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2014 Race
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Race 13 - Thompson Speedway -
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Race 12 - Waterford
Speedbowl - 10-5-14
Race 11 -
Oswego Speedway - 9-14-14
Race
10 - Star Speedway - 8-23-14
Race 9 - Angelillo Memorial - Waterford - 8-9-14
Race 8
- Shane Memorial - Waterford - 7-26-14
Race
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7-23-14
Race 6
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Speedwy - 7-19-14
Race
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Race 4
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Race 3 - Wiscasset Speedway -
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LITES Race - Star
Speedway- 5-31-14
Race 2 - Evans MIlls -
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LITES Race - Waterford
Speedbowl - 5-10-14
Race 1
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At 8:00 PM on August 14th
Speed Sport Magazine
on MAVTV
will broadcast the 1 hour show
of the NEMA
Boston Louie
Memorial Classic at Seekonk |
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NEMA Merchandise:
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NEMA TRACK
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with 2013 updates
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NEMA
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with 2013 updates
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NEMA CHAMPIONS
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LITES
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PDF HERE |
NEMA DRIVER WINS AT TRACKS
PDF HERE |
Members of the NEMA
Dick Gallagher Memorial
Hall of
Fame
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vintage midget racing alive. VMR runs a limited schedule on Wed.
and Sat. nights throughout the summer. Anyone who has a caged
vintage car, and would like to run with us, please contact Dave
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NEMA Releases Vintage
Slide Show on DVD |
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.
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2013 Race
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Race 15 - Thompson World
Series - 10-20-13
Race 14 - Lee
Oktoberfest - 10-13-13
Race 13 - Waterford
Finale - 10-6-13
Race 12 -
Oswego Speedway - 9-14-13
LITES Race -
Star Speedway - 9-7-13
LITES
Race - Star Speedway - 8-24-13
Race 11
- Riverside Speedway - 8-17-13
Race 10 - Angelillo Memorial - Waterford - 8-10-13
Race 9 - Airborne Speedway - 8-3-13
Race 8
- Shane Memorial - Waterford - 7-27-13
Race
7 - Seekonk Open Wheel Weds. - 7-17-13
Race 6 -
Lee USA Speedway - 7-12-13
Race 5 - Stafford Xteme Saturday - 6-29-13
Race 4
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Race
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Race 2 - Boston Louie - Seekonk -
6-2-13
LITES Race - Lee USA Speedway - 5-31-13
LITES
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Race 1
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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. |
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| "The Pyramid of Grip"
Chassis Dynamics Seminar |
Danny
Drinan will be running two
chassis
dynamics seminars
at
The Racer's
Expo on Saturday February 7th.
Quarter Midgets - 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Open Wheel Cars - 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
He has put together a Seminar that is Called "The
Pyramid of Grip" and will discuss the following topics
followed by a very dedicated question and answer portion as
well. It will cost $50 per person.
1.) Shock
Department - Compression, Rebound, Velocities, and there
effect
2.) Spring Packages and Splits
3.) Roll Steer
& its use and purpose
4.) Cross Weight & the
understanding of its effects
5.) Dynamic Loading and its
result
6.) The effects and Potential Gains of Anti-Roll
Bars
7.) Tire Department - Preparation, alteration of
pressures, the effects of stagger
8.) Roll Centers &
their effects ( Panhard VS Jacobs Ladder )
9.) Radius
Rods and the effect of their mounting points and angles
10.) Aero Packages and there effects.
We encourage
you to contact our office @ 317-486-9710 to pre-register and
make pre-payment via credit card to reserve your seat. Hope
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| Chambers Brothers
Among NEMA Threats |
Brockton, MA – The Chambers
family - brothers Jim & Alan, will celebrate their 20th year
of open wheel racing during the 2015 season.
Although the
team is still finalizing plans for next season, one thing is
sure - they will be a force to be reckoned with, within both
the NEMA and NEMA Lite ranks. The current plans include 2
NEMA cars (Beast Chassis) and a NEMA Lite car that will be
shared amongst the two. The team also plans to have a few
"guest" driver appearances - a phenomenon that has been
popular in NEMA the last few years for a number of teams.
It's a family affair, no doubt for Chambers Racing.
The team boasts two family businesses as sponsors in Michael
Chambers Auctioneers as well as Alan's business - Mac's Auto
world.
"My favorite track is Star speedway in
Epping, as this was the track I grew up watching races at
and started my adult racing career in the 350
supermodifieds," says Alan. "Jims favorite tracks are Lee
Speedway and Monadnock because he always seems to run strong
each time NEMA makes an appearance there," said Chambers.
"After racing in a few different series we have
found a home with NEMA. We love racing with NEMA because of
the high level of competition and the camaraderie between
all the drivers and teams, NEMA is like a big family and its
nice to travel with a group that will race us hard, but no
matter what, the night always ends in handshakes and a good
laugh," he says.
