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HOORAY for our side!
Was it not the site of the very first Kastner Cup, with Uncle Jack as its first
winner?
And VARAC certainly is a gracious host.
I only raced there once, and yet I still have dreams about Turn TWO.
Bill Dentinger
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From: yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Jun 18, 2019 7:41 am
Subject: [Fot] Mosport musings
The VARAC Vintage Grand Prix at Mosport continues to be the thrill of my
racing calendar. The Canadians are really great hosts, spectacular
competitors, and it's all about good, hard, clean racing. The off-track
activities are pretty special as well, VARAC's president does double
duty as the event chair. I think this was his fourth year doing it, so
all the off-track stuff runs like clockwork. And the track... Just ask
anybody who ever ran Mosport!
VARAC has always gridded races based on your finishing position of the
last race, not by best lap of the weekend. You are challenged to run
hard every lap, and if you are a DNS/DNF, you start in the back for the
next race. Plus, VARAC changed their format on run groups a year or two
ago, now we are essentially Bracket Racing! You state within a 5 second
window what class you want to be in, and they group all the Historic
cars accordingly. (The Classic (newer, heavier) cars do the same thing,
but in their own run groups) For every lap you break out of your minimum
time, you get penalized one lap, so your starting position gets pushed
back. Our own Mike Moore had a spectacular weekend but kept running
1:44's busting his bracket, so his starts were further and further back,
but the smile on his face made it clear his was having a ball.
The Triumph/MG Challenge race was another win for Triumph! When the
finishing order has Triumphs in the top 4 spots, it's tough to fudge the
math to give the honors to the Octagon Guys. Plus, after our 4th place
car crossed the finish line the starter waited 57 seconds for the first
MG to make it around! We kicked butt.
We had only 6 Triumphs there, plenty of room for more next year!
Henry
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<div>HOORAY for our side!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Was it not the site of the very first Kastner Cup, with Uncle Jack as its
first winner?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>And VARAC certainly is a gracious host.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I only raced there once, and yet I still have dreams about Turn TWO.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Bill Dentinger</div>
<br>
<br>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
To: fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Tue, Jun 18, 2019 7:41 am<br>
Subject: [Fot] Mosport musings<br>
<br>
<div dir="ltr">The VARAC Vintage Grand Prix at Mosport continues to be the
thrill of my <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">racing calendar. The Canadians are really great hosts,
spectacular <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">competitors, and it's all about good, hard, clean racing. The
off-track <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">activities are pretty special as well, VARAC's president does
double <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">duty as the event chair. I think this was his fourth year doing
it, so <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">all the off-track stuff runs like clockwork. And the track...
Just ask <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">anybody who ever ran Mosport!<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">VARAC has always gridded races based on your finishing position
of the <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">last race, not by best lap of the weekend. You are challenged to
run <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">hard every lap, and if you are a DNS/DNF, you start in the back
for the <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">next race. Plus, VARAC changed their format on run groups a year
or two <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">ago, now we are essentially Bracket Racing! You state within a 5
second <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">window what class you want to be in, and they group all the
Historic <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">cars accordingly. (The Classic (newer, heavier) cars do the same
thing, <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">but in their own run groups) For every lap you break out of your
minimum <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">time, you get penalized one lap, so your starting position gets
pushed <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">back. Our own Mike Moore had a spectacular weekend but kept
running <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">1:44's busting his bracket, so his starts were further and
further back, <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">but the smile on his face made it clear his was having a
ball.<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">The Triumph/MG Challenge race was another win for Triumph! When
the <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">finishing order has Triumphs in the top 4 spots, it's tough to
fudge the <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">math to give the honors to the Octagon Guys. Plus, after our 4th
place <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">car crossed the finish line the starter waited 57 seconds for
the first <br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">MG to make it around! We kicked butt.<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">We had only 6 Triumphs there, plenty of room for more next
year!<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">Henry<br>
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