Hello Gang..
I heartily 2nd the nomination of Robert D. MacKenzie...
Go Spitfires!!
Racer Bud..CSRG Spitfire #21 ..Sonoma, Ca.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Guinan" <joeg@neb.rr.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: <dodo@texas.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: [FOT] New Spitfire Racer to nominate
> I'd like to nominate Robert D. MacKenzie of San Antonio, Texas to the FoT.
> His email address is dodo@texas.net and some details about his background
> with Triumph performance driving are inserted below. As I mentioned
> earlier
> today, Robert is trying to figure out the car's history. His "new"
> Spitfire
> came from somewhere around Houston, TX and is apparently one of the first
> Spitfires imported to the US - it would be 12th on Joe Curry's Spitfire
> Database with it's "FC921" commission number. A photo of the car can be
> seen at - http://dodo.home.texas.net/fc921-race-car.jpg As Rocky Entriken
> has pointed out, this was an Autocross prepared car, not a road racer. It
> looks like it could easily become a dedicated vintage racer, though Robert
> plans to go slowly with the project and autocross it only for now. We'll
> get him to a couple of events, and see how long it takes him to get the
> bug
> to get out on the track... ;-)
>
> It would be nice if any FoTers in the San Antonio or Austin areas would
> say
> "Hello" to him and maybe let him know about any vintage racing events that
> may be occurring near him.
>
> May I have a second, please?
>
> Joe Guinan
> Fremont, NE
>
> -----------------Robert's Message---------------------------------
>
> I only plan to autocross this car, at least for now. I have been
> autocrossing now and then, depending on what car I had, (72 BMW 2002Tii -
> 83
> Honda Civic S - 76 911S) for over 20 years and have managed to keep the
> costs under control. I live in San Antonio, TX but plan to move to the
> greater Austin area early next year. In this area there are two great
> autocross clubs that stage events almost every other weekend. The
> atmosphere is pretty laid back and they almost seem to follow the SCCA
> rulebook, but not that closely. I just can't see myself doing any real
> road
> racing, but it would be fun. A national autocross event is my goal.
>
> As for my Triumph racing experience: I bought my first Spitfire, a '79
> 1500
> this April and have run 5 or 6 autocross events since then. Until last
> Sunday, I had planned to evolve the 79 into a high performance autocross
> car
> that would look stock and still be streetable. I am no longer planning to
> go that route with this race prepared car in my garage. I
> will keep the 79 as a daily driver type but will keep improving it as
> things
> wear out.
>
> I bought the car from James Rodgerson, a driving instructor at MSR
> Houston.
> I believe the car came from the Houston area. Other than that and the
> "Buzzard Race Cars 001" dataplate: I know nothing.
>
> Robert D. MacKenzie
> dodo@texas.net
>
>
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