F-1 on the Royal – 6/6/23
In a shakedown race for this weekend’s NERR event, the MVH Tuesday Night Retro Series ran F-1 on the American Royal last night. Six racers presented their cars to tech. Racing was run on all eight lanes in the 4/4 format resulting in a dozen heats on the evening.
F-1 Cars in Tech:
Bob “Woody” Hazelwood jumped out to an early lead as Dave Panich was struggling with degraded handling due to a wall/floor crash during practice that resulted in, or maybe from, a broken pan stop. A quick repair didn’t quite solve his problem and he spent the rest of the night trying to regain his pre-crash handling.
Joe Yates and Bobby Blanchette were running close and by the move to the inside lanes were tied for third with 168 laps each while Woody was in the lead with 175 laps and four laps back Dave was in second place. Richard Payne was in fifth with 162 laps and Rolly Lapierre Jr, in his first race back after some medical issues, was running in sixth, four laps behind Richard.
After the move to the inside lanes, Woody continued to lead, eventually taking the win by five laps over Dave. The tie between Bobby and Joe was broken with Joe scoring his first ever podium by a 3-lap margin. Congratulations to Joe! Richard and Rolly closed out the field.
Woody took fast-lap honors by over a tenth with a 3.726 lap on yellow. Everyone else except Rolly posted a lap in the 3.8s with Bobby’s 3.836 being the best of the rest.
Driver, laps completed, best lap time/lane:
1) Woody Hazelwood 352/10 3.726 YL
2) Dave Panich 347/10 3.837 BL
3) Joe Yates 339/22 3.898 BL
4) Bobby Blanchette 336/22 3.836 YL
5) Richard Payne 327/21 3.898 YL
6) Rolly Lapierre Jr. 312/19 4.070 GN
UPCOMING EVENTS:
MVH Tuesday Night Retro Racing for the remainder of November:
Nov 21 F-1 on the King
Nov 28 Can-Am on the Aristocrat
NERR Race No. 3 – This Saturday, Nov 18th:
NERR's next race will be at Modelville Hobby in Ashland, MA on Saturday, Nov 18th.
Classes will include Stock Cars on the King and F-1 on the Royal.
Podium: (L to R):
3rd Place – Joe Yates, 1st Place – Woody Hazelwood, 2nd Place – Dave Panich
Woody’s 1st Place Chassis:
Dave’s 2nd Place Chassis:
Joe’s 3rd Place Chassis:
