[TR] VTR and Triumphest Planning

[John & Pat Donnelly]

I just received this email from Cregg Cowan of Triumph Travelers. It'd be
really cool if we could get a run on Infineon Raceway (the old Sears Point).
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Hi Johnnie,

The 2013 combined VTR / Triumphest will be held Oct 2-6, 2013 in the San
Francisco Bay area.
The event hotel is slightly north of the Golden Gate bridge, and is close to
wine country, the coast, and fantastic roads.

Regards,
Cregg Cowan
Activity Coordinator, Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall [mailto:TR3driver at ca.rr.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 6:55 AM
> To: 'John & Pat Donnelly'
> Subject: RE: [TR] VTR and Triumphest Planning
> 
> John,
> 
> Triumphest is always hosted by one of 5 clubs, 4 in CA and one in AZ.
> There
> is no chance that it will be held in NC.
> 
> I believe it's Triumph Travelers' turn in 2013 and they are based near
> San
> Francisco.  It gets to be a real hassle to have the event very far away
> from
> the organizers, so most likely they will choose a venue that is more-
> or-less
> central CA.  However, I would be very surprised if they have already
> chosen
> a venue, or even a date for certain.  It's tough enough to get these
> things
> nailed down even 1 year in advance, let alone 2.  And in any case, the
> agreement is that each year's venue is NOT announced before the
> previous
> year's event.  I believe the same rule applies to VTR as well, the
> formal
> announcement of next year's venue & dates is supposed to be made at the
> awards banquet.
> 
> The combo event was a "one time only" thing.  It might happen again,
> but not
> for several more years I think.  It probably would not have happened at
> all
> if VTR wasn't having a hard time lining up a club to host the event.
> It
> really is a lot of hard work, and most of the people who do it wind up
> thinking "never again".  VTR likes to move their event around the
> country,
> but they are constrained by having to find a local chapter to host the
> event.
> 
> I'm sorry this doesn't answer your questions, but maybe it will help
> explain
> why the answers are hard to find <g>
> 
> -- Randall
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> > [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John &
> > Pat Donnelly
> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:49 PM
> > To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [TR] VTR and Triumphest Planning
> >
> > I really enjoyed attending both VTR in Breckenridge and
> > Triumphest in Big
> > Bear this year.  I see that VTR is in Galveston next year,
> > and heard that
> > VTR was in North California  in 2013 for a combo
> > VTR/Triumphest like what
> > happened in 2009 in San Luis Obispo. My wife and I would like
> > to attend
> > both. But, trying to find out anything more than that on the web is
> > difficult. Does anybody know where the Galveston event will
> > be, and the
> > dates and location of VTR/Tfest in 2013?
> >
> > Johnnie in San Diego
> >
> > '67 TR4A
> >
> >
> > triumphs at autox.team.net
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