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Hmmm. How far is COTA from where VTR is taking place? I would have to find=
someplace to park a 48' toy hauler at VTR. Same trailer would have to find=
room at the VTR autocross so I could run. It does get me thinking though.
Marty
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From: Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Kramer via Fot <fot=
@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 1:14 PM
To: Fot
Subject: [Fot] VTR 2019
Friends
Way back in 1989 I ran across another TR6 in the parking lot of a local aut=
o parts store and the ensuing conversation led to the formation of the Hill=
Country Triumph Club. The next year we began holding an All British Car Da=
y as an annual event to meet the Vintage Triumph Register requirement of an=
annual "feature" event. I've had better ideas, but not many have lasted th=
is long. The event is now a 3-day affair and run by a dedicated committee.
Every 4 years our club rotated responsibility for the "Texas" VTR Regional,=
but the Oklahoma clubs have helped us spread that out to every 6 years. E=
arly on I was a regular attendee of the VTR Nationals years and competing i=
n the autocross on course at Roebling Road in 1991 planted the seed for my =
racing addiction. Attending these events helped me to decide early on that =
the HCTC should stay away from the idea of ever hosting the VTR National. O=
ur club membership was young and busy with life, Austin was too far south, =
our club wasn't big enough and most of all I didn't want that type of respo=
nsibility to take over my life.
Years have passed, our members have aged, some are even retired, Austin is =
on the bucket list of place to go see for a lot of people and our club is m=
uch larger now. I've moved further away from downtown and I don't make it t=
o many meetings so I wasn't there to talk them out of it when the HCTC agre=
ed to host the 2019 VTR Nationals. It will be held in nearby Dripping Sprin=
gs from October 6 through 9th of 2019. Here is where, as a loyal transplant=
ed Texan, I am required to say, "you'all come."
But that is not why I am bringing this up. Austin is home to the Formula 1 =
event at Circuit of the Americas. The date for this event in 2019 has force=
d the SVRA to move their Vintage National event at Circuit of the Americas =
to the weekend before the VTR National. That's right, the SVRA Vintage Nati=
onals will be held October 3-6 and the VTR Nationals October 6-9. In a year=
where the Kastner Cup is in California, and the SVRA is giving free regist=
ration, to Triumph racecars for the Watkins Glen event a month earlier, th=
e thought of asking how many Triumphs might want to tow to Texas, with no f=
ree registration, just to put on a good show for the 200 or so attendees of=
the VTR National is the last thing I thought I would be doing, but here I =
am doing just that.
The VTR National is happening with or without us as is the SVRA event. The =
track, while fun to race is not a likely candidate for a future Kastner Cup=
because it is a modern facility. This may be the most common sense time fo=
r us to have a get together at COTA. If we could attract enough cars we can=
integrate the track event into the VTR Nationals by holding the Sunday kic=
k-off party at the track.
So I have to ask, who would want to do this?
Bob Kramer
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Hmmm. How far is COTA from where VTR is taking place? I would have to=
find someplace to park a 48' toy hauler at VTR. Same trailer would have to=
find room at the VTR autocross so I could run. It does get me thinki=
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Marty</div>
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ri, sans-serif" style=3D"font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Fot <fot-bounces@a=
utox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Kramer via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>=
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 12, 2018 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Fot<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Fot] VTR 2019</font>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Friends
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<div>Way back in 1989 I ran across another TR6 in the parking lot=
of a local auto parts store and the ensuing conversation led to the format=
ion of the Hill Country Triumph Club. The next year we began holding an All=
British Car Day as an annual event to meet
the Vintage Triumph Register requirement of an annual "feature" =
event. I've had better ideas, but not many have lasted this long. The event=
is now a 3-day affair and run by a dedicated committee.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Every 4 years our club rotated responsibility for the "Texas"=
; VTR Regional, but the Oklahoma clubs have helped us spread that out =
to every 6 years. Early on I was a regular attendee of the VTR Nation=
als years and competing in the autocross on course at
Roebling Road in 1991 planted the seed for my racing addiction. Attending =
these events helped me to decide early on that the HCTC should stay away fr=
om the idea of ever hosting the VTR National. Our club membership was young=
and busy with life, Austin was
too far south, our club wasn't big enough and most of all I didn't want th=
at type of responsibility to take over my life.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Years have passed, our members have aged, some are even retired, Austi=
n is on the bucket list of place to go see for a lot of people and our club=
is much larger now. I've moved further away from downtown and I don't make=
it to many meetings so I wasn't
there to talk them out of it when the HCTC agreed to host the 2019 VTR Nat=
ionals. It will be held in nearby Dripping Springs from October 6 through 9=
th of 2019. Here is where, as a loyal transplanted Texan, I am required to =
say, "you'all come."</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>But that is not why I am bringing this up. Austin is home to the Formu=
la 1 event at Circuit of the Americas. The date for this event in 2019=
has forced the SVRA to move their Vintage National event at Circuit o=
f the Americas to the weekend before the VTR
National. That's right, the SVRA Vintage Nationals will be held October 3-=
6 and the VTR Nationals October 6-9. In a year where the Kastner Cup is in =
California, and the SVRA is giving free registration, to Triumph race=
cars for the Watkins Glen event a month
earlier, the thought of asking how many Triumphs might want to tow to=
Texas, with no free registration, just to put on a good show for the 200 o=
r so attendees of the VTR National is the last thing I thought I would be d=
oing, but here I am doing just that. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The VTR National is happening with or without us as is the SVRA event.=
The track, while fun to race is not a likely candidate for a future K=
astner Cup because it is a modern facility. This may be the most commo=
n sense time for us to have a get together
at COTA. If we could attract enough cars we can integrate the track event =
into the VTR Nationals by holding the Sunday kick-off party at the track.&n=
bsp;</div>
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</div>
<div>So I have to ask, who would want to do this?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
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