The World-Famous East Coast Championships has returned! After years of absence the premier HO Slot Car race founded by Dan DeCosmo has started a new era.

Dan would hold this race every year at his Taj MaHO raceway in Suffield, Connecticut until 2012. It was always in collaboration with our local HO Slot Car Professional Racing club (MARC) with guests from all around the country.

On February 2^nd -4^th, 2024 we had 30 racers from all over the country, including one old time racer from Canada. We had representation from three HOPRA clubs: Our own MARC plus MAHOPRA (Mid Atlantic HOPRA), HOPRA (Ohio). We also had representatives from Tr-State in New Jersey.

The procedure was 3-minute Round Robin followed by a 5 minute main.  Racing was at the World Famous Lenjet Raceway in Ashland Massachusetts, racing the following classes:

• Super Stock on the vintage Dale Buck Scorpion, the first PVC version produced.
• Spec Racer on the HO Purple Mile, an exact replica of the 1/24^th Scale Purple Mile currently residing at Modelville Hobby, our sister raceway in the same facility.
• CMPM and Modified on the Viper Boomerang
• NEO on the Brystal Viper…The fastest HO track in the world.

Super Stock Round Robin saw a full field of 28 racers braving the white Scorpion and it was a very close race for positions throughout the race. After the dust settled it was Cory Glover leading the field, a situation that played out for the whole event. Cory not only turned 375 laps but also had the best time of 2.466 seconds.  MARC member John Pileggi was next, turning 368 laps and an impressive fast lap of 2.500 seconds. Following in third, race originator Dan DeCosmo who finished with 356 laps and a fast time of 2.719. Fourth was another MARC member Greg Burstein who amassed 354 laps and a fast time of 2.607. Fifth was Victor Feliciano from New Jersey who finished with 348 laps and fast time of 2.588 seconds. Sith and in the final move up to Main was MARC member Hakim Harris whose 346 laps total and 2.736 fastest lap rounded out the last move up to the Main.  The Main started with Hakim running 2.508 second laps but difficulties moved him back.  The fine driving and consistency in turning the fastest laps earned Cory Glover the win. He improved his fastest lap from the RR figure of 2.466 to 2.408. Dan DeCosmo remarked that these times were faster than the open class run back in the day, so everybody was now faster.

Super Stock Results:

Super Stock on the Scorpion 3 Minute Round Robin Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	Red	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Total	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	Fusion	55	60	64	67	65	64	375.15	2.466	Orange
2	John Pileggi	Fusion	57	63	64	65	61	58	368.03	2.500	Orange
3	Dan Decosmo	Fusion	55	58	58	61	63	61	356.15	2.719	Green
4	Greg Burstein	Fusion	52	61	59	62	60	60	354.15	2.607	Orange
5	Victor Feliciano	Fusion	55	60	52	62	60	59	348.30	2.588	White
6	Hakim Harris	Fusion	50	58	60	62	64	52	346.17	2.736	Orange
7	Wayne Wallace	BSRT	55	57	58	62	56	57	345.01	2.583	Orange
8	Ryan Archambault	Fusion	53	56	60	60	56	51	336.14	2.613	Blue
9	Brian Jones	Fusion	51	57	51	63	58	55	335.23	2.637	Orange
10	Tom Kanan	Ghost Cat	54	59	50	60	58	54	335.21	2.681	Blue
11	Paul Ryer	Fusion	50	59	50	59	57	54	329.02	2.699	Orange
12	Gerd Wolny	Fusion	47	56	51	58	59	57	328.12	2.703	Orange
13	Mark Heller	Fusion	50	58	52	58	53	50	321.25	2.764	Orange
14	Pete Barclay	BSRT	48	53	54	60	55	49	319.15	2.651	Orange
15	Jeff Collins	Fusion	44	55	53	58	54	54	318.13	2.886	Orange
16	Kris Keiper	Fusion	52	58	43	56	51	52	312.13	2.734	White
17	Nick Kanan	Ghost Cat	50	54	47	56	51	53	311.02	2.733	Orange
18	Bruce Olsen	Fusion	44	51	51	54	50	49	299.24	2.991	Orange
19	Peter Lentros	Fusion	43	49	53	57	52	45	299.22	2.789	Orange
20	Terry Ayer	Fusion	42	48	53	54	53	48	298.05	2.951	Orange
21	Tom Gray	Fusion	38	52	56	54	46	47	293.01	2.739	Green
22	Tom Jahl	Fusion	38	52	48	52	50	52	292.02	2.971	Orange
23	Charlie Fields	BSRT	39	48	45	48	46	47	273.01	3.158	Green
24	Jim Macartney	Fusion	35	52	55	39	52	39	272.02	2.737	Orange
25	Hal Pierce	Viper	38	43	47	49	44	44	265.17	3.267	Orange
26	Bob Blanchette	Fusion	39	47	47	48	38	33	252.26	3.046	Orange
27	Gary Hallenbeck	Fusion	41	3	44	52	49	44	233.01	3.177	Orange
28	Johnathan Feliciano	Fusion	0	62	0	53	58	51	224.01	2.674	White

