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[sledman]

Coupes on the Figure 8 – 5/26/26

 

The MVH Tuesday Night Retro series headed to the Figure 8 to run GT Coupes on the Figure 8 this week. Eleven racers went to tech with the race run on the middle six lanes over eleven heats with five marshals available to work the corners.

 

Eleven Coupes in Tech:

 

Noah Ball took the first heat with a sixty-lap total, followed by John Weaver at 56 as it looked like together they would dominate the rest of the field. However, six laps into the second head, Weaver dropped out, leaving the bottom two steps of the podium up for grabs as Noah cruised to the win. Bob “Woody” Hazelwood and Dave Panich both posted identical fast-lap times but Dave had better luck getting around some of the chaos and claimed second place by a fourteen-lap margin over Woody in third.

 

Richard Payne was the “best of the rest”, taking fourth place by two laps over Nick Ball, while Rolly Lapierre Jr. finished sixth.  Joe Yates was next in seventh, three laps ahead of Dan Savage.

 

Noah and Weaver had identical 2.906 times to tie for fastest lap time of the night while the second fastest times of Dave and Woody were also identical, though a tenth slower, at 3.015. And, in a rare occurrence, Joe and ninth place finisher Steven Sacchetti also posted another pair of identical times. The orange lane was the quick way around the Figure 8, with the top six finishers and a total of seven drivers posting their best times there.  

 

Driver, laps completed, best lap time and lane:

1. Noah Ball                 348             2.906      OR
2. Dave Panich            339             3.015      OR
3. Woody Hazelwood   325             3.015      OR
4. Richard Payne         309             3.250      OR
5. Nick Ball                   307             3.125      OR
6. Rolly Lapierre Jr.      291             3.398      OR
7. Joe Yates                 281             3.289      WT
8. Dan Savage             278             3.344      YL
9. Steven Sacchetti      272             3.289      OR
10. Peter Lentros           268              3.234      BL
11. John Weaver             62 DNF      2.906      BL   

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

        MVH Tuesday Night Retro Schedule for June:

              June   2       Stock Cars on the Royal

              June   9       F-1 on the King

              June 16       Can-Am on the Aristocrat

              June 23       Coupes on the Figure 8

              June 30       Stock Cars on the Royal

             

Podium: (L to R):

2nd Place - Dave Panich, 1st Place - Noah Ball, 3rd Place - Woody Hazelwood

 

Noah’s 1st Place Chassis:

 

Dave’s 2nd Place Chassis:

 

Woody’s 3rd Place Chassis:

[MSwiss]

Weaver, yet another slot racing retirement that didn't take. Lol

 

I knew a prominent racer who thought if he sold his Ungar(even though he didn’t need the money) it would help keep him retired.

 

That was 4 or 5 retirements ago. Lol

[Bill from NH]

Weaver cut back racing for a while because he & his wife had a baby.

[MSwiss]

I saw Weaver's FB post on him cutting, way, way back on slot racing.

 

I seem to remember it had more to do with getting involved with a 1/1 car race team.

 

I only used the word retirement because other people have portrayed it as such and it was convenient for me in telling the soldering iron story.

 

From a recent David Panich race report.

 

"John Weaver decided to come out of retirement for a night and he, Noah Ball, and Rob “Pedro Podium” Hayes were all turning fast laps and looking like they would populate the podium."