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Newsletter of the St Louis Triumph Owners Association Www.SLTOA.org Vol 19, Issue 5 May 2017 Forest Park Victory! 1 See pg 5 Calendar 16-18 Jun 17—15th Kastner Cup, Blackhawk Farms Raceway, South Beloit, IL. In association with VSCDA’s Blackhawk Classic; see pg 3. 20 May 17—Cars & Coffee. Westport Plaza off I-270, 8- 10:30 AM. 20 Jun 17—SLTOA Monthly meeting, details/location TBA. 20 May 17—Annual JAGSL Veteran’s Home Show, at the Missouri Veteran’s Home, 10600 Lewis & Clark Blvd, Jun 17—SLTOA overnight drive to Hannibal, MO. In St Louis. Starts at 8:30 AM, followed by a driving tour of development, stay tuned for details. historic Alton and lunch. Monitor www.jagstl.com and the online Growl. 21-24 Jun 17—Triumph Register of America Nation- al Meet, Columbus, IN. Events include a tour of the Indi- 21 May 17— St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 2, anapolis 500 Speedway Museum. Additional info at Gateway Motorsports Park. Info at www.stlsolo.org. http://triumphregister.com/tra-national-meet/, email ton- 25 May 17—MG Club of St Louis monthly RUBCO break- [email protected]. fast, 9:30 AM at JJ Restaurant, 1215 S Duchesne, St 16-20 Aug 17—VTR 2017, Princeton, NJ, “Every Battle Charles. Please RSVP to [email protected]. Has a Triumph.” Hosted by the New Jersey Triumph As- 25 May 17—Gateway Healey Association monthly RUMP sociation and Delaware Valley Triumphs, convention lunch. Tentative, monitor the GHA web page at http:// headquarters at the Weston Princeton at Forrestal Vil- clubs.hemmings.com/gateway/healey. lage, 201 Village Blvd, Princeton. Info at vtr2017.org/ about or email [email protected]. 27 May 17—Gateway Cars & Coffee, at Gateway Classic 21-24 Sept 17—Triumphest 2017, Flagstaff, Arizona, at Cars, 1237 Central Park Dr, O’Fallon, IL, 9 AM-12 noon, pastries and coffee provided by Dunkin’ Donuts. For infor- the Little America. Hosted by Desert Centre TRA, plan- mation call (618)589-9952 or call up ning underway, info at www.triumphest.com or contact Bo www.gatewayclassicars.com. Shaw (760)977-6612. 2 2-3 Jun 17—British National Meet, in Blytheville, AR. For 11 Jun 17—St Louis Region SCCA As Time Goes By more information, contact Event Chairman Barry Harrison, Rally. Do-it-yourself introduction (with some help) to [email protected] or (870)780-5871. Web page at classic Time-Speed-Distance Rallying. Meet at the City www.britishnationalmeet.com/. Hall Parking Lot, 208 S Rapp Ave, Columbia, IL, registra- tion 12 noon-12:45, rally school 12:45-1:15 PM, first car 4 Jun 17—Annual St Louis European Auto Show, Taub- departs at 1:30 PM. $10 entry fee, bring a car, driver, man Prestige Outlets, 17057 N Outer 40 Rd (north side of I- navigator, clipboard, calculator, watch or clock, pencils/ 64/US 40 in the Valley), 11 AM-2 PM. Online registration at pens. For info contact Rallymaster Jim Heine, Rallymas- www.eventbrite.com/e/st-louis-european-auto-show-2017- ter, [email protected] or (314)922-6120. presented-by-stl-motorcars-registration-33031525181. 11 Jun 17—BSCC Autocross No. 3. Family Arena, 4 Jun 17—Champagne British Car Festival, in Blooming- show around 9:30 AM, six runs for $35. Contact Racer ton. Featured marque is the DeLorean, info at www.cbcf- Steve at [email protected] for info or to get on the bloomington.com. emailing list. 9-10 Jun 17—Tulips By Night I/Tulips By Night II Monte 17 Jun 17—Annual Hazelwood Baptist Car Show, Carlo-style rally, presented by the St Louis Region 6161 Howdershell Rd. For vehicles 30 years and older, SCCA. Friday night/9 June start point: Wild Country, 17 food, beverages and music all day, display your car for Gateway Drive, Collinsville; Saturday night/10 June start free, People’s Choice Award. Car owners sign in be- point: City Hall parking lot, 208 S Rapp Ave, Columbia. tween 8 AM and 1 PM, Info (314)731-2244 or call up Registration for each event 7-7:45 PM, drivers meeting 7:45 www.hazelwoodbaptist.com, pre-registration highly en- Sunday,PM, first 19 car February departs 8:01 2017 PM. Entry fee $20 per rally, early couraged. registration available online at http://motorsportreg.com, have your credit card handy. You need a driver, navigator, 18 Jun 17—Annual Father’s Day Car Show, Museum car, clipboard, calculator, pencils and paper, a flashlight or of Transportation, 2933 Barrett Station Rd, 11 AM-3:30 other in-car device to read route instructions and a happy PM, sponsored by the Horseless Carriage Club of Mis- inclination to take an evening drive. Info at http://stlscca.org souri. or call (314)922-6120. 18 Jun 17— St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 3, 11 Jun 17—JAGSL drive to Crown Valley Winery and Gateway Motorsports Park. Info at www.stlsolo.org. Crown Valley Tiger Sanctuary in Ste Genevieve. Meet at St Louis BreadCo at Tesson Ferry/MO Hwy 21 and Ken- 9 Jul 17—BSCC Autocross No. 4. Family Arena, show nerly, 9:30 AM departure. Cost for tiger tour and wine tast- around 9:30 AM, six runs for $35. Contact Racer Steve ing is $20, please RSVP to Thomas Loew at big- at [email protected] for info or to get on the emailing [email protected] NLT 5 June. list. Maximum Road Trip! 2017 Kastner Cup Race In association with the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association Blackhawk Classic XXV Blackhawk Farms Raceway South Beloit, IL 16-18 June 2017 Photo: Classic Motorsports SLTOA’s sending a contingent, will convoy up Thursday in association with members of the Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis who are heading up to support Phil Taxman and his ‘64 E-Type FHC racer. Meet location/departure time TBA Camp at the racetrack or stay at the “official” SLTOA motel, The Garden Hotel & Conference Center, 200 Dear- born Ave, South Beloit 61080 (815)525-3600 Weekend will include vintage racing—including the Vintage Vee Series, Trans Am B-Sedan race and Sprite- Midget Race Series—plus the Kastner Cup race for Triumphs. Expect opportunities to get on the track for a couple of laps, BBQ and other activities. Return on Sunday. To join the procession north, get information and for latest planning updates, contact Steve Moore, [email protected], Ed Kaizer at [email protected] or Mark Morgan at [email protected]. www.kaskastner.com/kastnercup.html/ On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/2017-Kastner-Cup-412465015590721 3 My Thoughts Meeting Notes—18 April 2017 Something of a light turnout for April’s meeting at Llewelyn’s in Webster Groves, with 22 members participating and three Triumphs in the parking lot out back (ah, but the weather was perfect for arriving in a British convertible). Still, those gathered immediately started ordering chow while engaging in the usual small talk (for exam- ple, “Does the manager know that when the piper arrives, we’ll have to close the doors?”; “You’ve gotta realize, you’re dealing with the GSA;” and “If you can get your By Steve Moore mouth open wide enough to eat that sandwich, I want a picture”). The meeting commenced promptly at 1900 with raucous applause for the club’s Congratulations to all of you who braved th the weather and brought your car to the victory at the 8 annual Triumph-MG Challenge at Forest Park and equally raucous Easter Car Show, in Forest Park. It was- phhfffftts for MG owners…delivered with a measure of class and grace, naturally. n’t the best of weather in the beginning, Yeah, a bit stormy at the start of the event, but in the end the club reclaimed the trav- but it turned out to be a very nice day. eling trophy. As you know we have an annual com- Following a couple of quick True Karl Schmitt stories, el Presidente por Vida Steve introduced Bill McAlester, owner of 1959 TR3A. Bill was one of SLTOA’s earliest petition between our club and the MG th club, for which club has the most cars at members, had noticed announcement of the upcoming 35 anniversary proceedings the car show. The past two years went (“Damn, has it been that long?”) and decided to rejoin the group. We also had a pro- to the MG club, which is a little disap- spective member in attendance, Bob Rhodes, currently restoring a ’76 TR6. Back pointing, however this year we were vic- during the 1970s-1980s, Bob owned a shop in Hollywood, Florida, which specialized torious, in spite of the weather condi- in LBCs; he’s now retired locally and has a house with a four car garage (question tions. from the floor: “When it gets colder, could you give us your address?”). th As tradition would have it, we need to Le President de Vice SLP provided an update on the 35 anniversary celebration, come up with a winning slogan to have which will include a drive to the party venue, a photo booth, 80s music and a group/ printed on the brass plaque that will be member photo session in the clubhouse parking lot. Stephen reminded everyone to attached to the trophy. So think about bring their wives and significant others (preferably not at the same time) and something appropriate, but not too ex- puhleeze RSVP; only $15 per person, checks to treasurer Andy and oh by the way, treme that we can have engraved on the Kenrick’s Meats was doing the catering (rsp from the floor: “OOOOOH, AAAAH”).