[Fot] TR8 - Endurance

[BillDentin at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/30/2013 12:24:40 PM Central Daylight Time, 
charly at mitchelplumbing.com writes:


> > But a 2:30 in '79 is at Road America was a pretty stout performance. 
> IMHO, 
> > of course.  I think I remember watching that race on TV back in the day. 
> They used to show the races delayed a couple of weeks on syndicated TV 
> coverage. I 
> remember following the progress of the TR8 all year and cheering them on. 
> That car is/was pretty awesome.
> 
Isn't that one of the cars Bill Warner has?  He raced it in the 'Watkins 
Glen' Kastner Cup race.  They were in the garage adjacent to ours and Lanky 
Foushee (RIP) was wrenching for him.  That car was still fast.  Shortly there 
after there was an extensive article about the car in one of the motorsports 
publications, dealing specifically with exactly how and why the car went so 
fast.  

It was not, as they say, your Dad's TR8.

Bill Dentinger