CAL€NVA'R. THE DIRECTORS CORNER 3AN lA.A'RY STEVE KOHLHAGEN 13 Tech Session SL\spension Systems HAPPY NEW YEAR TIME TO SWEEP OUT THE OLD AND Mike Ml.mson's Home ABOUT THOSE NEW YEAR RESOLU­ WELCOME IN THE NEWBOARD in Snellville TIONS?*! STEVE KOHLI IAGEN 770-979-4907 DIRECTOR 10:00 AM +-Iappy ho", ... So, it's a new year, why do we do this; make resolutions 11 :OQ BVlsiness Meeting - when many from last year were not resolved? I guess it's STEVE CRIPPS DiscVlss VlpcoWling events a time to regroup, see what we want to keep from last CO- DIRECTOR New yea ... bVldget year and set some new goals and an agenda for the com­ P ... oposed expendit", ... es ing year. SHARON YOKELSON 2 way ... adios TREASURER/SECRETARY We're doing that at the Georgia Triumph Association too. Windshield decals We're looking at repeating many of the fun events from T ... ophy BVldget STEVE CONWAY '95; Chateau tlan, the south side pool party, the Lake Bur­ MEMBER @ LARGE SVlggestions? ton run, and a Pub Night or two. We took a look at the 12:00 'Ride in the cOVlnt ...y club and what activities would make it an active instru­ to IVlnch ment within the British car realm and we found we have a JEFF HOOLE 2:00Tech Session lot of non running cars in the club. This brings us to the MEMBER @ LARGE See Wlap-Back Page Georgia Triumph Association focus for '96; getting as many Triumphs back on the road and helping to keep them there. JOE EARNEST Febt"L\at"y We're starting the year with three tech sessions; starting RALLY MASTER 8th6:30 PM-9:30 Cat" OVlt with Mike Munson's [ local TR6 racer and owner of many Nieht -Mo's Pizza, 3109 Triumphs) suspension tune up session [ can't drive 'em if HUGH R. McALEER B,..iat"cIiff Rd. the wheels won't stay on 'em & hopefully in the direction NEWSLETTER EDITOR ( continued) 1996 Major Events - 1e ntative - Date Event Location •••••••••• Feb 10 Car Guys Driving School Road Atlanta : HISTORIC • Feb 17 Daytona.FL Goody's 300 :RACING SCHiDUU: Feb 18 Daytona 500 Daytona Beach. FL • • FEB 24 Rockingham.NC Goodwrench 200 •.SVRA '96 Schedule • Feb 25 Goodwrench 500 Rockingham. NC • • Feb 25 St. Petersburg.Fla Kash N' Karry Florida Grand Prix : March 7-10 Spring Fling • • Moroso • Mar 2 Richmond.VA Hardee's Challenge 250 • • West Palm Beach. FL • Mar 2-3 Car Guys Driving School Summit Point • • Mar 3 Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond. VA : March 13-16 Sebring : MAR 9 Atianta,GA Busch Lite 300 • Vintage Grand Prix • Mar 10 Purolator 500 Hampton, GA • 12 Hours of Sebring• • Mar 10 Australian Grand Prix Melboume, Australia • Sebring FL • Mar 17 Nashville.TN Opryland USA 320 • • Mar 17 Homestead Motorsports Complex. Fla (with NASCAR SuperTruck] : March 28-31 Spring in : MAR 23 Dariington.SC Darlingtom 200 • Savannah • Mar 23-24 Car Guys Driving School Rockingham : Roebling Road : Mar 24 Transouth Financial 400 Darlington. SC • Savannah. GA • Mar 30 Bristol.TN Goody's 250 • • Mar 31 Food City 500 Bristol. TN • May 16-19 Victoria British • Mar 31 Brazilian Grand Prix nterlagos. Brazil : Vintage Grand Prix : • Road America • April 6 Hickory.NC SunOrop 400 : Bkhart Lake. WI : Apr 7 Argentine Grand Prix Buenos Aires. Argentina • • Apr 14 First Union 400 North Wilkesboro. NC :HSR 1996 SCHEDULE : Apr 20-21 Car Guys Driving School Roebling Road • TENTATIVE • Apr 21 Hanes 500 Martinsville. VA • • Apr 21 Phoenix Intemational Raceway. AZ (with NASCAR SuperTruck] .2-2/3• Rolex Legends at • Apr 28 Winston Select 500 Talladega, AL : Daytona : Apr 28 TBA Grand Prix • Ford GT 40 Reunion • • Daytona.FL • I.---~---------------------~ EVENTS AROUND THE SOUTH I .:3-1/3SebringEnurance .: ISO R R Y T HAT I DON' T HA V E ANY T HI N 6 TO LIS THE REI • Challenge : I THIS MONTH, I DIDN'T RECEIVE OUR NEIGHBORING 1 : Featuring AI Holbert Memo- : C L U B S N E ~ S LET T E R SIN TIM E TOM A K E T HIS ISS U E. I • rial Prototype Renunion • I L 00 K FOR A CAL END A R LIS TIN G 0 F EVE N T SIN THE : Sebring. FL : I NEIGHBORHOOD HERE NEXT MONTH! .1 • • .