Over the rivers and through the woods!

 

Hingham, MA, December 9, 2023 – To some, the drive to Hingham feels like a drive to the other side of country.  But hey, what do they know.  Everyone knows this is the center of the universe.  In any case, 16 intrepid travelers made the trip to South Shore Speedway for some racing on Elvis.

First up was Open Weighted.  Given the downforce of MaxTrax, we run this at 13.5v to keep the cars peppy.  This was the first race where the RPMs Ghost Cat was legal.  A few guys tried them, but I’m not sure if anyone ran one in the race.  I found my G3 to be a bit faster so that is what I went with.  I think once I figure out the setup for the Ghost Cat, it will be quick.  In any case, we raced.

 

Sportsman Open Weighted –  As in other races, the Sportsman came ready to race.  A few are still getting the hang of the challenging green lane, but a good race overall.  Oh

Jimmy has a few laps on Elvis and put it to go use taking down the top spot in Sportsman and finished in front of a few Pros as well.  Terry Ayer was just a few laps behind Jimmy to finish in second.  Hal took third and Bruce rounded out the podium in fourth.  This was Josh’s first time on Elvis and he did a good job picking up the track.  I’m sure we’ll see him on the podium soon.

Sportsman Open-Weighted Results
Driver	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
Jim Colligan	63	70	68	64	265.05	66.2
Terry Ayer	62	69	70	61	262.25	65.5
Hal Pierce	56	66	61	56	239.05	59.8
Bruce Olsen	53	61	62	59	235.26	58.8
Josh Goudreault	48	58	60	53	219.05	54.8

 

Pro Open Weighted –The Pros have been on this track many times for the most part

and put up some good totals.  Greg Burstein showed just how quick the Open Weighted car can be setting a new Open weighted lap record of 3.228 and lap total record of 314.22 to take the win (Yes Greg, I have updated the whiteboard with your record).  John Pileggi was quick and consistent to take second place.  The mayor of LenJet finished third, closely followed by Dan in fourth.  Track Owner Paul thought he was fast.  He wasn’t.  Hakim had some issues but brought the car home running.

Pro Open-Weighted Results
Driver	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
Greg Burstein	72	78	83	81	314.22	78.5
John Pileggi	70	78	77	76	301.23	75.2
Peter Lentros	69	78	74	71	292.18	73
Dan Decosmo	71	74	73	72	290.16	72.5
Paul Ryer	64	72	74	66	276.14	69
Ryan Archambault	62	70	71	71	274.18	68.5
John Stezelecki	60	68	67	68	263.10	65.8
Tom Gray	63	66	62	61	252.04	63
Tom Jahl	59	65	65	63	252.14	63
Jim Macartney	59	67	61	63	250.27	62.5
Hakim Harris	49	59	52	54	214.08	53.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sportsman Super Stock – Four drivers participated in the Sportsman race, so everybody was on the podium.  Hal got in a groove and couldn’t be caught taking down the top spot on the podium and finishing ahead of a few pros.  Bruce took the second step on the podium with a solid drive.  Terry took third and Jimmy came home fourth.

Sportsman Super Stock Results
Driver	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
Hal Pierce	90	101	99	91	381.10	95.2
Bruce Olsen	82	99	99	85	365.05	91.2
Terry Ayer	84	96	94	81	355.12	88.8
Jim Colligan	77	95	88	82	342.03	85.5

 

 

Pro Super Stock – The back of the field was fighting heat issues, but all made the end of the race without letting the smoke out of their cars.  At the top of the field Greg Burstein took the win with another record setting run and sweeping the day.  Once again John was chasing Greg and ended a solid run in second.  Track owner Paul showed he does know the track and ended up on the podium after struggling on Green.  Peter Lentros rounded out the podium in fourth.

Pro Super Stock Results
Driver	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
Greg Burstein	101	108	106	98	413.14	103.2
John Pileggi	91	101	108	103	403.17	100.8
Paul Ryer	86	111	105	94	396.07	99
Peter Lentros	84	106	100	94	384.21	96
Tom Jahl	89	95	101	90	375.27	93.8
Tom Gray	87	84	100	89	360.20	90
Hakim Harris	84	99	88	84	355.10	88.8
Ryan Archambault	81	88	104	63	336.12	84
Jim Macartney	79	81	76	2	238.01	59.5

Thanks to everyone who made the trip to South Shore Speedway.  Next up, we will be at LenJet racing Spec Racer on the Nuvolari and CMPM/Modified on the Viper on January 13^th.  Hope to see you there!

 

 

 

The race report faithfully submitted this day,

December 25, 2023

Douglas C. Neidermeyer

Sergeant At Arms