[Fot] TR3 wins at SCCA National

[Sam Halkias]

Congratulations Joe! I know how hard you work on your car and you cetainly
belong in the winner's circle. EP is certainly a tough class and registering a
win with an old Triumph deserves some back slapping! Way to go Joe!



Sam Halkias




> From: jaboruch at netzero.net
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 18:08:36 +0000
> To: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Fot] TR3 wins at SCCA National
>
> Friends, not trying to brag (too much), but wanted to share that TR3s can
> still win at SCCA National races. I raced at Lime Rock this past weekend
and
> came away with a 1st in EP. My previous best finish at a National was a
3rd.
>
> I qualified 8th overall and 2nd in EP with a 1:00.918, compared to the pole
> sitter at 0:58.911 and the lead EP car (an RX7) at 0:59.311. I caught my
1st
> break when the EP BMW 325i starting right behind me did not show to the
grid.
> He had brake problems that they could not fix in time. My strategy was to
> drive the race at my pace and could easily take 2nd place, but also hope
for
> the RX7 to somehow come up short. which it later did. With the RX7 1.5
> seconds faster than me, I would not be able to keep up with him for too
long.
> I had a great start, but within a couple of laps lost a few spots to some
STU
> cars that pushed their way in front of me. A few laps later I got back by
> them all and then just had to deal with lapped traffic (lapped some 5 or 6
> times) and chasing the leaders. With a few laps to go, my son radioed me
that
> the RX7 was slowing and to keep charging. Last lap I passed the RX7 at the
> up-hill, taking the EP win. A 54 year old Triumph outlasted a Mazda and a
> BMW. A Miata was 3rd in EP, 2 laps down. I also got to my fastest race time
> at LRP with a 1:00.762. This shows that sometimes old British iron (with
lots
> of fiberglass around it) can win against those with much more power and
> technology.
>
> I thought about focusing on more SCCA Nationals, based on this win, but I
> don't think that is in the cards for this year. Will keep developing the
car
> and perhaps someday get to the Runoffs. Joe(B)
>
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