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<div>According to the race results available on the VSCDA website, the FOT scored another First Overall in the Father's Day Scramble Handicapped race at the event late Sunday afternoon. </div>
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<div>Terry Stephens, #62 TRIUMPH TR4 won beating the second placed car by over 42 seconds. The Annual Father's Day Handicap Race is a 35 year old tradition at the Blackhawk Vintage Classic. In a Handicap Race all of the cars are staged and started based on their best lap time of the week end. The slower cars start first, and the faster cars are released after them in a staggered fashion so that theoretically all of the cars should hit the finish line simultaneously. That does not happen of course, but on paper it suggests that it could. </div>
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<div>At that very first Blackhawk Vintage Classic I can remember VSCDA Charter Member Tom Moore, Group ONE (Pre WWII) MG-T racer handicapping that first starter's grid on a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I. Of course computers have evolved in the 35 years since, and it is considerably easier to do today with modern Timing and Scoring equipment. But VSCDA has been doing it for 35 years. Incidentally, Tom Moore was there again this past week end, and racing the same MG-T. As far as I know he still drives that car from Chicago to the track, races it all week end, and then drives it back home Sunday night.</div>
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<div>I also remember this all this stuff because I won the very first Handicapped Race the VSCDA ever held. I was the rabbit in Old Blue, and no one caught me. Such handicapped races are especially great when you are at a new track and you are still finding time in every session.</div>
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<div>Anyway, HOORAY for Terry Stephens and another TRIUMPH First Overall.</div>
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<div>PS Recently someone referred to Tony Drews as, Tenacious Tony. Boy! That's a fact. As far as I can tell, Tony was the only other FOT TRIUMPH racer who stuck around for the Dad's Day Scramble Handicap. As far as I know Tony raced in every session he was eligible for last weekend (except for the Hardship Warm Up session on Sunday morning). Tony cut his racing teeth at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, and to this day...he still does not pass up a chance to race there every chance he gets. Tenacious Tony Indeed!</div>
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From: Yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
To: fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Wed, Jun 21, 2017 1:28 am<br>
Subject: [Fot] Kudos to Brian and Jason, plus a few notables<br>
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I don't think enough can be said on how Brian Garcia and Jason Ostrowski raised the bar on Kastner Cup planning and execution. Triumph Central was two huge tents, with a winners podium so big it put Sam's head into the tent! Plus, they built a bar that was so big and complex it should have needed a Certificate of Occupancy from the local authorities before we could use it! It was dubbed the Lucas Pub, with a sign encouraging us to get intermittently lit!!! <br>
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It was certainly a treat to see all those TR3's on track. While Jeff lead the charge of sidescreen cars, a couple notables worth mentioning.<br>
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John Styduhar was on fire, finishing 7th overall with a best lap time only 9/10th's of a second off Jeff's. Wow, way to go John.<br>
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Also, we had not one, but TWO Ambro's on track all weekend. The Alexander car was co-driven by second generation Mark and third generation Brendon. But it was the Vic Schuster Ambro that was really getting it done, as Vic finished 14th overall in the K-Cup race and was looking fast. It is really great to see an Ambro burning up the track, it looks like all your hard work on that car is paying off, Vic. Well done!<br>
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I am still amazed we had 32 starters out of 35 Triumphs at the event, "Never Be Beaten By Equipment" indeed!<br>
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Thanks to all who made it happen, Kas and Peggy, Joe and Jan, and of course all the efforts of Brian and Jason. It was a great time...<br>
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Henry Frye<br>
Old Blue (got quite the flogging as well)<br>
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PS, while we were sweating it out at Blackhawk, the Triumph/MG Challenge race was going on at Mosport. Since the vast majority of our racers were at Blackhawk, we there were only 5 Triumphs to battle it out with something like 30 MG's. We had a two year winning streak on the line, and it was up to our guys to show those MG's what real race cars are. Halfway through lap two, the sky opened up, and the rain came down in earnest. At the end of ten laps, they threw the checkered flag to our own Mark Wheatley, who finished 47 seconds in front of the second place car!<br>
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So now we have THREE years of bragging rights to this race, who is with us to make it FOUR???<br>
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