Can-Am on the Royal – 11/5/24
Seven Can-Am racers headed over to the American Royal in this week’s MVH Tuesday Night Retro race. The field ran on the four outer lanes and then moved to the four inner lanes over fourteen heats.
Cody Pare took the early lead and never looked back, taking a nineteen-lap lead into the change over from the outside to inside lanes. Bob Hazelwood was running in second with 173 laps to John Esposito’s 172 laps while Joe Yates was in the hunt with 169 laps. Five laps back, Rolly Lapierre Jr. and Richard Payne were running even with 164 laps each while Dan Savage closed out the field with 151 laps.
Things changed after the move to the inside lanes as Cody opened his lead over Bob to take the win by a walloping 35 laps. Espo fell off the pace with Joe getting past him to take the final podium step by a four-lap margin. Rolly didn’t finish, as he dropped out, allowing Richard and Dan to move up in the standings.
Cody logged the fastest lap on the night with a blistering 3.439 on the orange lane, over 2/10ths faster than the next fastest lap which belonged to Bob who posted a 4.680.
Driver, laps completed, best lap time and lane:
- Cody Pare 387/12 3.439 OR
- Bob Hazelwood 352/4 3.680 BL
- Joe Yates 341/9 3.793 YL
- John Esposito 337/9 3.838 WT
- Richard Payne 326/6 3.862 YL
- Dan Savage 305/14 3.937 YL
- Rolly Lapierre Jr. 252 DNF 3.838 WT
UPCOMING EVENTS:
MVH Tuesday Night Retro Race Schedule for November:
Nov 12 Coupes on the Figure 8
Nov 19 Coupes on the Aristocrat
Nov 26 F-1 on the King
NERR Season 12 - Race No. 3 at Modelville Hobby:
Nov 23 Can-Am on the Royal followed by F-1 on the King
Podium (L to R):
3rd Place – Joe Yates, 1st Place – Cody Pare, 2nd Place – Bob Hazelwood
Cody’s 1st Place Chassis:
Bob’s 2nd Place Chassis:
Joe’s 3rd Place Chassis:
Thanks again to Dan Savage for the photos!
