[Fot] Get ready for the Kastner Cup at Lime Rock!

[Mike Harmuth]

Michael, the SCCA limit (not the rules we'll be running under) is 25 cars
per mile of track = 37 cars. They do run larger grids at vintage events,
based on things like speed differential.

mike h

On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM Michael Deweerd via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Thanks Tony,  I'm running toyo R888's on the TR4, what is the grid limit
> at Lime Rock?
>  just curious.
> Cheers.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:
>
>> It is a Friday / Saturday / Monday event with Sunday being a quiet day.
>> My recollection is that the Kastner Cup race is on Monday.  Confirmed -
>> looking at older messages, Henry sent this out Jan 9th:
>>
>> "Thursday late afternoon the track hosts a parade open to race cars, 17
>> miles of beautiful New England countryside ending in a street fair in Falls
>> Village, a quaint little town a couple miles from the track. If driving
>> your race car on the street is not your thing, it is well worth finding
>> your way to Falls Village to take in the scene.
>>
>> For the most part, we will have an All-Triumph run group. If our numbers
>> exceed a safe run group, we may be forced to put some cars in a more
>> appropriate run group, that may apply to cars on both ends of the timing
>> sheet. If your Triumph is prepped beyond vintage specs, your tire choice
>> will play a big factor on where you run. But rest assured for the main
>> event, all the Triumphs will together for the Kastner Cup race!
>>
>> We have a practice session on Friday morning, and we qualify on Friday
>> afternoon. Both sessions on Saturday are races. Monday morning is our third
>> race, then right after lunch on Monday we run for the Kastner Cup."
>>
>> Regards, Tony Drews
>> On 1/23/2025 12:22 PM, Michael Deweerd via Fot wrote:
>>
>> Henry,
>> When I look at the track website and the event schedule, it seems that
>> Sunday has no racing but Monday does?  Is this correct?
>> When is the Cup Race then if not on Sunday?  I was originally planning on
>> driving home on Monday (approx 7-8 hours) and return to work Tuesday
>> morning.
>> Can you let me know so I can book the proper holidays off.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mike Deweerd
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM Mark Cook via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Henry,
>>>
>>> Great video!   Peter also has posted a full race video for the same
>>> event.
>>>
>>> https://youtu.be/cLAP--lMsng?si=EjlQ_RBu5dnxCWf4
>>>
>>> He does make it look too easy!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of yellow04 via
>>> Fot
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2025 7:33 AM
>>> To: FOT
>>> Subject: [Fot] Get ready for the Kastner Cup at Lime Rock!
>>>
>>> Today being the first day of many that I woke up to an outside temp is
>>> not a negative number, I think this is a fine time to share some more
>>> about the Kastner Cup race coming this fall at Lime Rock Park!
>>>
>>> Many people have been reaching out to me with questions and to inform me
>>> of their intention to run with us, so I put together a quick spreadsheet
>>> of those who have contacted me, and those that I presume are coming. My
>>> list at the moment is over 40 Triumphs and Triumph powered Specials, and
>>> it seems every week or so another racer reaches out and gets added to
>>> the list. I believe we are in for a real treat!
>>>
>>> One of our guys asked me if I knew of any good in-car video I could
>>> share. I perused youTube and was delighted to see that none other than
>>> Peter Krause had posted a couple of laps from last year's Historic
>>> Festival in his Fiat X19. Peter is a very well-known professional
>>> driving coach out of Virginia, and for him to share this video showing
>>> us what it looks like to drive Lime Rock in a small-bore production car
>>> could not have come at a better time. I suggest anybody with no seat
>>> time at Lime Rock take a look, although I will say Peter makes it look
>>> easy!
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq09PWPpstk
>>>
>>> See you at the track!
>>>
>>> Henry Frye
>>> 2025 and 2026 KCup chair
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