Outside of racing Jim is an
automobile auctioneer and enjoys playing the drums and
snowboarding as well as playing on anything with an engine.
Alan owns a used car dealership, and when he is not busy
working he enjoys playing the guitar, soccer and videogames. |
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| Lawrence Fletcher
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A
long time NEMA member and supporter,
Larry Cheetham
passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 7th.
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Friday, January 9th, 2015, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Smith
Funeral & Memorial Services
8
Schoolhouse Road Warren, RI
Just off Rt. 136 behind Bank
Newport
Map &
Directions
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Information
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Saturday, January
10th, 2015, 10:00am
Smith
Funeral & Memorial Services
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Interment Information -
North Burial Ground - Hope Street Bristol |
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VISIT THE NEMA BOOTH AT THE
NORTHEAST
MOTORSPORTS EXPO |
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Paul Scally's NEMA Lites #4 in the Wiscasset
Speedway booth |
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Paul Scally participated in the Helluva Good Pit
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Payne to Pilot Bertrand No. 74 |
By Nicholas Teto/YankeeRacer.com
Photos by Randy Lindblad and Crystal Snape |
Former champion Joey Payne
of Fairlawn, NJ will return to NEMA competition at Oswego
(NY) Speedway July 11. The NEMA Midgets and Lites will
accompany the ISMA Supermodifieds’ King of Wings VII card.
Payne recorded his most recent victory in the 2013 Iron
Mike Scrivani Memorial at Monadnock (NH) Speedway. Previous
drivers of the third Bertrand Motorsports entry include Cole
Carter, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Doug Coby, Jeff
Horn, and Anthony Marvuglio.
“I’m really
excited,”Payne said. “I’ve known them guys for a long time
and I’ve never driven for the Bertrands. We always talked
about it, I always hound them for a ride, and finally last
summer we were at Oswego and he (Car Owner Tim Bertrand)
said to me, ‘We’re coming back here next year and you’re
going to drive the 74 car.’ … They have great equipment and
all three of their cars are fast on any given day. It’s kind
of a top quality ride for my home track is going to be a
real good thing.”
FULL STORY WITH PHOTOS HERE |
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| NEMA congratulates
Anthony Nocella on his awesome effort and win at the 2014
Rumble! |
Chris Seelman Photo |
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Rapid Rookie; Anthony Nocella Stuns Rumble In
Fort Wayne, Wins On Opening Night |
Audio and recap by
Race Chaser Online Managing Editor Jacob Seelman
FULL STORY & AUDIO at RaceChaserOnline.com |
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For the third consecutive Rumble in Fort Wayne feature
event and second straight year, a page of history was
written at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
Only this time — it was a true rookie who inked his name
in the record books.
Woburn, Massachusetts native and 22-year-old college
senior Anthony Nocella made the long haul from New England
to make his debut appearance in this year’s 17th annual
Rumble in Fort Wayne. He then forever left his mark on the
concrete oval by passing defending race winner Justin Peck
on lap 33 of Friday night’s 50-lap National Midget A-main
and driving away to a stunning victory.
Nocella becomes the first driver to ever win in his
first-career Rumble appearance, driving for noted car owner
Bobby Seymour.
FULL STORY HERE
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| NEMA Board Finalizes
Rules Package & Exciting Changes for 2015 Season |
12-15-14 -
Bridgewater, MA - The newly elected NEMA Board
wasted no time getting to work, as they met for the first
time after being elected last weekend to ratify the 2015
rules proposals this past Sunday, and also agreed on a
number of exciting changes for the 2015 season.
The
biggest change for the NEMA series will be the addition of
staggered heat race points for both divisions, as decided on
by the Board. The heat winner will get 20 points, 2nd place
18 points, with 2 points between positions down to 6th place
- at which all remaining cars will get 10 points. The Board
felt that this change will encourage a better show for the
fans during the heat races and reward those who run well in
the heat races.
Also exciting for the 2015 season,
the Board has adopted the inclusion of a Rookie Development
program. Full details will be announced later in the winter,
but the intent of the Rookie Development Program will be to
provide track time, driver coaching and safety education to
new teams and drivers. Drivers falling into the newly
adopted age brackets (those who turn 13 during the
competition season for the Lites, and 15 years old for NEMA
- both with previous experience) must pass the Rookie
Development Program and be approved by the NEMA Board prior
to competing with NEMA.
NEMA will also be bringing
back its NEMA Fan of the Week program in 2015, after a
successful program the last couple of seasons. The Fan of
the Week gets a free pit pass for themselves and a guest, as
well as a tour of the NEMA pit, time with the drivers, and
other benefits throughout the evening. In addition, the club
will be providing a printed program each week at the race
track versus its traditional year book, and will continue
its Meet & Greet program under the leadership of Bill Van
Slyke.
