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Coupes on the Aristocrat – 1/28/25

 

Predicted snow kept some racers away, so a small field of six racers headed to the American Aristocrat to run Coupes in this week’s MVH Tuesday Night Retro Race. Racing was in the four-on/two-off format over twelve heats. John Esposito didn’t race but helped marshal the turns (Thanks John!) giving us three marshals with one of them running the track call remote. Not ideal, but it worked.

 

Coupes in Tech:

 

Early in the race the field sorted itself into two groups; three cars were vying for the podium and three cars were giving chase. Cody Pare had the fastest car and by mid-race was just track sections ahead of Dave Panich, both with 145 laps. In spite of being almost a tenth faster than Dave on the outer lanes, Bob Hazelwood trailed by two as he and Cody were running side-by-side in multiple heats and when they tangled (and they tangled multiple times), Bob got the worst of it.  There was a five-lap gap to Rob Hayes in fourth as this week he didn’t have the pace while Dan Savage was ahead of Richard Payne by two laps, 129 to 127.

 

The faster and shorter inside lanes didn’t treat Cody as well as the others as Dave moved ahead to take the win and Bob caught Cody, finishing on the same lap, but ending up just five track sections short, settling for third. Rob, Dan and Richard all finished in the same order as they were running in the first half of the race.  

 

Cody posted the fastest lap of the night with a 4.184 on purple. Dave was the only other driver in the 4.2s with a 4.193 on yellow.

 

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

1. Dave Panich            304/16       4.193       YL
2. Cody Pare               303/6         4.184       PU
3. Bob Hazelwood       303/1         4.204       PU
4. Rob Hayes              290/2         4.317       BK
5. Dan Savage            265/18       4.579       YL
6. Richard Payne        258/19       4.708       YL         

UPCOMING EVENTS:

               

         MVH Tuesday Night Retro Race Schedule for February: 

                2/4   F-1 on the King

              2/11   Coupes on the Figure 8

              2/18   Stock Cars on the Royal

              2/25   Can-Am on the Sovereign (or Figure 8 if we don’t get enough racers to run the “Purple Mile”)

 

          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 – Cody Pare, 1st Place – Dave Panich, 3rd Place – Bob Hazelwood

 

Dave’s 1^st Place Chassis:

 

Cody’s 2^nd Place Chassis:

 

Bob’s 3^rd Place Chassis: