Friends of Triumph Website

The Friends of Triumph (FOT) are dedicated to preserving the racing heritage of the Triumph marque. Campaigning these automobiles on the track is at the essence of our purpose. Hopefully the photos and descriptions that follow will bear testimony to that end.... a dynamic display of power and agility.

The Friends of Triumph's membership hale from all parts of the world and includes current and previous Triumph race car drivers.

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The Mitty

The 2012 Kastner Cup will be run at Road Atlanta on April 27-29. We will be celebrating many significant anniversaries, so this event is truly shaping up to be an epic one. In 1952 we saw the birth of Triumphs on Track. In 1962 we saw the first Triumph Spitfire, the iconic model whose production ran all the way to the end. In 2002, Kas Kastner handed out the coveted Kastner Cup for the first time. So we get to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Triumphs racing, the 50th anniversary of the Spitfire, and the 10th anniversary of the Kastner Cup!

We have teamed up with our friends at Classic Motorsports Magazine, who sponsor the event for Historic Sportscar Racing. HSR and CRM will be our hosts, and they have Kas as the event's Grand Marshall.

Click here to for the scoop!

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More about the Kastner Cup here: http://www.kaskastner.com/kastnercup.html

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Kas Kastner recently finished his fourth book! You can buy them them from his website, www.kaskastner.com. These are a must have for anyone interested in Triumph racing scene, past or present. More information on our Kas Pages.

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New Crankshafts

Members have been working on new crankshaft designs for the TR2-4 and the TR250-6. Click here to take a look:

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Racing is what the FOT is about,

these images say it all.

You can see this and more on the historical page photos.

Ken Richardson and Mike Rothschild in Dallas

1988 at the TR National event.

Polaroid photo by Hanne, Mikes wife. From the look of these cowboys faces they are seriously happy.

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Kas Kastner and Lew Spencer at Pomona in '59. Click the picture for the whole story.

The TR250K behind a few characters at Sebring in 1968.

Short Sebring Story from R. "Kas" Kastner

When building the cars for the 1963 attack at Sebring, I had 31 gal fuel tanks made up and then installed them in the trunks of the cars. At the first filling I found that they were oversize by almost 1½ gals. No time to take out and change etc etc.....soooooooo, I bought a bunch of plastic 8 ounce bottles, screwed the lids on tight and dumped them into the tank until the proper volume was found. Went through tech inspection easy and right on the money. Later on we found that the gasoline had melted the plastic and I was back to the original size. Good thing they never checked them after the event. Amazingly none of the drivers noticed the knocking around in the tank when on low fuel. I heard it instantly but " whatchagoingtodo". We went three hours with each car before refueling. ( could have made it without the extra but ......) Finished the event 1,2,4.