[Fot] Triumphs are still relevant, even today

Mon Jun 24 12:38:25 MDT 2013

My TR6 studs are 7/16" not 1/2".

Moroso 461601 is the number on my receipt for 7/16" - 20 wheel studs.  
They are 2 7/8" long. I used them on my Spit hub and the hub had to be  
drilled just a bit to meet the required hole dimensions but you may  
not need to do that on a TR6 hub. And you'll probably need open ended  
lug nuts for these studs, which some tech inspectors like to see anyhow.

See:

http://www.moroso.com/catalog/categorydisplay.asp?catcode=25107

Bud Rolofson

Extreme Parts Racing (more than just a haircut)
71 Spitfire MK IV Race Car #3
71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
93 Minnie Winnie Race Support Vehicle
77 Z-50A Hardly Davidson Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)

On Jun 24, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Robert MacKenzie wrote:

> Winning "The Spirit of Chump" was a great achievement but we could  
> not have
> accomplished it without the true team effort that got us there.    
> Thanks
> have to go out to all the drivers but special mention to  Betina &  
> Dave
> Foreman for putting it all together.
>
> The car ran perfectly on Saturday.  Never dropped any oil,  
> overheated or as
> much as mis-fired.  We never opened the hood.  When we did it was  
> only down
> a quart and a half on oil.
>
> The handing was very predictable; it just did not want to turn or  
> stop.  I
> spun twice as most of the others did.
>
> Sunday it was another car on the new Toyos.   We could go much  
> faster into
> and through the turns; and this was out downfall as it turns out.
>
> When I got into the car (driver #3) we realized the battery had gone  
> dead
> and it would not crank.  After a push-start I did a slow lap and the  
> car
> seemed fine.
> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MLpz2GAkKWk]
> When I got out 45 min later I noticed that a front left wheel nut was
> missing. Closer inspection showed that the stud had sheared off  
> flush at the
> hub.  After a quick discussion we let Bobby go "to see what would  
> happen".
> Two laps later the wheel fell off.
> That was my call and it was the wrong one.  Again: Bobby I am sorry.
>
> After our epic failure we had an epic fix and made the last hour of  
> the race
> to a standing ovation from the other teams.  It was great.
>
> On that note: does anybody have a part number for 1/2 diameter, long  
> style
> wheel studs for the TR6?
>
> Oh and Bobby...it is pronounced My-Atta.....
>
> Robert MacKenzie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net]  
> On
> Behalf Of Bobby Whitehead
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:21 AM
> To: FoT Triumph
> Subject: [Fot] Triumphs are still relevant, even today
>
> With the dawn of the new age and the alignment of the new world  
> order taking
> shape, occasionally on must take a few steps back to be right with the
> world.
> This past weekend is one such event when the Chump Series came to  
> the well
> used Texas World Speedway in College Station Texas. Six fearless  
> champions
> came to show to the world, once again, that the Triumph marque was  
> still
> relevant and worthy. Team FOGHAT (five old guys have a Triumph) ...  
> (yes we
> can't count
> either) proudly campaigned a true crap can car.. in theory there are
> supposed to be $500 cars that enter the event... now I don't know  
> about you
> but I've looked far and wide for a $500 Miata (or Myyaatah according  
> to our
> Canadian driver) and I've never found one,,, much less a BMW or a  
> SHO.. but
> our car I happen to know was a former Lemons car owned by Bob Kramer  
> that
> was a $200 car.. 1970 TR6 bone stock and not worthy of much..but it  
> was
> complete.
> We campaigned all day Saturday from start to checker flag EIGHT  
> hours in 95
> degree heat. A big thanks to the CoolShirt company indeed. We had  
> tires that
> were very predictable, they would not hold a corner at all. That  
> night the
> tires were switched out for sticky tires and we started Sunday with  
> much
> more grip.
> Yours truly was piloting the TR6 when all that traction separated  
> the front
> wheel from the hub, thank God it was not turn 7 or the  
> straight..with much
> vigor and stupidity several of the guys forged on to reattach studs  
> and
> lugnuts.. we were sidelined for several hours but we did get the TR6  
> back on
> the track the last hour to catch the checked flag!
> Later in the afternoon the awards ceremony came around and all the  
> usual
> trophies were passed out. It came to the final trophy for the event,  
> one
> that personified the true spirit of crap can racing in the Chump  
> Series and
> with large eruption of cheers from the team and the crowd, team  
> Foghat was
> awarded the great honor of the receiving the award. I hollered and  
> even shed
> a tear, it was one of the greatest moments in my Triumph career.
>
> Point is, it's okay to take a few steps back every once in a while,  
> if it
> makes you happy and keeps the true things in life relevant, like  
> racing
> Triumphs!
>
> Bobby Whitehead
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