FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 12, 2005 - The Friends of Triumph (FOT), in conjunction with
Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing (CVAR), and the Texas Friends of Triumph
(TxFOT) announces the 2006 FOT International Triumph Challenge, aka the
"Shoot-Out at the OK Corral" at Hallet Motor Racing Circuit, March 30 through
April 2, 2006.
CVAR has named Triumph the featured marque for the 2006 Spring Vintage Races.
Traditionally a 3 day event, TxFOT is arranging for an additional practice day
in conjunction with Pinnacle Motorsports to make this race event a track time
"Bonanza" for participants. Track owners, the Stephens family, have been known
to put out a fabulous Saturday evening feast for race participants and a
Friday night FOT affair is being planned as well. So get ready, mark your
calendars, and plan to load up and fire your way out to the Shoot-Out at the
OK Corral!
Each year members of the Triumph vintage racing community try to set aside one
race weekend to get as many racing Triumphs together in one place. FOT has
long desired an opportunity for an East versus West battle, but the long tows
have prevented many willing participants from making it to some very good
events. The USA core of the Friends of Triumph group is spread from coast to
coast and from border to border, but fortunately the Hallet Motor Racing
Circuit, near Tulsa Oklahoma, is within a day's drive for many of us and a two
day's drive for the rest. With this in mind, Kas Kastner will be awarding the
Fourth Annual Kastner Cup at the shootout. MSN Maps provided the distances
below:
Hallett from Austin, TX - 503 miles
Hallett from St Paul MN -770miles
Hallett from Chicago IL - 727miles
Hallett from Atlanta GA 822 miles
Hallett from Richmond VA 1249 miles
Hallett from Hartford CT 1511 miles
Hallett from Anaheim CA -1440 miles
Hallett from Portland OR- 1907 miles
Details are still being worked out, but here are some important facts. Cost
will be $100.00 per day. CVAR runs a full schedule of practices and races on
Saturday and Sunday and each participant will be eligible to run in their
assigned race group for 3 sessions on Saturday and 3 sessions on Sunday. In
addition there will be an extra Triumph practice on Saturday and the Shootout
on Sunday. Friday is CVAR's Test and Tune day with alternating Closed and Open
wheel test sessions. Thursday will be an open track session in conjunction
with Pinnacle Motorsports. They often rent the track on Thursday for extra
track time, and we are partnering with them for this event. You may have seen
these guys as they came to both the Gold Cup in 2004 and the Mitty in 2005
with gaggle of finely prepared small bore cars. The question is, "how much
track time can you handle"?
CVAR classifies FP through HP cars in Group 2, CP through EP in Group 7, and
all cars built to a 1961 SCCA spec are eligible to run in Group 4. Triumph
based Specials up to 1961 will be placed in Group 4 unless otherwise
requested. CVAR has tentatively agreed to allow newer spec cars and TR7/8
models, subject to a one time waiver and classification. So don't miss this
opportunity. With all the talk about not getting enough track time, and all
the hassles at the bigger venues, we think the 2006 International Triumph
Challenge will exceed expectations.
For more information contact:
Bob Kramer, CVAR-FOT rkramer3@austin.rr.com
Larry Young, CVAR -FOT cartravel@pobox.com
Joe Alexander, FOT N197TR4@cs.com
Hallett Motor Racing Circuit Website- http://www.hallettracing.net/
CVAR Website - http://www.corinthianvintagerace.com/
Bob Kramer
rkramer3@austin.rr.com
N197TR4@cs.com
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