Sportsman Formula One G-Jet
Oh So Close
Hull, Massachusetts Dec 10, 2016 – Tom Jahl narrowly nipped Don Hall to win the MARC Sportsman F1 G-Jet battle on The Lady Gray Speedway. Jahl’s 195. 11 lap total was
Sportsman G-Jet Podium - Tom Jahl 1st, Donny Hall 2nd, Tom Smith 3rd and O'Jimmy Colligan 4th
four more track sections than second place finisher Don Hall who managed 195.07 laps. Congratulations to Tom Jahl for some great driving with his G- Jet . Tom Smith placed third with 190.03 laps. The fourth position with 183.05 laps went to O Jimmy Colligan. Mike Tiffany ran his first race on the Lady Gray. Though he took the final and 5th position, he did an exceptional job by scoring 181.10.
Pro Formula One G-Jet
The top three finishers were only separated by approx. four feet. John Stezelecki took first
Pro G-Jet Podium - John Stezelecki 1st, Peter Lentros and Ryan Archambault tied for 2nd and Erik Eckhardt 4th
in the event running up 221.07 laps but two drivers Peter Lentros and Ryan Archambault both scored identical laps and sections with 221.05 laps. You do not get much closer racing than the G Jet battles in MARC. With Peter and Ryan tied for second, Eric Eckhardt secured the third position with a very nice lap total of 215.01 laps. It should be noted that both Peter and Ryan both completed laps times during the race under 5 seconds. It’s unfortunate that John Reimels who finished 7th was doing less than 5 seconds laps in practice but unfortunately for him he lost the rubber off his front rims several times during the race. I’m confident that John would have been in the top four finishers if it were not for his misfortune of losing his rubber. Congratulations to John Stezelecki for his G-Jet Victory.
John Stezelecki 221.07 Best time 5.084 on white, Best lap total 55.07 on white
Peter Lentros 221.05 Best time 4.821 on white, Best lap total 56.05 on white Tie
Ryan Archambault 221.05 Best time 4.886 on blue, best lap total 58.05 on on blue Tie
Erik Eckhardt 215.01 Best time 5.101 0n white, best lap total 57 on white
Rob Hayes 211.07
Paul Ryer 210.04
John Reimels 204.05
John Pileggi 192.02
Vince Tamburo 191.10
Tom Jahl 188.01 Moved up from Sportsman
Dave Muse 164.04
Jim Macartney 159.03
Super Stock Sportsman
The Super Stock race was held on the Nuvolari Super Speedway
Sportsman SS Podium - Dave Muse 4th, O'Jimmy Colligan 2nd, Donny Hall 3rd, Vince Tamburo 1st
Vince Tamburo dominated the field of drivers by knocking out 435 laps. He had a best time of 74 on the gutter red lane and a best time of 3.508 seconds on the white lane. Congratulations to Vince for a very nice win.
Jim Colligan placed second with a 77 lap total on white and low lap time of 3.346 on green. Jim was followed by Don Hall who ran up 416 laps and a high of 75 laps on the green lane. The fourth position went to Dave Muse who put up a total of 382 laps. The orange lane was Dave’s favorite with 73 laps. Mike Tiffany placed 5th. Again he did real well banging out 361 laps. Tom Jahl had a tough Super Stock run and ended up with a DNF.
Pro Super Stock
John Reimels got some revenge for his 7th place finish in the G-Jet race by taking it out on
Pro SS Podium - John Pileggi and Paul Ryer tied for 4th, Rob Hayes 3rd, John Reimels 1st and Ryan Archambault 2nd
the rest of the Super Stock field by winning the event with 474 laps, 13 laps ahead of second place. John had a fast lap time of 3.202 on the middle green lane. John’s best lap total was 83 on the orange lane. Great race, great victory for John. Congratulations.
Ryan Archambault placed second he managed 461 laps and had a real fast best lap of 3.218 on white but his lap total of only 69 on the blue lane really hurt his bid for the first place ribbon. Mr. Rob Hayes was only a lap back from Ryan with 460 laps. Rob had a high of 81 laps on the white lane. John Pileggi and Paul Ryer tied for fourth with identical laps and sections. Both scored 466.08 laps. Paul had a fast time of 3.250 on green while John’s best
Practice underway on the Nuvolari
time was 3.314 also on green. John;s 68 lap total on yellow was a real hurter. It should be noted that John won last year’s event with 505 laps and holds the SS record on the Nuvolari.
John Reimels 474 laps Best lap total 83 on orange, best lap time of 3.202 green lane
Ryan Archambault 461 laps Best lap total 83 green, best lap time of 3.218 white lane
Rob Hayes 460 laps Best lap total 81 on white
John Pileggi 446.08 Best lap total 80 on white Tie
Paul Ryer 446.08 Best lap total 76 on orange and green Tie
Peter Lentros 436
Jim Macartney 391
Vince Tamburo 386 Moved up from Sportsman
Erik Eckhardt 344
Next MARC event is at Paul Ryer’s South Shore Speedway in Hingham, Ma. on January 14, 2017. The first race will be Spec Racer andthe second will be Compression Molded Polymer Class for the Pros and Modifieds for the Sportsman
GRoNE – The next Gravity Racing of New England race will be at Ryan Archambault’s Fast Five Raceway on Monday, January 2, 2017. We’ll be racing Gravity Cars, BRASCARs and SS T-Jets.