In that race, Fletcher radioed in on the tenth lap and said the head gasket
was blown and water was blowing all over his legs. He said the oil temp was
staying under 230 so Sandy said to tell him to keep going just don't blow it
up. He ran the remaining 8 laps with no water in the motor! The oil kept the
motor cool enough to finish the race.
We all wanted a victory lap and the car was too hot to refire so we were
towed around by a wrecker for our victory lap!
The tech guys had me pull the head so they could check the bore and stroke.
The only damage we found was a collapsed valve seat.
Ahhh the good old days.
Mike
(Still blowing head gaskets)
-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces+fasttrs=mindspring.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:fot-bounces+fasttrs=mindspring.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
N197TR4@cs.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:20 AM
To: macdonaldp@rogers.com; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: [Fot] Kas Kastner built Vitesse
FoT,
Is this the one that was driven by Ralph Thomas in recent years?
Fast!!!
Does any one have access to Ralph Thomas?
If my memory serves me......
SCCA RUNOFFS (TRIUMPH Champions)
THREE YEARS IN A ROW!!!!
1990 Jack Wheeler TR4A
1991 Ralph Thomas TR6
1992 Hardy Prentice TR3
The plan right now is to have Jack Wheeler and Hardy Prentice as our guests
at Watkins Glen. They have been invited and they have accepted. It is also
the
current plan to have them on the LEGENDS SPEAK along with Kas Kastner and Ed
Diehl. Perhaps one more significant Triumph guy will be involved. I am
still
juggling...I just hope the balls fall into the right place.
Might be cool to have someone invite Ralph Thomas for kind of a Triple Crown
of Triumph Champions, under the same FOT hospitality tent. Can anyone help
here?
Might be cooler, if an FOT bought this car and brought it to the Glen to
show
or race.
Regardless, The Glen is destined to be a high water mark for the FOT.......
Joe A </HTML>
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