Thanks Leo,
Despite a rear end vibration (way better than an engine vibration) we were
real pleased with the weekend. Great event, great people and we ran a second
faster, at 2:27 than we ever have before at VIR, netting us a second place out
of twelve in B4 and 7th out of 29 in the B group.
Our next race is probably Lime Rock in Sept.
Tim Suddard
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In a message dated 6/12/06 5:57:41 PM, LOddTR@aol.com writes:
> With Henry's absence, in favor of Mosport, I will take a stab at filling
> his
> shoes for the race report.
>
> A total of 160 cars came to the track to enjoy great weather and some very
> close racing. In all 7 TR's were there - Dean Tetterton, TR3, Tim
> Suddard/JK
> Jackson, TR3, George Wright, TR4, Gene Hammer, TR4, Allen Goode, TR4, Don
> Marshall, TR4A and your's truly with the TR250.
>
> Friday's practices went as usual with the exception of George Wrights
> massive collision with the tire wall after a misstep into a pothole at the
> end of
> the South Bend curbing. He and a dozen helpers - TR and MG drivers and crew
> -
> worked through the night and the next morning to get him on the grid for
> Saturday's qualifying race. (does anyone have a NOS front valance?)
>
> Saturday's qualifying races went well for all of the TR's except for two.
> George suffered an unexpected result from Friday's collision, a broken
> throttle
> shaft in one of the SU's, which forced him to retire before the checkered
> flag fell. Don Marshall had an unfortunate mishap with a Spridget that
> forced
> him to retire for the weekend. Don had been running strong and was posting
> his
> best laps ever at VIR. At one time he was 3rd in group B.
>
> Sunday morning was cloudy and cool after the previous evening's thunder
> storm. Those in the early warm-up sessions dried the track for the TR's.
> The
> warm-up revealed an undiagnosed vibration in Tim's TR3 so he would miss
the
> feature. The remaining five TR's prepared for the feature sessions. George
> and Gene
> in group A, Dean, Allen and I in group B.
>
> In the A race George was forced to start at the back due to the DNF in the
> qualifying race. He motored from 42nd position to an amazing 12th place
> overall. Nice job George! It was really something to see. Gene Hammer
> dropped out
> after two laps for an unknown reason.
>
> In the B feature a collision would claim a third TR as Dean Tetterton was
> punted off the course by an Aston Martin DB4 on lap 2. The Aston just
> couldn't
> handle the pressure from the ably piloted TR, went off track and attempted
> to
> quickly come back on. The result was frame and body damage for the "Dean
of
> Triumph". Allen and I both finished the event with good runs. My shot at
> 6th
> place was dashed when I spun exiting turn two late in the race so I
settled
> for 9th overall. Allen made it through his first vintage weekend without a
> DNF.
>
> What was a great weekend of racing and comradery was certainly tempered
but
> the high rate of incidents (3 of 7) for the TR's. Everyone is healthy and
> the
> cars will be repaired to fight another day!
>
> Leo Oddi
> TR250
>
>
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