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Re: [Fot] The Glory Continues - Triumphs at the Jefferson 500

To: yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] The Glory Continues - Triumphs at the Jefferson 500
From: Joe Alexander via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 10:00:43 -0500
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Thanks Henryâ?¦.

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> On May 22, 2023, at 9:53 AM, yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Jefferson 500, Summit Point, West Virginia, site of the 2015 Kcup, we 
> again showed how Triumphs continue to get the job done.
> 
> The TR3's run in the Donahue Cup group, the Spitfires run the Lola Cup group, 
> while Marlboro Cup group runs the TR4, TR6, TR7 and GT6. We saw domination in 
> all groups! All groups ran a practice/qualifying session Friday morning, then 
> the pace car comes out for the first race of the weekend. Saturday morning is 
> another race session followed by a feature race Saturday afternoon. Sunday is 
> an enduro in the morning then an all-comers race in the afternoon.
> 
> In the Donahue Cup, we saw John Styduhar emerge as the class of the field, 
> taking home the first overall wins of his racing career. Second place in the 
> Cup race belongs to Vic Schuster in the Ambro, then John Hasty had his hands 
> FULL with a Renault Spec Racer during the feature race but did what he needed 
> to do to complete the podium sweep for Triumph. Styduhar won the feature and 
> the Saturday morning race as well! Well done John, well deserved and that was 
> a hoot to watch. Everybody was happy to see that Mark Rosenberg got the 
> Peerless back together and is back on track with this uber-rare Triumph 
> powered racer.
> 
> The Lola Cup was dominated by Dave Gussack driving a Vintage Racing Services 
> Spitfire, he had the field by two seconds a lap. Unfortunately, he didn't 
> finish the feature, but Richard Schnabel driving the recently acquired Rob 
> Stewart Spitfire took second overall. Rob's car is certainly in great hands.
> 
> The Marlboro Cup saw some great racing all weekend. Mike Moore showed his 
> stuff to drive for the overall win in the Saturday morning race, holding off 
> some great competition. However, buy the time the feature race rolled around, 
> a Sports Racer who was put in the group because he didn't fit anywhere else 
> worked his way up to start on the front row and had the field by a second and 
> a half a lap, so he just ran away with the overall win. But we took P2, P3, 
> P4 and P5 out of a field of 36 starters! Mike Moore ran second in his TR4, 
> Mark Wheatley took third in his TR4, Scott Janzen took 4th with his GT6 and 
> Dave Gott took 5th in his TR4. Bill Emery came out with Dad's TR7 to give the 
> Wedge crowd a car to cheer for, and Mike Kurtz ran well all weekend until 
> almost finishing the feature but was sidelined with a mechanical. Jay DePol 
> looked great out there in his GT6, Dale Oesterle left the Spitfire at home 
> and ran a cool Jensen Healey this weekend.
> 
> Me? Kas would not be proud, I was beaten by equipment and never turned a 
> timed lap. Must be getting close to time to turn the Trophy back in...
> 
> ~~~
> Henry Frye - if I can't run at least I can write the race report
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