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Coupes on the Figure 8 – 12/22/20

 

It was three nights before Christmas and all through MVH…a field of four took to the Figure 8 to run retro Coupes. With the ultra-thin (in numbers) field, racing was in the 4/4 format with two racers on the track and two marshalling each heat.

 

The limited field of four cars made the odds of finishing on the podium quite good. What needed to be determined was finishing order. By the midpoint of the race it looked like Bob “Woody” Hazelwood was going to run away from the rest of the field, posting 212 laps and good for an 11-lap lead over second place Peter Lentros. Richard Payne was running third, just 3 laps off Peter’s pace, while Tom Stickney closed out the field.

 

Peter closed the gap to Woody in the second half of the race but, in spite of posting the fastest time of the evening, still trailed by 10 laps when time ran out as Woody claimed the win. Richard Payne was able to carve a lap our of Peter’s lead on the inside lanes but still finished 3^rd.

 

Fastest time of the evening was Peter’s 3.140. All three podium finishers posted their fastest lap on green.

 

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

            1)   Woody Hazelwood    420/0      3.179   GN

            2)   Peter Lentros            410/10    3.140   GN

            3)   Richard Payne          408/14    3.234   GN

            4)   Tom Stickney            356/15    3.343   YL

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

      MVH Tuesday Evening Retro Schedule for January:

            Jan   5       Stock Cars on the Royal

            Jan 12       F-1 on the Red

            Jan 15       Special FRIDAY Retro Race:  F-1 on the King        

            Jan 19       Coupes on the Figure 8

            Jan 26       Coupes on the Aristocrat

 

     NERR Series: The NERR Season is still on HOLD. NERR will not be racing this weekend at 1010.

                             NERR will announce a revised schedule when racing is able to safely resume.

 

MVH Schedule for the Remainder of 2020 and New Year’s Weekend (in case you need parts or want to get in some track time):

       Dec 29/30  1:00 pm – 8:00 pm

       Dec 31       1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

       Jan 1          CLOSED

       Jan 2/3       1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

        

Podium: (L to R):  2^nd Place – Peter Lentros, 1^st Place – Woody Hazelwood, 3^rd Place – Richard Payne

 

 

Goodbye (and Good Riddance!) 2020!

Hopefully we’ll all be racing again sometime in 2021. Happy New Year!!!