[Fot] Zandvoort race 2

[Marcel Van Mulders]

  With the race director and the racers involved, we've looked at 4 onboard
camera video's : it shows that the rolling start IS dangerous , at least in
the Zandvoort way : the race starts, and passing is allowed as soon as the
red lights go out : after some seconds, you get a lot of cars(more than 40
cars on the grid) close together and at different high speeds. I was in the
'mid lane' of the track, the track was clear in front of me. On the right
side of the track, the MGA that hit me had the intention to pass a slower
car in front of him and made that move to the left were I happened to be. I
had a camera in my car, but I cannot show that video : someone did steal the
microSD card in the parc fermi!!
It's a pity because my car was in very good shape, faster than it has ever
been. At least I can keep the engine and dogbox (with an overdrive now : it
works great with the shorter diff ratio).
After all I'm not too depressed : one write off in 12 years is not rare.
Maybe the replacement will be a TR4. Are there FoT racers who have raced
both? Is it a different experience TR3/TR4?
Marcel


-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Greg And Alison Blake [mailto:ablake2 at austin.rr.com]
Verzonden: donderdag 8 mei 2014 17:46
Aan: Marcel Van Mulders
Onderwerp: Re: [Fot] Zandvoort race 2

Very sad news.  I am glad to hear that there are no injuries.

Best of luck on the rebuild.

Greg

> On May 8, 2014, at 10:13 AM, "Marcel Van Mulders"
<van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be> wrote:
>
> I really wanted to be there somewhere in front too, but because of an
> accident in the rolling start of the 1st Zandvoort race, I have to
> bring my
> TR3 to the Triumph graveyard, after 12 years of racing it.
> In that start, someone didn't look in his mirrors, moved at once to
> the left and pushed me at the right rear fender, sending me in a spin
> that ended against the concrete wall. I took an MGA with me and when I
> came to an halt, my car was hit by 1 or 2 other cars. It was a real
> battle field with sorts of smoke and cars pointing in all directions :
> 10 cars were involved of wich
> 4 cars have to be rebuilt because of bent chassis and/or suspensions.
> My car has the worst damage : the chassis legs are knicked in several
> places, the front is shorted by half a meter, 3 wheels are bent,
> almost all body panels are damaged. It's really sad to look at. Thankfully
no one was wounded.
> That means, this race season is about over for me, after the very good
> 1st week-end at Hockenheim.
> At 62, I had thoughts to make an end to the racing. These thoughts
> were short lived though, I'm hoping to get a car ready before the end
> of the 2014 season.
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net]
> Namens MadMarx
> Verzonden: woensdag 7 mei 2014 21:46
> Aan: 'Bruce Lapierre'; fot at autox.team.net
> Onderwerp: Re: [Fot] Zandvoort race 2
>
> Im really happy about the Morgan, he seems to be the only one to play
with.
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> Von: Bruce Lapierre [mailto:fasttr4 at aol.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2014 21:33
> An: tr4racing at googlemail.com; fot at autox.team.net
> Betreff: Re: [Fot] Zandvoort race 2
>
>
>
> Great driving and a better result.  Now if you could only figure out
> what to do with that damn Morgan - - - - --
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MadMarx <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
> To: 'Friends of Triumph' <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, May 7, 2014 1:02 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Zandvoort race 2
>
> And race 2
>
> http://youtu.be/wwSsO7h5ngo
>
> Cheers
> Chris
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