Archambault Wins Two in Pro; Bussmann and Pare Split in Sportsman!

Ashland Massachusetts, November 13, 2021 – In spite of an ominous weather

forecast, 18 intrepid racers showed up at Lenjet with racing on their minds. As it turned out the weather was of no consequence, ending before we did. A good thing too because it sure did rain (We had to turn the sound up on the computer because the rain on the steel roof of LenJet was so loud)!

Sportsman Open Weight –It was obvious early on that Tom Bussmann was going to set the pace on the smooth, flowing Champion. Several other drivers

showed good pace though and it looked to be an interesting race (Fast laps were just under 4.5 seconds). Mr. Bussmann promptly scampered into the lead early on, winning the first three heats handily. Only in yellow did he slip, recording one less lap than Terry Ayer who finished in second place overall. Cody Pare in third and Bruce Olson in fourth rounded out the podium.

Sportsman Results
Position	Driver	Red	White	Blue	Yellow	Total	Avg
1	Tom Bussmann	60	62	62	57	241.02	60.2
2	Terry Ayer	57	59	59	58	233.39	58.2
3	Cody Pare	57	53	62	59	231.35	57.8
4	Bruce Olson	54	56	57	51	218.21	54.5
5	Hal Pierce	52	56	58	48	214.53	53.5
6	Mike Tiffany	49	54	54	51	208.49	52
7	Jim Colligan	53	50	52	52	207.33	51.8
8	John Shortsleves	48	51	47	50	196.22	49
9	Dave Muse	46	45	48	44	183.20	45.8

Pro Open Weight –Nobody seemed to have a clear advantage in practice, and it became

clear that this race was going to be decided on setup and consistency. Both Peter Lentros and Paul Ryer recorded some pretty amazing laps – Ryer ran a 3.643 in gutter red and Lentros managed a 3.518 in blue (Those might have been riders.  Fast laps overall were right around 4 seconds). In the end though, nobody could match the pace of Ryan Archambault who finished in first with 265 laps, followed by John Pileggi with 253 laps. Peter Lentros in third and Paul Ryer in fourth completed the podium.

Pro Results
Position	Driver	Red	White	Blue	Yellow	Total	Avg
1	Ryan Archambault	67	70	66	62	265.21	66.2
3	Peter Lentros	62	65	65	61	253.49	63.2
2	John Pileggi	62	66	63	62	253.44	63.2
4	Paul Ryer	65	60	62	65	252.22	63
5	Tom Gray	58	58	61	57	234.08	58.5
6	Jim Macartney	54	56	57	54	221.55	55.2
7	Tom Jahl	52	52	57	56	217.11	54.2
8	Tom Kanan	48	50	56	53	207.33	51.8
9	Nick Kanan	51	53	51	51	206.42	51.5

Car Setups – Open Weight
Sportsman
	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Driver:	Tom Bussmann	Terry Ayer	Cody Pare	Bruce Olson
Chassis:	Viper Flex	Viper	G3RS Flex	Viper
Armature:	BSRT	Wizzard	BSRT 7 ohm	Viper
Front Tire Size:	.330	.328	.340	.332
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	Viper .420	Viper .420	BSRT .428	Viper .416
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7/21	7/21	7/20	7/23
Pro
Driver:	Ryan Archambault	Peter Lentros	John Pileggi	Paul Ryer
Chassis:	G3RS	G3RS	G3RS	Viper Medium
Armature:				HOST
Front Tire Size:	.336	.334	.332	.328
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	Viper Black Medium .418	Viper Pink .418	Super Tires Orange .414	Viper Pink .420
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7/23 Viper	7/21 RPM	7/23 Viper	7/20 BSRT

As usual, Modelville Hobby’s Rich Payne was on top of things and made sure pizza arrived to fuel the afternoon of practice and racing. Everybody moved over to the Boomerang to get their setup for Spec Racer.

Sportsman Spec Racer – Looking at the lap times it’s pretty clear who dominated the race (Fast laps were just under 4 seconds). Cody Pare finished atop the podium with 262 laps, 15 laps ahead of Terry Ayer with 247. Third and fourth place went to Tom Bussmann and Hal Pierce.

Sportsman Results
Position	Driver	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total	Avg
1	Cody Pare	65	65	70	62	262.63	65.5
2	Terry Ayer	61	62	60	64	247.23	61.8
3	Tom Bussmann	59	61	62	59	241.33	60.2
4	Hal Pierce	54	60	62	62	238.37	59.5
5	Mike Tiffany	57	61	61	58	237.04	59.2
6	Dave Muse	58	59	53	59	229.09	57.2
7	Bruce Olson	58	56	53	61	228.60	58.5

Pro Spec Racer –Second Pro race of the day and the same circumstances cropped up-

you better have the setup and you’d better be consistent (Fast laps were just over 3.5 seconds). Nobody recognized that better than Ryan Archambalt who recorded 303 laps on his way to victory. MAHOPRA’S Tom Kanan recorded 296 laps, Peter Lentros took third with 284 laps and John Pileggi finished fourth with 283. Close race there.

Pro Results
Position	Driver	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total	Avg
1	Ryan Archambault	75	78	77	73	303.44	75.8
2	Tom Kanan	68	80	77	71	296.13	74.0
3	Peter Lentros	66	76	72	70	284.07	71.0
4	John Pileggi	71	71	72	69	283.30	70.8
5	Nick Kanan	68	75	70	68	281..46	70.2
6	Paul Ryer	67	68	72	66	273.02	68.2
7	Jim Macartney	62	69	73	67	271.29	67.8
8	Tom Gray	60	71	68	67	266.36	66.5
9	Tom Jahl	61	60	57	62	240.13	60.0

Car Setups – Spec Racer
Sportsman
	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Driver:	Cody Pare	Terry Ayer	Tom Bussmann	Hal Pierce
Chassis:	Viper	Viper	Viper	Viper
Armature:	Viper	Wizzard	Viper	Wizzard
Front Tire Size:	.330	.340	.340	.334
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	.430	.422 Firm Super Tire	.420	.420 BSRT
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7/23	7/23	7/23	7/23
Pro
Driver:	Ryan Archambault	Tom Kanan	Peter Lentros	John Pileggi
Chassis:	Fusion Medium	G3RS	Viper Medium	Viper
Armature:	Wizzard	RPMS	RPMS	BSRT
Front Tire Size:	.326	.326	.336	.332
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	Molter .416 Blue	Viper Black .426	Viper Albino .418	Super Tire Gray .422
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7 Jag/23 Quicker	7 Jag/23 RPMS	7 Jag /23 Viper	7 BSRT/23 Viper

As always, fast close racing.  Many thanks to all who made it possible and especially Peter Lentros. See you next month back at LenJet.  The host is Peter Lentros and we will be racing Spec Racer on the Scorpion.  Sportsman will then run Super Stock on the Champion and the Pros will be racing CMPM on the Viper.  Hope to see you there!

The race report as recorded this day, November 20, 2021

Mike Tiffany

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