Cool idea Charlie, nothing like a little local pride to fuel organization
and participation.
Bill Babcock
Babcock & Jenkins
-----Original Message-----
From: Charly Mitchel [mailto:charly@mitchelplumbing.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:59 AM
To: Bill Babcock; 'Henry Frye'; N197TR4@cs.com
Cc: fot@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Future FOT events
Bill. I'm all for this and I see the same thing in the future. I was a
little disappointed there wasn't an all British race scheduled (sans
Porchies) at this years event. If there's anything I can do to assist with
this let me know.
I think it would be good to get a FOT West group organized for racing on the
West Coast. It might also help to bring out some of those other Triumphs
hiding out.
Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Henry Frye'" <henry@henryfrye.com>; <N197TR4@cs.com>
Cc: <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:48 AM
Subject: RE: Future FOT events
> I don't see why it would be just one event. I'd like to at least see east,
> middle and west events. I'm scheming to help Sovern turn the Labor Day
> weekend Columbia Classic event at Portland International Raceway into
> something bigger. It is put on in concert with the All British Field Meet.
> Anybody besides me see a possible opportunity there?
>
> My plan is to make it a festival event sponsored by a true club. In other
> words, add the elements like Goodwood where people can come in period
dress,
> and there's picnics and bands and parties that include spectators as
> participants in the whole event instead of just drivers and corner
workers.
> Those don't need to subtract from the track time (though currently an
> autocross that uses part of the track and a car club parade do take some
> time. But it's a three day event and the autocross can be relocated and
even
> expanded.
>
> We'll see how it works out--I need to talk to the Sovern board, but an
> MG/Triumph showdown is very much in the spirit of what I have in mind.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf
> Of Henry Frye
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 7:43 AM
> To: N197TR4@cs.com
> Cc: fot@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Future FOT events
>
>
> At 10:11 AM 10/05/2004 -0400, Joe Alexander wrote:
>
> >If we continue with these successes, I suspect Road America & BRIC will
> >be approaching us in 2006 or 2007.
>
> Any thoughts about choosing an event to bring our 'show' to where the
> schedule will allow us enough race groups to handle our numbers so each
> group has a safe number of cars on the track at once? How about more than
> five 15 minute sessions in the race weekend?
>
> It seems to me the Festival events are not where we are going to find
this.
>
> Where do we want our annual "big" event to be? Festival type events with
> generally bigger race groups with less track time OR club events where we
> are truly the main event, get better scheduling and more track time?
>
> Come on, guys, speak up.
>
> No doubt 2005 is cast in stone, we are going to run the Mitty. But I for
> one would like to see the direction of our future events turn away from
the
> big festival events. Am I in the minority here?
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