Start of Amendment: As the Steam rises from Khoury's and painful memories of Winter St. Hill recede in the distance, the following earth shattering facts have come to light:
1: With everyone counting on Pub Leader Chris Teague to wipe out in the heat, we inadvertantly aided the Mad Englishman by giving him an additional Pub point.

Chris did not wilt and we are subsequently withdrawing the offending (to runner-up Eric Beauchesne) point. The two-time defending champ is now but 4 pts. back and still predicting some natural calamity will befall the leader.

2. Salem's Robert Shrater, 54, believed himself cursed upon realizing he'd been banished from the list of true-blue Publicans who'd done all three races to date. Exhaustive research has uncovered his name spelled miscorrectly as Sharter by the hard-partying crew at the Winner's Circle. Robert is now back in the land of the living.

3. It counts for something, not much, but what the hell, is the correct assertion from Franklin's Mike Sawyer who earned 9 valuable points at Khoury's and has now been added to the classy On Deck Circle contingent. End of Amendment.

Oh, the carnage of Winter St. Hill in the aptly named Khoury's Summer Steamer 4M. Teague and Beauchesne go at it like Mad Dogs and the end result is a single point pickup by Eric The Keg, who nonetheless moved out of a tie with Granite State master blaster Tom Doody.

Pity the plight of poor Veteran's Leader Joe Drugan. He's clipped by fellow VET Dave Pember by 1 second at Dedham's July 4th race. Pember again decisions him at the Steamer to move within 2 points of the lead. One 60+ prize is given out (to Pember) and Pember wins a free pair of Nike's with his predicted time, just 6 seconds off.

Following are the Series Standings after three of six races. It takes Four to Score for season ending point tallies. Scroll down for Age Groups. Applications for the next Pub Series race on August 28 can be had at:
Buffet /Harpoon 4.4M

The next Pub race on Aug. 28 is a Thursday evening affair with no "day of" registration so don't wait until the last minute.

1. Chris Teague, MA -- 148, Doesn't Wilt in Heat
2. Eric Beauchesne, MA -- 144, 2X Pub Champ, picks up 1 point
2. Tom Doody, NH -- 142, In the Hunt-Top Master
4. Jason Cakouros, MA -- 134, Hurtin' For Certain Point Man
5. Terry McNatt, MA -- 125, Jumps 3 Places
6. Paul Hammond, MA -- 124, Drops Spot, Still Our Hero
7. BJ Bottomley, NH -- 112, Granite State Tough, Up From 10th
8. Bobby Bligh, RI -- 104, Cranston, RI, Dark Horse, Up 4 Slots
9. Tim Gavin, MA -- 90, Up 4, Third HFCer in Top 10
10. Chris Mahoney, MA -- 81, Strong Start, No-Show
11. Michael McGrane, MA -- 80, Moved to Cape Ann, Doing Yard Work
12. Michael Paglia. MA -- 78, Consistency the Key, Up From 23rd
13. Ben Nephew, MA -- 76, Newcomer in 2003
14. Chris Spinney, MA -- 68, Hello, Up From 35th
14. Chris Forti, MA -- 68, HFC vet
16. Mike McCormick, MA -- 61, Winner's Circle, Pub Stalwart
17. Daniel Connolly, MA -- 54
18. Dave Hinga, MA --- 50, Doyle's Winner
19. Ken Jacobson, MA -- 49, Knows Bill Rodgers
19. Mike O'Brien, NH -- 49
20. John Dudley, MA -- 48
21. Nick Richardson, MA -- 46
22. Byrne Decker, ME -- 45, ME Marathon Record Holder
22. Terrance Shea, MA -- 45
24. Chris Smith, MA -- 44, Huge Jump From On-Deck Circle
25. Steven Bishop, RI -- 43
26. Paul Corcoran, MA -- 41, Top Master in original Pub Series...on rebound
27. Lars Bjune, MA -- 39
28. Joe Shairs, MA -- 38
29. Junior Cruz, NY -- 36
30. Keiron Tumbleton -- 35
30. Ken Gowell, MA -- 35
33. Ken Leinbach, MA -- 33
33. Brian Applebaum, MA -- 33, Another On-Decker Cracks the Line-Up
35. Ross Young, MA -- 31
35. Andy MacDonald -- 31
36. Derek Dorval, MA --- 31, A Quantum Jump
37. Brendan Lynch -- 30
37. Bruce Butterworth, NH -- 30, Top Master for years, now the Big 5-O
39. Paul Kelly, MA -- 28, Drove Dave Kelley home, But Not Early
39. Bob Collins, MA -- 28
40. Timothy Wright, MA -- 27
41. Dennis Donoghue, MA -- 26
41. Chris Benestad, MA -- 26
43. Keith O'Brien, MA -- 25
44. Ken Warren, MA -- 24, Knows Paul Hammond
44. Mike DiMAuro, MA -- 24
46. David Wessman, MA -- 23, All right, Dave!
46. Matt Hougan, MA -- 23
46. Randy Frost, MA -- 23
49. Glenn Diamond, MA -- 22
50. Joe Gurzak, MA -- 6, Cracks Top 50
50. Darko Tomic, MA -- 21
50. Phil Riley, MA -- 21, GLRR senior stud

