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I hereby nominate Roger Beasley for membership in FOT list. Roger and I
met at Sebring. He is an experienced racer, and certified TR nut.
Welcome aboard, Roger!
--
uncle jack the carfrek
TR4 Rallye Replica vintage racer
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> From: Roger Beasley <beeline@iline.com>
> To: vinttr4@forbin.com
> Subject: Reply to Triumph Stuff
> Date: Friday, March 13, 1998 9:08 AM
> I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SENDING E-MAIL SO WILL TRY AGAIN WITH THE
ORIGINAL ATTEMPT. WE FINALLY GOT THE TR-4 ON THE TRACK THIS WEEKEND AT
WEST PALM BEACH AT A SCCA EVENT. IT WENT WELL BUT WE DID COMPILE A
SIGNIFICANT LIST OF NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH AGAIN WHEN I'VE HAD MORE TIME TO LOOK OVER THE CAR.
> Greetings from sunny Florida! Glad to hear that you made it back home.
I
> hope your trip was uneventful--we have been watching the news and it
seems
> your weather has been pretty rotten. Terry, my wife and I have thought
> about you and your family with each weather report. We really enjoyed
our
> visit with you at the track.
>
> Thank you for the quick action on your kind offer of Triumph information.
> I just subscribed to the two lists you recommended. And, I would
> definitely like to subscribe (be invited) to join the friends of Triumph.
>
> I grew up in South Texas around the Corpus Christi area and graduated
from
> Texas A&M University, Kingsville. I am an Energy Engineer and have
worked
> for electric utilities most of my career, with a side trip as a partner
in
> an imported car parts and service business. With the advent of the South
> Texas oil bust in the mid-eighties, I sold my interests to my partner and
> came to Florida where I have worked for Lee County Electric Cooperative
> most of that time. Presently, I am the senior Commercial/Industrial
> Advisor and Key Accounts Manager.
>
> My interest in racing began while attending graduate school at the
> University of Houston--they had an autocross on campus and I entered my
'65
> Mustang. I was instantly hooked. I joined the SCCA and began working
> corners at races which took place at Galveston Scholles Field. I bought
a
> Spitfire and continued to autocross even after moving to Dallas. Worked
a
> Trans-Am race at Green Valley Raceway--Gurney, Jones, et al.
>
> I moved back to South Texas in '69 and began crewing for a friend who was
> running an H-Prod Fiat 850. With his help and encouragement, I built a
> C-Sports Racer from NSU components and went to driver's school at Texas
> World Speedway in 1971. After a very few races, TWS shut down leaving us
> with no tracks in the state. I sold my CSR and built a stock car for the
> local circle track. In the middle of my second season, a hurricane
> destroyed the track. This may have ben an omen, but in reality my
growing
> family (now a son and daughter) needed my time and resources, so my
racing
> activities were put on hold.
>
> After the move to Florida, my son became interested in racing and went to
> work for Joe Varde, who had an IMSA Firehawk team. He traveled all over
> the US with them in '87, the year they won the championship. He
continued
> to be very interested in racing, so I gave him a gift certificate to the
> Brands Hatch Driving School for Christmas '89. He finally attended his
> SCCA school in '91 and began racing a borrowed GT-4 Toyota. Soon after,
I
> bought an ITC Toyota and reattended school at Savannah.
>
> In '93 I ran for South Atlantic Road Race Championship (SARRC) points and
> wound up second, out of 84 entrants in the class. Along the way, I set a
> class lap record at Sebring and won four of the seven SARRC races I
> attended that year. I was also the regional runner-up in spite of not
> specifically running for that championship. I continued to run my ITC
car
> with an occasional shared drive with a friend running the enduro
> championship series. I sold the Toyota in '96 and bought the '62 TR-4 in
> Nov. '96. I blew up the engine on my first outing, a Solo I at Sebring.
> After a false start with a local "Triumph expert" and machine shop, I
took
> the engine pieces to Glen Effinger.
>
> It has been a long process--the only things we used from the old engine
> were the manifolds and carbs. It was a rod failure that started the
> "hand-grenade" so, after x-ray testing several sets of stock rods, we
> decided to bite the bullet and use Carillos. That sort of broke the dam
> with forged pistons and other improved items following as Glen has so
> advised.
>
> The previous owner is John Lucas, from the Tampa area. Although I don't
> have any documentation from before John, the car was reportedly built by
> Rick Kline about 1970 for a client.
>
> As of yesterday, the engine is in the car and we plan to start it this
> weekend. If all goes well, we will participate in the Sebring 12-hour
> preliminaries. The plan is for my wife, Terry to co-drive in the Sunday
> enduro with me. Her increasing interest in auto racing is a pleasant
> surprise as she has been mostly interested in sailing, up until recently.
> Her interest began growing when she bought a Miata and began autocrossing
> and attending Miata Performance Schools at Sebring. Her birthday present
> last August was a Solo I approved roll bar.
>
> Well, if I haven't gone entirely overboard, I am hanging pretty far over
> the rail. You may wish to do some judicious editing before passing this
on
> to the FOT.
>
> Thanks again for your assistance.
