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Jason...
Another fine Race Report. Hasty says it made him feel like he'd been there.
Maybe so, but I've raced GRATTAN so many times that it just made me 'homesick'.
I sure wish I had been there.
Tony's axle issue sounds scary. It reminded me of the half dozen rear axles we
broke at GRATTAN. It was common early on. I can't remember, but I think it
was the 'Southwick' fix that addressed that issue. For sure it kept the wheel
with the car. Maybe there was something else we did to stop breaking axles at
GRATTAN. I can't remember. Of course, at my age, I can't remember if I had
breakfast, until I look in the mirror.
How about the Barracuda? Did the Cuda Pilot run at GRATTAN like he said he
would. That's a tight track for that beast.
Jason...you've always gone FAST, but taking the checker in racing sessions was
often a disappointing issue. That makes this particular trip to GRATTAN
special. Very special...very impressive. Good for you!
Bill Dentinger
PS I've already got my airline tickets to fly back to Wisconsin for That
Loooong Race at Blackhawk Farms Raceway come October. I'm looking forward to
it. That season ending Midwestern Council event provides a nice opportunity
for FOT racers to experience Blackhawk prior to next June's Kastner Cup event.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com>
To: triumph friends <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Aug 24, 2016 3:13 pm
Subject: [Fot] Midwest Triumph News Update With Grattan Magic
Prelude to Grattan:
Since My last post (which left us with a broken Hub kit after the Hawk at Road
America)...Great strides were made in August for our Friendly Ghost Racing GT6
program.
The timeline for getting the new hub made for our #69 Zippy GT6+ didn't seem
reasonable to get the car ready for the Midwest Summer Party at Grattan Raceway
near Grand Rapids Michigan.
A Beady-Eyed Favorite event for some 3 decades...
This Grattan venue has a powerful Hook.
Bringing the best of track, party, and competition to a weeping willow, sand
and lake-littered spot that is almost too fantastic for the Triumph Faithfull.
The magic that happens in the mind when your Triumph runs well at Grattan fills
you up with the inner smile of personal victory that we all strive for in this
game.
Somehow the track is both calm and punishing;
It has a flow when driven well that locks beautiful visual reference in your
brain.
A magical freeze frame in your mind that exists inside you as pure reason for
the racing disease to run in blood.
Grattan is hard to beat.
So every year in August I get the bug bad and prepare my car well.
The summer-long hope is to reap the reward of mental championship found by
doing well on the asphalt through this swamp.
The track's fine blind plunges and sightless climbs make a month of sweat-
drenched race prep a small price to pay.
So sweat I Did...
To bring my Yellow car out of a two-year slumber was a rather ambitious
undertaking even by Friendly Ghost Racing standards of insanity.
Forever done with the factory transmission's set-up for disappointment: we
pushed the program for drive train upgrade; up to...immediately.
The decision to make the inevitable conversion to our solid solution for gear
drive success (that we have perfected in our British Racing Green "Zippy" GT6+)
would have to be used for the first time in our slightly more period correct
yellow car....if we were to show up with any faith in our machine.
>From a roller with no motor, trans, drive shaft, or rear end...
To a finished prime example of GT6 manhood in 30 days?
The yellow car, a 6 million dollar automotive man?
Could it be?... and how did they do it??
Logic and common sense would say it should be Nothing short of impossible;
especially on my budget.
But, fueled by bushel baskets of now empty imported beer cans.
The nights went by; one by one.
For starters, I rebuilt a totally unknown spare motor. This motor has sat on a
shelf for some 20+ years (It came with my yellow car when I bought it) and
since essentially "free" was the keyword; I figured it as the best choice to be
used with the new aspects of our development.
The downside:
everything about the power and drive for the car would be open to potential
gremlins and be much unknown.
With attention to every detail I put my head down and worked.
Mostly just examining and reassembling the spare motor, and then measuring,
fitting, cutting, sparking and tweaking all the parts of our custom FGR GT6+
driveline that Brian and I have recently redeveloped.
