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John H. Hasty | MULLEN HOLLAND & COOPER P.A.
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From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jason Ostrowski
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 12:54 AM
To: triumph friends
Subject: [Fot] Grattan Wrap Up
"All in" were our Triumphs at Grattan. Fabulous weather set the stage for an
amazing weekend of racing. FoT had a rich presence with 8 race cars and dozens
of other family and Friends.
The 3 days packed more race time than most cars could take.
Fot drivers and cars = Tony Drews (TR4), Sean Alexander (TR4), Dale Osterle
(Spitfire), Michael Moore(TR4), Michael Deweerd (TR4), John Styduhar TR3B),
Jason Ostrowski (2 GT6+'s) Everyone's obvious goal to "Never be beaten by
equipment" in this weekend would take a car blessed by the racing Gods. We all
had a shot at over a dozen sessions. Grattan is very hard on suspension
components. There were over 44 cars in Group 2 and 25 in group 8.
Tony was the star in Group 2.
It was quite possible for him to beaten by Sean or myself but both of us fell
victim of terminal problems before our real chance came (Sean; likely a
Cracked Head) and (me; Motor time of Death sat. 9:27 am) Great showings by
Mike M, Mike D, Dale and John, filled the top 15 spots in most sessions with
some awesome Triumph action.
Michael Moore gets the FGR pick of the weekend for some stellar consistency
and excellent driving on a new track (he finished almost every lap he was
given and was clipping off some great lap times all weekend) John had some
excellent starts; passing many cars very quickly... but also had a few
disappointments with an epic big spin onto the front stretch and a dead car at
turn one in just prior to the start of the race.
Deweerd also had his share of troubles with couple of spins and a smoking
parked car. But hats off to him as he fixed all the problems he encountered
and made it all the way to the end of the weekend.
The extreme loss of power in my yellow car left me to focus on the green
#69 as the lone Triumph in group 8. And after many sleepless nights of prep
the entire week before, I was eventually rewarded with a ride that served me
very well. But, Brian and I were still working on the car till 2:00 in the
morning on Thursday. and then were not able to get it running at all on
Friday. It took us half of the day and a dismantling of many major components
to figure out that common bit of knowledge that most carburation are
electrical. A bad condenser turned out to be our demon.
In the end, the redone car was a magical beast of awesome sound. I drove the
car faster than I ever have before and moved up from 26th to 10th in the first
race, then 10th to 7th in the second race; and in the third race I had my best
race ever finishing 3rd overall and 2nd in class. I passed and then was
hounded all race by a nemesis cheater 240z and was walking away from a Ferrari
348 Challenge! I couldn't belive it!
The Zippy car was unstoppable... until I broke an axle in the feature race on
Sunday.
Still, I'll take that cost of breakage as I turned a champion best time of all
of us by a few seconds ending up with a 1:32.8... by far the fastest time any
of us "Vintage Triumph" guys have gone there in years!
Brian tried some cool new go pro video angles and we hope to have some
highlight videos to share soon.
It was a great weekend for all us.Grattan in August is truly an event that is
like no other. The always awesome Beady Eyed Wine and Cheese, Friends, and
some of the best racing in the Midwest.
Hope to see you all there next year!
Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
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