Gravity Racing of New England – LenJet Raceway – February 25, 2017 February 28, 2017 | john GRoNE Racing at LenJet Raceway Ashland, Massachusetts February 25, 2017 Twelve folks attended the recent GRoNE event held at Peter Lentros’ LenJet raceway. While Peter was hosting the event, he was actually racing the 1/24 scale New England Retro Race (NERR) next door in Modelville Hobby! The schedules for the two events overlapped preventing Peter… Read More
MARC Season 2016-2017 – Race 6 – LenJet Raceway February 17, 2017 | john Vipers win 3 of 4 at LenJet Raceway Ashland, Massachusetts February 11, 2017 – Despite an overnight snow fall, 22 racers still made their way to Peter Lentros’ LenJet Raceway the morning of February 11th– real racers don’t let a little snow get in the way of having fun. In addition to Tom Kanan and… Read More
MARC Season 2016-2017 – Race 5 – South Shore Speedway February 1, 2017 | john Crazy fast at South Shore Speedway Hingham Massachusetts, January 14, 2017 – For the past few years the classes for South Shore Speedway have been G-Jet and Super Stock. CMPM hasn’t been raced here since 2011 and Spec Racer (AKA Spec Stock back in the day) was last raced in 2012. That was before famed… Read More
Gravity Racing of New England – January 2, 2017 January 4, 2017 | john Ringing in the New Year with a GRoNE at Fast Five Raceway Southampton, MA January 2, 2017 – With eleven racers in attendance for the first Gravity Racing of New England event of the year, it’s apparent that interest in these types of cars is continuing to grow in New England. We had Bill Bonsma… Read More
MARC Season 2016-2017 – Race 4 – Nantasket Beach Speedway December 19, 2016 | john 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 four more track sections than second place finisher Don Hall who managed 195.07 laps. Congratulations… Read More
MARC Season 2016-2017 – Race 3 – LenJet Raceway November 16, 2016 | john Full House at LenJet Raceway! Ashland, Massachusetts, November 12, 2016 Events at Peter Lentros’ LenJet Raceway always seems to draw a crowd, this event was no different with 23 racers in attendance – a season high. It was great to have Tommy Gray, Tom Bussmann, Benny Leyro, Mike Resnick and Tom Smith back in the… Read More
Gravity Racing of New England – Nov 5, 2016 – Catfish International Speedway November 8, 2016 | john Cambridge Massachusetts, November 5, 2016 – What we lacked in entrees, we made up for in enthusiasm and fun! While we only had 5 entrees at the Gravity Racing of New England event at Rob Hayes’ Catfish International Speedway on Nov 5th, we still had lots of fun; the enthusiasm from the more seasoned Gravity… Read More
MARC Season 2016-2017 – Race 2 – Catfish International Speedway October 20, 2016 | john Raffle, Pie, and Music; and oh yeah, a Race! MARC 2016 – 2017 Round Two at Catfish International By Benson S.R. Tuna October 8, 2016 – Cambridge, Massachusetts — Our second race of the 2016-17 MARC campaign had some very impressive racing, music and food, and roughly equal showings of Sportsmen and Pros. Sportsman G-Jet,… Read More
MARC Season 2016-2017 – Race 1 – Thompson Raceway Park September 28, 2016 | john Thompson, CT– September 10, 2016 Nineteen racers made their way to Thompson CT for what’s become a MARC tradition, the opening round of a new season at Durf Hyson’s Thompson Raceway Park in scenic Thompson CT. Another tradition that Durf has continued is excellent home cooked food, no pizza for this guy. I believe 19… Read More
Gravity Racing at South Shore Speedway on August 13, 2016 August 16, 2016 | john Hingham, MA August 13, 2016 – With the onset of the summer doldrums, only six racers made the trek to Paul Ryer’s South Shore Speedway for our quarterly Gravity Series race which was truly a shame, there’s nothing better than beating the heat by racing slot cars in a nice cool basement. The low turnout… Read More