[Fot] 1962 TR4 Race car on Bat

[carl stenquist]

Earlier in the BaT listing there was a list of all of the owners and the
time frame when they had possession.
All of a sudden that was removed from the listing.  Did anyone else see
that?
Carl

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 5:08 PM yellow04 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 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?
> >>
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