[Fot] Wrap-Up News from Blackhawk Farms

[Allen Washatko]

Great write up!

Allen
On Oct 26, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Jason Ostrowski wrote:

> Well, the blunt fact is that The Loooong race took a toll on all our  
> Triumphs.
> Leaving us all jealous was of the only one left standing at the end.
> King of the weekend was Tony Drews...
> With the car that wears a bulletproof vest to the track every damn  
> weekend.
>
> Going into the start of the endurance test it seemed a long awaited  
> beating was in store for him.
> Of the 35 or so cars set to perform,
> I was happy to qualify as top Triumph.
> 8th spot.
> Starting next to me on driver's right was my Barracuda Brother in  
> 7th. (we qualified both with our best-ever times at Blackhawk with a  
> mere fraction of .3 seconds between us)
>
> Behind, with a nice cushion in between (for us anyway) was Sean  
> Alexander starting 12th.
> And the solid bright-red brick of Mr. Drews back in 14th: with a  
> good view of his eventual, falling off the table pick-offs.
>
> It would soon appear that the astounding speed and hope and the  
> glory of a really fast GT6+ is nothing at the finish with bird leg  
> fragility.
> I got a great start and had the Barracuda in tow.
> By the end of lap one, I had moved up to flirt with the top 5.
> Brian passed me and I was cool to pester him from behind.
>
> That's like watching screaming children being tossed between the  
> coachwork panels of a Bus as the driver floors it through a parking  
> lot autocross track.
> Our David and Goliath battle lasted all too briefly as my  
> differential exploded inside its case and I was out..
> Shortly after, the Cuda was also out with a broken water pump and a  
> shredded belt.
>
> Somewhere in the meantime, Scott Barr managed to scrape the side of  
> his car along the asphalt in a, rather lucky to not completely roll  
> over, shearing of the axle. He found out with early Halloween horror  
> that the car cannot go through the carousel with only 3 wheels.
>
> The first 40 minute segment ended and it seemed that Sean may have  
> his chance to take the pot.
> Due to typical attrition, by this time the field was less than half  
> of the original starters.
> Sean, Tony, and still hanging in there...Glade Snodgrass; were the  
> Triumphs that remained for the race to the Checkered.
> In front for most of the race was Alexander.
> But not at the end.
> A broken transmission... gear chipped away his hope of beating the  
> big guy.
>
> Tony was the only Triumph left at the flag fall.
> Again he walks his car back to Moline as the Top Dog of the season  
> for our group of Midwest FOT Heroes.
>
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars
>
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Allen Washatko
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