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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hey, Henry- It sounds like it was an amazing event. Congrats to you and all the racers for putting on a great show. I was awaiting updates and news daily. I cannot understate how much of a bummer it was not being there, but there wasn't much I could do about it, unfortunately (long story). Sorry to hear about your back, I feel your pain, my back has been really bad (which had something to do with that long story...). Anyway, thanks for doing such a great job. I'm sure all of FOT is proud of you and your efforts!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Be safe and well1</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jay<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 12:50:30 PM EDT, yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">We were invited, we showed up in force, and we put on a great show for <br></div><div dir="ltr">both the FOT and the world. It looks like the Lime Rock marketing <br></div><div dir="ltr">machine will be do us proud, I look forward to see what becomes of all <br></div><div dir="ltr">the work still going on behind the scenes.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Speaking of marketing, hats off to Shawn Frank for all his work for us, <br></div><div dir="ltr">what a valuable member of our team. Thanks Shawn!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I want to thank everyone who came and supported the event. Racers, crew, <br></div><div dir="ltr">and friends. Putting on a Kastner Cup takes teamwork, and while I might <br></div><div dir="ltr">have been the seen as the guy pulling the strings, every one of you who <br></div><div dir="ltr">was there, even in spirit only, were important to cause. You folks make <br></div><div dir="ltr">it all work, as we know a club without active members isn't worth all <br></div><div dir="ltr">that much.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">For me, one of the coolest parts of any KCup weekend is getting to meet <br></div><div dir="ltr">and spend some time with our FOT brethren. This event gave us ample <br></div><div dir="ltr">opportunity to really get to know some of our racing friends, and I hope <br></div><div dir="ltr">everybody took full advantage.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We had been planning on doing the awards ceremony at Triumph Central, <br></div><div dir="ltr">under the tent by the Alexander paddock. We had 50 minutes from parking <br></div><div dir="ltr">our cars after the race to start the presentation. I was informed the <br></div><div dir="ltr">track wanted to do the presentation down in the A paddock at the <br></div><div dir="ltr">winner's circle with about a half hour to go, and Skip Barber would be <br></div><div dir="ltr">attending! So our team springs into action, circulates the word around <br></div><div dir="ltr">the paddock (sorry to the folks who didn't get word in time), our stuff <br></div><div dir="ltr">gets loaded into cars and shuttled down. I gather my thoughts, get <br></div><div dir="ltr">cleaned up and ready for the presentation, find the winners circle with <br></div><div dir="ltr">maybe 10 minutes to go. I get introduced to Skip, we are figuring out <br></div><div dir="ltr">how this is all going to work, then I hear someone say David Hobbs is <br></div><div dir="ltr">here. I turn to see David getting out of his golf cart, he walks over, <br></div><div dir="ltr">we are introduced and he asks me "what do you want me to do?" I had <br></div><div dir="ltr">known he was going to be there for maybe 30 seconds at that point! The <br></div><div dir="ltr">notes I had jotted down for how the ceremony was to flow at this point <br></div><div dir="ltr">are pretty meaningless, and it was time to wing it. Hopefully it didn't <br></div><div dir="ltr">come off as haphazard as it seemed in my head! But heck, I got to <br></div><div dir="ltr">introduce David Hobbs, that will probably be the highlight of my racing <br></div><div dir="ltr">career!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To recap the awards recipients:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kastner Cup - Dave Gott, TR4<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Amici Award - Jason Ostrowsky<br></div><div dir="ltr">Performance Award - TR2-3 - Joe Boruch<br></div><div dir="ltr">Performance Award - TR4 - Tony Drews<br></div><div dir="ltr">Performance Award - TR250-6 - Henry Frye<br></div><div dir="ltr">Performance Award - TR7-8 - Tim Cook<br></div><div dir="ltr">Performance Award - GT6 - Alex Amys<br></div><div dir="ltr">Performance Award - Spitfire - David Gussack (KCup race winner)<br></div><div dir="ltr">Performance Award - Triumph Powered Special - Vic Schuster<br></div><div dir="ltr">Sponsor Award - Western Pennsylvania Triumphs Association<br></div><div dir="ltr">Sponsor Award - GoodParts<br></div><div dir="ltr">Sponsor Award - Alexander Racing Equipment<br></div><div dir="ltr">Honored Guest - David Hobbs<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">One of the event sponsors is Autodromo, and they present a fine watch to <br></div><div dir="ltr">a participant from each group that embodies the spirit of the event. I <br></div><div dir="ltr">was told the guy who does the presentation for Autodromo was on track at <br></div><div dir="ltr">the moment, so I was asked to do the deed. While I don't think I had <br></div><div dir="ltr">their spiel down all that well, I was proud to present the watch to my <br></div><div dir="ltr">new racing buddy, Alex Amys!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I had to be reminded to announce the location of the next Kastner Cup, <br></div><div dir="ltr">silly me as I am going to do this all again for next year. We are going <br></div><div dir="ltr">to Mosport, currently known as the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, in <br></div><div dir="ltr">Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. The home of the very first Kastner Cup. So <br></div><div dir="ltr">mark your calendars for Father's Day weekend, 2026, ensure your passport <br></div><div dir="ltr">is up to date, and stay tuned for more details as they become available!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Also, it was hard not to notice I was hobbling around wearing a back <br></div><div dir="ltr">brace all weekend. At the track for the test day on Tuesday I did <br></div><div dir="ltr">something my back didn't like and for a while there I was thinking I <br></div><div dir="ltr">could not race. It took a village to keep me in the game, thanks to <br></div><div dir="ltr">everyone who helped me physically so I would make it out and be part of <br></div><div dir="ltr">the show. My time on-track was awesome, thanks to Bob Lang and Alex Amys <br></div><div dir="ltr">for some great dicing and encouragement to finally turn some laps down <br></div><div dir="ltr">in the 1:04's. I beat my best lap from last year by .185 seconds!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Again, thanks to everyone who participated. Job well done, looking <br></div><div dir="ltr">forward to Mosport next year!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Henry Frye<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/kkjjk@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/kkjjk@aol.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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