Stock Cars on the Figure 8 – 1/21/20
The MVH Tuesday evening retro series schedule for this week indicated Stock Cars on the Figure 8 so that’s what we ran. With seven racers we were able to utilize the 4-on/3-off format with two marshals and one person to run the computer.
Stock Cars in Tech:
Ricky Pratt was back for some more racing this week and was setting some fast times in practice. With John Weaver only slightly faster it was looking like a good race was on tap.
Once the laps started to count Weaver set the pace, logging 202 laps by the change-over to the inside lanes and giving him a 4-lap lead over Ricky. Dave Panich was another 2 laps back at 196, leading 4th place Richard Payne by a comfortable 12-lap margin. With 173 laps each, Rich Girvin and Alex Marino were running tied for 5th place while Wayne Secore closed out the field.
Stock cars on the Figure 8 tend to run about even on the inside versus the outside lanes but Wayne was able to add 7 laps to his first half total which was more than double the next best second half performance. Unfortunately for Wayne, it wasn’t enough to move him up in the standings. Rich G also had a strong second half and in this case it was enough to break his tie with Alex and give him a 5th place finish. At this point in the evening Alex, who was the fastest driver not on the podium, was struggling with car control (actually controller control—he couldn’t decide which hand to use!) and had to settle for 6th.
At the front of the pack, Ricky had a slightly better second half than Weaver but it wasn’t enough to change the inevitable as John took the win by a 6-lap margin. Meanwhile, Dave finished another 6 laps behind Ricky for the bottom step on the podium while Richard P took 4th.
Weaver had the fastest lap of the evening with a 3.406 on orange to Ricky’s 3.452 on black. Notably, neither were faster than the NERR track record for stock cars on the Figure 8 (3.302 seconds) but both broke Dom Luongo’s total lap record of 394 laps for a 24-minute race.
Driver, laps completed, best lap time/lane:
- John Weaver 403/12 3.406 OR
- Ricky Pratt 397/3 3.452 BK
- Dave Panich 391/13 3.507 GN
- Richard E. Payne 368/10 3.679 BL
- Rich Girvin 349/13 3.742 GN
- Alex Marino 345/1 3.524 BL
- Wayne Secore 327/8 3.944 PU
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Next MVH Tuesday Evening Retro Race:
Jan 28 F-1 on the King
NERR Race No. 7:
Jan 25 Modelville Hobby:
Coupes on the Royal
F-1 on the King
Podium: (L to R): 2nd Place – Ricky Pratt, 1st Place – John Weaver, 3rd Place – Dave Panich
Weaver’s 1st Place Chassis:
Ricky’s 2nd Place Chassis:
Dave’s 3rd Place Chassis: