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Coupes on the King – 1/21/25

 

For the first time in over a year Coupes were up on the Gerding King in this week’s edition of the MVH Tuesday Night Retro Series. The field of nine ran all eight lanes over eighteen heats in the 4-on/5-off format. Racing started on the outside four lanes and at mid-race moved to the inside four with one racer running the computer and four marshals on the corners.

 

Coupes in Tech:

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Six racers opened a gap on the remaining field with Bob Hazelwood leading the way. His lead over Rob Hayes in second place was four laps at the move to the inside lanes while Dave Panich was running in third, three more laps back. Rolly Lapierre Jr. and Cody Pare were tied for fourth with 164 laps each with Rick Pare running sixth with 160 laps. Eight laps back there was a close race for the “best of the rest” as Joe Yates’ 152 lap total was good for a two-lap lead over Richard Payne. Dan Savage was running in ninth place with 148 laps.

 

As Bob and Rob continued to lead the way Cody came on strong on the inside lanes, breaking his tie with Rolly. With one heat remaining he was a lap down to Dave but managed to out-drive him to take the remaining podium position by thirteen track sections. Further back there was close racing for fifth place as Rolly held on to take the position by one lap over Rick while Joe and Richard finished on the same lap separated by just five track sections with Joe getting the seventh place.  

 

Bob had the fastest lap of the night with a 3.954 on blue. Cody was the only other driver to dip into the 3.9s as he posted a 3.962, also on blue. In fact, the blue lane was on fire as the first five places and seven of the nine racers posted their fastest lap on blue.

 

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

1. Bob Hazelwood      343/8      3.954    BL
2. Rob Hayes             338/22    4.080    BL
3. Cody Pare             333/7      3.962    BL
4. Dave Panich          332/25    4.077    BL
5. Rolly Lapierre Jr.    326/20    4.123    BL
6. Rick Pare               326/19    4.177    YL
7. Joe Yates              305/19    4.323    BL
8. Richard Payne       305/14    4.228    BL
9. Dan Savage           299/22    4.262    YL

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

        Next Week’s MVH Tuesday Night Retro Race:

            Jan 28     Coupes on the Aristocrat

 

        NERR Season 12 - Race No. 6 will be held on February 8, 2025 at 1010 Raceway in Bristol, CT.

            Coupes and Can-Am will be running on the King. 

       

Podium: (L to R):

2nd Place–Rob “Pedro Podium” Hayes, 1st Place–Bob Hazelwood, 3rd Place–Cody Pare

 

Bob’s 1^st Place Chassis:

 

Rob’s 2^nd Place Chassis:

 

Cody’s 3^rd Place Chassis: