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Re: [Fot] COTA TR6

To: "'Bob Kramer'" <rkramer3@austin.rr.com>, "'Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley'" <triosan@gmail.com>, "'Friends'" <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] COTA TR6
From: "Bob Kramer" <rkramer3@austin.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 07:15:46 -0600
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I noticed that I may have slighted previous Chump and Lemon=E2=80=99s =
efforts with this car in my note. This is the first WRL event where we =
made all the laps. WRL is a significant step up in racing versus the =
others. There are plenty of ex-Lemons and Chump cars running in WRL but =
there are also plenty of serious race cars out there as well.  Thus the =
comment referred only to WRL; this was our first such success in WRL.

=20

From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob Kramer
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 12:41 PM
To: 'Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley'; 'Friends'
Subject: Re: [Fot] COTA TR6

=20

We had six drivers, most from the FOT list. Greg and Bob Blake, Bobby =
Whitehead, Dusty Nicholson, Richard Ceraldi and myself. All of us race =
other Triumphs and Richard has a GT6 street car and a Mini Cooper he =
does HPDE=E2=80=99s in.  The car progressed from a Lemon=E2=80=99s rat =
roller to a reasonable race car over time. I supervised the build of the =
original car and Greg and I have both done significant work  on =
improving it over time. It did a few Lemon=E2=80=99s weekends, then some =
Chump races and has competed in three WRL endurance weekends. This was =
the first one where we completed every lap, every hour. That is not to =
say we were on the lead laps. There were two factory built BMW =
M2=E2=80=99s out there a couple of Mustang purpose built racers, and a =
number of other P cars and  Beemers that lapped us many times. It was =
fun to race against the Corvettes in the rain, but the smaller Boxsters, =
S2000 and Miata=E2=80=99s had the better of us. Truth is not only were =
we the oldest car out there by far, we were also outclassed in speed =
potential by almost everyone, and in the rain that gapped widened. I did =
about more than two hours in heavy rain. It wasn=E2=80=99t the =
=E2=80=9Crace of a lifetime=E2=80=9D but it was fun in a sadistic sort =
of way.=20

=20

Bob Kramer

=20

From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chuck Arnold =
and/or Kathleen Kelley
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 10:33 PM
To: Friends
Subject: [Fot] COTA TR6

=20

Who was racing one there this weekend?


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D'>I noticed that I may have slighted previous Chump and Lemon=E2=80=99s =
efforts with this car in my note. This is the first WRL event where we =
made all the laps. WRL is a significant step up in racing versus the =
others. There are plenty of ex-Lemons and Chump cars running in WRL but =
there are also plenty of serious race cars out there as well. =C2=A0Thus =
the comment referred only to WRL; this was our first such success in =
WRL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div =
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0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob =
Kramer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 05, 2016 12:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> =
'Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley'; 'Friends'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[Fot] COTA TR6<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>We had six drivers, most from the FOT list. Greg and Bob Blake, Bobby =
Whitehead, Dusty Nicholson, Richard Ceraldi and myself. All of us race =
other Triumphs and Richard has a GT6 street car and a Mini Cooper he =
does HPDE=E2=80=99s in.&nbsp; The car progressed from a Lemon=E2=80=99s =
rat roller to a reasonable race car over time. I supervised the build of =
the original car and Greg and I have both done significant work&nbsp; on =
improving it over time. It did a few Lemon=E2=80=99s weekends, then some =
Chump races and has competed in three WRL endurance weekends. This was =
the first one where we completed every lap, every hour. That is not to =
say we were on the lead laps. There were two factory built BMW =
M2=E2=80=99s out there a couple of Mustang purpose built racers, and a =
number of other P cars and &nbsp;Beemers that lapped us many times. It =
was fun to race against the Corvettes in the rain, but the smaller =
Boxsters, S2000 and Miata=E2=80=99s had the better of us. Truth is not =
only were we the oldest car out there by far, we were also outclassed in =
speed potential by almost everyone, and in the rain that gapped widened. =
I did about more than two hours in heavy rain. It wasn=E2=80=99t the =
=E2=80=9Crace of a lifetime=E2=80=9D but it was fun in a sadistic sort =
of way. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>Bob Kramer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div =
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0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
Fot [<a =
href=3D"mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net";>mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.=
net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen =
Kelley<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 04, 2016 10:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> =
Friends<br><b>Subject:</b> [Fot] COTA TR6<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p>Who was racing one there this =
weekend?<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>
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