[Fot] Get ready for the Kastner Cup at Lime Rock!

[Michael Deweerd]

Thanks Tony,  I'm running toyo R888's on the TR4, what is the grid limit at
Lime Rock?
 just curious.
Cheers.


On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:

> It is a Friday / Saturday / Monday event with Sunday being a quiet day.
> My recollection is that the Kastner Cup race is on Monday.  Confirmed -
> looking at older messages, Henry sent this out Jan 9th:
>
> "Thursday late afternoon the track hosts a parade open to race cars, 17
> miles of beautiful New England countryside ending in a street fair in Falls
> Village, a quaint little town a couple miles from the track. If driving
> your race car on the street is not your thing, it is well worth finding
> your way to Falls Village to take in the scene.
>
> For the most part, we will have an All-Triumph run group. If our numbers
> exceed a safe run group, we may be forced to put some cars in a more
> appropriate run group, that may apply to cars on both ends of the timing
> sheet. If your Triumph is prepped beyond vintage specs, your tire choice
> will play a big factor on where you run. But rest assured for the main
> event, all the Triumphs will together for the Kastner Cup race!
>
> We have a practice session on Friday morning, and we qualify on Friday
> afternoon. Both sessions on Saturday are races. Monday morning is our third
> race, then right after lunch on Monday we run for the Kastner Cup."
>
> Regards, Tony Drews
> On 1/23/2025 12:22 PM, Michael Deweerd via Fot wrote:
>
> Henry,
> When I look at the track website and the event schedule, it seems that
> Sunday has no racing but Monday does?  Is this correct?
> When is the Cup Race then if not on Sunday?  I was originally planning on
> driving home on Monday (approx 7-8 hours) and return to work Tuesday
> morning.
> Can you let me know so I can book the proper holidays off.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Deweerd
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM Mark Cook via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Henry,
>>
>> Great video!   Peter also has posted a full race video for the same event.
>>
>> https://youtu.be/cLAP--lMsng?si=EjlQ_RBu5dnxCWf4
>>
>> He does make it look too easy!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of yellow04 via
>> Fot
>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2025 7:33 AM
>> To: FOT
>> Subject: [Fot] Get ready for the Kastner Cup at Lime Rock!
>>
>> Today being the first day of many that I woke up to an outside temp is
>> not a negative number, I think this is a fine time to share some more
>> about the Kastner Cup race coming this fall at Lime Rock Park!
>>
>> Many people have been reaching out to me with questions and to inform me
>> of their intention to run with us, so I put together a quick spreadsheet
>> of those who have contacted me, and those that I presume are coming. My
>> list at the moment is over 40 Triumphs and Triumph powered Specials, and
>> it seems every week or so another racer reaches out and gets added to
>> the list. I believe we are in for a real treat!
>>
>> One of our guys asked me if I knew of any good in-car video I could
>> share. I perused youTube and was delighted to see that none other than
>> Peter Krause had posted a couple of laps from last year's Historic
>> Festival in his Fiat X19. Peter is a very well-known professional
>> driving coach out of Virginia, and for him to share this video showing
>> us what it looks like to drive Lime Rock in a small-bore production car
>> could not have come at a better time. I suggest anybody with no seat
>> time at Lime Rock take a look, although I will say Peter makes it look
>> easy!
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq09PWPpstk
>>
>> See you at the track!
>>
>> Henry Frye
>> 2025 and 2026 KCup chair
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