<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Thanks for the wrap-up. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Sorry to hear of the Triumph attrition. </div><div><br></div><div>Tony continues to amaze.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll look for ward to the videos.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave H.</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Jason Ostrowski" <jason@multivintage.com><br><b>To: </b>"Michael Moore" <mmoore@mtmcpafirm.com><br><b>Cc: </b>"triumph friends" <fot@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, October 26, 2015 10:31:22 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Fot] Wrap-Up News from Blackhawk Farms<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>True!</div><div>As the saying goes;</div><div><br></div><div>Some of What Happens at Blackhawk Farms,</div><div>Stays at Blackhawk Farms.</div><div><br></div><div>I can tell you when I left on Sunday evening...</div><div>The Coals (some 2 1/2' high in a pile 10 feet wide) where still hundreds of degrees and will likely still be burning into midweek.</div><div>And ALL the Coolers and Bourbon Bottles were EMPTY.</div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Michael Moore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmoore@mtmcpafirm.com" target="_blank">mmoore@mtmcpafirm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Thanks, Mike<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> Fot [mailto:<a href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Ostrowski<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 26, 2015 12:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> triumph friends <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>><span><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Fot] Wrap-Up News from Blackhawk Farms<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well, the blunt fact is that The Loooong race took a toll on all our Triumphs.<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Leaving us all jealous was of the only one left standing at the end.
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<p class="MsoNormal">King of the weekend was Tony Drews...<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the car that wears a bulletproof vest to the track every damn weekend.<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Going into the start of the endurance test it seemed a long awaited beating was in store for him.<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was happy to qualify as top Triumph. <span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Starting next to me on driver's right was my Barracuda Brother in 7th. (we qualified both with our best-ever times at Blackhawk with a mere fraction of .3 seconds between us)<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And the solid bright-red brick of Mr. Drews back in 14th: with a good view of his eventual, falling off the table pick-offs.<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
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