We were invited, we showed up in force, and we put on a great show for
both the FOT and the world. It looks like the Lime Rock marketing
machine will be do us proud, I look forward to see what becomes of all
the work still going on behind the scenes.
Speaking of marketing, hats off to Shawn Frank for all his work for us,
what a valuable member of our team. Thanks Shawn!
I want to thank everyone who came and supported the event. Racers, crew,
and friends. Putting on a Kastner Cup takes teamwork, and while I might
have been the seen as the guy pulling the strings, every one of you who
was there, even in spirit only, were important to cause. You folks make
it all work, as we know a club without active members isn't worth all
that much.
For me, one of the coolest parts of any KCup weekend is getting to meet
and spend some time with our FOT brethren. This event gave us ample
opportunity to really get to know some of our racing friends, and I hope
everybody took full advantage.
We had been planning on doing the awards ceremony at Triumph Central,
under the tent by the Alexander paddock. We had 50 minutes from parking
our cars after the race to start the presentation. I was informed the
track wanted to do the presentation down in the A paddock at the
winner's circle with about a half hour to go, and Skip Barber would be
attending! So our team springs into action, circulates the word around
the paddock (sorry to the folks who didn't get word in time), our stuff
gets loaded into cars and shuttled down. I gather my thoughts, get
cleaned up and ready for the presentation, find the winners circle with
maybe 10 minutes to go. I get introduced to Skip, we are figuring out
how this is all going to work, then I hear someone say David Hobbs is
here. I turn to see David getting out of his golf cart, he walks over,
we are introduced and he asks me "what do you want me to do?" I had
known he was going to be there for maybe 30 seconds at that point! The
notes I had jotted down for how the ceremony was to flow at this point
are pretty meaningless, and it was time to wing it. Hopefully it didn't
come off as haphazard as it seemed in my head! But heck, I got to
introduce David Hobbs, that will probably be the highlight of my racing
career!
To recap the awards recipients:
Kastner Cup - Dave Gott, TR4
Amici Award - Jason Ostrowsky
Performance Award - TR2-3 - Joe Boruch
Performance Award - TR4 - Tony Drews
Performance Award - TR250-6 - Henry Frye
Performance Award - TR7-8 - Tim Cook
Performance Award - GT6 - Alex Amys
Performance Award - Spitfire - David Gussack (KCup race winner)
Performance Award - Triumph Powered Special - Vic Schuster
Sponsor Award - Western Pennsylvania Triumphs Association
Sponsor Award - GoodParts
Sponsor Award - Alexander Racing Equipment
Honored Guest - David Hobbs
One of the event sponsors is Autodromo, and they present a fine watch to
a participant from each group that embodies the spirit of the event. I
was told the guy who does the presentation for Autodromo was on track at
the moment, so I was asked to do the deed. While I don't think I had
their spiel down all that well, I was proud to present the watch to my
new racing buddy, Alex Amys!
I had to be reminded to announce the location of the next Kastner Cup,
silly me as I am going to do this all again for next year. We are going
to Mosport, currently known as the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, in
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. The home of the very first Kastner Cup. So
mark your calendars for Father's Day weekend, 2026, ensure your passport
is up to date, and stay tuned for more details as they become available!
Also, it was hard not to notice I was hobbling around wearing a back
brace all weekend. At the track for the test day on Tuesday I did
something my back didn't like and for a while there I was thinking I
could not race. It took a village to keep me in the game, thanks to
everyone who helped me physically so I would make it out and be part of
the show. My time on-track was awesome, thanks to Bob Lang and Alex Amys
for some great dicing and encouragement to finally turn some laps down
in the 1:04's. I beat my best lap from last year by .185 seconds!
Again, thanks to everyone who participated. Job well done, looking
forward to Mosport next year!
Henry Frye
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