[Fot] Chris's Rooster Tail

John H. Hasty jhasty at mhc-law.com
Tue Jul 19 15:14:16 MDT 2022 

No attachment on the one I got

-----Original Message-----
From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Tony Drews via Fot
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:11 PM
To: Chuck Gee <chasgee22 at gmail.com>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Chris's Rooster Tail

It's an attachment to the original message.

- Tony

On 7/19/2022 2:01 PM, Chuck Gee wrote:
> Can someone post it here?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 19, 2022, at 2:44 PM, Tony Drews via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> Wow, that sounds and looks AWESOME!
>>
>> - TOny
>>
>>> On 7/19/2022 10:39 AM, Dave Riddle via Fot wrote:
>>> Lyman's wife, Tonya, shot the video with her phone of Chris's rooster tail in the rain. I posted it to my FB page, messaged it to Chris and he posted it on his FB page too!
>>>
>>> I'll be posting a highlight/lowlight reel in a little bit of our 
>>> sessions
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of yellow04 
>>> via Fot
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:36 AM
>>> To: fot at autox.team.net
>>> Subject: SPAM-LOW: [Fot] Race Recap, from the yellow TR250
>>>
>>> Again, thanks to everybody who came out to the Kastner Cup this past 
>>> weekend, both racers and friends. It was fantastic to spend time 
>>> with old friends and make new ones. While my weekend got much more 
>>> exciting at the Kastner Cup presentation, it still would have been a 
>>> really great race weekend for me had the cards fallen in a different 
>>> direction with the pick for the K-Cup winner.
>>>
>>> As I sat on the Grid for the K-Cup race, I am looking at Chris Marks
>>> (TR8) on pole, Sam Halkius (TR6) on the outside pole, then Joe Carr 
>>> (Huffaker TR8) and my TR250 on the second row. Behind me is the Curt 
>>> Johnston (Huffaker TR7) and Bob "why are they braking 200 feet early?"
>>> Lang (TR6). Plus, I realize there are several really fast GT6's back 
>>> there, although circumstances kept the Dolan cars from posting times 
>>> that would put them where they belonged on the grid. I'm feeling 
>>> intimidated, I realize that set of Speedsters under my car are going 
>>> to be working really, really hard keep any kind of pace with this 
>>> crew. The rest of this is by memory, as my camera didn't work...
>>>
>>> The race is off to a great start, and somehow I find myself dogging 
>>> the Huffaker TR8. It rained earlier in the day, and the track would 
>>> best be described as "drying, but not quite dry". I realize Joe is 
>>> driving a borrowed, incredibly important, historic car, and is 
>>> feeling out the corners, but for me the grip was there. On the 
>>> second lap, Joe goes a little hot into one of the uphill sweepers, 
>>> and my six cylinder powers by him on the inside. Joe takes the 
>>> position back exhibiting superior straight line speed, but I got him 
>>> again. If memory serves, we traded places a couple times, I am 
>>> scored in front of the TR8 for laps 3, 4 and 5! As the race wears 
>>> on, Joe settles in and shows us what he and that beautiful TR8 were 
>>> capable of, and finishes the race some 12 seconds in front of me. 
>>> After the race Joe explains to me what I was seeing in his cockpit, 
>>> his HANS tether was not quite right and he was trying to get it sorted while on track!
>>>
>>> I am thrilled to finish 4th, the first car not running on grooved 
>>> slicks. Even better, I learn Mark Wheatley, my long-time paddock 
>>> partner finished behind me in 5th in his TR4! Unfortunately for Bob 
>>> Lang, his car didn't go the distance, he pulled in after noticing a 
>>> temperature spike.
>>>
>>> In the reunion race Sunday morning, Sam's TR6 was a no-show, and 
>>> Chris was under strict orders to keep the car in one piece as car 
>>> owner Peter has a pending sale in place. The two TR8's are front 
>>> row, with me and Curt Johnston right behind them. The two TR8's take 
>>> off, and my rear view mirrors are quickly filled with Bob Lang and 
>>> Brian Dolan's GT6. I am watching the two of them battle it out, when 
>>> Bob gets by me in Turn 3. It does not take long before Brian gets by 
>>> me as well and catches Bob. Now I am watching the two of them race 
>>> each other hard, and I am enjoying the action from the best seat in 
>>> the house. When the two of them are trying to out brake each other 
>>> in turn 3 and I see each of them making tire smoke, I realize things 
>>> are really heating up there! Then they are side by side going down 
>>> into turn 5. Knowing there is no way two cars are going to through 
>>> turn 5 faster than one car can, I lay back a little and it unfolds 
>>> perfectly. I get the run into the corner, am on the gas hard 
>>> tracking out on the preferred line, and can squeeze my way right up 
>>> the middle between the two cars! Thanks for making room guys, that 
>>> was an awesome pass! Bob and Brian continued racing each other so 
>>> the rest of my ride in the reunion race was not heavily contested, 
>>> and I was pleased to finish third behind the two TR8's. As I 
>>> understand it, Chris had to slow down to let his brakes recover, Joe 
>>> took the overall lead and by the time Chris had confidence in his 
>>> brakes again, he was out of time to mount a comeback. He told me he needed one more lap to catch Joe!
>>>
>>> A few highlights for me over the course of the weekend include:
>>>
>>> The whole scene with Christian Marks flying in from Germany to drive 
>>> Canadian Pete Bulkowski's TR8. These guys know how to have fun while 
>>> preparing a fast race car. Then there was Chris' incredible drive on 
>>> Saturday morning's Ground Pounders group session. It was a very wet 
>>> track and he literally lapped the entire field and the rooster tail 
>>> shooting up behind the TR8 was so cool! Somebody posted some video 
>>> of that somewhere, maybe somebody can provide a link?
>>>
>>> Meeting Lyman and Dave running the Baja TR3. Taking one look at the 
>>> car you immediately realized this thing is something special. While 
>>> it was obvious the car was not going to be competitive for race wins 
>>> on a road course, it shows how we still have people who are 
>>> committed to the Triumph marque, who are willing to spend the time 
>>> and effort to save significant Triumph history, and are willing to 
>>> share that with us in venues like the Kastner Cup. Well done Lyman, thanks for your efforts.
>>> And well driven Dave, you had a tough task in front of you managing 
>>> the car on a road course. I can't wait to hear about the car's next chapter!
>>>
>>> I helped out on the K-Cup committee, so seeing how the event 
>>> unfolded after all the planning was kind of cool for me. Curt 
>>> Johnston did a stellar job, and Jim Dolan steered his crew with the 
>>> PVGP to really make this a special event for us. Job well done guys!
>>>
>>> Seeing the family teams in action is always cool for me, we had Sean 
>>> and Brendan Alexander, Marty and Jason Sukey, Phil and Dave Gott, 
>>> Jessie and Pat Darrow, and of course the Dolan family. Sorry if I missed anybody!
>>>
>>> Hats off to Joe Alexander and his family, while it may look like all 
>>> this just happens, there is a lot of work behind the scenes. Thanks 
>>> guys.
>>>
>>> So next year the race for the Kastner Cup will be at Road America, I 
>>> can't wait! With a full grid of the Mid-west Triumph folk gunning 
>>> for the Cup, I am confident that it will be a spectacular show! I 
>>> think the smart money will be on Friendly Ghost Racing, no pressure 
>>> Jason! :-)
>>>
>>> Henry Frye
>>> #29 TR250
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