Sweet, we have our first entry for the "totally official record holder"...
so you did a full 24 hours plus. that will be tough to beat on time.
We'll need to have some indication of distance traveled based on # of
laps/miles for proper classification.
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Jamie <tr6driver@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Our team (RiffRAF Racing) completed the 2011 National Chumpionship in 19th
> place after 25 hours, 25 minutes, and 25 seconds of racing. Personally, I
> drove for about 1/4 of that time.
>
> Jamie Palmer
>
>
> On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The 24 hour race at Daytona this weekend got me thinking.
> > It seems that Sebring is usually mentioned as the endurance testing
> grounds
> > for Triumphs (at least here in the U.S)... lots of action there with a
> few
> > different TR models.
> > I am aware of some attempts by the factory teams to complete the 24 hours
> > of LeMans. (early years)
> >
> > Anyway, anyone have any insight as to who and what car might hold the
> > (Triumph) record for most distance covered in a competition event?
> > Sebring, Daytona, LeMans, Lemons? I know some of our own FoT guys did
> well
> > in the late 50's at Sebring...I remember hearing of a guy driving a TR3
> for
> > over 11 hours in that event (There are some great photos of this group on
> > our own FoT website)
> >
> > This is just for fun ....Remember, It gets really cold here in Chicago
> and
> > I need an interesting FoT topic.
> >
> > Whats the longest you have driven a Triumph in competition?
> >
> > Jason Ostrowski
> > Friendly Ghost Racing
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