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What? You have to use slicks for your production/modded car racing? J=
ust the opposite here in the UK - club racing, unless single seaters, uses =
treaded tyres, often Yokohamas with medium or soft tread.
Each to their own. =20
What are the regs for the Kastner Trophy?
John----Original message----
>From : fot@autox.team.net
Date : 23/05/2019 - 14:31 (GMTST)
To : grandwazoo@earthlink.net, fubog1@aol.com, fot@Autox.Team.Net
Subject : Re: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded tires???
Bill Emory is smiling down on you Mike. For those of you who don=E2=80=99t =
know who=20
Bill Emory is / was; I=E2=80=99ll tell you a bit about him. He was a member=
of the Steel=20
Cities SCCA and raced a TR3 for more than 40 years mostly at Nelson Ledges =
in=20
Ohio but at other regional tracks as well. I first met Bill in 1969 while=
=20
crewing for a friend who raced a TR4. There were parts on his car from Donn=
a Mae=20
Mimms pink TR3 which I believe Tim at Grassroots has as well as Bill=E2=80=
=99s TR3.=20
Somewhere there is an article about Bill in one of the Steel Cities newslet=
ters=20
who at one point honored him for his racing legend. Maybe someone has a lin=
k to=20
that article. So Mike good for you to honor those who went before you, Bill=
was=20
one of many TR3 SCCA racers.
From: Mike=20
Jackson via Fot=20
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:12 AM
To: fubog1 ; fot@Autox.Team.Net=20
Subject: Re: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded=20
tires???
Yes,=20
it was me (English teacher wife says it should be Yes, it was I) with my vi=
ntage=20
TR3 in the SCCA race last weekend at Palm Beach International=20
Raceway. Here is a link to us on the grid for the race=20
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kixjcx4ubusmbtf/on%20the%20grid.jpg?dl=3D0 =20
And yes, it was on Hoosier Vintage tires.
I'm a 31 year member of SCCA and I've held a National license for all those=
=20
years but had NEVER been in an actual classed race with any car meeting the=
=20
requirements of a class. I'd long held a desire to do so before I retired=
=20
from racing but I'm too cheap to rent a modern race car.
It had been a while since I'd driven my beautiful and well prepared TR3=20
(thanks to Glen Efinger!) and reviewing the upcoming options to do so, most=
=20
interfered with family travel plans for the summer. So, since this event=
=20
was essentially in my back yard.....6 miles from my driveway.....it was the=
=20
perfect opportunity. For the previous month I sucked up to the Chief of=20
Tech and the Race Chairman to let the things that prevented my car from bei=
ng=20
fully EP legal slide for this one time. That worked well and we slid thru=
=20
registration and tech with not a flinch.
The next opportunity for it to go bad was on the grid. But, as you=20
can see in the pic, there I was next to a fully prepared Spitfire driven by=
my=20
friend and team mate Tim Slater. Then, I hold my breath for the first=20
couple of laps wondering if the stewards (SCCA has a ton of them at every e=
vent)=20
would have me black flagged. They did not.
Here's the bottom line - there must be something to those=20
flares/slicks/fancy suspension/fancy brakes/after market transmissions and =
on=20
and on. Tim's yellow Spit quickly became a dot ahead of me in spite of my=
=20
lap times being in the range of what I can turn on this same track in a vin=
tage=20
race. For a while I was able to hold off the VW that was running=20
last. But, even that didnt work for the entire 15 lap race and my 30+ year=
=20
friend and I eventually finished dead f&^ing last. Oh, well.
But, I have now checked off one more item from the list of things I'd like=
=20
to achieve. =20
Mike
Subject: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded tires???=20
=20
=20
=20
I don't have any details, (I know nuthink!), but scuttlebutt=20
is that a certain Vintage driver (name withheld to avoid possible=20
embarrassment) showed up with a Vintage TR-3 racecar with Vintage treaded=
=20
tires on it, down at PBIR this past weekend... but... the problem was tha=
t it=20
was a SCCA SAARC Regional race, no Vintage class.
=20
Not to be deterred by that minor detail, a couple pieces of=20
white paper and a home printer produced a very nice "EP"... and it was "o=
ff to=20
the races" for our intrepid Vintage race...
