Fast Times and Wonderful Food in Yonkers!!!

 Yonkers, NY, April 12, 2014 – Ten racers made the annual trek to Yonkers to join

Benny Leyro at his super fast track aptly named The Danger Zone where we would be racing MARC Spec Stocks and CMPM Modifieds (and eating wonderful food – JR).   Benny had the track in great shape, the coffee was percolating and the Entenmanns’s donuts were plentiful.  At 8:30 the power was turned and the festivities were under way.

 

 

Amateur Spec Stock

 Pete Medeiros was making his first appearance at this track facing an experienced field of The Danger Zone racers which included John “Turbo” O’Brien, making his first appearance

of the season, track owner Benny and local expert, Tom Bussmann.   Turbo immediately made his presence known by setting fastest lap of the race in his first heat along with a high lap total of 59 laps.  Both Benny and Tom tried to keep Turbo honest by pushing him hard throughout the race whilst Pete was trying to figure out just what the hell the others were doing to be so fast!  The blue lane was the charm for everyone – all racers got their highest lap count and fastest lap on that lane while the red lane in general yielded the slowest and lowest lap totals.  When the checkered flew, Turbo had a three lap advantage over Benny with Tom only two laps further behind. 

	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total
John O’Brien	53	59	56	54	222
Benny Leyro	53	59	56	51	219
Tom Bussmann	51	55	57	54	217
Pete Medeiros	49	53	52	49	203

  

Amateur Spec Stock Podium – Pete 4th, Tom 3rd, Benny 2nd and Turbo 1st

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro Spec Stock

With Turbo joining the fray, we had 8 racers contesting for Pro honors.  Would anything

be able to stop Turbo from pulling off the infamous double?  And the answer was only Dr Pileggi’s amazing total of 61 laps in the blue lane… until that point, Turbo was headed for a sweep of Spec Stock.  Even with John’s run in blue, he was still only able to beat Turbo by less than half a lap!  Jonathan Reimels was 4 laps off the pace in third with Paul Ryer another 7 behind Jon in fourth. 

	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total
John Pileggi	51	61	57	56.76	225.76
John O’Brien	54	59	58	54.40	225.40
Jonathan Reimels	54	58	58	51	221
Paul Ryer	49	58	53	54	214
John Reimels	52	54	54	49.15	209.15
Dave Muse	51	55	53	50.10	209.10
Bill Bonsma	53	55	52	46	206
Tom Gray	50	52	53	47	202

 With the Spec Stock cars stored carefully back in the pit boxes, it was time to break out the

fast stuff.  If ever there was a perfect fit, it’s CMPM Modifieds on The Danger Zone!  Controllers were being tweaked, tires were being changed and temperatures were being taken with everyone in search of the perfect set-up.  Amidst all this action, Rick Carter, Jerome Burwell and Tom Kanan walked through the doors bringing the Pro field up to 11. 

 

 

Amateur CMPM

First up was the amateur contingent of O’Brien, Medeiros, Bussmann and track owner Leyro.  Benny has been the man to beat every time I show up to this venue; based on the glazed look in his eyes, he had to be the man to beat this time also.  Shur’nuff, Benny didn’t disappoint.  While his performance in the center lanes were competitive, Benny’s lap totals in the gutter lanes were amazing handing him a 13 lap victory over second place Turbo and a 20 lap victory over third place Tom Bussmann – both of which are no slouches on this track.  Pete Medeiros ended up fourth.

	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total
Benny Leyro	71	77	69	71	288
John O’Brien	65	73	74	63	275
Tom Bussmann	59	70	72	67	268
Pete Medeiros	55	64	62	59	240

 

Pro CMPM

With Benny making the move-up to Pro, it was now his chance to pull off the elusive

double victory.  When the dust settled, he was able to beat Dr Pileggi by 2 laps.  He was able to beat Paul Ryer by 11 laps.  He was able to beat Jonathan by 15 laps.  He was able to beat the newly arrived contingent from NY / NJ of Jerome, TK and Rick.  So did Benny pull off the sweep?  Alas no, Bill Bonsma had an amazing race culminating in a 4 lap cushion over Benny (I bet he won’t be invited back – JR).  Bill also had the fastest lap, an impressive 3.551 seconds whilst in the blue lane.  A truly dominating performance…

	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total
Bill Bonsma	71	75	74	73	293
Benny Leyro	68	77	71	73	289
John Pileggi	71	71	73	72	287
Paul Ryer	62	74	73	69	278
Jonathan Reimels	64	73	72	65	274
Jerome Burwell	67	74	66	66	273
Tom Kanan	64	71	74	60	269.73
Rick Carter	65	69	69	66	269.68
John Reimels	65	68	65	61	259
Tom Gray	56	65	65	60	246
Dave Muse	1	1	1	1	4

 

Thanks go to Benny and his wife for the food; always a highlight on the tour!  Once again, The Danger Zone lived up to its name. 

 

Next Up

We’re at LenJet Raceway in Modelville Hobby on May 10^th for the last race of the season.  We’ll be racing Spec Stock on the Viper and CMPM on the Scorpion.  Set your GPS for Ashland, MA – let’s make the final race of the season a memorable one!

Don’t forget, the rules meeting will be occurring sometime over the summer months – it’s never too early for submitting rule change suggestions…

 

MARC Communication Director

John Reimels