 

Super Stock on the Scorpion 5 Minute Main Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	Red	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Total	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	Fusion	93	103	105	116	117	106	640.00	2.408	Blue
2	Greg Burstein	Fusion	91	106	106	111	106	93	613.00	2.504	Orange
3	Victor Feliciano	Fusion	97	106	96	106	101	102	608.00	2.568	Orange
4	John Pileggi	Fusion	94	100	99	100	101	89	583.00	2.541	Blue
5	Dan Decosmo	Fusion	95	94	78	106	96	103	572.00	2.581	Orange
6	Hakim Harris	Fusion	80	96	100	90	89	90	545.00	2.508	Blue

 

Next up was the Spec Racer on The Purple Mile.  Again running 6 lanes we moved up 6 to the main. We had 25 entrants.  Now this was a very close race the amount separating 2^nd and 4^th was 5 laps!   Cory was once again a driving machine but pressed hard from the field.  His totals were 281 laps and a fast time on Blue of 3.297. Followed by Greg Burstein with 275 laps with a fastest time of 3.340. For 2^nd place Ryan Archambault was his usual fast self, right behind Greg with a 274 total and a fast time of 3.460. In 3^rd was Pete Barkley from Tri-State with an impressive total of 273 laps and the second fastest time of the day of 3.374. In 5^th was Dan DeCosmo   with totals of 270 and 3.461 fast time. Rounding out the field was our race coordinator Paul Ryer who finished with a total of 263 laps and a fast time of 3.566.

Spec Racer Results:

Spec Racer on the Purple Mile 3 Minute Round Robin Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Purple	Total	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	Fusion	44	48	45	51	49	44	281.03	3.297	Blue
2	Greg Burstein	Fusion	44	48	45	48	48	42	275.10	3.430	Yellow
3	Ryan Archambault	Fusion	40	45	47	50	48	44	274.15	3.460	Green
4	Pete Barclay	BSRT	44	47	48	43	46	45	273.39	3.374	Blue
5	Dan Decosmo	Fusion	42	44	46	49	45	44	270.11	3.461	Green
6	Paul Ryer	Fusion	40	45	45	48	44	41	263.01	3.566	Blue
7	Gerd Wolny	BSRT	39	46	45	45	44	43	262.24	3.672	Orange
8	Roger Porcelli	Ghost Cat	41	40	42	47	45	44	259.06	3.441	White
9	Tom  Jahl	Fusion	40	40	44	47	44	42	257.03	3.622	Blue
10	John Pileggi	Viper	43	45	31	45	45	44	253.10	3.678	Green
11	Jim Macartney	Fusion	37	38	44	46	43	42	250.42	3.571	Blue
12	Gary Hallenbeck	Viper	39	40	44	43	42	40	248.24	3.729	Orange
13	Bruce Olsen	Fusion	38	41	43	43	44	39	248.16	3.887	Green
14	Tom Kanan	Ghost Cat	41	39	41	43	40	43	247.41	3.557	Blue
15	Peter Lentros	Fusion	38	41	43	44	44	37	247.29	3.634	Orange
16	Kris Keiper	Fusion	39	39	43	42	43	40	246.31	3.619	Orange
17	Hakim Harris	Ghost Cat	37	37	44	46	42	39	245.09	3.666	Orange
18	Terry Ayer	Fusion	38	39	43	42	42	40	244.03	3.741	Blue
19	Tom Gray	Viper	33	39	41	43	40	38	234.32	3.848	Blue
20	Mark Heller	Ghost Cat	37	34	44	41	42	35	233.24	3.526	Orange
21	Jeff Collins	Fusion	38	39	39	40	41	36	233.21	3.893	Orange
22	Charlie Fields	Viper	37	39	41	41	35	35	228.34	3.990	Orange
23	Hal Pierce	Viper	34	37	37	42	39	32	221.11	3.752	Blue
24	Bob Zelano	BSRT	35	39	41	38	34	33	220.23	3.875	Orange
25	Bob Blanchette	Fusion	34	31	34	32	33	33	197.03	3.414	Orange

 

