Three Guys Walk into a Restaurant…

 

Hingham Massachusetts, December 12, 2015 — Reimels, Vince and I decided to start the day with a tasty breakfast at Stars in Hingham Harbor.  We were strategizing and

planning for the race day when in walked three familiar faces – Pete Barclay and Jerome Burwell from New Jersey and Brian ‘Moe’ Mofield from Ohio.  They had heard of the racing mecca that is the South Shore Speedway and wanted to drive the world famous course.  After some witty banter we headed to the track and so began a day of racing.

Eighteen drivers showed up rub fenders on the Elvis road course.  Vintage NASCAR was the theme for the G-Jet race and once again Peter Lentros made sure there were bodies for everyone with a shipment of freshly painted bodies from Terry Flynn at Harden Creek.  Those, along with the bodies by Reimels made for an authentic looking

NASCAR field.  You could almost see the driver smoking a butt while their cars were being refueled.  Someday we might even get Dr. Pileggi to put numbers on his car if we can convince him it won’t affect the performance. An hour and half of G-Jet practice got everyone in the low 5 second to mid-4 second range.  We were ready to race.

The amateur group, which was much smaller than last year, took to the track first.  Oh Jimmy, Tom Smith and Don Hall lined up.  Don Hall was Mr. Consistent with 54 laps in every lane except red where he laid down 55 laps. Oh Jimmy had a rough start in green but smoothed out and set the fast

lap of 4.915 in yellow.  Tom Smith had a solid run to end up 4 laps behind Jim.  And that is how they finished.  Don first, Jimmy second, and Tom third.

 

 

 

 

Amateur Results

Driver	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
Don Hall	54	54	54	55	217	54.25
Jim Colligan	48	54	53	52	207	51.75
Tom Smith	49	51	54	49	203	50.75

 

Don was feeling frisky and took the move up to run with the pros bringing the field to

sixteen.  The top of the Pro field was fast.  Fast laps were under 4.5 seconds with Jonathan Reimels setting a best lap of race of 4.231.  Crazy fast and a post-race tear down of top 3 cars confirmed 9-ohm arms and legal cars.  In NASCAR you hear about the Wood Brothers back in the day and today it’s Hendrick Motorsports.  In G-Jets it Reimels Racing.  They consistently have the cars and skills to be at the top of the pack.  In his rookie Pro season, Ryan Archambault has shown he is a force to be reckoned with.  And that was top three.  John took the podium with just 2 laps more

than son Jonathan.  Ryan was just 2 laps behind Jonathan to finish third.  The tricky green lane was the deciding factor of the race.  John Pileggi lead the rest of the pack finishing fourth.  Pete Barclay had a solid sixth place finish.  Pretty stout for his first time on the track.

 

Pro Results

Racers	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
John Reimels	64	66	66	61	257	64.25
Jonathan Reimels	62	65	66	62	255	63.75
Ryan Archambault	60	66	65	62	253	63.25
John Pileggi	60	63	61	58	242	60.5
Paul Ryer	58	61	61	59	239	59.75
Pete Barclay	60	59	59	60	238	59.5
John Stezelecki	59	60	59	59	237	59.25
Peter Lentros	55	59	57	59	230	57.5
Rob Hayes	58	55	55	57	225	56.25
Don Hall	54	57	59	54	224	56
Vince Tamburo	51	57	56	54	218	54.5
Tom Gray	48	56	55	53	212	53
Dave Muse	48	51	52	54	205	51.25
Mo Mofield	50	49	54	50	203	50.75
Jim Macartney	46	48	54	49	197	49.25
Jerome Burwell	44	48	50	50	192	48

 

Stez and Tom Smith decided they had had enough racing for the day so that left us with sixteen drivers for Super Stock.  Since there were only two amateurs, we ran the Pros and

Amateurs together.  After some lunch and two hours of practice most people were ready to race and the rest resigned themselves that they would have to make do with what they had.  The big question when running on Elvis is how low to go.  Track owner Paul Ryer discovered he was too low when he cooked a pinion while running in the yellow lane.  Some taller tires and new pinion got him back on the track.  Surprisingly the car was still running pretty good considering the volcanic temperatures it had been running at.  Donnie Hall also discovered the limit and blew up in the final minutes of the first heat.  At the other end of the spectrum Jonathan Remiels and

John Pileggi had the setup and were close through the race.  Ryan was close behind them running a Viper chassis.  Ohio Moe and Pete Barclay demonstrated their car building and driving skills by finishing fourth and fifth.   Moe also set the fast lap of the race with a 2.58 second lap in yellow.  Very impressive for a couple of guys who had never been on the track before.   When it was over the drivers moving up to the main were Jonathan Reimels in first, Jon Pileggi in second, Ryan Archambault in third and Moe in fourth.

 

Round-Robin Results

Driver	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
Jonathan Reimels	96	100	101	101	398	99.5
John Pileggi	88	106	104	97	395	98.75
Ryan Archambault	85	106	97	97	385	96.25
Mo Mofield	83	101	102	89	375	93.75
Pete Barclay	85	93	99	93	370	92.5
Rob Hayes	82	90	98	91	361	90.25
Vince Tamburo	81	95	94	83	353	88.25
Peter Lentros	80	93	97	83	353	88.25
John Reimels	83	85	95	89	352	88
Jim Colligan	79	84	87	82	332	83
Jerome Burwell	77	84	88	83	332	83
Tom Gray	71	86	92	74	323	80.75
Paul Ryer	84	98	53	85	320	80
Dave Muse	75	81	86	77	319	79.75
Jim Macartney	63	83	91	80	317	79.25
Don Hall	0	0	88	0	88	22

 

Drivers were given 10 minutes to freshen up their cars in preparation for the main.  Lanes

were selected, pictures taken and the cars were lined up.  Four three minute heats would decide the winner.  Use up all your talent and car in the round-robin race and you can drop from first to fourth with a bad run in the main.  Jonathan and John continued their duel from the round-robin race with Ryan right there to jump whoever pushed too hard.  Moe was right behind Ryan ready to jump into third.  Once again Moe set the fast lap of the race with a 2.609, just a tad slower than he previous fast lap. John Pileggi stepped up his pace a bit and took the top spot from Jonathan who finished second.  Ryan and Moe kept third and fourth respectively.  Watching this race was almost as fun and being in it.  Almost.  Great race guys.

Pro Main Results

Driver	Green	Blue	Yellow	Red	Total	Avg
John Pileggi	59	63	60	59	241	60.25
Jonathan Reimels	57	62	61	59	239	59.75
Ryan Archambault	53	64	61	57	235	58.75
Mo Mofield	52	60	52	44	208	52

 

Ribbons were awarded, hands were shook and everyone packed up and headed out.  Thank you to everyone who showed up for another great day of racing.  In particular, a big thanks to Pete, Jerome, and Moe for making the trip.  You guys are a blast to race with and bring some tough competition to the race.  See you at the next MARC race in January at Modelville/Lenjet where the classes will be MARC Spec Stock on the Purple Mile and CMPM on the Viper

The race report as recorded this day

December 18, 2015

Douglas C. Neidermeyer

Sergeant at Arms