[Fot] Wine Country

[Bill Babcock]

They might. If not, the CSRG Charity Challenge is just as much fun and  
a lot more track time.

On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:47 PM, mordy wrote:

> I always wanted to do that event... but, alas -don't think they  
> would accept a tr4.    i havn't been to sears point in years.  There  
> still is a photo of the old sign leading to the turn in to the track  
> on the FOT page.  Check it out ... has it changed?
> Mordy
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Babcock" <billb at bnj.com>
> To: "'Friends of Triumph' Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:39 PM
> Subject: [Fot] Wine Country
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>
>> Raced Peyote at Infinion (Sears Point in Sonoma, California) this   
>> weekend at the Wine Country Classic. Peyote did great right up  
>> until  the checker on Sunday's warmup when my clutch went away.  I  
>> had a  spare clutch pack with me, and decided to do the loony in- 
>> the-paddock- extreme-repair and put it in, but it's a double spline  
>> type, and I  didn't have an input shaft with me, so I couldn't  
>> index it. With about  40 minutes left before the green flag I gave  
>> up trying to wiggle the  transmission on, pulled the clutch off and  
>> stuck the transmission back  on to put it back in the trailer. Too  
>> bad, I was slow on Saturday in  the qualifying race (14th out of  
>> 40) but had the bit between my teeth  during the warmup on Sunday  
>> and was running with the three leaders.  I  think it would have  
>> been a fun race.
>>
>> A long tow--about ten hours each way, hauling my 34' airstream-- 
>> Nero.  But it was a great weekend at the races and a fine ride back  
>> in a warm California haze with good music blasting. Sang pretty  
>> much all the way back to Portland. A little hoarse and a little  
>> sunburned.
>>
>> Lots of old friends and a few new ones at the race, including  
>> Baxter Culver (Peyote's previous owner), Hardy Prentice, Greg  
>> Petrolati,  David Love and many more. Made for a really great  
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