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Can-Am on the Sovereign – 2/25/25

 

The Can-Am class headed to the 220’ American Sovereign this past week in the MVH Tuesday Night Retro Series. Eight drivers ran in the 4-on/4-off format on the middle four lanes, making for a fairly quick evening or racing, but there was good competition throughout the field.

 

Seven Can-Am Racers and one Coupe in Tech:

 

Once again, Cody Pare was turning the fastest laps in practice and had no problem driving to the win by a two-lap margin. The racing behind him was much closer as the remainder of the podium finished on the same lap with Dave Panich edging Bob Hazelwood to take second by seven track sections (each section on the Sovereign is about five feet in length). Fourth and fifth places finished equally close with Rick Pare besting Rolly Lapierre Jr. by 13 track sections. Meanwhile, Richard Payne, running less than a lap behind Rolly, claimed sixth place by 17 track sections over Rob Hayes. George Samuels returned to retro this week but was a bit rusty and closed out the field.  

 

Cody’s 7.133 on blue was the fastest lap of the night while second fastest racer Bob was over a tenth slower with a 7.250. In a rare occurrence, every racer posted their best time on the same lane.

 

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

1. Cody Pare                 93/33       7.133     BL
2. Dave Panich             91/33       7.633     BL
3. Bob Hazelwood        91/26       7.250     BL
4. Rick Pare                  87/33       7.578     BL
5. Rolly Lapierre Jr.      87/20       7.844     BL
6. Richard Payne          86/26       7.742     BL
7. Rob Hayes                86/9         7.625     BL
8. George Samuels       69/0         8.633     BL

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

          MVH Tuesday Night Retro Race Schedule for March:

                  Mar   4      Coupes on the Aristocrat  

              Mar 11      Can-Am on the Figure 8

                  Mar 18      Stock Cars on the Royal

                  Mar 25      F-1 on the King

 

             Upcoming NERR Season 12 Events:

      

          Race No. 7: NERR will be back at Modelville Hobby on Saturday, March 8, 2025. On tap will be:

                  Stock Cars on the Royal

                  F-1 on the King

             Note: Richard will be looking for volunteers to help clean the tracks next week, in case you’d like to help!

 

          Race No. 8: At the end of March NERR will head to 1010 Raceway on Saturday, March 29, to run:

                  Stock Cars on the Oval

                  Can-Am on the King

 

Podium (L to R):

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

 

Cody’s 1st Place Chassis:

 

Dave’s 2nd Place Chassis:

 

Bob’s 3rd Place Chassis: