<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpcdaaa96yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Triumph count for Blackhawk.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">3 - TR4s All of them red!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">3 - GT6s All of them fast.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1 - Very quick Spitfire! </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1 - Ambro</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A great weekend and I think fun was had by all! Thanks to the Alaxander clan for hosting the cold track social gathering with food, beverages, and a big screen TV to watch the days racing together. This was my first Blackhawk weekend, and I can't wait to get back next year!</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpcdaaa96signature">Greg Thompson</div><div class="ydpcdaaa96signature" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Red 14 </div></div>
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On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 09:47:38 AM CDT, Erik Jacobsen via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">Shawn,</div><div dir="ltr">Sounds like a great idea! I spent a lot of this weekend behind Triumphs at Blackhawk! The Alexander clan was in full force, and proceeded to kick my butt all weekend!</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Jake</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 08:44:19 AM CDT, Shawn Frank via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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</div><div><div id="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607yqtfd03184" class="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607yqt0970238884"><div id="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839"><div><div>We really should have a section in The Vintage Triumph Magazine with race reports and coverage of FOT friendly events... The FOT 411 or something to that effect...<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Henry Frye coverage in issue #199, in mailboxes in the next few days...<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>Shawn Frank<br clear="none">The Vintage Triumph Magazine - Editor VTR #94692<br clear="none">North American Triumphs (FKA Spitfire & GT6 Magazine) - Owner<br clear="none">Continued Legacy Photo - Owner<br clear="none">Iowa British Car Club<br clear="none">Friends of Triumph - Media<br clear="none">515-339-4228<br clear="none"><br clear="none">1971 Triumph Spitfire MKIV "Gertrude"</div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839gmail_quote"><div id="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839yqtfd76092" class="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839yqt8076524371"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:17 AM yellow04 via Fot <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839gmail_quote"><div id="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839yqtfd69524" class="ydp7d2e4281yiv8018467607ydpeda784fcyiv3006759839yqt8076524371">The weather threatened to soak us all day, but other than an occasional <br clear="none">
sprinkle that didn't slow anybody down, the rain held off until the last <br clear="none">
race of the day. As the Triumphs and MGs made their way to the grid, the <br clear="none">
sky started to look a little threatening, but nothing to tip us off to <br clear="none">
the unbelievable deluge that was to come. As the grid marshal held up <br clear="none">
the one minute to go sign, a little sprinkle appears. The pace car is in <br clear="none">
position, the lights come on, and suddenly the rain starts bucketing. It <br clear="none">
was a downpour of incredible volume, but nothing stops the grid marshal <br clear="none">
from giving the signal, it’s time to go! More than half the cars lined <br clear="none">
up either don't go out or follow the pace car back to the pits and never <br clear="none">
take the green flag.<br clear="none">
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The competitors are for the most part in open cars, and by turn two on <br clear="none">
the pace lap those of us exposed to the elements are completely soaked. <br clear="none">
Nobody to my knowledge is on rain tires, and grip is as expected for <br clear="none">
conditions, good luck finding any!<br clear="none">
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As the field takes the green flag, the rain continues to pour down. The <br clear="none">
TR250 starts on the pole, with Canadian Nick Pratt in his uber-fast <br clear="none">
Midget on the outside. Knowing visibility will be key, I stomp the go <br clear="none">
pedal when the green drops, and keep my eyes up and on the Midget. Nick <br clear="none">
can't put the power down and falls in behind in P2. I can't comment on <br clear="none">
anything further back in the field, visibility in the mirrors during the <br clear="none">
downpour was negligible!<br clear="none">
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As the field slogs around the Mosport's 2.5 mile track, it is your <br clear="none">
typical go as fast as you dare on the straights, get 'er whoa'ed up and <br clear="none">
try to find grip around the turns. Great fun... The Midget disappears <br clear="none">
into the misty cloud in the rear-view mirror on the straights, only to <br clear="none">
reappear on the corners, Nick is doing an amazing job outbreaking me <br clear="none">
with tires barely suitable for the dry, but nobody expected these <br clear="none">
conditions!<br clear="none">
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Talking to others, the rain stopped as abruptly as it started after <br clear="none">
about 8 minutes. But it came down so hard and fast that we had rivers <br clear="none">
crossing in places nobody expects unless you have inherent track <br clear="none">
knowledge. Enter Stefan Wiesen, Elva Courier Coupe driver <br clear="none">
extraordinaire, and Mosport expert. Those paying attention are going <br clear="none">
"Wait, how can an Elva gets to run in the TR-MG Challenge race???" <br clear="none">
Stefan's coupe runs an MGB engine, he asked to join the fun, and <br clear="none">
naturally the Race Director says yes!<br clear="none">
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After a couple laps and the rain had moved off the track and I could <br clear="none">
actually see more than 50 feet in the mirrors. I see the Midget, <br clear="none">
rain-meister Mark Wheatley's TR4 and the Elva. There is not a chance the <br clear="none">
track will get anything that resembles decent grip in the remaining <br clear="none">
laps, and we continue to contend with the aforementioned river crossings <br clear="none">
and a track that, in theory at least, is drying. Stefan is just tearing <br clear="none">
it up, having started from the back he has already passed all the <br clear="none">
runners and has the caught up with the lead group of cars. He has gotten <br clear="none">
around Wheatley's TR4, but I glance in the rear-view mirror to see the <br clear="none">
side of Stefan's car, he is spinning. I think to myself oh boy, Stefan <br clear="none">
is done. I continue my task, and two corners later Stefan is back! He <br clear="none">
has gathered it up and is back in the hunt working on the Midget, he <br clear="none">
didn’t even lose his position to Mark!<br clear="none">
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By this point, Nick realizes the Midget does not have the tires to make <br clear="none">
a pass for the lead and he backs off a bit. As Stefan working to get <br clear="none">
into position to pass Nick, I glance in the rear view to see the Elva <br clear="none">
going around a second time! But sure enough, a couple corners later, my <br clear="none">
gaze in the rear-view shows Stefan is passing Nick and I realize I'm <br clear="none">
going to have to deal with Stefan after all! The next lap Stefan is on <br clear="none">
my tail and trying to figure out his move to get around me. He makes two <br clear="none">
good attempts to get by in the corners, but just does not have what he <br clear="none">
needs to pull it off. As I work my best to hold off Stefan, we get the <br clear="none">
one to go sign. I glance in the rear view going up the back straight for <br clear="none">
the last time to see Mark has passed the Midget and is motoring past <br clear="none">
Stefan who apparently lost a cylinder! It looks like we were heading for <br clear="none">
a Triumph One/Two finish! Then, I bobble turn 9 and find myself out of <br clear="none">
sorts for the last corner leading to the checkers. Mark is there, got a <br clear="none">
much better line through 10, and it was the drag race to the finish. <br clear="none">
Mark almost catches me, we finish side by side with a gap of .097 <br clear="none">
seconds!<br clear="none">
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Epic Triumph finish!<br clear="none">
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Nick shared a link to some great pictures of the battle in the rain from <br clear="none">
Moss Corner, take a look!<br clear="none">
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