It is planned for the WeatherTech race in July next year.
Regards, Tony Drews
On 7/19/2022 10:08 AM, Paul Ricco via Fot wrote:
> Henry,
>
> Congratulations to you and Tony, as well as the rest of the award recipients.
>
> Since there are 3 fairly large vintage races at Road America each summer,
> could you please tell us which one that the Kastner Cup will be part of? One
> is in May (SVRA), one is July (Run by R.A.) and the Fall Vintage Festival is
> in September (VSCDA). It could help people with planning to know which one
> the Kastner Cup will be at.
>
> Hotel space gets tight quickly for the July and September events. Therefore,
> people will want to reserve rooms as early as possible if it will be held in
> conjunction with one of those events.
>
> Thanks, again congratulations.
>
> Paul Ricco
>
>> On Jul 19, 2022, at 9:36 AM, yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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 ga
> s 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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