Great winter topic, Jason!
The 04 TR4 was not a good long distance racer, the all out sprint race engine
did not like the 1 hour enduros I ran. But I am not sure what got tired out
first, the car or the driver!
I never was too successful in getting my head into the endurance race mode, I
tried to get into a rhythm of slow and smooth with interesting results. I
usually turned my best lap time of the weekend.
The current build of the 04 car with stock crank, rods and a set of Hepolites
with a close ratio overdrive gearbox might make a better endurance car.
Hopefully someone will buy it and find out!
Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com> wrote:
>The 24 hour race at Daytona this weekend got me thinking.
>It seems that Sebring is usually mentioned as the endurance testing grounds
>for Triumphs (at least here in the U.S)... lots of action there with a few
>different TR models.
>I am aware of some attempts by the factory teams to complete the 24 hours
>of LeMans. (early years)
>
>Anyway, anyone have any insight as to who and what car might hold the
>(Triumph) record for most distance covered in a competition event?
>Sebring, Daytona, LeMans, Lemons? I know some of our own FoT guys did well
>in the late 50's at Sebring...I remember hearing of a guy driving a TR3 for
>over 11 hours in that event (There are some great photos of this group on
>our own FoT website)
>
>This is just for fun ....Remember, It gets really cold here in Chicago and
>I need an interesting FoT topic.
>
>Whats the longest you have driven a Triumph in competition?
>
>Jason Ostrowski
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