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Why not just ask Bob what he had in mind. He is a good guy.
*Never be beaten by equipment.*
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 5:32 AM, Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com> wrote:
> The Group 44 Inc. Trophy is awarded at the VARAC event held at the track
> formerly known as Mosport (currently it's Canadian Tire Motorsports Park)
> to the Triumph driver that best meets the criteria set forth by Bob Tullius
> a couple years back. Problem is, we are all getting old and nobody really
> remembers for sure what that criteria was, so it was decided that the
> previous year's winner would develop their own criteria and pick this
> year's winner.
>
> My apologies to Mr. Tullius, but I am confident Bob would be quite happy
> with my choice.
>
> The obvious choice to me was our most junior Triumph driver at the event,
> Jeff Govert. Jeff in his Spitfire overcame obstacles all weekend, never
> missed a lap of track time, and showed us what Triumph drivers are all
> about. His weekend started out with a diff swap, then the starter motor
> went south. A field strip revealed a failed solder joint, but the problems
> ran deeper than that as a session or two later the starter motor was out
> again. The earlier repair was fine but in the end the starter was declared
> terminal. Jeff was resigned to push starting the car and getting gridded at
> just the right time so the car would not overheat while waiting to go. Then
> there was the brakes, but I think I made my point!
>
> Jeff showed everybody he is made of the right stuff, and deserves to be
> the recipient of the 2016 Group 44 Inc. Trophy. Congrats Jeff!!!
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Why not just ask Bob what he had in mind.=C2=A0 He is a go=
od guy.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><p><strong><font =
color=3D"#000099">Never be beaten by equipment.</font></strong></p></div></=
div>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 5:32 AM, Yellow04 <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:yellow04@tr4racer.com"; target=3D"_bla=
nk">yellow04@tr4racer.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef=
t:1ex">The Group 44 Inc. Trophy is awarded at the VARAC event held at the t=
rack formerly known as Mosport (currently it's Canadian Tire Motorsport=
s Park) to the Triumph driver that best meets the criteria set forth by Bob=
Tullius a couple years back. Problem is, we are all getting old and nobody=
really remembers for sure what that criteria was, so it was decided that t=
he previous year's winner would develop their own criteria and pick thi=
s year's winner.<br>
<br>
My apologies to Mr. Tullius, but I am confident Bob would be quite happy wi=
th my choice.<br>
<br>
The obvious choice to me was our most junior Triumph driver at the event, J=
eff Govert. Jeff in his Spitfire overcame obstacles all weekend, never miss=
ed a lap of track time, and showed us what Triumph drivers are all about. H=
is weekend started out with a diff swap, then the starter motor went south.=
A field strip revealed a failed solder joint, but the problems ran deeper =
than that as a session or two later the starter motor was out again. The ea=
rlier repair was fine but in the end the starter was declared terminal. Jef=
f was resigned to push starting the car and getting gridded at just the rig=
ht time so the car would not overheat while waiting to go. Then there was t=
he brakes, but I think I made my point!<br>
<br>
Jeff showed everybody he is made of the right stuff, and deserves to be the=
recipient of the 2016 Group 44 Inc. Trophy. Congrats Jeff!!!<br>
<br>
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