[TR] [6pack] TR6 racing history

DAVID MASSEY dave1massey at cs.com
Fri Aug 6 06:48:32 MDT 2021


 There is a guy in the St. Louis region, Dennis Wilson (no, not the Beach Boy) who raced a TR6 in the late 70's at a time the factory was running a TR7 (TR6 was out of production at this time).  He had film footage of a race where he was leading a race with a factory Porsche 924 hot on his tail.  One lap to go and Dennis lost a section of tire tread and the Porsche slipped by.  The commentary was hilarious.  The play-by-play guys were incredulous that this dowager TR6, a car designed in the 50's, was beating Porsche's latest offering.  And he would have had the tire held together. 

Also, all the while the factory TR7 was a close third.

I checked You Tube but I could not find that film posted.  But if you look up Wilson Motors, that's the guy.
Didn't Paul Newman race a TR6 at one point?  Group 44?
 
Dave 

 
 
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Subject: [6pack] TR6 racing history

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