In 2006, Dave Shore from Southbury, CT. started VMR to help keep
vintage midget racing alive. Anyone who has a caged vintage car,
and would like to run with us, please contact:
Dave Shore at 203-509-2835.
2018 VMR Dates at the VMR
website.
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The Northeastern Midget
Association announces the release of NEMA Vintage photo's on
DVD. The presentation is from the
collection of one of the most respected journalist,
historians and statisticians in New England, Pete Zanardi.
The range of drivers, owners, tracks and race cars
depicted in the collection are the who's who in Northeastern
midget racing. The forefathers that laid the foundation for
present day racing are illustrated in color and black and
white photo's complete with captions. Bill Randall, Ray
Roberts, Ronnie Evans and Jerry Russo just to name a few
drivers from NEMA's infancy.
The early cage days
drivers are represented by Bill Roth, Lee Smith, Hank
Stevens and Len Thrall for example. And to finish out the
last couple of decades are the Fornoros, Stoehrs, Scrivanis,
Seymours and many many more. The cars are as big as
the drivers on this DVD that range from the Badgers to the
uprights, cage and cageless, even some Offy's.
The
DVD is 332 pictures strong and is a must for any early day
racing enthusiast.
The cost is $20 each with all
proceeds going directly to NEMA to help carry on the rich
traditions these early pioneers built.
Payment can be
made through PayPal
HERE to
rewindles@sbcglobal.net or by sending a check or money
order (payable to NEMA) as well as your name and address to
Bill Van Slyke, 23 Horsestable Cir., Shelton, Ct. 06484.
NEMA LITES T-Shirts are
available for purchase. The LITES shirts are available in 3
colors - white, gray and royal blue. They come with either the
NEMA LITES logo only on the front or with 2 logos - NEMA LITES
on the front and regular NEMA logo on the back. The white shirts
are $10. The gray or blue are $12. The new LITES t-shirts can be
at The Race Depot/ Seymour Enterprises in Marlboro Mass or are
available from Cyndy Scrivani.
Brockton, MA -
NEMA President, Mike Scrivani, announced today that the
Northeastern Midget Association and Hoosier Tire East have
inked an exclusive, three year deal. Under the deal, NEMA
will have exclusive rights in the Northeast to the current
plated compounds (RR 7, 7.3, RF 5, LR, 5 and LF, 4, 5) and
will be the only series in the Northeast running these
particular tires.
Hoosier will also continue to be a
major contributor to the NEMA point fund, and in addition
have offered fixed pricing for the racer over the next three
years. “NEMA has enjoyed a long history with Hoosier.
This sport is about supporting those who take care of you,
and supporting each other. We feel that we have the best
product in Hoosier and look forward to a long relationship
with them,” said NEMA President, Mike Scrivani. “We have an
exciting schedule brewing for 2015 and expect great car
counts,” said Scrivani.
As part of the arrangement,
Hoosier tire has selected long time NEMA supporter Seymour
Enterprises to be the exclusive dealer and service provider
to the Northeastern Midget Association.
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CHECK THE MEMBERS ALERTS PAGEFOR THE LATEST HANDICAPS,
COMPETITION ADDENDA, RACE PROCEDURES, & NEMA FORMS
Seekonk Speedway is once again the host of this
years "Open Wheel Wednesday." The Tri Track Modified Tour
will head line the event and the Boston Louie Memorial
Classic will dazzle the huge crowd with two outstanding
features.
The Nema Lite cars will race in their
typical 3 wide style for 33 action packed laps in honor of
Dave Steele.
The high powered Nema midgets will
showcase their speed for 29 exiting laps to decide the 2019
Boston Louie Champion.
Our goals again this year are
to provide a record purse to all of our teams and to
continue the legacies of the great Dave Steele, Hall of fame
car owner Boston Louie Seymour and the sport of midget auto
racing here in the Northeast.
We hope to see you all
there to enjoy another fantastic classic !
Sincerely,
The Seymour Family
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
50 Lap Race for the LITES
2ND - ANTHONY MARVUGLIO
#35 WINNER
- PJ STERGIOS #11 3RD - BEN MIKITARIAN #9
Photos by Norm Marx
NEMA LITES - STAR -
6/15/19
Pos.
#
Driver
Hometown
Owner
1
11
PJ Stergois
Candia, NH
Bill
Stergios
2
35
Anthony Marvuglio
Bridgewater, MA
Glen Cabral
3
9
Ben Mikitarian
Northborough, MA
John Mikitarian
4
38
Ryan Locke
Chester, NH
Ken Locke
5
8t
Jake Trainor
Medway, MA
Mike Trainor
6
12
Jim Chambers
Atkinson, NH
Mike Chambers
7
76
Randy Cabral
Kingston, MA
Frank
Manafort
8
88
Chase Locke
Chester, NH
Ken Locke
9
7
Jim Cataldo
Sterling, MA
Jim Cataldo
10
39
Dominic Elicone
Mendon, MA
Steve Elicone
11
69
Matt Merry
Plaistow, NH
Matt Merry
12
19
Richie Coy
Haskell, NJ
Richie Coy
13
94
Tiana Kibbe
Fairfield, CT
Curt Kibbe
14
55
Drew Eldridge
No Chelmsford, MA
Drew
Eldridge
15
18
DJ Moniz
New Bedford, MA
Dave Moniz
HEAT 1:
9, 38, 7, 76, 11, 88, 94
HEAT 2:
19, 8t, 12, 69, 35, 39, 55, 18
STAR SPEEDWAY
MEET & GREET
Photos by Mike Rothwell
Stergios Makes Return to
NEMA Lites Victory Lane at Star Speedway
This past Saturday evening, PJ Stergios made a
return to victory lane in the NEMA Lite series in the first
50 lap event of the season. It was Bobby Webber's Star
Speedway "Pack the Track" evening, which featured $5
grandstands passes and produced a great crowd under sunny
skies.
It has not been an easy ride for Stergios the
last eighteen months, as he has been in and out of the seat,
fighting issues from a concussion nearly a year and a half
ago. Earlier in the evening, Ben Mikitarian made his return
to the Lites to take down a heat race win and Richie Coy
also took down a heat race win.
When the feature
rolled around to the green flag, Matt Merry in the #69 took
the lead. He would continue to lead through the first
fifteen laps, running a quick 12.83 second circuit on lap
nine. Behind Merry, Lee feature winner Anthony Marvuglio, in
the Cabral 35 was gaining ground, and Marvuglio would blast
into the lead on lap fifteen, and on lap seventeen, Richie
Coy would bolt into the second position.
Further
back, PJ Stergios was working his way through the field, and
would settle into fourth on lap twenty two, with Ben
Mikitarian running strongly in the third spot. Stergios
would make a successful bid for the runner up spot on lap
thirty two. As the laps began to wind down, Stergios would
get faster and faster, eventually running down and passing
Marvuglio for the lead - running the fastest lap of the
feature event on lap forty five, a blistering 12.79 lap
time.
Stergios would go on to take down the victory
over Marvuglio, Ben Mikitarian, Ryan Locke, Jake Trainor,
Jim Chambers, Randy Cabral, Chase Locke, Jim Cataldo and
Dominic Elicone.
The NEMA and Lites Series picks back
up with one of the biggest races of the season at Seekonk's
Open Wheel Wednesday and the Boston Louie Memorial.
NEMA's 1000th Race - Star Speedway - 8/23/14
CARLSON - CABRAL - ZYCH
Recognizing
Some NEMA Milestones
The Northeastern Midget
Association will open the season at Star Speedway on May 21.
It will be the 1018th point-paying race in the club's
63-year history.
Passing unheralded was the club's
1,000th race at Star Speedway on August 23, 2014. Randy
Cabral was the winner, besting John Zych Jr. and Seth
Carlson.
New England's oldest and most enduring
touring division, NEMA was formed in the late spring of 1953
at the Thompson clubhouse. Fred Meeker was the first NEMA
winner at Seekonk Speedway on May 30, 1953. New England Auto
Racing Hall of Famer Bill Eldridge won the next afternoon at
Waterford.
The NEMA Lites open at Thompson Speedway's
Icebreaker on April 9. There have been 106 races for a
division that started with an exhibition run at New
London-Waterford in 2008. The 100th Lites race was won by
Danny Cugini at Lee on July 17 of last year.
With two
victories last year, Randy Cabral is now tied with Nokie
Fornoro in fourth place on NEMA's all-time win list with 47.
He has 16 seasons with a least one victory tying him with
Bobby Seymour on that list. They have come consecutively,
equaling a NEMA standard set by National Midget Hall of
Famer Dave Humphrey. Most of Cabral's wins have come in Tim
Bertrand's No. 47 but it all started when an upstart Cabral
captured the 2000 Boston Louie in a family car.
Star
Speedway, with 103 races going back to 1968, is the leader
among tracks hosting NEMA events. Randy Cabral tops active
NEMA competitors with four Star wins including three of the
last four. John Zych Jr. has also won at Star.
NEMA
is clearly one of the most competitive open cockpit
divisions in the country. Over the past six years, there
have been 23 different NEMA winners and in all but one of
those seasons, at least one "first-timer" appeared. Over
that span John Zych Jr., Todd Bertrand, Avery Stoehr and
Seth Carlson have become top contenders. Danny Cugini and
Jim Chambers were first time winners in 2015. Bertrand,
Stoehr and Cugini are all products of the NEMA Lites. The
Lites have had 20-different winners in the past three
seasons, champion Anthony Payne and Megan Cugini among the
2015 first timers. Designed with competiveness in the
forefront nine years ago, the Lites are a true success
story.
Nominations are now being accepted for the
New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame. The nomination form
and procedure are available on the New England Antique
Racers' website - www.near1.org. Please disregard the posted
deadlines.
Those with NEMA connections already
enshrined are Gene Angelillo, Chuck Arnold, Burt Brooks, Ray
Brown,Joe Csiki, Bill Eldridge, Frank Ferrara, Drew Fornoro,
Dave Humphrey, Johnny Kay, Wen Kelly, Rollie Lindblad, John
McCarthy, George Monsen, Al Pillion, Billy Randall, Marvin
Rifchin, Mike Scrivani Sr., Louie Seymour, Hank Stevens, Ed
Stone and Bentley Warren.
