[Fot] Racing memories

[Rocky Entriken]

Mine is the Spitfire 4.55:1 diff gears with EVERY tooth sheared off, both 
off the ring AND the pinion. I've trashed 4-5 diffs in my time but never one 
like that. That was in an autocross, on my first run. I won because the 
other guy in my class (Sprite) also broke on his first run (gearbox) and he 
straightlined the finish slalom while I wiggled through, so he was DNF while 
I had a (very slow) time.

Also the front brake caliper set with the caliper piston cookie-cuttered 
through the brake pad backing (no pad left). The brakes actually didn't fail 
until the piston had been ground off enough to pop out of the caliper. Race 
at Hallett. The scary part was, I'd been lapped by the overall leader right 
at the checkered flag, so drove an easy cool-down, into the pits and right 
up on my waiting trailer -- that was the moment the piston popped out, the 
pedal went to the floor and the car rolled right back off the trailer! If I 
hadn't been lapped, if I'd had one more hard racing lap, I probably wouldn't 
have finished it!

My garage is all bequeathed to my firstborn daughter, who grew up going to 
races and autocrosses with her single-parent dad. Only problem is, her 
husband is a big-car guy (he customizes Hummers) and doesn't know what to do 
with a LBC.

--Rocky Entriken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Bownes -Seiri" <bownes at seiri.com>
To: "Irv Korey" <emanteno at comcast.net>
Cc: "FoT Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing memories


> Mine is the Spitfire oil pan with the apparent bullet hole from a con rod
> bolt....
>
>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 16:33, Irv Korey <emanteno at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> My memento is the re-shaped tail light assembly from my (former) TR4,
>> re-shaped by a concrete wall at Mosport. Some things you just can't throw
>> away.
>>
>> Irv