DECOSMO WINS BIG IN G-JET
REIMELS WINS SUPER STOCK ON THE NUVOLARI
November 11, 2017 Hull, Massachusetts This was an unusually cold early November Saturday but the cold didn’t stop 21 drivers from attending the MARC event here in Hull.
G-Jets on the Lady Gray
The first event of the day started early morning with Can Am G -Jet on the grand prix
A full field of CanAm cars ready to race
Lady Gray track. This was a mixed driver event were both Sportsman and Pro drivers were all in the same race. Dan DeCosmo dominated the field of twenty one with an incredible record breaking 230.07 lap performance. In three of the four lanes Dan drove best lap times well below five seconds, only in the yellow lane did Dan not achieve that with a best of 5.081 on the yellow lane. Dan’s previously best with the G-Jet on this track was 226.5 laps with a F1 G-Jet on November 14th of 2015. Fantastic race racing Dan. Congratulations with a record-setting performance.
John Reimels placed second with 222.03 laps, an excellent performance. John previously held the G Jet record on the Lady Gray with 227 laps on November 8th 2014 and held until now. Another great race John. Congratulations.
Pro G-Jet Podium - DeCosmo 1st, Reimels 2nd Stezelecki 3rd and Lentros 4th
Pro G-Jet Results:
1 – Dan DeCosmo. 230.07
2 – John Reimels. 222.03
3 – John Stezelecki. 218.12.
4 – Peter Lentros. 209.13
5 – Rob Hayes. 203.10.
Busy in the pits
6 – Paul Ryer. 201.05.
7 – Don Hall. 200.12.
8 – Eric Eckhardt. 196.11.
9 – David Muse. 196.01.
10 – Tom Gray. 188.08.
11 – Jim Macartney. 180.01.
Sportsman G-Jet Results:
Sportsman G-Jet Podium - Resnick 1st, Jahl 2nd, Colligan 3rd and Patrick 4th
1 – Mike Resnick. 209.06
2 – Tom Jahl. 194.08
3 – Jimmie Colligan. 183.10
4 – Matt Patrick. 180.12
5 – Terry Ayer. 177.11
6 – Bob Jones. 168.10
7 – Hal Pierce. 166.10
Lots of head scratching going on trying to figure out these damn G-Jets!
8 – Zoo White. 155.01
9 – JJ. 142.02
10 – Rob McCormick. 134.09
Super Stocks on the Nuvolari
The MARC Super Stock event was held on the Nuvolari Super Speedway. Both Sportsman and Pro classes had some pretty exciting racing.
Sportsman Super Stock – Hall nips Muse
Super Stocks awaiting tech inspection
In the Sportsman Class Don Hall narrowly nipped Dave Muse by only one section. The victory for Hall came in the final seconds when Don took great advantage of being on the middle green lane and David on the gutter red lane in the final heat. It was amazing to see Don nip away at Dave’s large lead in the final seconds to secure the win. Don’s best lap time was on the white lane with a pretty fast 3.135 second lap. He had a high lap total of 74.04 laps on the green lane.
Dave had a high lap total of 75 on yellow and a best lap time 3.622 on blue.
Sportsman Results:
Sportsman Super Stock Podium - Colligan 4th, Jahl 3rd, Muse 2nd and Hall 1st
1. Don Hall. 426.04 laps
2. Dave Muse. 426.03
3. Tom Jahl. 423.09
4. Oh Jimmie Colligan. 418.04
5. Matt Patrick. 401.08
6. Terry. Ayer. 359.04
7. Hal Pierce. 347.01
Pro Super Stock – Reimels scores big on the Nuvolari
John Reimels ran a beautiful Ceramic Super Stock race easily taking the checkered flag with a four hundred and eighty-four lap performance . This lap total beat his previous best lap total in Ceramic SS of four hundred and seventy six on November 14th 2015 on the same track. John also beat his best lap time in this class on the Nuvolari with a 3.179 on blue. Prior to this race his best lap time was 3.202 green lane on December 10th 2016. Congratulations to John for a job well done.
Paul Ryer had to feel pretty good taking second place with 472.04 laps and a best lap time finish for all drivers with a blistering 3.122 on orange. Nice job Paul
Pro Super Stock Results:
Pro Super Stock Podium - DeCosmo 3rd, Ryer 2nd and Reimels 1st
1. John Reimels. 484.05
2. Paul Ryer. 472.04
3. Dan DeCosmo. 467.11
4. Rob Hayes. 454.09
5. Tom Gray. 438.08
6. Tom Jahl. 415.09
7. Erik Eckhardt. 415.09
8. Jim Macartney. 401.01
9. Peter Lentros. 400.02
10. Stez. 42
Now a message from the Communication Director:
Thanks go to John Stezelecki for hosting the event with a special thanks to John for his efforts in recruiting new drivers – he’s been working with a group of newbies and had 4 of them here for their first MARC race. John also reintroduced me to HO slot car racing just over 8 years ago (yes, he’s to blame… -JR) and I know he also recruited our current director, Paul Ryer, a year before me. Without efforts from folks like John, entrees could dwindle. Let’s learn from John and all make an effort to recruit more folks.
Coming Events:
December 9 – MARC Race 4 at Paul Ryer’s South Shore Speedway w/ Vintage NASCAR G-Jets and Super Stocks
December 30 – GRoNE at Peter Lentros’ LenJet Raceway w/ Gravity on the Boomerang, BRASCARs on the Parma and TBD for the third race