[Fot] Watkins Glen The Legends Speak The FOT

[Russ Moore]

Mosport is a great track and always a good time. My first laps on it years
back were with what would be group 6 cars if they were  in an SVRA event.
Talk about feeling like a bug on the windshield. What a track to develop a
rhythm on. From turn 1 through 5b you’re on your toes, short nap down the
back then the rapid sequence of 8, 9 and 10. I love it, but certainly more
enjoyable with all four tires on the deck. Hard to steer while on the
rollbar!

 

Just to clarify on the Sprite incident , I have since been assured by Jack
Woehrle if I had reported the punt at the Glen to him or Carl directly it
would have been investigated even though the other party had booked out
quickly before I could find him. Hopefully none of us will have that
situation again.

 

Russ

 

From: Bill Babcock [mailto:Billb at bnj.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:15 PM
To: Russ Moore
Cc: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] Watkins Glen The Legends Speak The FOT

 

I'm very familiar with turn 8 at Mosport, a fine place for an accident. I
never went through that turn the same way twice. If it has an apex I never
found it. I'm glad you didn't hang up your gloves, see you at the Glen. 

 

On Aug 27, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Russ Moore wrote:





Bill,

I had an incident similar to yours two years ago in my Spitfire at turn 8 at
Mosport.  I had passed a driver in a borrowed Sprite and she tried a Bonsai
pass inside me on 8 which is a very high speed sweeping right hander. She
lost it and hit her brakes. Her left front corner hit my right rear and I
was instantly on my rollbar. I am just now getting all back together and
will be at Watkins. I have seen over the past 19 years how some folks suffer
from the red mist syndrome and cause incidents they seemingly can get away
with. This latest one almost caused me to hang up my gloves. 5 years ago at
the Glen I had an orange Sprite punt me in turn 7. At the time I thought I
had hit oil but the dent and orange paint revealed otherwise. SVRA let it go
because “they didn’t witness it”.

In reading your accounting of the event it was like déjà-vu. The other
driver the day after blamed me for the incident and I could never get VARAC
to take any action. Yep, her left front corner and my right rear, 






 I
had to replace the entire front end, the whole rollbar structure and build a
new engine all because she didn’t like being passed. Jeez.

 

In any case, here’s to a safe and enjoyable weekend at The Glen this year.

Best regards

 

Russ Moore

Spitfire #49

 

From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Babcock
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:22 PM
To: BillDentin at aol.com
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net; fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Watkins Glen The Legends Speak The FOT

 

It was 150 cars last year,  and everyone that wanted to go, got to go. This
year as one of the featured elements we might get some special treatment. I
doubt they'll have us leading off the thing, but they might at least stick
us all together. 

 

It was really fun, I wouldn't miss it. And Diane will need a ride for anyone
that has an open seat (they wouldn't let her sit on Peyote's fuel cell, I
can't imagine why). She is in NYC this week, visiting a friend, but she
packed her leather helmet and goggles. Pictures, here, but a warning too,
there are pictures of an injured LBC (more injured than I thought at the
time. Tony Garmey is STILL working on Peyote to get it ready for Watkins
Glen. I'm glad I took it to Tony, it wouldn't have been ready, and for many,
MANY reasons I don't want to miss this race). If you have a weak stomach you
probably want to have some Mylanta handy. Also I made a disparaging remark
about the SVRA's handling of the accident that I apologized for later. I
left the remark in place because the apology wouldn't make sense without it.
http://www.allaluminumtour.com/?p=263

 

Bill

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/fot/attachments/20080828/f0378e54/attachment-0003.htm>