[Fot] Turkey Bowl and GT6

[Scott Janzen]

The GT6 ran like a dream this weekend at Summit Point, well, other  
than a leaky cork valve cover gasket dumping oil on the headers first  
session (the bugger migrated out from under the alloy cover), and a  
misfire that showed up late in the second session.  After checking the  
(tan) plugs, timing and point gap, I thought of TeriAnn's comments and  
sanded and installed a new Mallory condenser, and ran a ground wire to  
the distributor.  Next outing was flawless and the car ran great the  
rest of the weekend.  Don't know which of the two fixes worked, but  
I'm keeping both in place.  There are other things to do over the  
winter, but the weekend was a hoot!

Other FOT folks in attendance included Rich Rock, Craig Wensley and  
John Herrara (I apologize if I am missing anyone else that was  
there).  There was one other all-Triumph running, a Spitfire in BRG  
that matched mine, Rich's TVR with a 2.5 six, and a pretty, small  
Peerless GT coupe that had a TR4 engine in it!  All in all, I'm  
guessing there were about 80 cars, grouped in under two liter vintage,  
over two liter vintage, open wheel and sports racer vintage, and a  
modern group that included a flock of Legends, at least one Stocker,  
and some other newer machinery.
Friday was reportedly grey and damp, but by the time I showed up  
Friday evening the wind was blowing the damp away and Saturday dawned  
sunny and dry.  Mid 50s Saturday and 60 Sunday, 35-40 at night,  
perfect cool weather for a car I usually roast in during the summer!   
Lots of track time in two days with two practice sessions, a 10 lap  
race, a 15 lap race and a 45 minute enduro, plus the Friday I missed.

Summit Point's main course was in pretty rough shape in turn one and  
the carousel, but it is reportedly being re-paved in March-April and  
will be ready for the Jefferson 500 in May ( I believe being sponsored  
by Vintage Racing Group).  Hope to see some other East Coast Triumphs  
there in the spring.

BTW, if anyone knows how to build a GT6 trans that does not drip oil  
on the exhaust, I am all ears.  The vent hole is clear, but it just  
seems to ooze Redline out the gaskets and the front oil seal (which  
has been replaced twice).