The Ideas and primitive templates that were originally engineered over the past
several decades by John Reed and Chris Beebe in the famous Zippy Racing GT6+
and were nothing short of masterful design...
and Now in the yellow car.... we have made it better.
We have done it.
The Kit has been reproduced with improvemnts.
The parts have been small-man engineered and manufactured.
Our first new and improved kit and the install of such has been completed.
The "Kit" consists of a fully functional upgraded racing drivetrain that runs
completely custom from the engine plate back to the rear-end.
FGR financial supporters get all the secrets... but it utilizes a Custom made
engine plate, flywheel, Tilton clutch, relocated slave cylinder with trick
throw-out unit, upgrade transmission, custom starter and spacer, trick
slip-yoke drive shaft, all partnered with our "better than ever" newly
developed welded differential.
Over the past several weeks we got the Yellow car ready to go with all the
goodies and the old spare motor.
Not without some hitches and panic phone calls to many of our FoT Heros.
I completed the car and started it up in the late hours of the Grattan deadline.
The car Fired up and was mostly ready; but only as a short and untested "Thank
the racing Gods" six cylinder explosion
I left the next day with my hope and dreams in tow.
With all that hard work in the rearview, I am happy as ever to report that with
all those upgrades, changes, developments and unknowns the car took every green
flag and saw every checkered offered through-out the entire weekend.
That's right folks...EVERY GODDAMN SESSION!
Well, OK; Forget about the fact that the first session I ran out of gas trying
to burn all the old gas out of the tank.
But Hell, If the hardest fix was pouring some fresh 110 into the tank; this was
Weekend was truly an amazing accomplishment.
A mechanical Victory for Friendly Ghost Racing!
Albeit the fact that the spare motor doesn't have the same grunt as some of my
other motors... the car was great, the trans works awesomely and it was a real
treat to finally be able to shift that car the way a racecar should be driven.
No more pussying around with the pedals and the stick... the #27 car is now
ready to race.
I came home, cleaned the car up and registered for my next weekend of racing (a
rare and welcomed task).
Our whole group of FoT Folks had pretty good showings with Murphy's,
Alexander's and Moore holding up their flags highest in group 2 even bringing
on a Tornado (literally) as their session on Saturday ended with the warning
siren.
John S. in his TR3 that keeps getting more and more awesome and Tony Drews had
the speed early in the weekend; but each had their woes and were unable to
finish the weekend due to mechanical unraveling.
Most spectacular fail had to be Tony's neat and pretty NASCAR axle which
apparently due to "Incorrect Preload" took a vacation...
The entire Splined axle Shot itself out of the hub end of the wheel like a 2
foot long Billet harpoon aimed at Moby Dick!
Amazingly, The pieces were all found mostly intact.
Aside from a lone bolt that needed proper time and facility for replacement;
stuck deep inside the center of the car towards the differential inards, he
almost got it all put back together for more racing. But after Friday, it was
back to the Stock Car shop early for Mr. Drews.
And Thanks to Tony for sticking around to host us all for wine and cheese up in
the old Beady-Eyed Garage Area
(We missed you Bill And Shirley)!
Anyway, This selfish bastard was happy to be the fastest in the end; and best
of all was to be still standing up proud at the finish. A real happy ending to
a long month of hard work.
Everything is about Getting ready for the next Kastner Cup!
See you all Then!
Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars
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<div>Jason...</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Another fine Race Report. Hasty says it made him feel like he'd been
there. Maybe so, but I've raced GRATTAN so many times that it just made
me 'homesick'. I sure wish I had been there.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Tony's axle issue sounds scary. It reminded me of the half dozen
rear axles we broke at GRATTAN. It was common early on. I can't
remember, but I think it was the 'Southwick' fix that addressed that
issue. For sure it kept the wheel with the car. Maybe there was
something else we did to stop breaking axles at GRATTAN. I can't
remember. Of course, at my age, I can't remember if I had
breakfast, until I look in the mirror.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>How about the Barracuda? Did the Cuda Pilot run at GRATTAN like
he said he would. That's a tight track for that beast.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Jason...you've always gone FAST, but taking the checker in racing sessions
was often a disappointing issue. That makes this particular trip to
GRATTAN special. Very special...very impressive. Good for
you!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Bill Dentinger</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>PS I've already got my airline tickets to fly back to Wisconsin for That
Loooong Race at Blackhawk Farms Raceway come October. I'm looking forward
to it. That season ending Midwestern Council event provides a nice
opportunity for FOT racers to experience Blackhawk prior to next June's Kastner
Cup event. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
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From: Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com><br>
To: triumph friends <fot@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Wed, Aug 24, 2016 3:13 pm<br>
Subject: [Fot] Midwest Triumph News Update With Grattan Magic<br>
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<div>Prelude to Grattan:</div>
<div>Since My last post (which left us with a broken Hub kit after the
Hawk at Road America)...Great strides were made in August for our
Friendly Ghost Racing GT6 program.</div>
<div>The timeline for getting the new hub made for our #69 Zippy
GT6+ didn't seem reasonable to get the car ready for the Midwest
Summer Party at Grattan Raceway near Grand Rapids Michigan.
</div>
<div>A Beady-Eyed Favorite event for some 3 decades...</div>
<div>This Grattan venue has a powerful Hook.</div>
<div>Bringing the best of track, party, and competition to a weeping willow,
sand and lake-littered spot that is almost too fantastic for the Triumph
Faithfull.</div>
<div>The magic that happens in the mind when your Triumph runs well at Grattan
fills you up with the inner smile of personal victory that we all strive
for in this game.</div>
<div>Somehow the track is both calm and punishing; </div>
<div>It has a flow when driven well that locks beautiful visual reference
in your brain. </div>
<div>A magical freeze frame in your mind that exists inside you
as pure reason for the racing disease to run in blood.</div>
<div>Grattan is hard to beat.</div>
<div>So every year in August I get the bug bad and prepare my
car well.</div>
<div>The summer-long hope is to reap the reward of mental
championship found by doing well on the asphalt through this swamp.</div>
<div>The track's fine blind plunges and sightless climbs make a month of
sweat- drenched race prep a small price to pay.</div>
<div>So sweat I Did...</div>
<div>To bring my Yellow car out of a two-year slumber was a rather ambitious
undertaking even by Friendly Ghost Racing standards of insanity.</div>
<div>Forever done with the factory transmission's set-up for
disappointment: we pushed the program for drive train upgrade; up
to...immediately.</div>
<div>The decision to make the inevitable conversion to our solid solution for
gear drive success (that we have perfected in our British Racing
Green "Zippy" GT6+) would have to be used for the first time
in our slightly more period correct yellow car....if we were to show up
with any faith in our machine.</div>
<div>From a roller with no motor, trans, drive shaft, or rear end...</div>
<div>To a finished prime example of GT6 manhood in 30 days?</div>
<div>The yellow car, a 6 million dollar automotive man?</div>
<div>Could it be?... and how did they do it??</div>
<div>Logic and common sense would say it should be Nothing short of impossible;
especially on my budget.</div>
<div>But, fueled by bushel baskets of now empty imported beer cans.</div>
<div>The nights went by; one by one.</div>
<div>For starters, I rebuilt a totally unknown spare motor. This
motor has sat on a shelf for some 20+ years (It came with my yellow car
when I bought it) and since essentially "free" was the keyword; I figured it as
the best choice to be used with the new aspects of our development.</div>
<div>The downside:</div>
<div>everything about the power and drive for the car would be open to
potential gremlins and be much unknown.</div>
<div>With attention to every detail I put my head down and worked. </div>
<div>Mostly just examining and reassembling the spare motor, and
then measuring, fitting, cutting, sparking and tweaking all the
parts of our custom FGR GT6+ driveline that Brian and I have recently
redeveloped. </div>
<div>The Ideas and primitive templates that were originally
engineered over the past several decades by John Reed and Chris
Beebe in the famous Zippy Racing GT6+ and were nothing short of masterful
design...</div>
<div>and Now in the yellow car.... we have made it better.</div>
<div>We have done it. </div>
<div>The Kit has been reproduced with improvemnts. </div>
<div>The parts have been small-man engineered and manufactured.</div>
<div>Our first new and improved kit and the install of such has been
completed. </div>
<div>The "Kit" consists of a fully functional upgraded racing drivetrain that
runs completely custom from the engine plate back to the rear-end. </div>
<div>FGR financial supporters get all the secrets... but it utilizes a Custom
made engine plate, flywheel, Tilton clutch, relocated slave
cylinder with trick throw-out unit, upgrade transmission, custom
starter and spacer, trick slip-yoke drive shaft, all partnered with our
"better than ever" newly developed welded differential.</div>
<div>Over the past several weeks we got the Yellow car ready to go with all the
goodies and the old spare motor.</div>
<div>Not without some hitches and panic phone calls to many of our FoT
Heros.</div>
<div>I completed the car and started it up in the late hours of the
Grattan deadline.</div>
<div>The car Fired up and was mostly ready; but only as a short
and untested "Thank the racing Gods" six cylinder explosion</div>
<div>I left the next day with my hope and dreams in tow.</div>
<div>With all that hard work in the rearview, I am happy as ever to report that
with all those upgrades, changes, developments and unknowns the car took every
green flag and saw every checkered offered through-out the entire weekend.</div>
<div>That's right folks...EVERY GODDAMN SESSION!</div>
<div>Well, OK; Forget about the fact that the first session I ran out of gas
trying to burn all the old gas out of the tank.</div>
<div>But Hell, If the hardest fix was pouring some fresh 110 into the tank;
this was Weekend was truly an amazing accomplishment.</div>
<div>A mechanical Victory for Friendly Ghost Racing!</div>
<div>Albeit the fact that the spare motor doesn't have the same grunt as
some of my other motors... the car was great, the trans works awesomely
and it was a real treat to finally be able to shift that car the way a racecar
should be driven. No more pussying around with the pedals and the stick... the
#27 car is now ready to race.</div>
<div>I came home, cleaned the car up and registered for my next weekend of
racing (a rare and welcomed task).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Our whole group of FoT Folks had pretty good showings with Murphy's,
Alexander's and Moore holding up their flags highest in group 2
even bringing on a Tornado (literally) as their session on Saturday ended with
the warning siren.</div>
<div>John S. in his TR3 that keeps getting more and more awesome and Tony Drews
had the speed early in the weekend; but each had their woes and were unable to
finish the weekend due to mechanical unraveling. </div>
<div>Most spectacular fail had to be Tony's neat and pretty NASCAR axle which
apparently due to "Incorrect Preload" took a vacation...</div>
<div>The entire Splined axle Shot itself out of the hub end of the wheel like a
2 foot long Billet harpoon aimed at Moby Dick!</div>
<div>Amazingly, The pieces were all found mostly intact. </div>
<div>Aside from a lone bolt that needed proper time and facility for
replacement; stuck deep inside the center of the car towards the
differential inards, he almost got it all put back together for more
racing. But after Friday, it was back to the Stock Car shop
early for Mr. Drews. </div>
<div>And Thanks to Tony for sticking around to host us all for wine and cheese
up in the old Beady-Eyed Garage Area </div>
<div>(We missed you Bill And Shirley)!</div>
<div>Anyway, This selfish bastard was happy to be the fastest in the
end; and best of all was to be still standing up proud at
the finish. A real happy ending to a long month of hard work.</div>
<div>Everything is about Getting ready for the next Kastner Cup! </div>
<div>See you all Then!</div>
<div>Jason Ostrowski</div>
<div>Friendly Ghost Racing</div>
<div>1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars</div>
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</div>
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