On Deck Circle

Kevin Norton, MA -- 20
Derek Dean, MA -- 19
Bob 'Pre' Strout, MA -- 18
Noah Stuart, MA -- 18
John Webber, MA -- 16
Jim Sullivan, MA -- 16
Shane Sherwood, MA -- 15
Tom Roldan, MA -- 14
Pat Condon, MA -- 14
Andy Catalan, MA -- 13
Don Foucher, MA -- 13
Chris Collins, MA -- 12
Tom Carroll, MA -- 11
Derek Dorval, MA -- 10
Mike Sawyer, MA -- 9 How sweet it is
Mike Page, MA -- 9
Dave Healey, MA -- 9
Neil Bernstein, MA -- 8
Ron Vogl, MA -- 8
Peter Katavolos, MA -- 7
Greg Quint, MA -- 7
Joel Roth-Nater, MA -- 5
Jeff Bartlett, MA -- 4
Colin McArdle, MA -- 4
Gary Freedman, MA -- 3
Janos Mako, MA -- 3
Rich Coyne, MA -- 2
Bob Manning, MA --- 3, Young HFCer, Not mature Winner's Circle dude
Bryan Van Dorpe, MA --- .555 - RD for Ollie Pub Race, gotta get something

MASTERS (Top 10 Score)

1. Tom Doody, NH -- 29, Beginning to Gap The Master?
2. Paul Hammond, MA -- 25, 3x Open Champ
3. Chris Spinney, MA -- 13, Up 3 Slots
4. Ken Jacobson, MA -- 11
5. Mike McCormick, MA -- Winner's Circle Ace Up 2,
5. Mike O'Brien, NH -- 10
7. Mark Reeder, MA -- 9, 1st Appearance
8. Ken Leinbach, MA -- 8
9. Andy MacDonald -- 7
10. Paul Corcoran -- 6, Original 40+ Champ, Back From Injury
10. Dennis Donoghue, MA --- 6
Bob Collins, MA -- 5
James Normile, MA -- 5
Randy Frost, MA -- 4
Brian Applebaum, MA -- 3
Glenn Diamond, MA -- 3
Jim Sullivan, MA -- 3
Dave Wessman, MA -- 2
Darko Tomic, MA -- 2
Ken Warren, MA -- 1
Mike Paglia, MA -- 1
Mike Sawyer, MA -- 1

SENIORS (Top 6 Score)

1. David Cobb, MA -- 10, Top of the Heap, A-No. 1
2. Guy Barra, MA -- 6, Steamer Victor
2. Phil Riley, MA -- 6
2. Bruce Butterworth, NH -- 6
5. Tony Capobiano, MA -- 5
5. Tom Carroll, MA -- 5
5. Neil Bernstein, MA -- 5
8. Colin McArdle, MA -- 4
9. Mark Costello, NH -- 3
9. Mike Menovich, MA -- 3
9. Andrew Ober, MA -- 3
David Vasta, MA -- 2
Paul Hennessey, MA -- 2
Noel Robinson, MA -- 2
Thomas Kiely, MA -- 1
Dave Mueller, MA -- 1

VETERANS (Top 5 Score)

1. Joe Drugan, MA -- 14, (2 for 3)
2. Dave Pember, MA -- 12, (Up 2 Pts. Last 2 Races)
3. Rich Molloy, MA -- 8, Women Leader Kara's Dad
4. Denny LeBlanc, MA -- 4
5. Leo Hillary, MA -- 2
5. Bob Reagan, MA -- 2
7. Wally Kurz, MA -- 1
7. Dave Mueller, MA -- 1
7. Frankie Keane, MA -- 1

70+ (Top 3 Score)

1. John Parker, MA -- 3
1. Ted Kuhne, MA -- 3 3. Jack Curtin, MA -- 2 3. George Leslie, MA -- 2
5. Carlton Mendell, ME -- 1