I could never find it either.....
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From: Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Dave Riddle via Fot
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 3:58 PM
To: Chuck Gee <chasgee22@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Riddle via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] SPAM-LOW: Re: Chris's Rooster Tail
It was sent with that email as an attachment. Did it not come through to you?
The copy that came back to me had the attachment
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From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chuck Gee via Fot
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 12:02 PM
To: Tony Drews
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Fot] Chris's Rooster Tail
Can someone post it here?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 19, 2022, at 2:44 PM, Tony Drews via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Wow, that sounds and looks AWESOME!
>
> - TOny
>
>> On 7/19/2022 10:39 AM, Dave Riddle via Fot wrote:
>> Lyman's wife, Tonya, shot the video with her phone of Chris's rooster tail
>> in the rain. I posted it to my FB page, messaged it to Chris and he posted
>> it on his FB page too!
>>
>> I'll be posting a highlight/lowlight reel in a little bit of our
>> sessions
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of yellow04
>> via Fot
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:36 AM
>> To: fot@autox.team.net
>> Subject: SPAM-LOW: [Fot] Race Recap, from the yellow TR250
>>
>> Again, thanks to everybody who came out to the Kastner Cup this past
>> weekend, both racers and friends. It was fantastic to spend time with
>> old friends and make new ones. While my weekend got much more
>> exciting at the Kastner Cup presentation, it still would have been a
>> really great race weekend for me had the cards fallen in a different
>> direction with the pick for the K-Cup winner.
>>
>> As I sat on the Grid for the K-Cup race, I am looking at Chris Marks
>> (TR8) on pole, Sam Halkius (TR6) on the outside pole, then Joe Carr
>> (Huffaker TR8) and my TR250 on the second row. Behind me is the Curt
>> Johnston (Huffaker TR7) and Bob "why are they braking 200 feet early?"
>> Lang (TR6). Plus, I realize there are several really fast GT6's back
>> there, although circumstances kept the Dolan cars from posting times
>> that would put them where they belonged on the grid. I'm feeling
>> intimidated, I realize that set of Speedsters under my car are going
>> to be working really, really hard keep any kind of pace with this
>> crew. The rest of this is by memory, as my camera didn't work...
>>
>> The race is off to a great start, and somehow I find myself dogging
>> the Huffaker TR8. It rained earlier in the day, and the track would
>> best be described as "drying, but not quite dry". I realize Joe is
>> driving a borrowed, incredibly important, historic car, and is
>> feeling out the corners, but for me the grip was there. On the second
>> lap, Joe goes a little hot into one of the uphill sweepers, and my
>> six cylinder powers by him on the inside. Joe takes the position back
>> exhibiting superior straight line speed, but I got him again. If
>> memory serves, we traded places a couple times, I am scored in front
>> of the TR8 for laps 3, 4 and 5! As the race wears on, Joe settles in
>> and shows us what he and that beautiful TR8 were capable of, and
>> finishes the race some 12 seconds in front of me. After the race Joe
>> explains to me what I was seeing in his cockpit, his HANS tether was
>> not quite right and he was trying to get it sorted while on track!
>>
>> I am thrilled to finish 4th, the first car not running on grooved
>> slicks. Even better, I learn Mark Wheatley, my long-time paddock
>> partner finished behind me in 5th in his TR4! Unfortunately for Bob
>> Lang, his car didn't go the distance, he pulled in after noticing a
>> temperature spike.
>>
>> In the reunion race Sunday morning, Sam's TR6 was a no-show, and
>> Chris was under strict orders to keep the car in one piece as car
>> owner Peter has a pending sale in place. The two TR8's are front row,
>> with me and Curt Johnston right behind them. The two TR8's take off,
>> and my rear view mirrors are quickly filled with Bob Lang and Brian
>> Dolan's GT6. I am watching the two of them battle it out, when Bob
>> gets by me in Turn 3. It does not take long before Brian gets by me
>> as well and catches Bob. Now I am watching the two of them race each
>> other hard, and I am enjoying the action from the best seat in the
>> house. When the two of them are trying to out brake each other in
>> turn 3 and I see each of them making tire smoke, I realize things are
>> really heating up there! Then they are side by side going down into
>> turn 5. Knowing there is no way two cars are going to through turn 5
>> faster than one car can, I lay back a little and it unfolds
>> perfectly. I get the run into the corner, am on the gas hard tracking
>> out on the preferred line, and can squeeze my way right up the middle
>> between the two cars! Thanks for making room guys, that was an
>> awesome pass! Bob and Brian continued racing each other so the rest
>> of my ride in the reunion race was not heavily contested, and I was
>> pleased to finish third behind the two TR8's. As I understand it,
>> Chris had to slow down to let his brakes recover, Joe took the
>> overall lead and by the time Chris had confidence in his brakes
>> again, he was out of time to mount a comeback. He told me he needed one more
>> lap to catch Joe!
>>
>> A few highlights for me over the course of the weekend include:
>>
>> The whole scene with Christian Marks flying in from Germany to drive
>> Canadian Pete Bulkowski's TR8. These guys know how to have fun while
>> preparing a fast race car. Then there was Chris' incredible drive on
>> Saturday morning's Ground Pounders group session. It was a very wet
>> track and he literally lapped the entire field and the rooster tail
>> shooting up behind the TR8 was so cool! Somebody posted some video of
>> that somewhere, maybe somebody can provide a link?
>>
>> Meeting Lyman and Dave running the Baja TR3. Taking one look at the
>> car you immediately realized this thing is something special. While
>> it was obvious the car was not going to be competitive for race wins
>> on a road course, it shows how we still have people who are committed
>> to the Triumph marque, who are willing to spend the time and effort
>> to save significant Triumph history, and are willing to share that
>> with us in venues like the Kastner Cup. Well done Lyman, thanks for your
>> efforts.
>> And well driven Dave, you had a tough task in front of you managing
>> the car on a road course. I can't wait to hear about the car's next chapter!
>>
>> I helped out on the K-Cup committee, so seeing how the event unfolded
>> after all the planning was kind of cool for me. Curt Johnston did a
>> stellar job, and Jim Dolan steered his crew with the PVGP to really
>> make this a special event for us. Job well done guys!
>>
>> Seeing the family teams in action is always cool for me, we had Sean
>> and Brendan Alexander, Marty and Jason Sukey, Phil and Dave Gott,
>> Jessie and Pat Darrow, and of course the Dolan family. Sorry if I missed
>> anybody!
>>
>> Hats off to Joe Alexander and his family, while it may look like all
>> this just happens, there is a lot of work behind the scenes. Thanks
>> guys.
>>
>> So next year the race for the Kastner Cup will be at Road America, I
>> can't wait! With a full grid of the Mid-west Triumph folk gunning for
>> the Cup, I am confident that it will be a spectacular show! I think
>> the smart money will be on Friendly Ghost Racing, no pressure Jason!
>> :-)
>>
>> Henry Frye
>> #29 TR250
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