No attachment on the one I got
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From: Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Tony Drews via Fot
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:11 PM
To: Chuck Gee <chasgee22@gmail.com>
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Chris's Rooster Tail
It's an attachment to the original message.
- Tony
On 7/19/2022 2:01 PM, Chuck Gee wrote:
> 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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