Sports, Exotic, Antique, Vintage and Classic cars are more often than not kept in the garage over the Winter and brought out in the spring to enjoy them for summer use in our area.  It's important to remember that cars where made to be designed to be driven and when they sit around for too long things begin to break.

If you're car has been sitting in the garage all winter, its a good idea to bring it in and have us check over everything just to make sure that it's all in working order and not going to cause you problems in the middle of a fun and relaxing drive.  

​Here's some of the items that we'll look at and repair or replace if necessary:

The 13th annual Kastner Cup race was held at Summit Point Raceway (Summit Point, West Virginia) as part of the four day Jefferson 500 vintage race event. The organizers, Vintage Racer Group (VRG) made Triumph the featured marque for 2105.  As part of the Marque celebration the Kastner Cup was held in conjunction with the Jefferson 500.  It marked the first time the the original 1969 & 1972 Kastner built GT6's where together and raced not the track in too many years to count.  We're excited that both reside in our garages!

The Jefferson 500
The Jefferson 500 was held on May 14-17, 2015, first ran twenty years ago when Bill Scott, the track owner, and his friend Brian Redman brought vintage racing to this charming, "old school" track. Brian Redman was again the Grand Marshall of the event for 2015. VRG’s event included a Thursday practice day, a driver's school for novices and three days of qualifying and racing. The all-Triumph Kastner Cup race was held on Saturday. Typical race groups Triumphs are in was under 1.5 liter, and 1.5-2.5 liter.

The Kastner Cup
The Kastner Cup race honors R.W. "Kas" Kastner, who ran the U.S. Triumph racing program in the 1960s-1970s, and has over 50 years experience in the automotive and racing industry. Kas himself was be in attendance, presenting the Cup to the car and driver selected for the awards and visit our Paddock.  In fact, our two cars where the featured cars in all the group photos!

The Kastner Cup is awarded to one Triumph Competitor each year. First awarded at Mosport Canada in 2003 and then each year after at a different track around the USA. It has been to many famous tracks such as Portland Intl. Raceway, Watkins Glen, New York, Hallet Oklahoma, Laguna Seca and Atlanta Georgia along with Topeka, Kansas, Road America in Wisconsin, ButtonWilow California, Eagle Canyon, Texas, and the last race at Summit Point in Virginia. An effort is made to each year to arrange a locality that will give Triumph racers in various sections of the country a chance to compete for the Cup.

The same driver cannot win the cup in successive years. The award is based on 50% for the competitive results on the race track during the event (not necessarily the winner), 25% for the presentation of the car, and 25% for the attitude and interest in Vintage racing.

Summit Point is a good track for Triumph cars - the main circuit is 2.0 miles, ten turns, 400' of elevation change, with lots of good twisty bits and a 2,900 foot main straight. The track is located about 70 miles west of Washington D

We ended up in a tunnel waiting in the line. I guess you could call that a sort of 'wind tunnel test" for the vintage cars.  A couple drivers suggested that we swing into the State Store and get some whiskey to keep warm :-).  

All in all it was really a great time and we made some terrific memories helping out the PVGP charities. 

A great on board video from the F.A.S.T Company maintained Porsche 914-6 at the 2014 Pittsburgh Vintage Gradn Prix races at Schenley Park and Pitt Race. 

Fast Company Productions was proud to be a part of the inaugural “Brickyard Invitational” supporting many of our Pittsburgh based Vintage Race Teams.


Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted more than 600 of the world’s finest and most historic racecars as they competed on the 2.439 miles road course as well as running exhibition events on the famed 2.5 miles oval as part of the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association’s Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational on June 6-8 2014.

The “Brickyard Invitational” weekend was the largest gathering of race cars ever assembled for competition in America. The SVRA had 11 groups of cars spanning 100 years of vintage machines in action at IMS.  The Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational is a series of races for various classes of vintage racing automobiles and  the event was sanctioned by the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association.

Al Unser Jr. and his partner Peter Klutt won the inaugural race while sharing the driving duties in Klutt's No. 42C 1969 Chevrolet Corvette, with six-time Indianapolis 500 starter and four-time top-10 finisher Eliseo Salazar and his partner Gary Moore finishing second in Moore's No. 98B 1965 Mustang GT350. 


Rounding out the podium in third place was two-time Indianapolis 500 starter Willy T. Ribbs, who drove the No. 5 1972 Corvette owned by his driving partner Ed Sevadjian. Other past Indianapolis 500 participants included 1996 winner Buddy Lazier, Scott Goodyear, Dick Simon, Lyn St. James, Mark Dismore, Johnny Parsons Jr., Alex Lloyd, Pete Halsmer, Robby Unser, Rocky Moran, Jaques Lazier, Robby McGehee, Spike Gehlhausen, Billy Roe, Scott Harrington, Rick Treadway, Tom Bagley, Bob Lazier, P.J. Chesson and John Martin.

Some video about the inaugural race....

Kas Kastner's GT 6 starts in 8th position as Group 8 races the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Brickyard Road Course on Sunday June 8th 2014