[Fot] VENUE PROPOSALS FOR KASTNER CUP-2011 IMPORTANT FOR DECISION MAKING

[Bob Kramer]

Tony,

I haven't been to a lot of country club tracks, just 2 in Texas and they are 
not legendary. The almost new Eagles Canyon track in far north Texas has 
those "combination corners" and a lot of off camber stuff. It's challenging 
to say the least and it is up to FIA specs according to their promo stuff. 
We should through it out there as a future option based on its location, an 
hour and a half north of Dallas/Fort Worth which makes it a two day haul for 
most people coming from Socal, and adds about 4 hours to the tow from the 
midwest compared to Hallett. CVAR has been willing/wanting to do another 
Triumph event so we could make that happen. It is way too close to the 
middle of the country after Topeka for this to be a good choice now but for 
varieties sake I'd prefer ECR rather than Hallett next time. The 2.5 mile 
layout may give you more opportunity to pass, but only if you have the 
brakes dialed in.

Bob Kramer
Volente, TX

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch 
excellence.
Vince Lombardi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Drews" <tony at tonydrews.com>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] VENUE PROPOSALS FOR KASTNER CUP-2011 IMPORTANT FOR 
DECISION MAKING


>I prefer historic tracks to new tracks.
>
> I prefer a location that isn't known for rain (like Portland is), and has 
> a decent chance of not being blazingly hot (like Kansas is likely to be).
>
> The only west coast track I've driven was Portland.  I have a personal 
> goal of driving Laguna Seca at least once in my life, but Sears Point 
> looks cool too.
>
> If I'm going to tow for 8 days for 3 days of racing, I want the track to 
> be something special.
>
> In my half of the country my favorite tracks are
> Mosport
> VIR
> Road America
> Road Atlanta
>
> These are historic tracks with corners that make you say "hmm" (or Holy 
> S*** Batman!)
>
> I've never driven Lime Rock but it would be an eastern candidate for 2012. 
> Watkins Glen was cool but we've run there recently.
>
> 2nd tier tracks would be
> Hallett
> Grattan
>
> We did a TR / MG challenge during the SARS scare that kept folks away at 
> Mosport, and we did a Morgan / TR challenge at Road America.  We also have 
> had an all Triumph group at Road Atlanta.  The April VDCA race at VIR is 
> becoming my favorite event of the year, but is pretty early for some.  Low 
> key, tons of track time, a great bunch of Triumph guys there already, 
> awesome facilities...
>
> I'm not a big fan of the new country club tracks - they seem soulless and 
> while they make for fun driving they generally don't seem to make for good 
> racing - it's hard to pass when you have bunches of combination corners.
>
> Tony Drews
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