stitches.  It
>> was Soooooooooooooooo  cool. It was a fast racer  too. I really did loved
>> that car.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <tr3a58 at verizon.net>
>> To: <andre at gt6.ca>
>> Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Why do you race what you race?
>>
>>
>>>  Just  call me crazy but I race a TR3A because that was what was on  the
>>>  track  when  I  started  watching. After the TR4 came out they all  but
>>>  dissapeared  because  the  TR4  was  so  much  better. I think  today's
>>>  onlookers  need  to  see TR3's on track so they know what helped  start
>>>  all  this.  I  am  racing the same TR3A that I have had since 1964  and
>>>  used  to  drive to the track to watch. If I was serious about  racing I
>>>  would  race  a purpose built race car and not a production car.  But no
>>>  one said I had good sense.....
>>>
>>>  Race what is fun for you..
>>>
>>>  Dean T.
>>>  Jan 23, 2009 01:30:06 PM, andre at gt6.ca wrote:
>>>
>>>    Friday afternoon.
>>>    As I plan, scheme and dream I thought I'd pose the question.
>>>    Why do you race the particular model of Triumph you have?
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> '68 Triumph GT6 MK1 - http://www.gt6.ca/
> Ottawa, ON, Canada
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