Bill, for the MG's I'm sure Gary Silcox, Paul Burkhard, maybe Joe Gordon,
probably a car from the Hart collection (aka Tony Garmey), Ken Botini (MG
car club VP and SOVREN VP) and a couple of other Bs and probably an A or 2
would make it. For the Triumphs you got me, Jeff Quick, Larry Choates (if
we can keep his car running), John James, you, and again maybe a Hart
collection car (TR250K ?). Mark York is trying to get a TR3 here from the
East Coast and Chuck Arnolds car probably isn't vintage or his TR250 isn't
ready. We might be able to scrounge up a few other cars such as Spitfires,
though I haven't seen any in a couple of years. That would be about a dozen
cars, we probably need to get upwards of 20 to get a full grid.
Would this be only MG's and TR's or would you imagine it would be MG
powered or TR powered cars also (as in TVR's, Devins, Specials or
Elva's)(and Peyote's).
I've talked to Botini about doing an all British car grid last year and he
might need a little prodding to think about the MG-Triumph thing. If we
could do some kind of late race or feature race, it would probably fit in.
It seems the days are all filled with the different groups and that would be
the problem.
Let me know if there's anything I can do to help out. I don't know if you
know I'm an MG guy as well as a TR guy(also a couple of Jags).
Charly Mitchel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 3:08 PM
Subject: West Coast Triumph MG Challenge
> So I've got this here idea... Don't run, it's not a bad thing. A West
Coast
> Triumph-MG Challenge. I thinbk Chuck, or Jeff Quick, or somebody else
> suggested it earlier. I've been working a little to see what would be
> feasible.
>
> There's a really cool race in Portland at PIR called the Columbia Classic.
> This year it's September 3-5. It's run in conjunction with the All British
> Field Meet which is a club show for british cars that includes a concours,
> autocross, vendors, and jumble. Lots of bagpipes and bangers, that sort of
> stuff.
>
> Two years ago Sovren started running the race in conjunction with the
ABFM.
> Went over very well. I'm pushing at them to spice it up a bunch with more
> spectator stuff (parties, etc.) and people dressing in period wear. Easy
for
> me, I'm still wearing the same greasy levis I wore in the sixties. It's
the
> perfect event for that kind of thing, could be kind of a mini-Goodwood.
>
> So the idea is a MG-Triumph challenge West, with both the MG-TR thing and
> the East-West thing going. There's a fair amount of skepticism here that
> such a challenge might not pull many cars, and would take away from the
> regular grid. I think the second part is easy to address--we could
possibly
> even add a day to overcome any such issues. I suspect there are not as
many
> MGs and Triumph racing on the West coast as the east, but I may be wrong.
> Even so, I suspect that some of our friends in the square flat states
might
> tow out for a late fall event. Portland is usually magic in September,
it's
> often our best month for great weather
>
> What I need is a rough head count, both from the MG guys and the Triumph
> folks. Who would come?
>
> Doesn't mean it will happen, but there's a better shot if I have evidence
> that we could fill a grid.
>
> Joe, could you forward this on the MG contingent.
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