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Can-Am on the Royal – 8/12/25

 

With MVH scheduled to close for a couple of weeks, everyone wanted to get some racing in as thirteen drivers showed up to run Can-Am on the American Royal in this week’s Tuesday Night Retro race. In addition to a large group of Tuesday night regulars, we were joined by Mike Auricchio and Tom Fischetti. And, in a rare turn of events, we ran all eight lanes!

 

The 13 Car Field on the Tech Table:

 

Very early in the race (in fact first-lap early!) Woody Hazelwood lost a front tire which began a series of track calls that would permeate the entire evening, as would be expected with all eight lanes occupied.

 

Typically, John Weaver is the guy to beat, and tonight was no different as he was posting fast laps and avoiding the chaos, resulting in high lap totals compared to the rest of the field. When Cody Pare entered the rotation he was also fast, but not quite as fast as John, but appeared to be a safe bet to make the podium. Early on, Rob Hayes looked like he might challenge Cody for second, while the rest of the field was clearly outclassed by the three leaders.

 

When the dust settled, Weaver logged 382 laps, good enough for a nine-lap margin of victory over Cody. Rob fell off the pace as he rotated to the inside lanes but held onto third place, 18 laps behind Cody but eight laps ahead of fourth. With two heats to go, Bob Blanchette was running fourth with a two-lap advantage over Dave Panich, but he also struggled on the inside lanes, allowing Dave to take over the position and ending up four-laps to the good when time ran out.

 

There was a 21-lap gap between fifth and sixth places as Richard Payne claimed the title of “best-of-the-rest”. In seventh, Rick Pare edged out Woody by just one lap in the closest finish throughout the field.

 

Weaver’s 3.549 on green was the fastest lap of the night, almost a full tenth faster than Cody’s 3.628 on white. Rob Hayes and Bob Blanchette posted the third and fourth fastest times and were the only drivers in the 3.7s.

 

Driver, laps completed, best lap time and lane:

1. John Weaver            382/9     3.549    GN
2. Cody Pare                373/5     3.628    WT
3. Rob Hayes               355/14   3.725    BL
4. Dave Panich             347/21   3.914    BL
5. Bob Blanchette         343/6     3.790    BL
6. Richard Payne          322/20   4.015    YL
7. Rick Pare                  313/9     4.073    YL
8. Woody Hazelwood    312/6     3.973    BL
9. John Mills                 305/8      4.002    BL
10. Steven Sacchetti      300/4      3.838    YL
11. John Esposito           296/5     4.153    GN
12. Mike Auricchio          268/18   4.456    WT
13. Tom Fischetti            219/20   5.309    YL

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

       NOTE:  MVH will be closed from August 18 through September 1.

 

       Tuesday Night Retro Racing returns to MVH on Sept 2:

                 Sept 2      Stock Cars on the Royal

            Sept 9      Coupes on the Aristocrat

            Sept 16     F-1 on the King

            Sept 23     Stock Cars on the Royal (again)

            Sept 31     Coupes on fht Figure 8 

      

       NERR Season 13 Kicks Off in September!

       On September 6th, 2025, NERR returns to action at Speedy’s Fast Lanes in Solvay, NY.

       Racing will include Coupes on the King followed by F-1 on the King.           

 

Podium: (L to R):

2nd Place – Cody Pare, 1^st Place–John Weaver, 3rd Place–Rob “Pedro Podium” Hayes

 

John’s 1st Place Chassis:

 

Cody’s 2nd Place Chassis:

 

Pedro’s 3rd Place Chassis: