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Experience the 2020 Kastner Cup race at Mid Ohio from the driver's seat. Cameras in sixteen of thirty-two cars ensure the best angles on all the action.
The Kastner Cup is vintage racing at it's finest. Every year Triumph racers from across the U.S. gather to celebrate the golden age of sports car racing. Kas Kastner was instrumental to Triumph's racing success in the '60s, and most of these cars are from that era.
The last time an All-Triumph race was run at Mid Ohio was in 2002, the year the idea of the Kastner Cup was conceived. One of the great things about this event, is that cars which would ordinarily be in separate classes, get to race together. Finishing on or near the podium is only part of winning the cup. Drivers must also pay special attention to the presentation and preparation of their cars.
Like many similar events in 2020, the lock-down situation affected what was planned to be the largest ever Triumph field of racers at sixty plus entries, including five from the UK. Nonetheless, the Kastner Cup still achieved a more typical thirty-two entries from all over the United States.
Sixteen cars provided on-board video for this unique look at vintage racing from the driver's seat. Every piece of action is shown in real-time, so that we can experience the close fought racing and hard-won positions precisely as it happened.
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Kastner Cup 2020 Qualifying - video courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs.
Kastner Cup 2020 Race - video courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs.
Kastner Cup cars go onto the track for the feature race! Video courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs.
#28 Mike Munson rear facing in-car, Kastner Cup 2020 at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course June 27th, 2020. Mike is the 2020 Kastner Cup Champion. Video 1 of 3, courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
More video from the lead car, #28 Mike Munson with our rear facing in-car camera during the Kastner Cup 2020 at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course June 27th, 2020. Mike is the 2020 Kastner Cup Champion. Video 2 of 3, courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Wanna see a great battle up front? Well, the best thing is to mount a rear-facing Go Pro on the winner of the 18th Annual Kastner Cup, Mr. Mike Munson. More video from the lead car, #28 Mike Munson with our rear facing in-car camera during the Kastner Cup 2020 at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course June 27th, 2020. Mike is the 2020 Kastner Cup Champion. Video 3 of 3, courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Ride along as Jesse Darrow makes an amazing eight position dive through the middle at the start of the Kastner Cup 2020! What a great car in which to add our forward facing camera! Courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs.
SVRA Kastner Cup 2020 Sunday Mid Ohio, video courtesy of SVRAlife.
SVRA Kastner Cup 2020 Saturday Mid Ohio, video courtesy of SVRAlife.
Video from Sean Alexander's in-car Camera during the 2020 Kastner Cup, video courtesy of Alexander Racing Enterprises.
Tony Drews in-car video from red / white Triumph TR-4 #95. Another great battle at Mid-Ohio. Things settle down about halfway through. My main protagonists are Jerry Barker (Spitfire) and Jesse Darrow (Spitfire). I keep Mike Moore (TR-4) in sight, but can't catch him. Video courtesy of Tony Drews.
Tony Drews in-car video from red / white Triumph TR-4 #95. Really decent battling for the first half to 2/3 of the race with Jerry Barker (Herald), Jesse Darrow (Spitfire) and Brian Dolan (GT-6). Video courtesy of Tony Drews.
The 18th Annual Kastner Cup June 27th, 2020: The Return to Mid-Ohio.
Group shot. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Nine GT6s took the green flag. A record number for any Kastner Cup!
Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
18th Annual Kastner Cup 2020 Winner - Mike Munson #28 1970 TR6
#28 1970 TR6 Mike Munson of Bowling Green, KY. Qualified 2nd 1:45.759. Finished P1 best lap 1:45.011. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Alex Amys #184 1970 GT6
#184 1970 GT6 Alex Amys of Superior, WI. Qualified 4th 1:47.604. Finished P2 best lap 1:46.637. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
James Dolan #4A 1972 GT6
#4A 1972 GT6 (Group 44) James Dolan of Naples, FL. Qualified 5th 1:48.674. Finished P3 best lap 1:49.075. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Peter Dolan #6 1972 GT6
#6 1972 GT6 (Kastner Brophy) Peter Dolan of Pittsburgh, PA. Qualified 6th 1:49.259. Finished P4 best lap 1:47.967. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Charlie Dolan#5 1971 GT6
#5 1971 GT6 Charlie Dolan of Pittsburgh, PA. Qualified 8th 1:49.621. Finished P5 best lap 1:49.190. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Chuck Gee #14 1970 Vitesse
#14 1970 Vitesse (Kastner/Brophy) Chuck Gee of Carlsbad, CA. Qualified 9th 1:51.068. Finished P6 best lap 1:50.223. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Mike Moore #167 1962 TR4
#167 1962 TR4 Mike Moore of Fairview, PA. Qualified 11th 1:51.374. Finished P7 best lap 1:49.544. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Curt Johnston #11A 1980 TR8
#11A 1980 TR8 (Huffaker) Curt Johnston of Fairfield, CA. Qualified 12th 1:51.439. Finished P8 best lap 1:48.865 Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Jerry Barker #24A 1971 Spitfire
#24A 1971 Spitfire Jerry Barker of Hesperia, CA. Qualified 1:52.659. Finished P9 best lap 1:46.446. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Tony Drews #95 1963 TR4
#95 1963 TR4 Tony Drews of Moline, IL. Qualified 13th 1:51.576. Finished P10 best lap 1:51.221. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Jerry Barker #24 1963 Herald
#24 1963 Herald Jerry Barker of Hesperia, CA. Qualified 18th 1:53.736. Finished P11 best lap 1:51.433. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
David Gott #80 1962 TR4
#80 1962 TR4 David Gott of Nashua, NH. Qualified 7th 1:49.532. Finished P12 best lap 1:51.486. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Jesse Darrow #51 1965 Spitfire
#51 1965 Spitfire Jesse Darrow of Williamsport, PA. Qualified 17th 1:53.332. Finished P13 best lap 1:51.867. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Mike Jackson #62 1962 TR3B
#62 1962 TR3B Michael Jackson of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Qualified 14th 1:52.485. Finished P14 best lap 1:52.057. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
John Hasty #116 1959 TR3A
#116 1959 TR3A John Hasty of Gastonia, NC. Qualified 19th 1:53.835. Finished P15 best lap 1:53.593. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
James Stouffer #4 1970 TR6
#4 1970 TR6 James Stouffer of Port Clinton, OH. Qualified 21st 1:54.351. Finished P16 best lap 1:53.501. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
John Styduhar #9 1962 TR3B
#9 1962 TR3B John Styduhar of Hermitage, PA. Qualified 16th 1:53.188. Finished P17 best lap 1:53.614. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Sean Alexander #97 1962 TR4
#97 1962 TR4 Sean Alexander of Waterloo, IA. Qualified 22nd 1:56.484. Finished P18 best lap 1:53.668. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Jonas Stein #776 1964
#776 1964 Spitfire Jonas Stein of Nashville, TN. Qualified 26th 1:56.841. Finished P19 best lap 1:53.986.
