nice report and an excellent choice with glen. ted
BillDentin@AOL.COM wrote:
> Amici:
>
> Yeah!
>
> It were awesome!
>
> It was Joe Alexander's (and Mark Palmer's) show, so I'll not steal his
> thunder. Let him tell it, but it was clearly THE place to be this past week
> end.
>
> I had some carb problems all week end. My car would run like a banshee, and
> then load up throttle steering through some corners. It would take 200 feet
> to clear up, and anyone in the area could pass me at will coming out of a
> corner. Still got down to two minutes and change in the Sunday feature race.
> I was happy with that, as 1:59 and changes is about as fast as I go at
> Mid-Ohio.
>
> Three impressions stick:
>
> 1. How well everyone behaved. These were HUGE grids (70+) in some sessions,
> and ALL MG and Triumph drivers I observed are to be commended. Competition
> was fierce, but I saw no serious overdriving.
>
> 2. Kent and Neal Howard (father and son team) could not be kept down. They
> were breaking rocker shaft studs right and left, and I don't know what all.
> But they just kept making repairs, and to my knowledge, still made every
> major session. That is commendable, as they do not have that much time in
> the hobby.
>
> 3. It was great to see Bill Warner (in the ex-Group 44 PLN/TR6) coming up
> behind me. I was the last car under the bridge, before he took the First
> Over All checker in the MGTriumph Clash Race, so at that point I knew he won!
> I got so excited, I forgot to keep chasing the car in front of me. I still
> had a lap to go. It was great.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
> PS
>
> The first three cars were Triumphs, which was great, but the top ten included
> five and five, which indicates a nice level playing field. The Munoz and
> Gonda MGBs where VERY impressive, as was Steve Plater's MGC.
>
> As the First Recipient of the Bill Ames FOT Traveling Award, I got to select
> the Second recipient. I chose GLEN EFINGER, the so-called 'Bearded Wonder',
> who wrenches so many TRs, to such a high degree of performance. The driver's
> all seem to get enough attention, and it is deserved, but WE all know that
> you cannot do ANYTHING without good equipment. Congratulations to GLEN.
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