As previously announced, NEMA will also
continue its relationship with Hoosier Tire, as the club
signed an exclusive 3 year deal with Hoosier for its current
plated NEMA tires. Hoosier East and NEMA have selected
Seymour Enterprises as its authorized distributor for the
2015 season.
A number of technical rules were passed
as well, and will be posted on this website durng the coming
week. |
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| Sunday, Dec 7, 2014 -
Annual General Meeting |
| 12:00
Noon - Thompson Clubhouse |
NEMA General
Membership Meeting
Cites Strong Progress for 2015 |
12-8-14 - Thompson, CT -
NEMA held its annual membership meeting this past Sunday at
the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park clubhouse, with a
strong showing of general members present. At the top of the
agenda was a preview into the 2015 schedule, which will
feature 3 events at Thompson, as well as events at Oswego,
Seekonk, Monadnock, Evans Mills, Wiscasset, LEE USA and
White Mountain - with tentative dates held for Waterford
Speedbowl, Twin State, and Chemung, NY.
The club also
elected a new President for the first time in over ten years
- with Russ Stoehr running unopposed to take over the top
seat in NEMA. Mike McCarthy and Mike Chambers were elected
to the Vice President spots, Joe Santa Maria as Secretary
and Paul Scally returns as Treasurer. A new Board was also
elected with Tim Bertrand, Shawn Torrey, Paul Bigelow, Randy
Cabral, Mike Scrivani and Dennis O'Brien taking over those
seats.
The club also made additional major strides
to help increase its membership base including the
development of a Rookie Development program. Under this
program, the club will secure track time for new drivers
joining the NEMA Lite ranks to practice with the club,
particularly noted - 12 and 13 year old drivers will be able
to participate in the program. In addition, any driver that
turns 13 during the competition season who has prior
experience, that has passed the Rookie Development Program
and has approval by the Board may compete with the Lite
series. The minimum age for NEMA was also lowered to 15
years old with prior experience and Board approval.
Next, the club also voted to have 3 "open" events per year -
where the current handicapping system will not be used, and
a time trial system will be used similar to previous years
at the Boston Louie Memorial, with the hopes of encouraging
outside participants from other divisions as well as midget
racers from the South and Midwest to participate.
A
number of technical rules were proposed as well, and the new
Board of Directors will be coming forth over the next week
with a vote on those rules to be announced on this website.
NEMA hopes to announce its final schedule by year
end, and will also be posted on the website. |
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NEMA
and Hoosier Tire
Ink Exclusive Three Year Deal |
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 for the 2015 season.
NEMA’s schedule will soon be published on
www.nemaracing.com. Stay tuned for all of the latest
updates. |
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NEMA BANQUET - Nov. 22nd
Royal Plaza Hotel -
Marlboro, MA |
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NEMA CLOSES 62nd SEASON
WITH
AWARDS BANQUET |
Marlborough, MA - Champions
were honored and achievements recognized during the annual
awards banquet for the Northeastern Midget Association
Saturday night.
Hundreds of competitors, crew
members, fans and their families gathered for the gala event
held at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, MA. NEMA's
announcer Pete Falconi was host for the evening assisted by
Speed Sport News television announcer Derek Pernesiglio, who
made the announcement that the 2015 Boston Louie Classic for
NEMA will once again be nationally televised.
The
crowd gave a rousing ovation to the night's special guest,
six time champion and multi-hall of famer Dave Humphrey.
Humphrey's first NEMA championship came in 1967 and his
sixth in 1978 driving for Mike Scravani.
The team of
driver Randy Cabral and car owner Tim Bertrand picked up
their champion awards for the fifth time in seven seasons in
NEMA's top division.
Bertrand was also the recipient
of the Wen Kelley Memorial Award, given to a NEMA member
that exemplifies outstanding dedication and service to the
club, as Wen Kelley did for over 37 years.
NEMA Lites
rookie driver Ryan Krachun took home the champion's hardware
and so did Scott Bigelow as the champion owner for 2014.
Bigelow finished third in the drivers' standings.
Trophies were awarded to the top 15 drivers and owners
in both the NEMA Midgets and the NEMA Lites.
Race car
owners with perfect attendance, push truck operators and
weekly officials were all given awards.
Krachun was
also named one of two Up and Coming Young Drivers for 2014,
as well as the recipient of the Ed Clothier Memorial Rookie
of the Year Award.
Avery Stoher took the Rookie of
the Year honors for the NEMA Midgets.
Long time NEMA
supporters Mike and Lu Jarrett were given a special award by
club President Mike Scravani for their tireless devotion to
NEMA and its competitors.
