You want spectacular... 40 Triumph cars. Each holding a bit of that
collective knowledge. Driving for a chance to win the Kastner Cup... The
most coveted award in Triumph Racing. Spectacular indeed!
Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:41 PM, EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>wrote:
> Group: Isn't the collective knowledge of this group spectacular! An
> outsider
> would surely think we all need to get a life :O)
> -Ed-
>
> --- On Sun, 1/8/12, Robert Kramer <rkramer3@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Robert Kramer <rkramer3@austin.rr.com>
> Subject: RE: [Fot] Old sports car footage
> To: "'Tom Householder'" <trhouse@columbus.rr.com>, "'EDWARD BARNARD'"
> <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>
> Cc: "'FOT'" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012, 6:23 PM
>
>
> Jim McAndrew of Tyler TX has a TR3 that matches that description. I know it
> was raced by those guys.
>
> Bob Kramer
> rkramer3@austin.rr.com
> Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch
> excellence.
>
> Vince Lombardi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Tom Householder
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 5:43 PM
> To: EDWARD BARNARD
> Cc: FOT
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Old sports car footage
>
> Dana Keible and Ara Dube ran the 2000 Km Daytona Continental in 54
> finished 15th overall and first in GT II. Car was Prepared by Bill
> Conners of Daytona Beach , The fourteen car ahead of them were 7
> Ferarris 3 AC Cobras and 4 Porches . 8 laps behind was a lotus
> Elite , followed by Aston Matin Sunbeam Alpine, Porsche C, Volvo
> 1800s, and a bunch of Corvettes, a TR4 , an MG and a Sebring Sprite.
> See Feb. 64 TSOA Newsletter, Maybe at Temple of Triumph site,
> Kastner was receiving an Award in Dallas from the SCCA for Technical
> writing in the same Newsletter,
>
> T
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2012, at 4:46 PM, EDWARD BARNARD wrote:
>
> > Group: Since we are on the subject of old photos, this video
> > surfaced on
> > another list I am a member of. It is a tribute to Lloyd Ruby, the
> > greatest
> > driver to never win Indy. Although there is a lot of Indy car
> > footage Ruby was
> > also a very successful driver in sports cars and stock cars. At the
> > 4:10 point
> > of the video is footage of Ruby driving a Cobra at the 1964 or 1965
> > 24 Hours
> > of Daytona. It shows him passing a TR3. It would be very cool if
> > there was
> > some way of identifying the car/driver of that car. Perhaps Kas
> > would know who
> > it is.
> > I had a chance to meet Ruby three years ago at a gathering we were
> > having in
> > the area where I was showing my '39 Champ car. He was truly an
> > interesting
> > guy; full of stories of the great days, but, being from Wichita
> > Falls, Texas
> > you had to be patient as he spoke in a slow Texas drawl. Sadly, he
> > passed two
> > years ago.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qR62ONHLIw&feature=player_embedded
> >
> > -Ed-
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