[Fot] 1962 TR4 Race car on Bat

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Yeah, I am familiar. As Irv states that's Don Brick's car, the third 
member of the original Beady Eye Vintage Triumph Racing Team.

I rode shotgun in that car for one lap at Grattan some 15+ years ago. It 
was my first time at the track, and VSCDA has/had a deal where they 
allowed lunchtime rides around the track. Probably for charity, I don't 
remember. What I do remember was Bill Dentinger, Bob Wismer and Don 
thought I needed some "instruction" on how to drive the track, so Don 
and I go out at lunchtime. We are in street clothes, no helmets, and all 
I have a lap belt. Well, we drive out of the pits and Don is on it, full 
chat. We are heading for turn one, and I realize Don is not slowing 
down, he's hard on the gas right up to the braking point.  He calmly 
says "I like to be over here when I brake", and stabs the brakes, turns 
in, and we go sliding around turn one. I'm looking for things to hold on 
to but coming up short. We are coming up on another car, and I am 
thinking OK, the guy running lunchtime laps was adamant, parade laps, no 
passing, so I am thinking Don is going to fall in line... Wrong. Don 
just blows right by him and we continue blasting around the track with 
tires squealing on every corner, and a running commentary from Don on 
how he approaches the track. I seem to remember we got shown the black 
flag at start/finish the first time by, Don looks at me and says 
something like "I wonder what that was for?" Back in the pits I remember 
Don explaining to whoever was yelling at him that he never heard any of 
the rules about the lunchtime laps! Good fun...

I hope the car finds a good home, even better if it comes back to our 
neck of the woods. The last time all three Beady Eye cars were together 
was 2017 at Blackhawk.

On 2021-01-29 16:14, Irv Korey via Fot wrote:
> The number and the red wire wheels are the key giveaways. That's Don
> Brick's former car. That car was
> raced for many years in the midwest. Don was my instructor at Drivers'
> School in 1999.
> 

> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 2:57 PM list--- via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-triumph-tr4-race-car/
>> 
>> Anybody familiar with this car?
>>