circus maximus  

Updated 11/21/2010

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Frank Sinigaglio, NJ

2010 Champion

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Event History
1991    Tim Flanigan        54
1992    Jeff Barnum        67
1993    Barry Smith        35
1994    Mike Stanley        47
1995    Mike Pantaleano        72
1996    Bruce Monnin        64
1997    John Jacoby        72
1998    Mike Stanley        84
1999    Frank Sinigaglio       74
2000    Mike Stanley       85
2001    Steve Katz       76
2002    Steve Katz       71
2003    Tom Saal     103
2004    Scott Sirianna       87
2005    John Tighe       87
2006    Karl Henning       75
2007    Josh Githens       95
2008    Josh Githens       98
2009    Mark Neale       89
2010    Frank Sinigaglio       95
 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Josh Githens       SC    10    243
  2.  Steve Katz         VA    02    144
  3.  Frank Sinigaglio   NJ    10    128
  4.  Tom Saal           MI    04    120
  5.  Anthony Musella    VA    09    117
  6.  Scott Sirianna     NY    06     80
  7.  John Tighe         NJ    10     78
  8.  Bill Beckman       SC    03     72
  9.  Mike Stanley       OH    00     60
 10.  Karl Henning       CT    08     56
 11.  Mark Neale         RI    09     50
 12.  Charles Goodwin    OH    00     42
 13.  Carl Walling       PA    02     38
 14.  Kelly Krieble      PA    10     36
 15.  Richard Curtin     NY    08     36
 16.  Nick Henning       CT    07     36
 17.  Bill Edwards       VA    03     34
 18.  Rebecca Hebner     CA    09     30
 19.  Joseph Burch       MD    06     30
 20.  Evan Hitchings     DE    10     24
 21.  Kathleen Lockwood  VA    08     24
 22.  Paul Bolduc        FL    07     24
 23.  Tim Dolan          NJ    02     24
 24.  Philip Livingston  DE    09     22
 25.  Chris Hancock      CA    09     20
 26.  Jed Shambeda       PA    08     18
 27.  Lane Hess          PA    07     18
 28.  Kevin Hacker       PA    05     18
 29.  Alfred Wong        IL    01     18
 30.  Mike Hazel         SC    04     18
 31.  Mark Love          MD    99     15
 32.  John Tighe Sr      NJ    10     12
 33.  Gerald Lientz      VA    07     12
 34.  Kevin Wojtaszczyk  NY    07     12
 35.  Stephen Quirke     WI    05     12
 36.  Matthew Beach      MD    04     12
 37.  Brett Mingo        MD    03     12
 38.  Chris Robbins      UT    06     10
 39.  Angela Collinson   MD    05      6
 40.  David Weinstein    NY    03      6
 41.  Francis Spencer    MD    02      6
 42.  Carl Sykes         SC    01      6
 43.  Stephanie Welch    MA    09      5
 44.  Jim Munson         UT    06      5
 45.  Mike Fisher        PA    99      5

2010 Laurelists                                                   Repeating Laurelists: 0

Kelly Krieble, PA
2nd

Evan Hitchings, DE
3rd

Josh Githens, SC
4th

John Tighe, Sr, NJ
5th

John Tighe, Jr, NJ
6th

Past Winners

Barry Smith, NY
1993

Mike Stanley, OH
1994, 1998, 2000

Bruce Monnin, OH
1996

John Jacoby, VA
1997

Frank Sinigaglio, NJ
1999, 2010

Steve Katz, VA
2001-2002

Tom Saal, MI
2003

Scott Siriana, NY
2004

John Tighe, NJ
2005

Karl Henning, CT
2006

Josh Githens, SC
2007-2008

Mark Neale, RI
2009
   

Thumbs Up ... ready to go.

Paul Bolduc takes the corner as Lisa Rennert watches.

blood amongst the kisses

A sweet aspect of John Jacoby's Circus Maximus event is that he rewards the first driver into each turn with a Hershey's Kiss. The candies replace the dolphins which were upturned in the Roman Colosseum to record the number of laps run.

The 20th running of the WBC Circus Maximus as usual wasn't for the faint of heart. The 95 charioteers engaged in bloodsport aplenty. Kaarin Englemann had the distinction of having all of her horses killed a scant nine spaces short of the finish line - and victory. The Final test on Sunday proved to be just as brutal for the 15 victors who dared test fate again when ten heavies appeared to man the gauntlet for the Medium and four Lights who dared emphasize speed over strength. Four past champions were among them - having won a preliminary race to qualify for another attempt at glory.

The lights showed two distinct strategies. Dave Rennert with a maximum speed of 24 bolted out of the gate as fast as possible trying to put distance between himself and the murderous pack of heavies behind. Kelly Krieble's team, on the other hand, played possum and trailed the pack for two laps. By the start of the last lap, only Rennert, Githens, Sinigaglio and Hitchings retained enough speed to form a lead pack, but Hitchings hung back. All the other non-heavies had died or been reduced to mere shadows of their former selves - running on life support. The remaining heavies had been bled by cannibalistic attacks on their own and were hanging back to be lapped and given another shot at the leaders as they passed through their ranks.

Suddenly Krieble made his break and blew past the first gauntlet of wounded heavies. In the final turn Hitchings hit Rennert with a double whammy successful attack on both wheel and horse. The luckless leader flipped and was killed as he was dragged over a wreck. That's gotta hurt! This left two-time champ Githens' Heavy in the lead, but successive attacks by Hitchings and John Tighe, Jr sent one of Josh's steeds to McDonalds. Josh, torn by the desire for a Big Mac, failed to cut the animal loose and fell further behind. It was then that Frank Sinigaglio's Heavy flew by the finish line to claim his second title. Two moves later, Krieble - surviving five wheel hits - creaked over the line to claim second. Meanwhile, Josh was earning the nickname "dull knife" as he failed for a third time to cut loose his menu entree, enabling Evan Hitchings to hobble across the line for third. Such was the reduced speed of the walking wounded that Josh was able to finally cut loose and coax his remaining barbecue candidates across the line to claim fourth. Leading the blood drenched heavy pack in its limp to the finish was the father and son duo of John Tighe Jr and Sr who claimed fifth and sixth respectively.

A ticket to the Final awaits the winner of this Preliminary race in one of the three qualifying heats.

With only one race on Sunday, the Final still draws a crowd to the Colosseum.
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