[Fot] 24 hours in a TR

[davehogye]

Ted's Longest Day race results are going to be tough to beat in terms of 24 hour TR stats. 
I remember those races and attended a few for the full 24 hours way back in the early 80s. 
I have some pix of Ted and the TR8 coming down the main straight at Nelson's for the green flag at the start of an SCCA race, it's probably 1983. 
I copied the photos to Ted not too long ago. 


Dave H. 



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch at netzero.net> 
To: jason at multivintage.com 
Cc: fot at autox.team.net 
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 3:35:27 PM 
Subject: Re: [Fot] 24 hours in a TR 

Ted Schumacher competed in the Longest Day 24 hour races at Nelson Ledges and 
was on a wining team at least once. I believe this was in a TR8??? Ted can 
chime in with more details. I raced in that race 5 years ago, but it was in a 
Miata. Ted was there as a race marshall and was giving our team some tips. 
Joe(B) 

---------- Original Message ---------- 
From: Jason Ostrowski <jason at multivintage.com> 
To: triumph friends <fot at autox.team.net> 
Subject: [Fot] 24 hours in a TR 
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:27:35 -0600 

The 24 hour race at Daytona this weekend got me thinking. 
It seems that Sebring is usually mentioned as the endurance testing grounds 
for Triumphs (at least here in the U.S)... lots of action there with a few 
different TR models. 
I am aware of some attempts by the factory teams to complete the 24 hours 
of LeMans. (early years) 

Anyway, anyone have any insight as to who and what car might hold the 
(Triumph) record for most distance covered in a competition event? 
Sebring, Daytona, LeMans, Lemons? I know some of our own FoT guys did well 
in the late 50's at Sebring...I remember hearing of a guy driving a TR3 for 
over 11 hours in that event (There are some great photos of this group on 
our own FoT website) 

This is just for fun ....Remember, It gets really cold here in Chicago and 
I need an interesting FoT topic. 

Whats the longest you have driven a Triumph in competition? 

Jason Ostrowski 
Friendly Ghost Racing 
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