>
> Roger Beasley
> Beeline Racing
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color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial"><br><br>----------<br>> From: Roger =
Beasley <<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>beeline@iline.com</u><font =
color=3D"#000000">><br>> To: <font =
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>vinttr4@forbin.com</u><font =
color=3D"#000000"><br>> Subject: Reply to Triumph Stuff<br>> Date: =
Friday, March 13, 1998 9:08 AM<br>> I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS =
SENDING E-MAIL SO WILL TRY AGAIN WITH THE ORIGINAL ATTEMPT. WE =
FINALLY GOT THE TR-4 ON THE TRACK THIS WEEKEND AT WEST PALM BEACH AT A =
SCCA EVENT. IT WENT WELL BUT WE DID COMPILE A SIGNIFICANT LIST OF =
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.<br>I'LL BE IN TOUCH AGAIN WHEN I'VE HAD MORE TIME =
TO LOOK OVER THE CAR.<br><br>> Greetings from sunny Florida! =
Glad to hear that you made it back home. I<br>> hope your =
trip was uneventful--we have been watching the news and it seems<br>> =
your weather has been pretty rotten. Terry, my wife and I have =
thought<br>> about you and your family with each weather report. =
We really enjoyed our<br>> visit with you at the track. =
<br>> <br>> Thank you for the quick action on your kind offer of =
Triumph information. <br>> I just subscribed to the two lists you =
recommended. And, I would<br>> definitely like to subscribe (be =
invited) to join the friends of Triumph.<br>> <br>> I grew up in =
South Texas around the Corpus Christi area and graduated from<br>> =
Texas A&M University, Kingsville. I am an Energy Engineer and =
have worked<br>> for electric utilities most of my career, with a =
side trip as a partner in<br>> an imported car parts and service =
business. With the advent of the South<br>> Texas oil bust in =
the mid-eighties, I sold my interests to my partner and<br>> came to =
Florida where I have worked for Lee County Electric Cooperative<br>> =
most of that time. Presently, I am the senior =
Commercial/Industrial<br>> Advisor and Key Accounts =
Manager.<br>> <br>> My interest in racing began while attending =
graduate school at the<br>> University of Houston--they had an =
autocross on campus and I entered my '65<br>> Mustang. I was =
instantly hooked. I joined the SCCA and began working<br>> =
corners at races which took place at Galveston Scholles Field. I =
bought a<br>> Spitfire and continued to autocross even after moving =
to Dallas. Worked a<br>> Trans-Am race at Green Valley =
Raceway--Gurney, Jones, et al.<br>> <br>> I moved back to South =
Texas in '69 and began crewing for a friend who was<br>> running an =
H-Prod Fiat 850. With his help and encouragement, I built =
a<br>> C-Sports Racer from NSU components and went to driver's school =
at Texas<br>> World Speedway in 1971. After a very few races, =
TWS shut down leaving us<br>> with no tracks in the state. I =
sold my CSR and built a stock car for the<br>> local circle track. =
In the middle of my second season, a hurricane<br>> destroyed =
the track. This may have ben an omen, but in reality my =
growing<br>> family (now a son and daughter) needed my time and =
resources, so my racing<br>> activities were put on hold.<br>> =
<br>> After the move to Florida, my son became interested in racing =
and went to<br>> work for Joe Varde, who had an IMSA Firehawk team. =
He traveled all over<br>> the US with them in '87, the year =
they won the championship. He continued<br>> to be very =
interested in racing, so I gave him a gift certificate to the<br>> =
Brands Hatch Driving School for Christmas '89. He finally attended =
his<br>> SCCA school in '91 and began racing a borrowed GT-4 Toyota. =
Soon after, I<br>> bought an ITC Toyota and reattended school =
at Savannah.<br>> <br>> In '93 I ran for South Atlantic Road Race =
Championship (SARRC) points and<br>> wound up second, out of 84 =
entrants in the class. Along the way, I set a<br>> class lap =
record at Sebring and won four of the seven SARRC races I<br>> =
attended that year. I was also the regional runner-up in spite of =
not<br>> specifically running for that championship. I =
continued to run my ITC car<br>> with an occasional shared drive with =
a friend running the enduro<br>> championship series. I sold =
the Toyota in '96 and bought the '62 TR-4 in<br>> Nov. '96. I =
blew up the engine on my first outing, a Solo I at Sebring. <br>> =
After a false start with a local "Triumph expert" and machine =
shop, I took<br>> the engine pieces to Glen Effinger. <br>> =
<br>> It has been a long process--the only things we used from the =
old engine<br>> were the manifolds and carbs. It was a rod =
failure that started the<br>> "hand-grenade" so, =
after x-ray testing several sets of stock rods, we<br>> decided to =
bite the bullet and use Carillos. That sort of broke the =
dam<br>> with forged pistons and other improved items following as =
Glen has so<br>> advised. <br>> <br>> The previous owner =
is John Lucas, from the Tampa area. Although I don't<br>> have =
any documentation from before John, the car was reportedly built =
by<br>> Rick Kline about 1970 for a client. <br>> <br>> As of =
yesterday, the engine is in the car and we plan to start it this<br>> =
weekend. If all goes well, we will participate in the Sebring =
12-hour<br>> preliminaries. The plan is for my wife, Terry to =
co-drive in the Sunday<br>> enduro with me. Her increasing =
interest in auto racing is a pleasant<br>> surprise as she has been =
mostly interested in sailing, up until recently. <br>> Her interest =
began growing when she bought a Miata and began autocrossing<br>> and =
attending Miata Performance Schools at Sebring. Her birthday =
present<br>> last August was a Solo I approved roll bar.<br>> =
<br>> Well, if I haven't gone entirely overboard, I am hanging pretty =
far over<br>> the rail. You may wish to do some judicious =
editing before passing this on<br>> to the FOT. <br>> <br>> =
Thanks again for your assistance.<br>> <br>> Roger Beasley<br>> =
Beeline Racing</p>
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