Race report:
Awesome weekend. Wine and Cheese in the Drews /
Dentinger garage was well attended and went on
after Drews departed. I'm told the bonfire was
pretty epic, some seem to have hazy memory of it.
Of the Triumph contingent, only Drews and Alex
Amys made it the whole weekend. Congrat's Alex,
you looked great out there Jason ALMOST made it
but retired 2 laps from the end of the last 25
lap race with overheating. Both Jason and Shawn
Alexander beat me in the 1st 25 lapper (I chased
Shawn all the way but couldn't quite get close
enough). Shawn was pushing out water and decided
that running the 2nd race would be a bad idea if
he had a head gasket going. I concur but would
have liked to have him out there. In the 2nd
race I ended up first holding off Jason (who had
to slow for a spinning 240 Z and I
opportunistically passed him) then trying very
hard (and semi-successfully) to keep up with him,
then trying to keep up with a Camaro SS that
Jason passed. I hounded the Camaro, he
eventually bailed and as I was closing back in on
Jason with 3 to go he pulled off. Still, all of
the triumphs drove onto the trailers, a good time was had by all.
Jason's daughter did pull off the 3peat in the
big wheel race - those are the highlight of the weekend.
Tony Drews
At 01:25 AM 10/21/2016, Jason Ostrowski wrote:
>Well, once again the Alpine winds of the Midwest
>threaten to start their blow about this time of year.
>We have one last chance to prove our Triumph
>worthiness among a field of cars that also think
>their Marque is the greatest production car of its time.
>This event is historically rich in Triumph excellence and defeat.
>The 46th running should tell a Triumph tale of our region.
>Entry list for the dual 25 lap races (100
>miles total) is somewhat low on the open book end...
>For the vintage race, only Sean Alexander
>(TR4), myself (GT6+) and newcomer Alex Amys (GT6+) are entered.
>And my bet is already on my faithful teammate
>Brian Garcia in his 1967 Plymouth Baracuda .
>Then there is Glade Snodgrass racing his hit or
>miss Spitfire in FP racing the 50 lapper.
>Scott Barr will be out in his Spec Racer Ford.
>I was surprised to see no Tony Drews signed up to play.
>but Rumor has it that another big man won't be a no show.
>Bill Detinger is flying in from sin city just to see our show.
>Of course it'd really more about his mini Beady
>Eyed loved ones going trick or treating and
>hitting the track for the big wheel race.
>I suppose its anyone's game.
>Sean has been strong and consistent all year,
>I'm running a back up motor in my yellow car;
>and the young Alex Amys has built a real looker of a GT6.
>Alex came out to Road America this fall and it
>was a real treat to see his fresh GT6.
>He and his dad David have done a wonderful job so far,
>Their spectacular white #84 GT6; gets a high
>grade cosmetically and is top notch from an engineering standpoint.Â
>I hope to show them what a little patina is worth.
>As for Sean, I'm not sure if my old #27 has
>enough meat on it's bones to take the top.
>Anyway, if you are into Triumphs; can't exactly
>skip a flat stone in the ocean, and are not racing this weekend yourself...
>It seems the only reasonable that you head to Blackhawk Farms right now.
>Beacause=
>A) My awesome daughter Naomi is going for a "3
>peat" win in the big wheel race.
>B) Damndinger rented a garage just to host a wine and cheese party.
>C) Some goon is racing a Plymouth Barracuda.
>D) Scott Barr is bringing a Magnesium wheel to
>"White Light" burn on the Friendly Ghost Racing Bon Fire.
>(yes this is the race where we get really crazy
>and burn truckloads of wood and stuffed animals
>and light up the sky burning all kinds of nutty melting shit).
>E) The legendary Glade Snodgrass will be racing
>a spitfire that could explode at any minute.
>F) Joe Alexander needs to measure the size of
>your valve cover for his next Gasket Innovation.
>G)Â Perhaps a young and Fresh GT6 builder gets
>corrupted by a bunch of Mad GT6 hooligans in
>turn 2. (Yes David and Alex that is an
>invitation to paddock near us in the scary side
>of the track; out in the woods by turn 2) if you dare.
>H) We party and burn stuff on Saturday... and Race on Sunday.
>Â I) What happens at the Looong Race stays at the Looong Race.
>X) Yep, this is the big one.
>
>If you can't make it, just look up into the
>Midwestern sky at about 8 pm central time on
>Saturday night. The orange light you see is ourÂ
>epic campfire... a symbol of Triumphs Burning everywhere.
>Godspeed.
>Jason Ostrowski
>Friendly Ghost RacingÂ
>1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars
>
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