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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:58
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Our weekend at the
Glen</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>As Jeff pointed out, it's Labor Day, not Memorial day. I get
those two confused all the time.
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<DIV>Portland International Raceway is an interesting track from a technical
standpoint, and the CRC is a good race. The track was repaved last year and
some corners were changed a bit. You won't find better pavement
anywhere. It's easy to run large-scale races there. </DIV>
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<DIV>PIR is right on the MAX line (rapid transit trains), so significant
others are not stuck at the track--they can go into Portland with minimal
effort, and Portland is one of the most accessible cities in the US. Very
compact--you can walk anywhere in downtown. Having been pretty much all over
the world and especially all over North America I assert that Portland has
restaurants, street food, taverns and specialty food (like artiisan bread,
great bakeries, etc) to rival or surpass any city, including places like
Paris, New York City and San Francisco. You simply can't find better beer, and
our Pinot's stack up to the best. </DIV>
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<DIV>SOVREN is very strict about racing classifications for it's members, but
more flexible for outsiders. I'm sure I can work with them to ensure that
anyone that wants to come can race. I'm also pretty sure I can get an
all-triumph race. The CRC has plenty of track time--it runs Friday through
Monday with Thursday usually available as an inexpensive test and tune day
through the Lotus Club. You can wear yourself and your car out at the
CRC. </DIV>
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<DIV>The All British Field Meet runs the same weekend in the same venue (yes,
there are sometimes some space problems but we can overflow to the Pro Pits
which are nicer for camping anyway). They have car shows, autojumbles, and a
big vendor area. It's a well-attended show that draws from car clubs all over
the coast. There is a short on-track autocross that's kind of a PIA, but I'd
like to set up a better and longer running autocross in the propit area--we've
done that before. </DIV>
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<DIV>I think PIR is kind of ideal as a west coast venue for the Kastner Cup.
Seattle (Pacific Raceways) is too far from other facilities--it's in Kent,
Washington--and the major race is the Northwest Historics, which is a pretty
crowded event. The Portland Historics is an HMSA event, and they're hard to
work with on car classifications. Thunderhill is a wonderful track, but it's
east of nowhere. Sears (Infinion) is fabulous and wonderful Sonoma is close
by, but the only likely event is the CSRG Charity Challenge and it's often
filled. CSRG is an excellent organization, but they might be a bit tough on
car classification. I'm not sure any of the SCCA cars would be allowed to run.
Laguna is too restricted--they don't have many dates anymore. We'd all need
sand filters for Willows. </DIV>
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<DIV>The only limitation at PIR is noise--you'd all need mufflers.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>It's not too early to start planning. How do we get this
going? </DIV>
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<DIV>On Sep 9, 2008, at 8:35 PM, <A
href="mailto:Chasgee@aol.com">Chasgee@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><WBR>Bill,<BR><BR>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><BR>Chuck Gee<BR>Blacksmith Racing<BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Bill Babcock <<A
href="mailto:Billb@bnj.com">Billb@bnj.com</A>><BR>To: Henry Frye <<A
href="mailto:henry@henryfrye.com">henry@henryfrye.com</A>><BR>Cc: <A
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2008 11:55 am<BR>Subject: Re: [Fot] Our weekend at the Glen<BR><BR>
<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>On Sep 9, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Henry Frye wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV>We came, we raced, we marked our territory with our racecars. Some
more<BR>than others.<BR><BR>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><BR>We shared some special moments remembering uncle
jack.<BR><BR>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><BR>So, it was a great weekend, sorry if you
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