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God, I hate Pintos in races. Back when I was racing a Rabbit in ISSC, just
after I got my area license, there was a Pinto racer gridded in front of me
that came back to talk. He confided that he had lost fourth and would have
to overrev his engine, so I should be careful at the end of the straight
since I was bound to overtake him (my qual times were substantially faster,
but they gridded me in the back because I had just pulled off my novice
stripes). He didn't want me to crash as a result of his dumping his oil.
Sure enough, I caught up to him and his buddy (also in a pinto). They were
all over the track in the infield, and the best place to pass would have
been at the end of the straight, outbraking them. But I got nervous and
backed off every time, until I finally figured out I'd been had. Naturally I
stuffed them both with vigor on the next lap, enough so that the steward had
a word with me about the bounds of racing aggression as applied to
wet-behind-the-ears drivers.
Now everytime I see one with number on it I want to kick in the radiator.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Jackson [mailto:grand_wazoo@flinet.com]
Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 12:19 PM
To: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Race report from Homestead
Since we are into the race report season: Our local SCCA had an event
at Homestead Motorsports complex, very classy place. Our vintage group
had an uncharacteristically miserable turnout of only 7 cars, including
a Pinto that is normally rented to run Improved Touring (yech).
The goal of the weekend for the TR3 was to make sure it's ready to head
north to the Mid-Ohio race. Still have some carb tuning problems but
otherwise all seems healthy. Finished second between two 911's and also
followed by a Lotus FJ and a Griffin. Trailing two cars were an Fiat
Abarth 850 and the &^*(ing Pinto. Now that's a mixed bag of cars.
Many thanks to Joe for helping organize what I'm sure will be a great MO
event. Great race track and great people.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>God, I hate Pintos in races. Back when I was racing a =
Rabbit in ISSC, just after I got my area license, there was a Pinto =
racer gridded in front of me that came back to talk. He confided that =
he had lost fourth and would have to overrev his engine, so I should be =
careful at the end of the straight since I was bound to overtake him =
(my qual times were substantially faster, but they gridded me in the =
back because I had just pulled off my novice stripes). He didn't want =
me to crash as a result of his dumping his oil. Sure enough, I caught =
up to him and his buddy (also in a pinto). They were all over the track =
in the infield, and the best place to pass would have been at the end =
of the straight, outbraking them. But I got nervous and backed off =
every time, until I finally figured out I'd been had. Naturally I =
stuffed them both with vigor on the next lap, enough so that the =
steward had a word with me about the bounds of racing aggression as =
applied to wet-behind-the-ears drivers. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Now everytime I see one with number on it I want to =
kick in the radiator. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Mike Jackson [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:grand_wazoo@flinet.com";>mailto:grand_wazoo@flinet.com</A>=
]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 12:19 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Friends of Triumph</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Race report from Homestead</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Since we are into the race report season: Our =
local SCCA had an event</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>at Homestead Motorsports complex, very classy =
place. Our vintage group</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>had an uncharacteristically miserable turnout of =
only 7 cars, including</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>a Pinto that is normally rented to run Improved =
Touring (yech).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The goal of the weekend for the TR3 was to make sure =
it's ready to head</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>north to the Mid-Ohio race. Still have some =
carb tuning problems but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>otherwise all seems healthy. Finished second =
between two 911's and also</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>followed by a Lotus FJ and a Griffin. Trailing =
two cars were an Fiat</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Abarth 850 and the &^*(ing Pinto. Now =
that's a mixed bag of cars.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Many thanks to Joe for helping organize what I'm sure =
will be a great MO</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>event. Great race track and great =
people.</FONT>
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