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Hi Henry.=C2=A0 Nice drive.=C2=A0 Your car is really handling well (which =
is saying something for a TR-3).=C2=A0 When I raced my TR-4A I had independ=
ent rear suspension, which I always felt gave me an advantage.=C2=A0 I don'=
t know how you do it with the solid axle.
Reminded me of watching Brian Fuerstenau in a TR-3 (#33) at Watkins Glen.=
=C2=A0 Would have been the summer of 1964, maybe '65.=C2=A0 He was in F Pro=
duction while his teammate, Bob Tullius was in the #44 TR-4 in E Production=
.=C2=A0 Eventually the TR-3 got moved to EP and the TR-4 to DP, until the T=
R-6 came along.=C2=A0 When it couldn't keep up with the 240Z, they moved th=
e TR-6 to DP and 2 years later the TR-4 to join the TR-3 in EP.=C2=A0 The f=
irst 2 years the TR-6 was in DP, it won the national championship, first wi=
th Group44, then with Paul Newman.
Sorry about the history lesson.=C2=A0 Just reminiscing.
Jack
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Mike Jackson via Fot <fot@autox.team=
.net>To: yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>; "fot@autox.team.net" <fot@autox.=
team.net>Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 1:11:06 PM ESTSubject: Re: [Fot] =
Ole' Blue at Summit Pt with Henry Frye
Great video Henry!=C2=A0 And all wonderful races.=C2=A0 We all live for we=
ekends like that.
I was particularly entertained by watching the key fob on the glovebox key.=
=C2=A0 You should label it in g's
Mike
-----Original Message-----
>From: yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Jan 19, 2021 12:02 PM
>To: fot@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Fot] Bill Dentinger
>
>Bill meant a lot of things to a lot of people. One thing for sure, if=20
>you had the pleasure to meet Bill, you certainly did not forget him. I=20
>have many fond memories, like sitting on the grid as some event in the=20
>broiling heat waiting our turn to take the track and hearing Bill, at=20
>the top of his lungs, singing some completely inappropriate song to no=20
>one in particular. Or at a huge SVRA event, hundred of drivers are=20
>intently listening to Jack Woehrle or Carl Jensen trying to get through=20
>a drivers meeting and Bill would just heckle the crap out of them. Not=20
>privately, mind you, but in a voice that everybody in the county would=20
>hear. And it was hysterical.
>
>Bill was a racer at heart.=C2=A0 The number of events that the Beady Eye=
=20
>Vintage Triumph Racing team ran annually was impressive. Remember Bill=20
>had Old Blue, Bob Wismer had the #4 blue TR4 (now campaigned by Paul=20
>Ricco), and between them they co-owned the Thunderbolt, an extremely=20
>limited production special from Tornado Cars, based on the TR3. They=20
>would trade off season to season driving the Thunderbolt and their=20
>respective TR. There was no expense spared on the preparation of either=20
>his or Bob's cars. Any discussion of the Beady Eye team is incomplete=20
>without mentioning Don Brick, the third member of the team. Don raced a=20
>white TR4 with red wire wheels, and might have been the speediest of the=
=20
>group, I believe the last year he ran was 2005.
>
>Bill was quite proud of the fact that Old Blue, a 1956 TR3, was the most=
=20
>period correct vintage racer on track in the country. While I never=20
>researched it, nobody who heard the story doubted it. The amount of=20
>Triumph Competition Department equipment in the car was impressive. A=20
>race car since new, Bill was only the second racer to track the car.
>
>At some point over the course our friendship I must have mentioned to=20
>Bill how much I liked Old Blue, and would like to own the car when he is=
=20
>ready to hang up the helmet for the last time. (I am confident alcohol=20
>was involved in this conversation!) This turned into Bill selling the=20
>car to me back in 2014. My trip to Wisconsin to pick up the car and=20
>spares was both delightful and melancholy, you knew it was the end of an=
=20
>era. But Bill had high hopes I would keep the flame alive. My intent was=
=20
>to keep the car as period correct as possible, but make it safe and fun.=
=20
>I think I have struck a good compromise, some of those Competition=20
>Department goodies have made way for more suitable replacements, but for=
=20
>the most part the car remains remarkably period correct.
>
>Every time I had a race weekend with the car I would email Bill and tell=
=20
>him how things went. We exchanged mail and it was obvious he was=20
>genuinely excited to see Old Blue still on track, doing better and=20
>better. It all came together at the Jefferson 500 at Summit Point in=20
>2019, it was one of those weekends we all dream of. Picture perfect=20
>weather, and you get grouped with a bunch of racers that are great=20
>competition and you are running with fast guys up front. Then the stars=20
>align and you take first in both feature races. I strung together some=20
>in-car footage from three sessions that weekend and sent it to Bill. He=20
>and his son Dick watched it on the "Big Screen", I got the impression he=
=20
>was as excited as I was!
>
>In memory of Bill, I am sharing a view that he enjoyed for years,=20
>looking over the bonnet of Old Blue. You will be missed, my friend...
