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To: marty <trmarty@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] VTR 2019
From: Greg Blake via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 21:07:50 -0600
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Pops lives in Dripping Springs, VTR host city. Takes him about 25-30 minutes=
 to get to COTA.=20


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:49 PM, marty via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>=20
> Hmmm. How far is COTA from where VTR is taking place?  I would have to fin=
d someplace to park a 48' toy hauler at VTR. Same trailer would have to find=
 room at the VTR autocross so I could run.  It does get me thinking though.
>=20
> Marty
> From: Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Kramer via Fot <fo=
t@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 1:14 PM
> To: Fot
> Subject: [Fot] VTR 2019
> =20
> Friends
>=20
> Way back in 1989 I ran across another TR6 in the parking lot of a local au=
to parts store and the ensuing conversation led to the formation of the Hill=
 Country Triumph Club. The next year we began holding an All British Car Day=
 as an annual event to meet the Vintage Triumph Register requirement of an a=
nnual "feature" event. I've had better ideas, but not many have lasted this l=
ong. The event is now a 3-day affair and run by a dedicated committee.
>=20
> Every 4 years our club rotated responsibility for the "Texas" VTR Regional=
, but the Oklahoma clubs have helped us spread that out to every 6 years.  E=
arly on I was a regular attendee of the VTR Nationals years and competing in=
 the autocross on course at Roebling Road in 1991 planted the seed for my ra=
cing addiction. Attending these events helped me to decide early on that the=
 HCTC should stay away from the idea of ever hosting the VTR National. Our c=
lub membership was young and busy with life, Austin was too far south, our c=
lub wasn't big enough and most of all I didn't want that type of responsibil=
ity to take over my life.
>=20
> Years have passed, our members have aged, some are even retired, Austin is=
 on the bucket list of place to go see for a lot of people and our club is m=
uch larger now. I've moved further away from downtown and I don't make it to=
 many meetings so I wasn't there to talk them out of it when the HCTC agreed=
 to host the 2019 VTR Nationals. It will be held in nearby Dripping Springs f=
rom October 6 through 9th of 2019. Here is where, as a loyal transplanted Te=
xan, I am required to say, "you'all come."
>=20
> But that is not why I am bringing this up. Austin is home to the Formula 1=
 event at Circuit of the Americas. The date for this event in 2019 has force=
d the SVRA to move their Vintage National event at Circuit of the Americas t=
o the weekend before the VTR National. That's right, the SVRA Vintage Nation=
als will be held October 3-6 and the VTR Nationals October 6-9. In a year wh=
ere the Kastner Cup is in California, and the SVRA is giving free registrati=
on,  to Triumph racecars for the Watkins Glen event a month earlier, the tho=
ught of asking how many Triumphs might want to tow to Texas, with no free re=
gistration, just to put on a good show for the 200 or so attendees of the VT=
R National is the last thing I thought I would be doing, but here I am doing=
 just that.=20
>=20
> The VTR National is happening with or without us as is the SVRA event. The=
 track, while fun to race is not a likely candidate for a future Kastner Cup=
 because it is a modern facility. This may be the most common sense time for=
 us to have a get together at COTA. If we could attract enough cars we can i=
ntegrate the track event into the VTR Nationals by holding the Sunday kick-o=
ff party at the track.=20
>=20
> So I have to ask, who would want to do this?
>=20
> Bob Kramer
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; 
charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Pops lives in Dripping Springs, VTR host 
city. Takes him about 25-30 minutes to get to COTA.&nbsp;<br><br><br><div 
id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div 
dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:49 PM, marty via Fot &lt;<a 
href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; 
wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">

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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; 
font-size:12pt">
Hmmm. How far is COTA from where VTR is taking place?&nbsp; I would have to 
find someplace to park a 48' toy hauler at VTR. Same trailer would have to find 
room at the VTR autocross so I could run.&nbsp; It does get me thinking 
though.</div>
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font-size:12pt">
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font-size:12pt">
Marty</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, 
sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Fot &lt;<a 
href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net";>fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a>&gt; on 
behalf of Bob Kramer via Fot &lt;<a 
href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 12, 2018 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Fot<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Fot] VTR 2019</font>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
</div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">Friends
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Way back in 1989 I ran across another&nbsp;TR6 in the&nbsp;parking lot of 
a local auto parts store and the ensuing conversation led to the formation of 
the Hill Country Triumph Club. The next year we began holding an All British 
Car Day as an annual event to meet
 the Vintage Triumph Register requirement of an annual "feature" event. I've 
had better ideas, but not many have lasted this long. The event is now a 3-day 
affair and run by a dedicated committee.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Every 4 years our club rotated responsibility for the "Texas" VTR 
Regional, but the Oklahoma&nbsp;clubs have helped us spread that out to every 6 
years.&nbsp; Early on I was a regular attendee of the VTR Nationals years and 
competing in the&nbsp;autocross on course at
 Roebling Road in 1991 planted the seed for my racing addiction. Attending 
these events helped me to decide early on that the HCTC should stay away from 
the idea of ever hosting the VTR National. Our club membership was young and 
busy with life, Austin was
 too far south, our club wasn't big enough and most of all I didn't want that 
type of responsibility to take over my life.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Years have passed, our members have aged, some are even retired, Austin is 
on the bucket list of place to go see for a lot of people and our club is much 
larger now. I've moved further away from downtown and I don't make it to many 
meetings so I wasn't
 there to talk them out of it when the HCTC agreed to host the 2019 VTR 
Nationals. It will be held in nearby Dripping Springs from October 6 through 
9th of 2019. Here is where, as a loyal transplanted Texan, I am required to 
say, "you'all&nbsp;come."</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>But that is not why I am bringing this up. Austin is home to the Formula 1 
event at Circuit of the Americas. The date for this&nbsp;event in 2019 has 
forced the SVRA to move their&nbsp;Vintage National event at Circuit of the 
Americas to the weekend before the VTR
 National. That's right, the SVRA Vintage Nationals will be held October 3-6 
and the VTR Nationals October 6-9. In a year where the Kastner Cup is in 
California, and the SVRA is giving free registration,&nbsp; to Triumph 
racecars&nbsp;for the Watkins Glen event a month
 earlier, the thought of asking how many Triumphs&nbsp;might want to tow to 
Texas, with no free registration, just to put on a good show for the 200 or so 
attendees of the VTR National is the last thing I thought I would be doing, but 
here I am doing just that.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The VTR National is happening with or without us as is the SVRA event. The 
track, while fun to race is not a likely candidate&nbsp;for a future 
Kastner&nbsp;Cup because it is a modern facility. This may be the most common 
sense time for us to have a get together
 at COTA. If we could attract enough cars we can integrate the track event into 
the VTR Nationals by holding the Sunday kick-off party at the track.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So I have to ask, who would want to do this?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div>
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<div dir="ltr">Bob Kramer</div>
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