Spec Racer on the Purple Mile 5 Minute Main Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Purple	Total	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	Fusion	78	78	81	82	84	75	478.06	3.251	Blue
2	Greg Burstein	Fusion	71	76	82	74	82	79	464.30	3.340	Orange
3	Pete Barclay	BSRT	73	74	81	80	79	77	464.17	3.359	Orange
4	Ryan Archambault	Fusion	81	70	78	79	74	73	455.39	3.340	White
5	Paul Ryer	Fusion	68	76	76	77	75	71	443.24	3.523	Blue
6	Dan Decosmo	Fusion	67	67	75	74	76	62	421.40	3..261	Blue

 

It was originally planned to run Modified and CMPM on Saturday, but time soon ran late so we decided to run Modified on the Boomerang on Saturday and move CMPM to Sunday running before the NEO race.  This worked out very well as the Modified class ran very well on the Boomerang and we could end the night somewhat early on Saturday.  On to the Modified results.  The round robin qualifying race has 15 entrants.  Now this was a very close race for first and second with only one lap between the winners. Cory once again prevailed and finished with a total of 201. Closely followed by Ryan with a total of 200 laps. Johnathan Feliciano turned 192 laps for 3^rd. Roger Porcelli rounded out the field with 188 laps total.  The Modified class run exceptionally well on this track.  In the main, Jonathan was first to have issues, so he pulled out after the first heat and finished the heat with only 65 laps.  He worked hard on his car and returned for the last heat and turn a receptible 77 laps. Roger also had issues getting his car to run consistent laps and pulled out of the first heat.  He returned and turned a very good toral of 81 in his second heat but the car was just not right so the next two heats were not productive.  Cory and Ryan battled it out with Cory prevailing for his third straight Main win.

 

Modified Results:

Modified on the Boomerang 3 Minute Round Robin
Pos	Driver	Chassis	Total
1	Cory Glover	BSRT	201.10
2	Ryan Archambault	BSRT	200.11
3	Jonathan Feliciano	BSRT	192.10
4	Roger Porcelli	BSRT	188.45
5	Pete Barclay	BSRT	187.06
6	Gerd Wolny	BSRT	181.57
7	Tom Jahl	BSRT	181.22
8	Mark Heller	BSRT	179.01
9	Tom Gray	Viper	173.07
10	Jeff Collins	BSRT	168.24
11	Gary Hallenbeck	BSRT	164.17
12	Terry Ayer	Viper	163.31
13	Hakim Harris	Viper	157.27
14	Hal Pierce	Viper	151.67
15	Kris Keiper	BSRT	111.01
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Modified on the Boomerang 5 Minute Main Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total	Avg	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	BSRT	79	70	91	85	325.39	81.2	2.992	Blue
2	Ryan Archambault	BSRT	80	83	82	77	322.56	80.5	3.140	White
3	Jonathan Feliciano	BSRT	65	0	0	77	142.01	35.5	3.173	Red
4	Roger Porcelli	BSRT	0	81	18	7	106.01	26.5	3.092	Blue

 

Next Up Was CMPM on the Boomerang.  So again, this race was on Sunday.  We had 17 entrants in this class with the top 4 moving up to the Main.  In the Round Robin it was a very close race for 4^th thru 6^th with just 3 laps separating everybody. But only four move-ups would make the main.  Cory and Ryan continued their close racing with Cory prevailing turning 228 laps and a fast time of 2.852. Ryan clocked in with 223 laps and an even faster time of 2.816.  For 3^rd Pete Barkley continuing competitive racing for the day finished with 202 laps and fast time of 3.037. Rounding out the field was Tom Kanan with 199 laps and a quick time of 2.993. Of the top 7 there were 5 of the new Ghost Cats and a Viper and BSRT.  The Main was quite an adventure.  Cory continued his winning ways once again in a battle with Ryan.

 

CMPM Results:

CMPM on the Boomerang 5 Minute Main Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total	Avg	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	Ghost Cat	57	58	57	56	228.46	57.0	2.852	Yellow
2	Ryan Archambault	Viper	52	56	57	58	223.65	55.8	2.816	White
3	Pete Barclay	BSRT	45	51	52	54	202.06	50.5	3.037	White
4	Tom Kanan	Ghost Cat	46	49	53	51	199.34	49.8	2.993	Red
5	Roger Porcelli	Ghost Cat	47	51	53	47	198.04	49.5	2.955	White
6	Nick Kanan	Ghost Cat	53	54	46	43	196.49	49.0	2.924	Yellow
7	Victor Feliciano	Ghost Cat	47	50	53	43	193.48	48.2	3.114	White
8	Dan Decosmo	Viper	44	49	48	50	191.56	47.8	3.109	White
9	Tom Gray	BSRT	41	50	48	51	190.27	47.5	3.153	Blue
10	Bob Zelano	BSRT	44	48	50	46	188.47	47.0	3.144	White
11	Mark Heller	Viper	42	51	50	43	186.61	46.5	3.074	White
12	Jeff Collins	BSRT	44	47	48	46	185.85	46.2	3.243	White
13	Peter Lentros	Viper	38	42	45	45	170.45	42.5	3.260	Red
14	Paul Ryer	BSRT	43	47	42	37	169.51	42.2	3.309	Blue
15	Jim Macartney	Viper	39	41	47	42	169.17	42.2	3.138	Red
16	Hakim Harris	Ghost Cat	40	20	48	40	148.58	37.0	3.250	White
17	Jonathan Feliciano	Ghost Cat	0	0	8	0	8.01	2.0	3.008	White

