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Formula 1 on the King – 7/30/24

 

F-1 visited the Gerding G7 King for the second time this month in the 7/30/24 edition of the MVH Tuesday Night Retro Series. Once again, a field of seven took to the track in the 4-on/3-off format running over 14 heats with the lead-on marshal also running the track call button.

 

Cars in Tech:

 

On this evening, as on most Tuesdays, John Weaver had the speed and the lead from the start. The battle for second was the closest race of the night, with Ray Lee and Rob Hayes turning almost identical lap times and separated by just one lap at the move to the inside lanes. Meanwhile, Weaver’s 169 laps put him in first by a more-than-comfortable ten laps. In fourth place, Rolly Lapierre Jr. was running by himself with 154 laps, four laps down to Rob and four laps up on Joe Yates. Dan Savage and Richard Payne closed out the field with 143 and 140 laps respectively.

 

The second half saw Weaver open his lead over Ray to eighteen-plus laps while Ray drove away from Rob to take second place by seven laps. Joe came on strong on the inside lanes but ended up one lap behind Rolly and had to settle for fifth place.  

 

Weaver logged the fastest lap of the evening with a 4.054 on white, with Ray just slightly slower at 4.116.

 

Overall Finishing order, laps completed, best lap time, best lap lane:

1. John Weaver           339/20    4.054    WT
2. Ray Lee                  320/33    4.116    BL
3. Rob Hayes              313/4     4.281    OR
4. Rolly Lapierre Jr      307/11    4.453    YL
5. Joe Yates                306/11    4.336    OR
6. Dan Savage            295/12    4.500    OR
7. Richard Payne         291/19    4.454    YL

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

        MVH Tuesday Night Retro Race Schedule for August:

        Aug 6           Can-Am on the Figure 8

        Aug 13         Coupes on the Aristocrat

        Aug 20         Stock Cars on the Royal

 

        NOTE: MVH will be closed from August 21^st thru September 9^th for summer vacation.

        The track will reopen on Tuesday, September 10^th at 4:00 pm, just in time for some retro racing action!

       

Podium: (L to R):

2nd Place–Ray Lee, 1st Place–John Weaver, 3rd Place–Rob “Pedro Podium” Hayes

 

John’s 1^st Place Chassis:

 

Ray’s 2^nd Place Chassis:

 

Rob’s 3^rd Place Chassis:

 

Thanks to Dan Savage for the photos!