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RE: Drag racing (was : lusting after another car)

To: Randall Young <ryoung@navcomtech.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Drag racing (was : lusting after another car)
From: Scott Suhring <suhringtr36@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:27:12 -0400
Cc: Dan Masters <DANMAS@aol.com>
TRF summer party has been doing drag races for at least the past 5 years.
Have seen some really fast TR8 times (Woody's Wedge Shop), one wreck with no
one getting hurt, and some great smiles after that TR6 comes back from the
1/4 mile!  They open it up to anyone who wants to run, so we even get a few
Taruses and mom and pop cars that make the run.  They will be doing it this
year, as usual.

Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
'59 TR3

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Randall Young
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 4:20 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Cc: Dan Masters
Subject: Drag racing (was : lusting after another car)

> Hey, who's the one with the spit-rocket?  I would think the S2000
> would give
> the A-M a run for it money.  OKay, the interior would need a little carpet

Was thinking about this just yesterday ... if a major event offered Triumph
drag racing, how many people would enter their precious cars ?

We'd have to have classes for stock vs modified cars, probably still be lots
of inequities and the event would be strictly for fun of course.  But, it
would be a chance for those with modified cars to show off the advantages of
their modification.

The topic was discussed at least once, but as I recall, the consensus was
that not enough people would be interested, to make it worth the rather
extreme amount of hassle.  It's tough enough to get permission to run an
autocross, and "drag racing" raises unpleasant images in a lot of people's
minds ... this year we're offering dynamometer runs instead.

But there's always next year ...

Randall

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