Great job Henry, sounds like everyone got to experience an amazing track, even
the folks that broke. And nobody got killed though I imagine a few thought they
might be. The third testicle is to go fast in 1 and 2. Iâ??m not sure what it
takes to go as fast as one should in turn 8. I never got anywhere closeâ??we
both know itâ??s a flat out kink, not a turn. In my case thatâ??s just
theoretical. Some very good racers have ended their careers (and lives) there.
Sorry I couldnâ??t be there with Peyote, as you can imagine, itâ??s a lot of
fun at Mosport, though Peyote was not impressed with my performance. I suspect
you would have kicked my butt. I had minis blow by me in 8 with only three
wheels on the track.
> On Jun 25, 2026, at 10:19, yellow04@tr4racer.com wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who made the trip to Mosport, it was my pleasure to share
> my favorite event of the year. It was pretty amazing on so many levels, the
> track, the Canadian hospitality, having all our friends together again to
> race for the Cup.
>
> Our neighbors to the north always put on a great event, and this year was no
> different. Being the featured marque, we had no less than 10 sessions
> available to us, but I was only able to do 9. By the time that last race of
> the weekend came around, I was spent. The car seemed ready and able, my mind
> was all in, but it was my body that that convinced me I was done! I was
> literally sore from tossing the car around all those laps at speed!
>
> I wish I could have been more effective setting the schedule a little better,
> I did push back but we got what we got. One of the problems when we get so
> much track time having cars that run in 4 different groups is getting that
> track time spread out enough to be comfortable.
>
> I feel our racers who were seeing the track for the first time at speed did a
> wonderful job. Congrats to all first timers for surviving turns 1, 2 and 8,
> plus figuring out how to get around 5B. It takes a very special person to be
> able to grow that third testicle on their first visit to Mosport, it took me
> years to be able to go all out in 1 and 2. I know there is still more speed
> for me in turn 8, but that risk to reward buzzer in my head goes off every
> time I try to find it!
>
> A heartfelt thanks to Keith Files who came over from the UK to be our Grand
> Marshal, job well done Keith. It was a privilege to meet the lovely Louisa as
> well!
>
> Kudos to Kallie Sukey, what a great job she did with only a handful of races
> under her belt. The former Bill Rampe Spit was looking great out there, I
> have no doubt Kallie will be mixing it up with the best of us soon!
>
> The Darrow brothers came with that incredibly fast pair of matching Spits and
> put on quite a show. They Triumphed over adversity all weekend, great fun to
> watch.
>
> Then there was Fireball Bob Kramer. Surviving the epic tow from Texas, he
> came trying to break the jinx of Mosport. He was unsuccessful, I am afraid.
> He just earned another nickname, Oily Bob! Sorry Bob, hopefully your next
> event goes better!
>
> Then we have the luckiest person at the track, our most recent Kastner Cup
> winner Dave Gott. In one of the group races, we are circling the track under
> double yellow for an unrelated incident when I come around and see Dave's TR4
> beached in a very peculiar place. I think nobody would pull off there if they
> had a choice. Next time around, the flatbed was there pulling the car
> backwards and I could see the left front wheel flopping down, it looked like
> he broke a ball joint! I shuddered thinking how the heck did that happen
> under yellow in the ONLY slow corner on the whole track when only moments
> before I know he was running right hand corners at full chat where that
> failure would be catastrophic. I suggested he buy a lottery ticket... Of
> course I have no clue if Canada even does the lottery thing! Turns out it was
> a snapped upright, it broke just above the threads that screw into the
> trunnion. Unfortunately, Dave was done for the weekend.
>
> We had our share of mechanical issues on top of Dave's near calamity, I saw
> at least 3 head gasket replacements, a diff failure, a gearbox shredded some
> gears, and a blown out bespoke shock just to name a few. Most persevered to
> get things fixed, some became spectators not by choice but by necessity. A
> pretty typical showing for our group, as we know attrition is part of the
> sport.
>
> Thanks to all the non-racers who showed up, we had no less than 10 of our
> Western Pennsylvania Triumph buds, plus our friends Irv Korey and Jay
> Holecamp came from Illinois. Dave Amys and his wife drove their beautiful TR6
> all the way from Minnesota to be with us! Plus more I can't think of at the
> moment, sorry about that folks!
>
> I'll post a couple of race reports shortly, and call it a wrap on my time as
> your race chair. I am thrilled that Jason and Brian are back on the task for
> Grattan next year, it's on my calendar for the middle of August, 2027!
>
> Cheers
>
> Henry Frye
> #29 TR250
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