<< In other Triumph news... Scott Barr had a solid run in his Spitfire
moving up through the field from the back of the grid to finish 10th. He
moved up 10 spots. >>
We had a great day, too. I got no qualifying time, as we cleverly
located a broken wheel stud just as we were getting ready to go out for
qualifying. So I started at the back of the grid and had a hoot working
my way up through the field.
In the wet, it becomes really clear what a great little car the Spitfire
is. Even though they all steam past on the straights, you get to reel
them in and pass them in the twisty bits.
The video I shot with the new GoPro cam looks good. But it does shut
off unexpectedly near the end of the race. Has anyone gotten an answer
from GoPro as to why it does that and how to prevent it?
Scott B.
-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Jason Ostrowski
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:58 PM
To: triumph friends
Subject: [Fot] Race report and Gt6 Tie rod set?
Amici,
I had my best racing weekend to date at blackhawk farms this weekend. My
GT6
was on fire. I started 10th after qualifying on dry tires in the pouring
rain. With off and on heavy rain before the race I had no choice but to
go
out on rain tires... then it stopped raining just as we made our way to
the
grid. Looking for wetness on the outside of turns and taking some very
strange lines to keep my tires cool on the drying track I kept getting
faster and faster as the race went on, lapping very fast cars and
picking
off cars at a rapid pace. With a few laps left, I saw the leader in
sight
and made a hard charge for the front now with little regard for
conserving the tires.I was back and forth for second many times. With
one
lap to go I was 3rd, nose to tail 1,2,3 with lapped traffic in the mix
ahead
of us. Out of the last turn we dragged raced 3 wide to the checkered. I
ended up in second place, .02 ahead of third and just missing my first
victory...a mere .8 second behind. It was totally awesome.
In other Triumph news... Scott Barr had a solid run in his Spitfire
moving
up through the field from the back of the grid to finish 10th. He moved
up
10 spots.
The only other Triumph, Gade Snodgrass,Running in the F prod group Broke
his
3rd rear trans extension in as many races, and is struggling to figure
out
how to get his Tilton clutch to work properly. ???
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