Is there a video tape of the race available? That would be a nice addition
to the tape library.
Gary
Gary Allgood
62 TR4 CT/3795-LO
www.sltoa.org
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From: <greenman62@hotmail.com>
To: <105671.471@compuserve.com>; <dnja.rogers@bigpond.com.au>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: Rare TR6
>
> >Perhaps it is time for a word or two about Wilson Motors. Perhaps you
> >don't recall back in the late 70's Dennis Wilson (now proprietor of
Wilson
> >Motors) campaigned a TR6 nationwide and was quite competitive. In 1980
he
> >went head-to-head with the then new Porsche 924 factory team and lead
> >thruout the race until a thread separation caused him to loose first and
> >settle for second.
>
> Dave, I think Denny wound up in 3rd... I'll have to check the
> videotape, but when the tread went away I think he dropped back a bit
> further... Still ESPN though enough of the effort to interview both
> Denny and his dad about the race.
>
> I think the funniest part of the ESPN coverage was Mr. `Obbes' ironic
> commentary about how a 20 year-old sports car from a nearly defunct
> company was causing so much trouble for Doc Bundy and the "factory
> effort".
>
> But hey, I think Triumph has been surprising people for a long
> time... Just ask Hardy Prentice, Jack Wheeler and a host of others
> who over the past years have given a hard time to racers and their
> "modern" cars which are still in production...
>
> Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
>
> That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
>
>
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