Jim Gambony somehow has never gotten on our list - possibly because he's
been messin' with his Mini's. If he promises to get a TR running for CVAR
next season(he did), I nominate him to the FOT. His bio is below - saving
that second step! Cheers to all and someone punch in a second!
Jeff Wilt
59 TR3A #39
-----Original Message-----
From: Gambony, Jim [SMTP:jim.gambony@eds.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 1:37 PM
To: 'jwilt@leighengineering.com'
Cc: 'britbits@tiu.net'
Subject: FOT sales pitch
Jeff,
Here's some background that may be pertinent to the list:
I bought my first Spitfire in 1989 ('73 1500 running, for a month :-(.
Less than a year after buying my first Spit I was moved from the east coast
to the Dallas area. After settling in for a year I found the local club
(Red
River Triumph Club or RRTC) and immediately joined. In the intervening
years
I've been very active in the club, both in attending meetings/events and in
helping to run the show. I was vp of the club in 1996/1997 (1997 was our
turn to host the VTR National), and since retiring from that post I've been
helping coordinate club rallies and other driving events.
I'm also running a '76 vintage Spitfire in SCCA Solo 2 (autocross) in the
D-Modified class. In addition to winning the Southwest Divisional series
I've also finished in first place in our regional series. In April I upheld
the Triumph honor, winning the Solo 2 National Tour event at Texas Motor
Speedway, soundly beating a well prepped Austin Healey Sprite.
In addition to running the cars I have an appreciation for Triumph's racing
heritage. When I first started going to the races with my older brothers,
it was to cheer for the Group 44 team. Ok, they were racing Jaguar XJR-7s
by then.
This winter I'll be putting together one of three track car projects to
come
out vintage racing in the spring.
Cheers,
Jim
ps. I'm writing this from work, but could you send the replies to my home
email? Thanks!
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