Almost every time I go racing I say I had the best time ever. Well, OK, this time I really mean it! Great friends, great racing, and almost perfect, albeit quite hot, weather.

Other highlights were our friends from Britain came back with two TR6's we know from Mid-Ohio with 4 drivers, Keith Files, Jon Wood, Jon Whitely and Jon Astin. Keith's red TR6 with Webers was just as fast as ever, while the Whitely car with it's fuel injection is still in development.

We saw Dean Tetterton's highly anticipated Warwick GT make it's debut. Dean brought both the Warwick and his TR3A out to play and was the busiest driver on the paddock, hopping out of one car into the other in searing heat. Both cars and driver were up to the task and Dean put on a great show.

The Grassroots/Classic Motorsports TR3 made an impressive showing with both Tim Suddard and JK Jackson at the wheel. Tim turned a blistering 2:29 in the Group B feature, and JK finished quite well in the All Triumph race in the wet. I can't wait to read all about it in the magazine. No doubt about it, those boys are putting power on the pavement and have a contender in the making. Well done.

Jon Wood cranked up Keith's TR6 in his feature race to turn an amazing 2:17. Very well done!

The midwest contingent was well represented, with the entire Beady Eye Racing team running, Bill Dentinger in his familiar TR3, Bob Wismer piloting the Thunderbolt, and Don Brick running his white TR4 with red wire wheels. Both Jack and Tony Drews with their immaculately prepared TR4's showing us it is possible to have very pretty cars that go real fast. Of course, Joe Alexander and his red TR4 were there to run. Gary Schneider of Wisconsin brought out his former Chip Bond racer to us all to enjoy as well.

Others who towed long distance were Bob Kramer from Texas, Brad and Susan from Arkansas and Texas, Larry Young from Oklahoma. Richard Taylor drove his TR4 racer from Atlanta towing his trailer with his race tires and Triumph motorcycle only to suffer a catastrophic failure and need to get home on a flatbed. I was moved by his story about his trip home, it takes a special person to make lemons into lemonade like that. Cheers, Richard.

The Roadster Factory brought the TRS, thanks going out to Charles and the gang at TRF. Jeff Snook brought his immaculate Devin to show, and it was honored by being driven as a surrogate pace car by Jack Wheeler, being followed by the TRS.

As if all this was not enough, another session of Valve Cover Racing occurred Saturday night. The only thing to say is alcohol was involved, and I am not just talking about the fuel in JK's racer. If you were not there, you missed one of the most entertaining shows imaginable. Susan Kahler has some .mpg's on her website. Download them. Play them. Remember, they only capture half the story! ;-)

My car ran fantastic all weekend and I had my best races yet in Saturday Qualifying and the Group B Feature race. A very fast and well driven Peter Krause prepared Alfa GTV Junior and a small cast of others required me to defend my position every turn of every lap for both races. Positions were traded, but the torque of a tractor engine was my savior. Triumphs swept the Group B podium with Mike Jackson and Jeff Snook taking the top two slots and yours truly in third for my first podium finish. What a rush.

We had a less than 30 minute turn around for the All Triumphs race. After refueling and servicing the car preparing to drive to the false grid for the All Triumphs race, the quote of the weekend was delivered by Brad, asking me if my helmet would still fit! Surprisingly, it did.

As we were gridded for the All Triumphs race, the only rain of the weekend started falling. By the time we were under way the track was just wet, providing for some very interesting turn in's. Or should I say lack of turning altogether! Within a lap the field sorted itself with the brave running hard and the not-so-brave running not-so-hard, (myself falling into the latter) I found my rear view mirror filled with uncle jack's beautiful New Blue, and we proceeded to have some great fun. With the track conditions as they were I was expecting a couple of the front runners to go off, luckily the only two were Vern Brannon and George Wright who both slid off clean at the end of turn one after choosing a line that was a little more slippery than they expected. The race was won by Keith Files in his wonderful sounding TR6 straight from England. Way to go Keith!

Many thanks to Joe Alexander who helped get the Brits here once again, amongst other organizational tasks to make for one fantastic racing weekend.