[Fot] Wrap-Up News from Blackhawk Farms

Mon Oct 26 13:09:40 MDT 2015

Thanks for the wrap-up. 

Sorry to hear of the Triumph attrition. 

Tony continues to amaze. 

I'll look for ward to the videos. 

Dave H. 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jason Ostrowski" <jason at multivintage.com> 
To: "Michael Moore" <mmoore at mtmcpafirm.com> 
Cc: "triumph friends" <fot at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 10:31:22 AM 
Subject: Re: [Fot] Wrap-Up News from Blackhawk Farms 

True! 
As the saying goes; 

Some of What Happens at Blackhawk Farms, 
Stays at Blackhawk Farms. 

I can tell you when I left on Sunday evening... 
The Coals (some 2 1/2' high in a pile 10 feet wide) where still hundreds of degrees and will likely still be burning into midweek. 
And ALL the Coolers and Bourbon Bottles were EMPTY. 

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Michael Moore < mmoore at mtmcpafirm.com > wrote: 

No commentary on the Saturday night bonfire J 

Thanks, Mike 

62 TR4, Race car 

63 TR4, Street car 

Mike & Becky Moore 

6050 Ruhl Road, Fairview, PA 16415 

mmoore at mtmcpafirm.com 

From: Fot [mailto: fot-bounces at autox.team.net ] On Behalf Of Jason Ostrowski 
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 12:15 PM 
To: triumph friends < fot at autox.team.net > 
Subject: [Fot] Wrap-Up News from Blackhawk Farms 

Well, the blunt fact is that The Loooong race took a toll on all our Triumphs. 

Leaving us all jealous was of the only one left standing at the end. 

King of the weekend was Tony Drews... 

With the car that wears a bulletproof vest to the track every damn weekend. 

Going into the start of the endurance test it seemed a long awaited beating was in store for him. 

Of the 35 or so cars set to perform, 

I was happy to qualify as top Triumph. 

8th spot. 

Starting next to me on driver's right was my Barracuda Brother in 7th. (we qualified both with our best-ever times at Blackhawk with a mere fraction of .3 seconds between us) 

Behind, with a nice cushion in between (for us anyway) was Sean Alexander starting 12th. 

And the solid bright-red brick of Mr. Drews back in 14th: with a good view of his eventual, falling off the table pick-offs. 

It would soon appear that the astounding speed and hope and the glory of a really fast GT6+ is nothing at the finish with bird leg fragility. 

I got a great start and had the Barracuda in tow. 

By the end of lap one, I had moved up to flirt with the top 5. 

Brian passed me and I was cool to pester him from behind. 

That's like watching screaming children being tossed between the coachwork panels of a Bus as the driver floors it through a parking lot autocross track. 

Our David and Goliath battle lasted all too briefly as my differential exploded inside its case and I was out.. 

Shortly after, the Cuda was also out with a broken water pump and a shredded belt. 

Somewhere in the meantime, Scott Barr managed to scrape the side of his car along the asphalt in a, rather lucky to not completely roll over, shearing of the axle. He found out with early Halloween horror that the car cannot go through the carousel with only 3 wheels. 

The first 40 minute segment ended and it seemed that Sean may have his chance to take the pot. 

Due to typical attrition, by this time the field was less than half of the original starters. 

Sean, Tony, and still hanging in there...Glade Snodgrass; were the Triumphs that remained for the race to the Checkered. 

In front for most of the race was Alexander. 

But not at the end. 

A broken transmission... gear chipped away his hope of beating the big guy. 

Tony was the only Triumph left at the flag fall. 

Again he walks his car back to Moline as the Top Dog of the season for our group of Midwest FOT Heroes. 

Jason Ostrowski 

Friendly Ghost Racing 

1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars 

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