<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br>For some reason I can't erase this message. Any suggestions?<br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Joe Alexander <<a href="mailto:n197tr4@cs.com">n197tr4@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Wow!</div><div><br></div><div>You are also Chris Marx' hero.</div><div><br></div><div>Joe A.<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 16, 2013, at 5:30 PM, <a href="mailto:cudapilot@comcast.net">cudapilot@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thank you very much for the nomination and seconds, guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As Tom mentioned I have been helping get Triumphs on track for a couple of years now by working with Jason Ostrowski’s Friendly Ghost Racing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Jason and I race together here in the <!--?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /--><st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place> with Midwestern Council and VSCDA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I have raced a variety of vehicles over the years but currently own a 67 Barracuda fastback that I built and race in Group 6 and also race a 65 Cheetah Roadster (for those at Road America a few weeks ago I was the blue roadster #6 paddocked just down the way from the FOT camp).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I trailered Jason’s yellow GT6 to the Mitty last year at Road Atlanta and proudly served at crew chief for FGR that weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That was my first experience with FOT and I had a blast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We shared my canopy with the Alexander clan and had a great time hanging out with them that weekend (I wrote an article about the experience for our club newsletter: <a href="http://www.nsscc.org/files/rod_knock/RK2012Jun.pdf"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.nsscc.org/files/rod_knock/RK2012Jun.pdf</font></a>) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I have always been a guy that will try to do whatever I can to help a fellow racer get to the track or get back on track if they have an issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Whether it be parts or an extra set of hands, I have been the guy in need too many times to not offer help to another racer when the tables are turned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>FOT more so than any other group of racers that I have been around perpetuates this same spirit and that was what drew me in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As far as Triumphs go, in addition to designing and fabricating some parts for Jason’s yellow GT6, I helped get John Reed’s green GT6 back on track earlier this year after Jason bought it .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Unfortunately I also had to load it into my trailer after the second broken suspension episode of the weekend converted it to a three wheeler at Road <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I will also be helping Jason and his dad with their Ambro project in the near future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Finally, though I didn’t know his name until afterwards nor he mine, I was happy to be able to lead Peter on a very entertaining scavenger hunt through <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Sheboygan County</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">WI</st1:state></st1:place> looking for the parts that got his TR8 back on track the next day at the ELVF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was great to watch him and Chris to impressively flog that awesome car around the track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Though I need another race car like I need another hole in my head, my experience with Friendly Ghost Racing and Friends of Triumph has really made me want a Triumph project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We have a bare GT6 chassis that I hope to find a Vitesse body for (I know – good luck with that).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I saw the Carl Swanson car at Road <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> a few years ago and fell in love with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We have a lot of uppity Alpha and Datsun guys here in the <st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place> – I would love nothing more than to beat up on them in 2.5 Trans Am / B Sedan competition in a Triumph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In the meantime, I look forward to helping Jason with the prep and development of his vehicles and know that my inclusion on this list will help to that end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I feel privileged to be a part of FOT and look forward to meeting more of you at and on the track in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Thank you again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Yours in racing,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Brian Garcia<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br><br>
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<b>From: </b>"tom strange" <<a href="mailto:tomstrange1300@gmail.com">tomstrange1300@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>, "Keith Files" <<a href="mailto:keithfiles@btinternet.com">keithfiles@btinternet.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:cudapilot@comcast.net">cudapilot@comcast.net</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, September 15, 2013 9:40:50 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Fot] nomination<br><br>
<div dir="ltr">Well Brian,
<div> Looks like youve been promoted to "one of us" )))) shortly Mark will get your name on the list & It will be up to you to tell us all about yourself ... enjoy the list ... its a great group of people...</div></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Keith Files <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keithfiles@btinternet.com" target="_blank">keithfiles@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>I will happily second. Anybody who does what Brian did deserves to be one of us.</div>
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<div><br>On 14 Sep 2013, at 17:33, tom strange <<a href="mailto:tomstrange1300@gmail.com" target="_blank">tomstrange1300@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">In the aftermath of the KCup ... I'd like to nominate another deserving person ... and he doesnt even own a triumph!!!!!
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<div>The name is, Brian Garcia!<br>
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<div>Brian will have to introduce himself and tell his story, but a couple points to help get him in ...</div>
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<div>he is an experienced racer.</div>
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<div>he has been instrumental in getting triumphs to the track in the past.</div>
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<div>he is looking for a triumph to race.</div>
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<div>and he is the one responsible for the parts search that led to getting Peters TR8 back on the track.</div>
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<div>The contact info is:</div>
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<div>Brian Garcia</div>
<div><a href="mailto:cudapilot@comcast.net" target="_blank">cudapilot@comcast.net</a></div>
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<div>can I have a second?????<br clear="all">
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