<WBR>Bill,<br>
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Funny you should mention those two venues, because I was discussing this with some So Cal brethren and we came to the same conclusions. It is the West coast's turn again and I think Portland would be fantastic. Let me know if I can help organize this.<br>
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Chuck Gee<br>
Blacksmith Racing<br>
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From: Bill Babcock <Billb@bnj.com><br>
To: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com><br>
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Sent: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:55 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Our weekend at the Glen<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_3_0929c2c4-e994-49ea-b6e6-a0f51d20d9bb>I'm thinking it's time for the left coast. Maybe Thunderhill? It's a hell of a track, though the surrounding facilities suck. Portland would be great, the Columbia River Classic is the weekend before this SVRA race (Memorial day weekend), and it's a high-track time event. Most folks are sick of racing by the time the Monday races roll around. it also encompasses the All British Field Meet which a lot of Triumph folks attend as well.
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<div>I know I could get SOVREN to roll out the red carpet for FOT since I helped to give this race a boost a few years ago. The Saturday at-track party is legenday, an opportunity to get out your vintage duds, and I can commit to a pretty cool FOT party at Casa Babcock. <br>
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<div>We came, we raced, we marked our territory with our racecars. Some more<br>
than others.<br>
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We hung out with TS 1 LO, parked under thI'm thinking it's time for the left coast. e tent with the beer. What were<br>
they thinking. Anything could have happened. Nothing happened... I<br>
think.<br>
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We shared some special moments remembering uncle jack.<br>
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Many of us were able to put faces with familiar names. Before I just<br>
knew the names. Now I have faces in my brain so I will forget all your<br>
names. Sorry, that's just how it works.<br>
<br>
My car rose to the occasion. First, somehow it became the poster child<br>
for the event, landing on the front page of the local daily newspaper on<br>
Saturday. <br>
<br>
Then it drove into the paddock hemorrhaging oil from every orifice after<br>
the All Triumph Race, but I achieved a few lofty personal goals in the<br>
process. <br>
<br>
Then on the start of the Group 3 race my car pulled me down the inside<br>
line to pass a bunch of guys in turn one, then I passed the start/finish<br>
line in third overall a couple times. Running way up there in a SVRA<br>
feature race is something I never thought I would do. Then the track got<br>
a little slick from rain and I backed off a bit, I will never be a brave<br>
rain driver. Too much to lose, nothing to gain. Still finished well, no<br>
complaints there.<br>
<br>
There was less attrition than I expected over the course of the weekend,<br>
at least until Sunday. It was nice to spend time with our friends<br>
sitting on chairs with a beer in hand, not under cars requesting<br>
wrenches and sockets. <br>
<br>
Many big names in our sport were there, both past and present, and<br>
getting face time with them was a real treat. <br>
<br>
Congrats to Tony Garmey on winning the Kastner Cup. This was the third<br>
time I have seen the TR250K on track, it was always fast. This weekend<br>
it was amazing. During Kas' presentation of the cup, he said he has not<br>
seen the car go as fast since he ran it at Sebring in '68. He then<br>
issued a manufacturers recall notice, but I think Tony is going to take<br>
his chances!<br>
<br>
Congrats to Larry Young for the Bill Ames Award, well deserved. <br>
<br>
The Western PA Triumph gang was there in force, as was a big contingent<br>
of New England Triumph folks. Bob Lang brought Khartu, his TR6<br>
autocrosser for the folks to enjoy. Dave Hutchinson drove his pristine<br>
Italia. If I continue to try to mention all the special cars that came<br>
out to support the event I would miss several, I don't want to do that.<br>
<br>
Many thanks to Jack Woehrle and the rest of SVRA for treating us Triumph<br>
folks better than we deserved. Jack was never too far from the Triumph<br>
ghetto, and made sure we got what we needed.<br>
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So, it was a great weekend, sorry if you missed it... Where to next<br>
year?<br>
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