Another Jack, Tony and Francis Drews update from sunny and hot Florida.
They all had a great weekend at Sebring and are on the way home to
snow? At least that's what the weather channel says. Weather was
excellent in Sebring and the car ran well. The boys also ran the 3 hour
enduro on Saturday. They always looked like they were having a good
time.
Also in attendance with tractor TRs were Barry Rosenfield who owns Jim
Ely's old black TR4. He had Alan (sorry, forgot his last name but it
isnt Pinel) driving since his wife wont let him race the car! It ran
well but has braking problems due to an under engineered new dual
master braking system.
Phil Bradbury was in the mix with the green TR3, pretty sure he won the
battle of the Tractor TRs in a shortened race due to an pretty nasty
crash. and Snook finally arrived on Saturday morning.
The Snook mobile looks even better than before. It'll give Jack's car a
run for concours awards. The weekend was used only as a breaking and
troubleshooting session. In fact they didn't finish the Sunday race due
to high oil temperature. Glen will check it over before the next
Sebring race with the 12 hr in two weeks.
If I recall correctly there was only one other Triumph, a Spitfire from
the west coast of Florida. It was not running very well nor very
quickly but was involved in an incident that pretty much destroyed the
car and left it on it's head. I did not see the incident but others
described it as a one car accident after which another car may have also
hit it. Others on the net may have other news in a day or two. I dont
know how to correctly spell the drivers name, some this like Chris
Hawsfield I think.
Frankly, all the Sunday sprint races were total fiascos. Every group
ran behind the pace car under full course yellow at some point due to
crashes. They got so far behind schedule after just the second group
that the remaining races were cut from 12 to eight laps. One race was
red flagged for about 20 minutes before they were sent on their way
again only to have another massive crash 1 lap after they went green for
the second time. I guess there is no reason for HSR to police the
issue, they had 330+ entries and events like this one and the Mitty just
keep getting bigger in spite of the carnage.
I ran my poor little formula V this weekend. the open wheel session
also went to pace car and full course yellow after only 3 laps. I was
particularly entertained by being lapped by the lead car after the
double yellow came out! We had one more hot lap after the carnage was
removed.
opps, sorry, the frustration is oozing out.
mike jackson
Alexander Joseph H wrote:
>
> Thanks Mike,
>
> Tony & Jack..... I was pleased to hear that, in spite of a spate of
> wrenching, they were having a great time. I did heard that Jack finished
> the weekend in the rain. Unlike me he has a top and perhaps stayed a bit
> drier. I also heard rumors of "gutsy" move on the start and that he
> improved his position nicely. First in Class and he is very pleased.
>
> I also heard that Dan Ceilley is going faster & faster in his Spitfire.
> We got an up and coming Spitfire in Texas that is going to be a
> challenge for him, tho.
>
> Of course, I wish I were down there.
>
> Send more poop as you get...I cant wait for Victory Lane for my
> information.
>
> Snook is on the way down...that's a great story in the making....
>
> > ----------
> > From: mike jackson[SMTP:grand_wazoo@flinet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 6:22 PM
> > To: Friends of Triumph
> > Subject: Homestead SVRA
> >
> > I'm many days behind the e-mail due to leaving town immediately after
> > the Homestead race so my apologies if there is more info already out
> > there.
> >
> > I had to leave prior to the Sunday feature for the TRs, however at
> > that
> > time Jack Drews car was running well. Had finished the enduro nicely
> > and still ticking well in the Sunday morning warm up.
> >
> > The Ceilly mobile was also running well and all was ok in the Britt
> > pits
> > once Jack put on a head gasket on Friday. Handfull of Spits also in
> > attendance but I didn't focus much attention on them.
> >
> > By Sunday noon we were in the midst of a Florida Frog Strangler of a
> > rain, hope it cleared before Jack and Ed's race.
> >
> > Next stop is Sebring tomorrow morning. Jack should be rested and
> > ready
> > after his week in sunny Florida. Will post a note when I know more.
> >
> > Chip, the axles arrived, thanks.
> >
> > My TR3 is resting awaiting the SCCA race in late March, and then
> > possibly the SVRA race at Savannah a week later.
> >
> > mike
> >
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