MARC 2013 – 2014 Race #9 – The Danger Zone

Fast Times and Wonderful Food in Yonkers!!!

 Yonkers, NY, April 12, 2014 – Ten racers made the annual trek to Yonkers to join

Tighten your seats belts for you have entered The Danger Zone dun, dun, dun

Benny Leyro at his super fast track aptly named The Danger Zone where we would be racing MARC Spec Stocks and CMPM Modifieds (and eating wonderful food – JR).   Benny had the track in great shape, the coffee was percolating and the Entenmanns’s donuts were plentiful.  At 8:30 the power was turned and the festivities were under way.

 

 

Amateur Spec Stock

 Pete Medeiros was making his first appearance at this track facing an experienced field of The Danger Zone racers which included John “Turbo” O’Brien, making his first appearance

Striving for the elusive perfect set up

of the season, track owner Benny and local expert, Tom Bussmann.   Turbo immediately made his presence known by setting fastest lap of the race in his first heat along with a high lap total of 59 laps.  Both Benny and Tom tried to keep Turbo honest by pushing him hard throughout the race whilst Pete was trying to figure out just what the hell the others were doing to be so fast!  The blue lane was the charm for everyone – all racers got their highest lap count and fastest lap on that lane while the red lane in general yielded the slowest and lowest lap totals.  When the checkered flew, Turbo had a three lap advantage over Benny with Tom only two laps further behind. 

 

Yellow

Blue

White

Red

Total

John O’Brien

53

59

56

54

222

Benny Leyro

53

59

56

51

219

Tom Bussmann

51

55

57

54

217

Pete Medeiros

49

53

52

49

203

  

Amateur Spec Stock Podium – Pete 4th, Tom 3rd, Benny 2nd and Turbo 1st

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro Spec Stock

With Turbo joining the fray, we had 8 racers contesting for Pro honors.  Would anything

The computer wizzard - Dave Muse, hard at work again. A true unsung hero of MARC!

be able to stop Turbo from pulling off the infamous double?  And the answer was only Dr Pileggi’s amazing total of 61 laps in the blue lane… until that point, Turbo was headed for a sweep of Spec Stock.  Even with John’s run in blue, he was still only able to beat Turbo by less than half a lap!  Jonathan Reimels was 4 laps off the pace in third with Paul Ryer another 7 behind Jon in fourth. 

 

Yellow

Blue

White

Red

Total

John Pileggi

51

61

57

56.76

225.76

John O’Brien

54

59

58

54.40

225.40

Jonathan Reimels

54

58

58

51

221

Paul Ryer

49

58

53

54

214

John Reimels

52

54

54

49.15

209.15

Dave Muse

51

55

53

50.10

209.10

Bill Bonsma

53

55

52

46

206

Tom Gray

50

52

53

47

202

 With the Spec Stock cars stored carefully back in the pit boxes, it was time to break out the

The Pro Podium - Ryer 4th, Reimels 3rd, Turbo 2nd, Pileggi 1st

fast stuff.  If ever there was a perfect fit, it’s CMPM Modifieds on The Danger Zone!  Controllers were being tweaked, tires were being changed and temperatures were being taken with everyone in search of the perfect set-up.  Amidst all this action, Rick Carter, Jerome Burwell and Tom Kanan walked through the doors bringing the Pro field up to 11. 

 

 

Amateur CMPM

CMPM Amateur Podium - Medeiros 4th, Bussmann 3rd, O'Brien 2nd and Leyro 1st

First up was the amateur contingent of O’Brien, Medeiros, Bussmann and track owner Leyro.  Benny has been the man to beat every time I show up to this venue; based on the glazed look in his eyes, he had to be the man to beat this time also.  Shur’nuff, Benny didn’t disappoint.  While his performance in the center lanes were competitive, Benny’s lap totals in the gutter lanes were amazing handing him a 13 lap victory over second place Turbo and a 20 lap victory over third place Tom Bussmann – both of which are no slouches on this track.  Pete Medeiros ended up fourth.

 

Yellow

Blue

White

Red

Total

Benny Leyro

71

77

69

71

288

John O’Brien

65

73

74

63

275

Tom Bussmann

59

70

72

67

268

Pete Medeiros

55

64

62

59

240

 

Pro CMPM

With Benny making the move-up to Pro, it was now his chance to pull off the elusive

CMPM Pro Podium - Ryer 4th, Pileggi 3rd, Leyro 2nd and Bonsma 1st

double victory.  When the dust settled, he was able to beat Dr Pileggi by 2 laps.  He was able to beat Paul Ryer by 11 laps.  He was able to beat Jonathan by 15 laps.  He was able to beat the newly arrived contingent from NY / NJ of Jerome, TK and Rick.  So did Benny pull off the sweep?  Alas no, Bill Bonsma had an amazing race culminating in a 4 lap cushion over Benny (I bet he won’t be invited back – JR).  Bill also had the fastest lap, an impressive 3.551 seconds whilst in the blue lane.  A truly dominating performance…

 

Yellow

Blue

White

Red

Total

Bill Bonsma

71

75

74

73

293

Benny Leyro

68

77

71

73

289

John Pileggi

71

71

73

72

287

Paul Ryer

62

74

73

69

278

Jonathan Reimels

64

73

72

65

274

Jerome Burwell

67

74

66

66

273

Tom Kanan

64

71

74

60

269.73

Rick Carter

65

69

69

66

269.68

John Reimels

65

68

65

61

259

Tom Gray

56

65

65

60

246

Dave Muse

1

1

1

1

4

 

Thanks go to Benny and his wife for the food; always a highlight on the tour!  Once again, The Danger Zone lived up to its name. 

 

Next Up

We’re at LenJet Raceway in Modelville Hobby on May 10th for the last race of the season.  We’ll be racing Spec Stock on the Viper and CMPM on the Scorpion.  Set your GPS for Ashland, MA – let’s make the final race of the season a memorable one!

Don’t forget, the rules meeting will be occurring sometime over the summer months – it’s never too early for submitting rule change suggestions…

 

MARC Communication Director

John Reimels

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