=20
=20
Glen
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<div>What? You have to use slicks for your production/modded c=
ar racing? Just the opposite here in the UK - club racing, unl=
ess single seaters, uses treaded tyres, often Yokohamas with medium or soft=
tread.</div><div>Each to their own. </div><div>What are the regs for=
the Kastner Trophy?</div><div>John</div><blockquote style=3D"margin-right:=
0px; margin-left:15px;">----Original message----<br>From : fot@autox.team.=
net<br>Date : 23/05/2019 - 14:31 (GMTST)<br>To : grandwazoo@earthlink.net, =
fubog1@aol.com, fot@Autox.Team.Net<br>Subject : Re: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-p=
rod TR-3 on treaded tires???<br><br>
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<div>Bill Emory is smiling down on you Mike. For those of you who don=E2=80=
=99t know who=20
Bill Emory is / was; I=E2=80=99ll tell you a bit about him. He was a member=
of the Steel=20
Cities SCCA and raced a TR3 for more than 40 years mostly at Nelson Ledges =
in=20
Ohio but at other regional tracks as well. I first met Bill in 1969 while=
=20
crewing for a friend who raced a TR4. There were parts on his car from Donn=
a Mae=20
Mimms pink TR3 which I believe Tim at Grassroots has as well as Bill=E2=80=
=99s TR3.=20
Somewhere there is an article about Bill in one of the Steel Cities newslet=
ters=20
who at one point honored him for his racing legend. Maybe someone has a lin=
k to=20
that article. So Mike good for you to honor those who went before you, Bill=
was=20
one of many TR3 SCCA racers.</div>
<div style=3D'FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibr=
i"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inlin=
e'>
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<div> </div>
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<div style=3D"font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title=3D"fot@autox.team.ne=
t">Mike=20
Jackson via Fot</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:12 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"fubog1@aol.com">fubog1</a> ; <a title=3D"fot@Au=
tox.Team.Net">fot@Autox.Team.Net</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded=20
tires???</div></div></div>
<div> </div></div>
<div style=3D'FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibr=
i"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inlin=
e'>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0=
,0,0)">Yes,=20
it was me (English teacher wife says it should be Yes, it was I) with my vi=
ntage=20
TR3 in the SCCA race last weekend at Palm Beach International=20
Raceway. Here is a link to us on the grid for the race=20
<div> <a href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/s/kixjcx4ubusmbtf/on%20the%20=
grid.jpg?dl=3D0">https://www.dropbox.com/s/kixjcx4ubusmbtf/on%20the%20grid.=
jpg?dl=3D0</a> =20
And yes, it was on Hoosier Vintage tires.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I'm a 31 year member of SCCA and I've held a National license for all =
those=20
years but had NEVER been in an actual classed race with any car meeting the=
=20
requirements of a class. I'd long held a desire to do so before I ret=
ired=20
from racing but I'm too cheap to rent a modern race car.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>It had been a while since I'd driven my beautiful and well prepared TR=
3=20
(thanks to Glen Efinger!) and reviewing the upcoming options to do so, most=
=20
interfered with family travel plans for the summer. So, since this ev=
ent=20
was essentially in my back yard.....6 miles from my driveway.....it was the=
=20
perfect opportunity. For the previous month I sucked up to the Chief =
of=20
Tech and the Race Chairman to let the things that prevented my car from bei=
ng=20
fully EP legal slide for this one time. That worked well and we slid =
thru=20
registration and tech with not a flinch.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The next opportunity for it to go bad was on the grid. But, as y=
ou=20
can see in the pic, there I was next to a fully prepared Spitfire driven by=
my=20
friend and team mate Tim Slater. Then, I hold my breath for the first=
=20
couple of laps wondering if the stewards (SCCA has a ton of them at every e=
vent)=20
would have me black flagged. They did not.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Here's the bottom line - there must be something to those=20
flares/slicks/fancy suspension/fancy brakes/after market transmissions and =
on=20
and on. Tim's yellow Spit quickly became a dot ahead of me in spite o=
f my=20
lap times being in the range of what I can turn on this same track in a vin=
tage=20
race. For a while I was able to hold off the VW that was runnin=
g=20
last. But, even that didnt work for the entire 15 lap race and my 30+=
year=20
friend and I eventually finished dead f&^ing last. Oh, well.</div=
>
<div> </div>
<div>But, I have now checked off one more item from the list of things I'd =
like=20
to achieve. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Mike</div>
<div>
<blockquote style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: a=
rial,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; PAD=
DING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid"><fot @aut=
ox.team.net=3D"">Subject: [Fot] Rumortime, an E-prod TR-3 on treaded tires?=
??=20
<br><br>
<div style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT: 10pt arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
<div><font size=3D"2">I don't have any details, (I know nuthink!), but sc=
uttlebutt=20
is that a certain Vintage driver (name withheld to avoid possible=20
embarrassment) showed up with a Vintage TR-3 racecar with Vintage treaded=
=20
tires on it, down at PBIR this past weekend... but... the problem was tha=
t it=20
was a SCCA SAARC Regional race, no Vintage class.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2">Not to be deterred by that minor detail, a couple p=
ieces of=20
white paper and a home printer produced a very nice "EP"... and it was "o=
ff to=20
the races" for our intrepid Vintage race...<br></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2"><br></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2">Glen<br></font></div></div></fot></blockquote></div=
></div>
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