[Fot] Wrap-Up News from Blackhawk Farms

[R. John Lye]

Congratulations Tony, another great drive. 
 
John

On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:15:09 -0500, Jason Ostrowski  wrote:

       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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Thanks,
John

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