[Fot] E-Ticket Triumphs: An Attribution.

[Bud Rolofson]

I  wore my Kastner (Powered by American Explosives) t-shirt all day when I heard the news. 

Thanks Chuck for making those. I’d been saving it for race season but it seemed like the day to break it out.

Bud

> On Apr 13, 2021, at 12:34 PM, Chuck Gee via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Actually, Peg convinced him to come to a VARA Tustin Thunder race back in the day.  Kas was in our pits and looking at all the Triumphs when Paul Smock recognized him.  The rest is history.  
> 
> Also of note:  Lee Mueller was there as well racing a Porsche.  I had a nice conversation with him about getting an aluminum flywheel.  Turns out we went to the same high school.
> 
> Also, I believe that was the first time Kas signed cars with his “OK to Race.”  An iconic time. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck
> 
>> On Apr 13, 2021, at 10:01 AM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> It was the E-Ticket Triumphs and Peggy Kastner that brought Kas back to the forefront of the Triumph Community.
>> 
>> This should never be forgotten.
>> 
>> And as I remember it, Mordy Dunst suggested that Kas and Peg be invited to the 50th Anniversary of Triumphs in Competition at Mid-Ohio.
>> 
>> This became the beginning of THE KASTNER CUP SERIES in 2002.
>> 
>> Please share some stories of this as you remember it. We sure made history.
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