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Mosport 27th - 30th
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Mosport 27th - 30th
June 2003 |
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see www.mosport.com and www.varac.ca |
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We're slowly getting the project going and to keep you all up-to-date with progress. Below you'll find the official VARAC and FOT press releases and the chance to 'live' a lap of Mosport...err sort of. If you want to go we need to know as soon as possible as the logistics of getting cars across the Atlantic and back takes time to organise.
Estimated costs (based on Mid-Ohio):
The cost of transportation assumes a worst-case situation and we get no sponsorship - we may well get some but certainly not enough to cover the cost. If you can suggest any companies I can contact, ideally with a contact name, please let me know as soon as possible and I'll send out a sponsorship pack.
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CONTACT: Russ Moore, Event Coordinator, 607-539-7442
between 7-10PM eastern time.
email: rem9@sunlink.net
Date and venue set for the 2003 International Triumph Challenge.
December 1, 2002 -- The Friends of Triumph, in conjunction with VARAC and Mosport International Raceway are pleased to confirm the 2003 International Triumph Challenge. Racing Triumphs of all levels of preparation are invited to come and participate at Mosport on June 26 -29, 2003. The Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) has named Triumph the featured marque of it's annual Vintage Festival, and is working with the Friends of Triumph to ensure a successful event. Upon seeing the excitement and enthusiasm we brought to Mid-Ohio last year, VARAC and Mosport are offering an additional practice day for us, making the event a full four days, a first for the Vintage Festival!
VARAC hosts a handful of Vintage and Historic classes, so we are assured plenty of track time for all racers. We will have a VARAC driving instructor with decades of experience at Mosport in attendance for those of us who have not had the pleasure of experiencing the track at speed.
The Toronto Triumph Club and the British Saloon Car Club will be hosting a Peoples Choice car show. Plans are also in the works for an autocross and/or a road rally for those interested in sharing in the fun.
This event will mark the return to North America by the Brits, last seen at Mid-Ohio in 2002. As of this writing they are over committed for their car transporter, so we are sure to see a good showing of entries from the UK. Rumor has it they are working on hiring a second transporter! Inquiries indicate that there may be other countries represented.
VARAC has agreed to allow any level of race car preparation, from Vintage through current SCCA spec, as long as the car runs on treaded tires. Fuel cells and proper roll over protection required. If your race car is Triumph powered, it is most probably eligible to run this event. Drivers should have credentials from any VMC member organization or SCCA. Any questions on car or driver eligibility should be directed to Russ Moore.
Commitments are already in place for several very significant Triumph race cars to be in attendance, on track as competitors or pace cars.
For up to the minute information, visit these websites - Friends of Triumph, www.fot-racing.com; VARAC, www.varac.ca; and Mosport International Raceway, www.mosport.com.
This is going to be the event of the season for Triumph racers and fans.
Plan now to attend!
The Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) will host the 2003 Vintage Racing Festival on June 27, 28 and 29, 2003 at Mosport International Raceway, Ontario. As many as 250 vintage race cars representing a half century of competition are expected to compete on Mosport's famed 2.459 mile circuit.
Each year VARAC chooses a manufacturer to honour and for the 2003 Festival Triumph has been selected as the Featured Marque. Production of the TR series of sports cars began in 1953 with the TR2 and became one of the mainstays of motoring competition around the world, finding enthusiastic acceptance in North America. VARAC will honour the TRIUMPH marque, welcoming and encouraging TRIUMPHs of all descriptions from around the world.
Mosport is a world class racing facility, having hosted Formula 1, Can-Am, Indy cars, USAC, World Endurance, Trans-Am, Atlantic Series and of course TRIUMPHs too. Steeped in motor racing history, all of the great name drivers and teams since the 1960s have competed here. The course is now owned by Panoz Motorsport and has been completely repaved, widened and made safer without detracting from the historic layout or the challenging racing line.
The VARAC Festival provides good value, reasonable registration fees, LOTS OF TRACK TIME, friendly people, great social events and we are told over and over again, more fun and excitement per dollar than any other North American event.
More information about VARAC (a Vintage Motorsport Council member club) and the 2003 Festival is available at our website www.varac.ca or you can contact VARAC president Bob DeShane directly at lbmc@nexicom.net. We look forward to making new friends and welcoming back our old ones. Plan NOW to join VARAC at Mosport next June.
Start Finish line is on the front straight at the highest point on the course, the green drops and you are immediately faced with the entry to corner one. Entry is downhill slightly from the left side of the track to the center of the course with a late apex back to the outside of another straight during which you are gradually moving back to the right hand side for entry to corner two.
Corner two is a left-hander, downhill, off camber and blind going in. David Hobbs claims this is one of the toughest corners anywhere. You must trust your judgment/mental picture, it is a fairly early apex and without much wheel movement you will naturally drift to the right and then back to the left for a second apex and to the far right hand side of the track. Corner two can be exciting done right and terrifying done badly. There is lots of runoff room here; the outside of the turn has a tendency to accumulate lots of 'marbles' so it is best to avoid the track edge.
A short straight leads to corner three, a decreasing radius corner, which is medium speed, flat, and generally just a drive around the middle to a late apex.
Now you are accelerating towards top speed and corner four, (one of Niki Lauda's 10 hardest corners in Grand Prix racing) intimidating due to it being a flat out, downhill, blind left hander, with little or no runoff. Enter about the middle of the track, normal apex and a short downhill straight to the braking zone for corner five a & b the lowest point on the track.
The braking zone is slightly uphill so braking is done a little later than you would think. (Stirling Moss talked the original builders into removing their design for a true hairpin and making it two 90' bends joined by a very short straight). You can shift down and actually accelerate a bit between the 90's.
The exit of 5b is critical since it leads onto a 3/4 mile uphill 'straight' (an excellent place to draft and pass). Not quite a true straight it arcs leisurely through six and seven.
Corner eight is a more or less flat high speed (lots of runoff and gravel trap) right hander and you should enter from the left and drive around the middle of the track to a very late apex and into the 'esses'.
Corner nine is medium speed followed by a short straight, a quick downshift to 2nd or 1st and around 90' corner ten onto the front straight.
You'll quickly figure out how your car reacts in different areas. It is fast, exciting, and challenging with big elevation changes from one to five downhill and up from five to ten back to the top. You will have lots of fun and great racing.
Paddock facilities are good, new clean washrooms and decent reasonably priced food.
VARAC provides safe and enjoyable racing, a friendly atmosphere and plenty of track time.
VARAC provides safe and enjoyable racing, a friendly atmosphere and plenty of track time.