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Re: US Triumph Racing History

To: "Bill Warner" <bwarner@mediaone.net>, <EISANDIEGO@aol.com>
Subject: Re: US Triumph Racing History
From: "R. Kastner" <kaskas@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:21:52 -0700
Jerry Titus was very much involved with several of us in getting the ARRC
going  and I ran his team at Lime Rock when he was runing a Pontiac ( I was
on vacation from Triumph at the time). We had been friends for a long time
and it was a fun trip...What a good guy...I hope Alice knows how well people
remember.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Warner <bwarner@mediaone.net>
To: <EISANDIEGO@aol.com>
Cc: <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: US Triumph Racing History


> A great source for old magazine is Bruce Perry's Yellow Dog Garage (he is
always
> at Carlisle and Hershey.   Sports Car Graphic was the best magazine for
race
> coverage (at least US coverage) in the sixties and seventies.  Jerry Titus
was
> the editor and I need not say more...he was terrific.   My first photo job
was
> with SCG for then editor Bob Kovacik, and I shot the ARRC at Daytona in
1969....I
> think it was 1969....may have been 1967....when you get this age, the
races and
> dates run together.   I'll try to get Bruce's number for you should youn
wish to
> order up some back copies of SCG or Sports Car.   Bill
>
> EISANDIEGO@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Mike
> >
> >     I have been gradually accumulating old Sport Car issues at various
> > events. I rarely see issues of Sports Car Graphic, old Autoweeks and not
> > familiar with the other publication. Do you know of anyone who sells
complete
> > sets?
> >
> >     Mike, your explanation was very helpful. Do I understand that prior
to
> > 1964 that there were simply regional/divisional championships? Do you
know
> > when that started?  Would these too be covered in the magazines?
> >
> >     I did receive a couple other direct e-mails about this era of SCCA
racing
> > from other FOT members. Their recollections differed slightly from yours
with
> > respect to the early races. I may be the only one who is interested and
> > uninformed, so I am going to limit future question about this era. I loo
king
> > for a good book on this time period, any recommendations?
> >
> >     I was at Pebble Beach over the weekend. As I watched the judging, I
began
> > to wonder if the very gray haired judges (as opposed to my partially
gray and
> > well thinned hair) had any replacements in training. I also wondered
what
> > would happen to the cars. Then I began to wonder about the fate of the
> > Triumph race cars whose history is being obscured by the focus on the
more
> > elite brands and well publicized racers.
> >
> >     Books such as what you have written help preserve that history.
However,
> > I think there is a need to go further to document the past racing so
that it
> > is readily available for others to appreciate. Frankly, until I began
going
> > through old Sport Car magazine looking for the history of the Lorincz
> > Spitfire, I never fully appreciated how prevalent and successful the
Triumphs
> > have been in US racing.
> >
> >     It has been interesting of late that there has considerable chat
about
> > some of the old race cars and former racers. I have learned a lot from
those
> > chats. Maybe I am the only one. But I want to let the rest of you know
that I
> > do enjoy the exchange of information. Thank You.
> >
> >     I certainly did not mean to criticize any one of the authors on the
FOT
> > list by my previous comments. I know that the investment of effort in
writing
> > books is seldom properly compensated. I was suggesting more that we
> > collectively should do something to more extensively document past
history.
> >
> > Respectfully yours, Cary
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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