[Fot] Pretty Peyote

[Bill Babcock]

Peyote was amazing this weekend. Not only did it look great, it ran  
great.  Had an absolute blast racing Cameron Healy in the Pooper, Tony  
Garmey in his Corvette and John Goodman in his Devin SS. We had a fine  
turnout of Triumph racers, all of whom did great. A full writeup later.

I started the weekend off a bit slow, doing 1:42's and lolling around  
in sixth place. Flatspotted a new tire in the second lap of the test  
and tune day, and the flat spot got worse until there was cord  
showing. Swapped to an old set of Speedsters and started from the  
back, which gave me the impetus I needed to get the lead out and  
drive. Did a 1:39:4something catching up and trying to make my way to  
the front, but with the Corvette and Devin sliding around and  
screaming like banshees passing felt like trying to run through a  
spinning revolving door. Finished 4th with fastest lap time in race 3,  
third behind Cameron and Goodman in race 4. Ccouldn't quite get around  
Cameraon but with all the pushing and shoving we all got well down  
into the 39's. sure was some interesting passes on the lapped cars. I  
expected  to have a posse of FV drivers with torches and ropes in out  
pits afterwards, but they seemed okay with it. Scared the crap out of  
me.

Peyote is gorgeous. Weird to say that. Completely authentic, but  
perfect. Garmey pulled off a miracle. I had a lot of people say "I  
knew he was good, but I didn't know he was THAT good."

Cameron and I had a classic Pooper-Peyote battle. Inches apart and  
flat out. Total trust. It was awesome. I still haven't quit grinning.