A December to Remember!

 

Ashland, Massachusetts, December 11, 2021 – Fifteen drivers showed up at LenJet for the December festivities.  The Kanans have become MARC regulars, now that Nick is continuing his studies in Massachusetts.  Bill Bonsma dropped in with his son William to see if he’s still got controller skills.  And the Usual Suspects were there for some Spec Racer on the Scorpion (everybody’s favorite…), Super Stock on the Champion for the Sportsmen, and CMPM on the Boomerang for the Pros.  As usual, there was a great day of racing in store for those in attendance.

Sportsman Spec Racer – Bruce Olson, a recent convert to the HO racing world was dialed in and drove consistently across all lanes.  I’m pretty sure this is Bruce’s first time on the top spot of the podium, but I think we’ll see him here more in the future.  Terry Ayer was 11 laps behind Bruce in third, and Bill Bonsma came from deep in the woods to land a few laps behind Terry for third.  Hal Pierce took the last podium spot.  Most of the Sportsmen were running fast laps in the 2.8 – 3.1 second just a few tenths off the pros.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sportsman Results – Spec Racer
Position	Driver	Red	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Total	Avg
1	Bruce Olson	75	80	80	86	87	80	488	81.3
2	Terry Ayer	67	79	84	90	82	77	479	79.8
3	Bill Bonsma	65	85	75	89	79	80	473	78.8
4	Hal Pierce	68	74	86	86	79	74	467	77.8
5	Cody Pare	80	83	86	74	48	80	451	75.2
6	Dave Muse	54	67	51	72	72	62	378	63
7	William Bonsma	50	56	78	63	71	51	369	61.5

Pro Spec Racer – Tom Kanan made his drive from NY worth the trip, taking the top spot by 14 laps.  Pretty good, considering he had Dr. Pileggi, Nick the Quick, and Ryan chasing him!  Nick and Ryan finished on the same lap!  These guys created a big gap to the rest of the field.  Fast lap times were in the 2.5 to 3.0 second range.

 

 

 

Pro Results – Spec Racer
Position	Driver	Red	White	Green	Orange	Blue	Yellow	Total	Avg
1	Tom Kanan	78	99	96	105	99	99	576	96
2	John Pileggi	88	99	95	94	91	95	562	93.7
3	Nick Kanan	84	92	93	95	100	96	560	93.3
4	Ryan Archambault	83	96	103	104	91	83	560	93.3
5	Tom Gray	79	94	91	98	95	84	541	90.2
6	Peter Lentros	79	84	93	97	92	79	524	87.3
7	Paul Ryer	72	86	68	97	93	79	495	82.5
8	Jim Macartney	81	72	81	84	72	71	461	76.8

 

Car Setups
Sportsman
	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Driver:	Bruce Olson	Terry Ayer	Bill Bonsma	Hal Pierce
Chassis:	Viper	Viper	Thundercat T3	Viper
Armature:	Wizzard	Wizzard	OnSlot	Viper
Front Tire Size:	.334	.346	.358	,342
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	Viper Albino .428	Viper Rock .432	.462	.432
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7/23	7/23	7/23	7/23
Pro
Driver:	Tom Kanan	John Pileggi	Nick Kanan	Ryan Archambault
Chassis:	Viper Medium	Fusion Endbell	Fusion Stiff	Viper Medium
Armature:	RPMS	BSRT	RPMS	Harden Creek O timed
Front Tire Size:	.330	.334/.336	.314	.342
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	.426 Super Tire B	.426 BSRT	.420 Viper Albino	.432 BSRT
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7/23	7/23	7/23	7/23

As usual, Modelville’s Rich Payne was on top of things and made sure pizza arrived to fuel our afternoon of practice and racing. The Sportsmen headed to the Champion to get ready for Super Stock, and the Pros headed to the Boomerang for CMPM

Sportsman Super Stock – Looking at the lap times it’s pretty clear who dominated the race, as there was only one driver with fast laps under 3 seconds. Cody Pare finished atop the podium with 351 laps, 47 laps (!) ahead of Terry Ayer in second. Father Rick Pare channeled some of that Cody Magic to take third.  Bill (Deep Woods) Bonsma got his second podium of the day, finishing in fourth.

 

 

 

 

 

Sportsman Results
Position	Driver	Red	White	Blue	Yellow	Total	Avg
1	Cody Pare	85	86	92	88	351	87.8
2	Terry Ayer	78	74	80	72	304	76
3	Rick Pare	77	78	75	71	301	75.2
4	Bill Bonsma	69	80	79	73	301	75.2
5	Hal Pierce	75	78	75	71	299	74.8
6	Bruce Olson	76	79	70	69	294	73.5
7	Dave Muse	64	72	69	67	272	68
8	William Bonsma	65	65	67	58	255	63.8

Car Setups
Sportsman
	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Driver:	Cody Pare	Terry Ayer	Rick Pare	Bill Bonsma
Chassis:	Viper	Viper	Viper	Viper
Armature:	Viper	Wizzard	Viper	Viper
Front Tire Size:	.336	.322	.336	.334
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	.426	.420	.426	.420
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7/21	7/21	7/21	7/21

 

 Pro CMPM – CMPM is a blast on the big ol’ Boomerang.  Lots of speed and some big sweeping corners, but some tight corners as well, forcing you to stay on top of the car.  Nick The Quick lived up to his nickname, taking down the win with Ryan chasing him for second.  John Pileggi took the third spot and Peter Lentros rounded out the podium.  Fast laps were right around 3 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

Pro Results
Position	Driver	Yellow	Blue	White	Red	Total	Avg
1	Nick Kanan	87	92	92	81	352	88
2	Ryan Archambault	71	86	93	90	340	85
3	John Pileggi	83	87	84	79	333	83.2
4	Peter Lentros	73	85	86	80	324	81
5	Tom Gray	76	80	87	79	322	80.5
6	Paul Ryer	79	79	83	79	320	80
7	Tom Kanan	77	73	82	74	306	76.5
8	Jim Macartney	65	76	82	74	297	74.2

 

Car Setups
Pro
Driver:	Nick Kanan	Ryan Archambault	John Pileggi	Peter Lentros
Chassis:	Viper Stiff	Viper Med w/T+ bulkhead	G3RS	G3R Medium
Armature:	BSRT 36.5	BSRT 35	BSRT 35	BSRT 37
Front Tire Size:	.332	.346	.330/.328	.344
Rear Tire Brand/Size:	.430 Gator 2	.442 Quicker CMPM	Shepherd .438	Quicker CMPM .436
Pinion/Crown Gear:	7/24	7/22	7/23	7/22

As always, fast, close racing.  Many thanks to all who made it possible, and most especially Peter Lentros. See you in February back at LenJet.  We’ll have Super Stock on the Bear, the Sportsmen will run Modified on the Scorpion, and the Pros will run Neo on the Viper.  Hope to see you there!

The race report faithfully submitted this day,

January 22, 2022

Douglas C. Neidermeyer

Sergeant At Arms