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Re: [TR] America's British Reliability Run

To: TR250Driver@aol.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] America's British Reliability Run
From: McGaheyRx@aol.com
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:22:23 EDT
In a message dated 10/19/2006 6:51:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
TR250Driver@aol.com writes:

Memorable moments include hearing Jack McGahey lock up his TR8  brakes  
behind 
me as  thoughts of customizing two perfectly fine  Wedges went thru  my head, 
running the one lane road at speed, and  generally having a great time  





Well ..(said sheepishly with head hung low).. you never mentioned that the  
rest of the weekend, so I was sorta hoping maybe you didn't notice. That  
near-incident resulted from miss-communication with my navigator - i was  
looking 
left and i thought he called clear right and ahead and it turned out we  were 
both looking left - we speculated on how many points we almost took off  that 
Preservation Class winning TR7 of yours and maintained better  communication 
throughout the rest of the run - yeah, we got lost, but we agreed  that we were 
lost. I sincerely apologize for causing those thoughts of  unintended Wedge 
customization.  We hope you didn't mind us following  the NCTA group as much as 
we did - you guys maintained a comfortably brisk  pace and were great company 
- and I'm certain that nobody had a better navigator  than Beverly. 
 
I have to say one of my most memorable moments was on day 2 when I watched  
your TR7 crest a hill in front of me and then drop instantly and completely out 
 of sight as the far side of the hill dropped off  precipitously  - and yes, 
that one lane road was a blast -  especially after you missed the hairpin and 
got out of our way (just kidding) -  heck the whole thing was a blast - I 
drove 1,773 miles in 79 hours - for me that  was 733 miles of undulating, 
twisting 
Sports Car Nirvana on The Run  and 1,040 miles of pleasantly uneventful 
interstate travel to get there and  back. 
I can't wait til next year!
 
Cheers,
Jack Mc  


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