------------------------- :426/28 Chrysler presents : .the Walter Mitty Challenge • : Featuring F-5000 & Historic: _BRODt'S • Can-AM Reunion • • Road Atlanta. Braselton. GA • ••••••••••••••••• America's ~agazine 01 Amateur Motorsports THANKS FOR THE HELP HUGH This past year a few members of the GTA ( other than the Board members) helped with the newsletter and I want to "1Jo' P;~~,,!! thank them again for taking Joe Eamest has a new meeting the time to put together some place that he assures us is THE thoughts to share with us all. place to eat. meet. and look at the Scott Holton kept us abreast cars. The monthly Cars Night Out of his IT TA7. Steve Conway will be set for the 2nd Thursday of '::"-NOTICE- passed info both before and each month. AU dues, ch:mge ofaddress :md other after the Daytona Beach correspondences should be sent to meet. Harold Kelley. JR We will meet at Moe's Pizza at The GeOlgia Tninnph Association. R shared his pride and joy at 31 09 Briarcliff Road. One block Q Box 1138. Tucker. GA. 30085- how well his car fared at the from Clairemont Road. 1138. VTR National. Paul Uttle took us along for a ride in the To get there from·anywhere: AU complaints about the newsletter. mountains and to Gulf Port or it's contents should be directed to MS. Grassroots Motorsports Take 1-85 to Clairmont Road George ofthe Jungle - c/o The Geor­ deserves a big thank you for HEAD EAST gia Tnumph Association. giving me permission to use To the first light - Briarcliff Road - so many of their articles. I Left AU pnnted maten"al ma)' be copied appreciate the help and look Moe's is 1/2 block on the left 3J1d ['('-used WIthout wrItten pcrmis- forward to hearing from more Moe's # 404-320-1258 SIOn. of you next year. O ' FEATURE ver had an MG? A Triumph or Jag? Any British car? Even if you haven't, STORY.BY BRIAN KENNEDY • PHOTOS BY GORDON JOLLEY you've heard stories about how they challenge their owners' patience with their reliability troubles. Particular about the way they are handled, these cars have driven off more than one suitor with their quirkiness. That's why it's good to find a car like William Dentinger's 1956 TR3. Loaded with special Triumph racing equipment, it also enjoys the devotion of its owner, who spends much time searching for rare Triumph factory racing spares to keep the car original. The blue TR3 pays him back with quick, reliable and fun weekends at the track. It's a story that should put to rest rumors that you're better off in something NOT from the Emerald Isle. Dentinger's car is a very early TR3, only the thirteenth such vehicle built with disc brakes. Its significance comes not just from this pedi­ gree, but because of its amazing array of his tori­ cally-accurate competition components. Dentinger says it this way: "The car is very accurate. Everything on it is by Triumph; it has every competition feature that Triumph offered for the car." Basically, the original owner drove this TR3 from the showroom floor straight to the parts department, where he picked up one of every­ thing he could get to prepare the car to race; he then hit the track without, as far as Dentinger knows, ever taking to the boulevards. The Triumph has an extensive East Coast club racing history, though for a brief period in 1974 it was converted to street trim and even won a concours. Dentinger quickly diverted the Triumph from its pampered ways back to its heritage when the car came into his possession, and he has kept it on the vintage circuit since 1979. The car has raced as far south as St. Petersburg, Aa., and as far north as Shannonville, Ontario, from Dentinger's base in Waukesha, Wisc. It has also been east to Watkins Glen and west to Brainerd, Minn. Road America is now the car's home track. Dentinger's greatest vic­ tory was Chicago Historics, where in 1993 he won outright racing in the rain. This is the only Triumph ever to pull off a first overall in that prestigious event. Factory-type modifications include a Detroit Locker rear end, which belongs in a trucj but was a dealer option. The car also wears ten-inch. AI-fin drum brakes on the rear. Not instaIt&i by the original owner, these are Dentinger's contri­ bution to the uniqueness of his ride. It took Dentinger I3 years to find this sel. They're not to be confused with their nine-inch cousins: only 48 sets of these IO-inch drums were ever made, and that was 40 years ago! Often, Tri­ umphs with AI-fins sport nine-inch units adapted from a Mazda and fitted with steel linings. Dentinger's are ·the real Triumph pieces, lined with pads custom-made to hi~ all-aluminum IO-inch drums. The car also has anti-roll bars on the front and rear, plus an oversized AI-fin oil pan that takes . ,_ ~ht':Jt;; :; ... :;;; .:~ ~ ~.alr:l(f,:" oil . This f~tllre , ::,J i:\ws thecar-Io flln v,·;·'''''.;i ''l ·'li\·; o<,l ·- -.· . :;! . tdJiiio:!. ':,i:;'; ::L~"i.' :~;:~ :," r,":"=') :: ol1ghlJi i11ag~ nesium American Racing wheels, also an origi­ nal dealership item.