Sean Henry #10 1977 Spitfire
#10 1977 Spitfire Sean Henry of Marysville, OH. Qualified 23rd 1:55.973. Finished P20 best lap 1:55.020. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Tim Slater #17 1962 Spitfire
#17 1962 Spitfire Tim Slater of West Palm Beach, FL. Qualified 27th 1:57.976. Finished P21 best lap 1:56.497. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Jay De Pol #84 1971 GT6
#84 1971 GT6 Jay De Pol of Stevensville, MD. Qualified 25th 1:56.493. Finished P22 best lap 1:55.992. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Jason Sukey #824 1971 GT6
#824 1971 GT6 Jason Sukey of Amherst, OH. Qualified 24th 1:56.327. Finished P23 best lap 1:55.824. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Jack Madison #12 1970 TR6
#12 1970 TR6 (Kastner Brophy) Jack Madison of Port Clinton, OH. Qualified 28th 1:58.995. Finished P24 best lap 2:01.140. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
John Frymark #114 1968 GT6
#114 1968 GT6 John Frymark of Rockwall, TX. Qualified 20th 1:54.057. Finished P25 best lap 1:49.223. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Marty Sukey #8 1964 Spitfire
#8 1964 Spitfire Marty Sukey of Grafton, OH. Qualified 29th 2:06.673. Finished P26 best lap 2:05.214. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Burt Stein #6A 1967 GT6
#6A 1967 GT6 Burt Stein of Nashville, TN. DNQ. Finished P27 best lap 2:05.291. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Michael Lecesse #802 1967 TR4
#802 1967 TR4 Michael Lecesse of North Andover, MA. Qualified 30th 2:11.342. Finished P28 best lap 2:11.935. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Joe Huffaker #11 1979 TR7
#11 1979 TR7 (Huffaker) Joe Huffaker of Petaluma, CA. Qualified 1st 1:45.172. Finished P29 best lap 1:45.292. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Sam Halkias #75 1971 TR6
#75 1971 TR6 Sam Halkias of Westerville, OH. Qualified 3rd 1:47.583. Finished P30 best lap 1:45.195. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Brian Dolan #39 1969 GT6
#39 1969 GT6 Brian Dolan of Pittsburgh, PA. Qualified 10th 1:51.244. Finished P31 best lap 1:51.913. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Daniel Styduhar
#117 1959 TR3 Daniel Styduhar Qualified 31st 2:26.489, DNF. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Col. Terry Sopher
#64 1963 Spitfire Col. Terry Sopher of Tampa, FL Qualified 32nd, DNF. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
18th Annual Kastner Cup 2020 Winner - Mike Munson
Mike Munson with the K-Cup. #28 1970 TR6. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Alex Amys
Taking P2 in the 18th Annual Kastner Cup Race Mid-Ohio June 25-28, 2020 is #184 Alex Amys of Superior, Wisconsin. With a best lap time of 1:46.637 around the 13 corner Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, he drove superlatively to capitalize on a podium finish, taking home the Peggy Kastner Performance Award for GT6. R.W. (Kas) Kastner cited, "That's how a GT6 should be prepared!" Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Chuck Gee
Chuck Gee of Carlsbad, California drove this significant 1970 Vitesse to receive a 6th place finish in the 18th Annual Kastner Cup Race Mid-Ohio June 25-28 and appropriately appointed Peggy Kastner Performance Award for Sedans. This Vitesse has quite the past, being KB Racing's entry in the Trans Am series in 1970. It has been refreshed and is running very well, tearing up Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course's 13 corners as it should and in a proper line-up of cars in the all Triumph spectacle. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Mike Moore
Bringing home the Peggy Kastner Performance Award for TR4 provided by the Western Pennsylvania Triumph Association is #167 Mike Moore of Fairview, Pennsylvania. His best lap time around the 13 turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was 1:49.544, earning him P7. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs
Mike Jackson
Mike Jackson of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida drove his '62 TR3B to a P14 finish and a best lap around the 13 turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course of 1:52.057. This allowed him to take home a well-earned Peggy Kastner Performance Award for TR3, presented by the Western Pennsylvania Triumph Association. Photo courtesy of Shawn Frank, North American Triumphs