Just thought I'd let everyone know how the weekend went at Hallett. FoT had a
very small turn out but Bobby Whitehead and I waved the flag as well as we
could. Both cars ran flawlessly, at least as far as I could tell, and we
finished all races including the Friday test & tune sessions. Weather was
awesome. Nice cool mornings with a little heat by afternoon but nothing
dramatic. Bobby can give you his impressions but I was personally very pleased
with how things went. My TR 4 # 69 (Old # 96) is not particularly geared well
for one of the tough corners at Hallett (Turn # 9 aka "The Bitch" but it does
very well on many of the other corners. My times dropped consistently each
time out and I even managed to get them to be in a pretty consistent range when
not running into traffic or making a dumb shifting mistake. Ha ha Started out
the weekend around 1:43 and finished the weekend in the 1:38 range. Had some
great battles with a particularly fast 62 MGA. Finally dusted him good in the
points race by getting by him at the start. He never saw me again. YEA!!!
Still learning a ton of things but slowly getting better. I even included a
small spin and a 2 wheel off on Friday. No harm no foul and it gave me a boost
in confidence that I can experience these things without pinching a hole in my
suit and the car seat. Ha ha
Last race of the year for me will be Oct. 31, Nov. 1 & 2 down at Texas World
Speedway in College Station. Good Lord willing I will then remove the X and
get my license.
Cheers to all,
Gary Fuqua
Classic Sports Cars
Branson, MO
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