MARC Season 2015 – 2016 – Race 2 at Catfish International Speedway October 25, 2015 | john Small Turnout, Small Cars • MARC Round Two @ Catfish International Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 17, 2015 –With all the trouble in the world, we got to spend another day together, joshing, eating pie, using micrometers, and making 2.5- inch cars hurtle around a tabletop at more than 20 feet per second. Other folks hike, ski,… Read More
Let the Season Begin October 24, 2015 | john Racers Ready for New Season Thompson, CT September 12, 2015 We had 16 racers make the opening race of MARC’s 2015 / 2016 season at Durf Hyson’s Thompson Raceway Park in Thompson, Connecticut. Included in that number were Pete Barclay and Jerome Burwell making the trek all the way from NJ – thanks for joining… Read More
Gravity Cars at the Rules Meeting July 20, 2015 | john Gravity Racers Converge at LenJet Raceway Ashland, MA July 19, 2015 – Based on a suggestion from fellow Gravity Race Advocate, Ryan Archambault, the decision was made to hold an informal Gravity Race at the conclusion of this year’s MARC’s rules meeting held in Peter Lentros’ LenJet Raceway in Ashland, MA on July 18th. Folks… Read More
MARC 2014-2015 – Race 10 – LenJet Raceway May 26, 2015 | john That’s all folks! The end of another successful MARC season Ashland, MA May 9, 2015 – The final event for the 2014 – 2015 season is in the books. 19 drivers, 8 amateurs and 11 pros showed up to determine the season finishing positions. The top 4 positions in all the classes were yet to be… Read More
MARC 2014-2015 – Race 9 – LenJet Raceway April 16, 2015 | john Ryan Sweeps while Rob and Jonathan Split Ashland, MA April 11, 2015 – The first real warm sunny day of the year did not appear to hamper drivers from attending the ninth race of the current MARC season; we had 9 amateurs and 10 pros in attendance to race Spec Stock on… Read More
Marc 2014-2015 – Race #8 – Fast Five Raceway March 31, 2015 | john Good Times at Fast Five Raceway! Ryan and Jonathan Sweep Southampton, Massachusetts, March 28, 2015 -The snow wasn’t the only thing flying in Southampton on March 28th. Thirteen HO cars, some of them not only flying on the track but seemingly into low orbit came to Ryan’s Fast Five Raceway. With a reschedule of dates… Read More
MARC 2014 – 2015 – Race 7 – LenJet March 17, 2015 | john Pi Day at Peter Lentros’ LenJet Raceway 4 Races – 4 Winners Ashland, Massachusetts; March 14, 2015 – While Rob Hayes always supplies excellent pie whenever he hosts a race at his Catfish International Speedway, Peter Lentros had the distinction of hosting his race on 3.14.15, the perfect Pi date that only occurs once a… Read More
MARC 2014 – 2015 – Race 6 – Catfish International Speedway March 9, 2015 | john MARC Spec Stock and CMPM cars on the Brystal Catfish Archambault and Bussperson split the Amateur Spoils, and Catfish Sr. takes the Pro Double Cambridge, Massachusetts: February 28, 2015 – In this, The Winter of Our Discontent we’ve had eight and half feet of snow in Boston and environs. This particular race had been originally… Read More
MARC 2014-2015 – Race 5 – Modelville Hobby January 15, 2015 | john Fast Tracks and Fast Times in Ashland, MA Ashland, Massachusetts, January 10, 2015 The cold weather settling in over New England had little affect on the attendance of the 5th race of the season at Peter Lentros’s LenJet raceway. By 8:30 race morning, we had 21 racers in attendance including Durf Hyson, absent for most… Read More
MARC 2014 – 2015 – Race #4 – South Shore Speedway December 24, 2014 | john The Reimels and Lentros Christmas Special Hingham, Massachusetts, December 13, 2014 – Eighteen drivers entered the South Shore Speedway hoping to walk out with some ribbons to hang on the tree. This year Vintage NASCAR was the chosen body type for the G-Jet race. Once again Peter Lentros made sure there were bodies for… Read More