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-bCcXLlOR-k
>
>Henry Frye
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<div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Hi Henry. Nice drive.&=
nbsp; Your car is really handling well (which is saying something for a TR-=
3). When I raced my TR-4A I had independent rear suspension, which I =
always felt gave me an advantage. I don't know how you do it with the=
solid axle.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Reminded me of watching Brian Fuerstenau in =
a TR-3 (#33) at Watkins Glen. Would have been the summer of 1964, may=
be '65. He was in F Production while his teammate, Bob Tullius was in=
the #44 TR-4 in E Production. Eventually the TR-3 got moved to EP an=
d the TR-4 to DP, until the TR-6 came along. When it couldn't keep up=
with the 240Z, they moved the TR-6 to DP and 2 years later the TR-4 to joi=
n the TR-3 in EP. The first 2 years the TR-6 was in DP, it won the na=
tional championship, first with Group44, then with Paul Newman.<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=
=3D"false">Sorry about the history lesson. Just reminiscing.</div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=
=3D"false">Jack<br></div><div><br></div>
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<div>----- Forwarded Message -----</div>
<div><b>From:</b> Mike Jackson via Fot <fot@autox.team.n=
et></div><div><b>To:</b> yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>; "fot@au=
tox.team.net" <fot@autox.team.net></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, Ja=
nuary 19, 2021, 1:11:06 PM EST</div><div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] Ole' Blu=
e at Summit Pt with Henry Frye</div><div><br></div>
<div><div dir=3D"ltr">Great video Henry! And all wond=
erful races. We all live for weekends like that.<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">I was particularly entertained by watching the key fob on the glovebo=
x key. You should label it in g's<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Mike<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">-----Original Message-----=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>From: yellow04 via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto=
:fot@autox.team.net" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net<=
/a>><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>Sent: Jan 19, 2021 12:02 PM<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">>To: <a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; rel=3D"nofol=
low" target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>=
;Subject: Re: [Fot] Bill Dentinger<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">><br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">>Bill meant a lot of things to a lot of people. One thi=
ng for sure, if <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>you had the pleasure to meet=
Bill, you certainly did not forget him. I <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>h=
ave many fond memories, like sitting on the grid as some event in the <br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">>broiling heat waiting our turn to take the track =
and hearing Bill, at <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>the top of his lungs, s=
inging some completely inappropriate song to no <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
>one in particular. Or at a huge SVRA event, hundred of drivers are <br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">>intently listening to Jack Woehrle or Carl Jense=
n trying to get through <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>a drivers meeting an=
d Bill would just heckle the crap out of them. Not <br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">>privately, mind you, but in a voice that everybody in the county wou=
ld <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>hear. And it was hysterical.<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>Bill was a racer at heart.=
The number of events that the Beady Eye <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&=
gt;Vintage Triumph Racing team ran annually was impressive. Remember Bill <=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>had Old Blue, Bob Wismer had the #4 blue TR4 =
(now campaigned by Paul <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>Ricco), and between =
them they co-owned the Thunderbolt, an extremely <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>>limited production special from Tornado Cars, based on the TR3. They <=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>would trade off season to season driving the =
Thunderbolt and their <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>respective TR. There w=
as no expense spared on the preparation of either <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">>his or Bob's cars. Any discussion of the Beady Eye team is incomplete=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>without mentioning Don Brick, the third mem=
ber of the team. Don raced a <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>white TR4 with =
red wire wheels, and might have been the speediest of the <br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">>group, I believe the last year he ran was 2005.<br></div><div=
dir=3D"ltr">><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>Bill was quite proud of the=
fact that Old Blue, a 1956 TR3, was the most <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&g=
t;period correct vintage racer on track in the country. While I never <br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">>researched it, nobody who heard the story doubted=
it. The amount of <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>Triumph Competition Depar=
tment equipment in the car was impressive. A <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>=
;race car since new, Bill was only the second racer to track the car.<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>At some point over =
the course our friendship I must have mentioned to <br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">>Bill how much I liked Old Blue, and would like to own the car when h=
e is <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>ready to hang up the helmet for the las=
t time. (I am confident alcohol <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>was involved=
in this conversation!) This turned into Bill selling the <br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">>car to me back in 2014. My trip to Wisconsin to pick up the c=
ar and <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>spares was both delightful and melanc=
holy, you knew it was the end of an <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>era. But=
Bill had high hopes I would keep the flame alive. My intent was <br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">>to keep the car as period correct as possible, but mak=
e it safe and fun. <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>I think I have struck a g=
ood compromise, some of those Competition <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>De=
partment goodies have made way for more suitable replacements, but for <br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">>the most part the car remains remarkably period =
correct.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>Every=
time I had a race weekend with the car I would email Bill and tell <br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">>him how things went. We exchanged mail and it was o=
bvious he was <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>genuinely excited to see Old B=
lue still on track, doing better and <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>better.=
It all came together at the Jefferson 500 at Summit Point in <br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">>2019, it was one of those weekends we all dream of. Pictu=
re perfect <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>weather, and you get grouped with=
a bunch of racers that are great <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>competitio=
n and you are running with fast guys up front. Then the stars <br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">>align and you take first in both feature races. I strung =
together some <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>in-car footage from three sess=
ions that weekend and sent it to Bill. He <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>an=
d his son Dick watched it on the "Big Screen", I got the impression he <br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">>was as excited as I was!<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>In memory of Bill, I am sharing a vie=
w that he enjoyed for years, <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>looking over th=
e bonnet of Old Blue. You will be missed, my friend...<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com=
/watch?v=3D-bCcXLlOR-k" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">https://www.yout=
ube.com/watch?v=3D-bCcXLlOR-k</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">><br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">>Henry Frye<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">>______________=
_________________________________<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">><a href=3D"=
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