 

Pos	Driver	Chassis	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total
1	Cory Glover	Ghost Cat	95	101	97	96	389.50
2	Ryan Archambault	Viper	88	99	96	88	371.46
3	Pete Barclay	BSRT	77	77	84	88	326.15
4	Tom Kanan	Ghost Cat	77	78	83	81	319.36
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The final Race of the event was the NEO on the Brystal Viper.  We had 15 racers who competed and 6 moved up to the Main.  In this class in the Round Robin there were 13 BSRT and two Viper Chassis.  Victor had issues with his motor reaching a point of temperature that just gave up the desire to live, but with quick action he replaced the arm and started back into the race. He ended up finishing in the last move up position by 3 laps over Brian Jones.  In the Main, Cory once again showed his remarkable resiliency and driving prowess and took the win for his clean sweep of the weekend. Cory consistently turned 100+ laps on every lane until Yellow where he lost a shoe and spring and only turned 76 laps. His final total was 618 laps. Victor turned the highest single lane total of 155 in Green and finished second with also an impressive run. Victor finished with 599 laps. Mark Heller was third and he said that this was the best day of racing that he has had in years. Mark finished with 578 laps. Bob Zelano finished 4 th only 10 laps behind Mark. Bob finished with 568 laps. Kris Keiper was next in 5 th place with 556 laps followed by Pete Barclay who finished with 545 laps.  Fast times were below 2 seconds…. Top best times were Cory with time of 1.910 and Victor with 1.959

 

Neo Results:

Neo on the Viper 3 Minute Round Robin Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	Red	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Total	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	BSRT	77	84	85	85	80	73	484.00	1.804	Orange
2	Mark Heller	BSRT	67	74	72	79	72	66	430.00	2.115	Blue
3	Pete Barclay	BSRT	68	73	72	74	68	66	421.00	2.348	Blue
4	Bob Zelano	BSRT	65	75	73	72	69	63	417.00	2.193	Green
5	Kris Keiper	BSRT	67	67	71	70	69	67	411.00	2.382	Orange
6	Victor Feliciano	BSRT	58	73	79	68	68	63	409.00	2.113	Green
7	Brian Jones	BSRT	66	69	66	67	69	69	406.00	2.138	Green
8	Ryan Archambault	BSRT	67	64	64	69	71	65	400.00	2.442	Green
9	Hakim Harris	Viper	65	66	71	68	62	62	394.00	2.196	Green
10	Jeff Collins	BSRT	59	65	70	69	66	62	391.00	2.307	Green
11	Jim Macartney	BSRT	57	63	67	68	64	59	378.00	2.358	Blue
12	Tom Gray	BSRT	51	62	60	24	66	57	320.00	2.387	Green
13	Paul Ryer	BSRT	61	58	61	69	21	36	306.00	2.347	Green
14	Roger Porcelli	BSRT	70	76	63	46	0	0	255.00	2.069	Orange
15	Dan Decosmo	Viper	0	0	61	4	0	0	65.00	2.335	Green

 

Neo on the Viper 5 Minute Main Results
Pos	Driver	Chassis	Red	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Total	Best Lap
1	Cory Glover	BSRT	106	106	110	113	107	76	618.33	1.910	Orange
2	Victor Feliciano	BSRT	88	103	115	109	94	90	599.05	1.959	Orange
3	Mark Heller	BSRT	91	101	100	102	91	93	578.03	2.140	White
4	Bob Zelano	BSRT	93	104	91	97	94	89	568.26	2.100	%0����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������22center”>83	556.30	2.154	Green
6	Pete Barclay	BSRT	90	93	67	103	102	90	545.27	2.111	Blue

 

All in, this was a great event that we will work out the kinks and next year will be a much bigger event since MARC will be celebrating its 40^th year.  Hope to see you all next year and happy racing.  Visit the New Lenjet website and click on the East Coast Championships tab for pictures.

 

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