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Re: [Fot] 2025 Kastner Cup

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Subject: Re: [Fot] 2025 Kastner Cup
From: Philip Gott via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:55:27 -0400
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Fantastic news!!!<div><div>If you haven=E2=80=
=99t seen it, go to YouTube and watch =E2=80=9CThe Secret Valley of Racing.=E2=
=80=9D &nbsp;You=E2=80=99ll love it. Makes racing there even more meaningful=
.</div><div>Scott is right: make your lodging reservations early.&nbsp;</div=
><div>Phil G</div><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite=
">On Apr 21, 2024, at 7:25=E2=80=AFPM, Ken Suhre via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.=
net&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D=
"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div class=3D"ydpe5b1ad8yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-size:=
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        <div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" style=3D""><font face=3D"verd=
ana, helvetica, sans-serif">This is exciting news! Even though I aged out fo=
r racing I may trailer my TR 3A there to watch the racing and place it in th=
e Sunday show. Some of you know I owned Don Bricks TR 4 a short while, last r=
acing it at the 2017 Kastner Cut at Blackhawk. Also some of you know I raced=
 my 1961 Mini for 25 years. My two most fun tracks to race Tweety Bird acros=
s the US and once at Mosport are Grattan and Lime Rock Park. Lime Rock being=
 the last two years I raced and what a hoot in a small car. Yes you do get w=
heel spin cresting the big hill then stay on it and see how much nerve you h=
ave for the down hill curve to the Sam Posey Straight.</font></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" style=3D""><font face=3D"verdana, helvetica, san=
s-serif"><br></font></div><div style=3D"font-family: times new roman, new yo=
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                        On Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 12:04:09 PM CDT, Scott J=
anzen via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:
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                <div><div id=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><div>Wow, that=E2=80=
=99s exciting news! &nbsp;For those of you who have never driven it, Lime Ro=
ck is a hoot. &nbsp;It=E2=80=99s short - 1.53 miles - but requires near cons=
tant attention. &nbsp;Great altitude changes - the crest of the back hill is=
 good for a little wheelspin, and a wild sideways ride if you are still tryi=
ng to turn at the crest - and some good turns. &nbsp;It=E2=80=99s not easy t=
o master. &nbsp;There=E2=80=99s always a better lap (at least for me). &nbsp=
;For those who will say - =E2=80=9Cfestival event, not a lot of track time=E2=
=80=9D I will say that a 20 minute session is routinely 15 and can be up to 1=
8 laps - a really good time for me is 1:06, though I know Henry and Bob are f=
aster. Track record, I think, is an IMSA GTP car at 43.1 seconds. &nbsp;Anyw=
ay, you get &nbsp;lot of laps, usually, so it doesn=E2=80=99t feel short.<di=
v class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1f=
yiv4827777519"></div><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519">Lime Rock is fu=
ll of automotive eye candy, unlike any other east coast event, for sure. &nb=
sp;I=E2=80=99ve been on track with a Maserati birdcage, raced wheel to wheel=
/traded places lap after lap with a 260 Cobra, sometimes there=E2=80=99s a p=
reservation class - it=E2=80=99s amazing to see a driver in a prewar car goi=
ng down the front straight at real speed, with one hand outside the car work=
ing the fuel pump. &nbsp;Great place to spectate and lots of beautiful cars t=
o look at that are just on display.</div><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777=
519"><br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"></div><div class=3D=
"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519">Looking forward to it! &nbsp;Even my wife, who ge=
nerally only comes to one event a year, says she will come for this one.</di=
v><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd=
80d1fyiv4827777519"></div><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519">Side note -=
 lodging is limited. &nbsp;Make your lodging plans before you even register t=
o race, if you can.</div><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><br clear=3D=
"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"></div><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv=
4827777519">Scott Janzen</div><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519">GT6<br=
 clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><div><br clear=3D"none" c=
lass=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><div id=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519yqtfd18=
170" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519yqt2831004793"><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d=
1fyiv4827777519">On Apr 21, 2024, at 7:46 AM, yellow04 via Fot &lt;<a shape=3D=
"rect" href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"=
 rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><=
br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519Apple-interchange-newline=
"></div><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><div class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv=
4827777519"><div id=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519yqtfd93297" class=3D"ydp6bd80=
d1fyiv4827777519yqt2831004793">I am pleased to announce the 2025 Kastner Cup=
 will be run at the Lime Rock Historic Festival, at Lime Rock Park, in the s=
cenic northwest hills of Connecticut. The Historic Festival is one of the pr=
emier East Coast vintage racing events, and takes place over the Labor Day w=
eekend. Skip Barber asked us "When are you guys going to bring your Kastner C=
up to the Historics?", the cards just fell into place.<br clear=3D"none" cla=
ss=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv48=
27777519">The event is put on by the track, and is co-sanctioned by Vintage R=
acer Group (VRG) and VSCCA. Track owner Skip Barber calls the shots, and his=
 right-hand man through the whole process is the VRG event chair Paul King. P=
aul is also a FOT member, those of you from the east should remember his yel=
low GT6 running events over the past 20 years or so. I have been working clo=
sely with Paul on VRG's Driver Development program for several years now, an=
d we realized this aligning of the stars was too perfect to pass up. Paul an=
d I will co-chair the event with Paul managing the track side of the house, a=
nd I will manage the FOT side, with help from Curt Johnston and the Alexande=
rs, of course.<br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><br clea=
r=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519">We hope everyone will mark the=
ir calendars now and plan on being with us at Lime Rock Park in 2025!<br cle=
ar=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519"><br clear=3D"none" class=3D"y=
dp6bd80d1fyiv4827777519">Henry Frye<br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1fyi=
v4827777519">2025 Kastner Cup Co-chair<br clear=3D"none" class=3D"ydp6bd80d1=
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