After almost 50 years, the
final Johnny Thomson Memorial Award was presented.
Given annually by a small group of NEMA members from the
Lowell, MA area, the award was given to honor the memory of
New England's greatest open-cockpit racer. Besides an
outstanding career in midget and sprint cars, Thomson raced
the Indy 500 eight times, winning the pole in 1959. He died
in a sprint car crash in Allentown, PA in the fall of 1960
at the age of 38.
Veteran NEMA member Bruce Beane
announced that it would be the final time the award was
given, as many of the originators of the award have passed.
The final recipient of the Johnny Thomson trophy was
Linda Cleveland, long time NEMA official and secretary.
Linda is also the wife of veteran driver Doug Cleveland,
who won the NEMA Associate Member Never Say Die Award.
Kevin Park was the recipient of the same award in the
NEMA Lites.
Other prestigious awards given at the
banquet include the Jim O'Brien Memorial Award, given by the
O'Brien racing family. This year's honor went to Pete
Pernesiglio, Sr. The award is given for outstanding
contributions to family and racing.
The Ralph Miller
Memorial Award for outstanding and continuing perseverance
was presented by the O'Brien family and former NEMA
President Dick Monahan. This year's recipient was car owner
Jeff Johnson.
The Joe Csiki Most Improved Driver
Awards went to Jim Chambers in the NEMA Midgets and Logan
Rayvals in the Lites.
The Pat Thibodeau Youth and
Determination Awards went to Kenney Johnson and Anthony
Payne.
Joe SantaMaria was given the Ray Roberts
Memorial Award and Scott Bigelow picked up the Brian Caruso
Hard Charger Award.
The Gene and Marylin Angelillo
Memorial Award is given for an outstanding "woman behind the
man" in NEMA. This year's recipient was Rachel LeClerc, who
works on the crew of Paul Scally's #30.
Deb and
Anthony Marvuglio, mother and brother of the late Shane
Hammond, awarded the annual Sportsmanship Award in his name
to Kevin Park and Seth Carlson.
The Mechanic of the
Year Awards went to Bertand Motorsports and Bigelow
Motorsports.
The Ronnie Evans/Len Thrall Top
Owner-Driver honors went to Paul "Dangerous" Scally in the
NEMA Midgets and Scott Bigelow in the Lites.
The
award that no one sets out to win, the Hard Luck Award was
given to Dennis and Chris O'Brien in the Lites and Jeff and
Kenney Johnson in the NEMA Midgets.
Allan Cantor was
named this year's NEMA Lifetime Member. |
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2014 NEMA Midgets Owner and Driver Champions
Randy Cabral and Tim Bertrand |
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2014 NEMA Lites Driver Champion - Ryan Krachun &
Family |
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2014 NEMA Lites Owner Champion - Scott Bigelow &
Family |
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The Jim O’Brien Memorial
Award for outstanding contributions to family
and racing was presented by the O'Brien family to
Pete Pernisiglio Sr. |
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The final Johnny Thomson Memorial Award was
presented to Linda Cleveland |
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2014 BANQUET
PHOTO PAGE HERE |
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NEMA CHAMPIONS TO BE
HONORED SATURDAY NIGHT |
Marlborough, MA - The
Northeastern Midget Association gathers for their 62nd
annual awards banquet on Saturday night at the Royal Plaza
Hotel in Marlborough, MA. NEMA will crown their 2014
champions and distribute other prestigious awards for both
the NEMA Midgets and the NEMA Lites.
The team of
driver Randy Cabral and owner Tim Bertrand will collect
their fifth champion awards in the last seven seasons. A
fete unseen by a consistent driver/owner combination in
NEMA. Though the championship wasn't decided until the final
race at Thompson, the Cabral/Bertrand team dominated victory
lane with six wins in thirteen events. In their first
championship season of 2008 they won eight of seventeen
races.
They started the season with two DNF's, but
had the most consistent record the rest of the way. They
only finished out of the top five once, had one fifth place
and the rest were first or second place finishes.
Throughout most of the season, Cabral and Bertrand battled
the father/son team of Russ and Avery Stoehr for the point
lead.
Avery was in his first full season of NEMA
Midgets after a successful run in the Lites. He picked up
six podium finishes, two of which were wins and never
finished out of the top ten in his Kibbe-wrenched entry
until the final race at Thompson.
A championship
would have continued the family tradition, as father Russ
has six of them. His most recent came in 2010 winning the
last championship for the Angelillo/Dumo's Desire team,
bringing that car ownership total to a record fourteen.
Ryan Krachun won the Lites driver's championship in his
first full season with NEMA. The New Jersey driver was able
to notch his laurels with consistent finishes. Krachun
finished out of the top ten only once, had seven top fives
and started the season with two runner-up finishes. His only
win came late in the season at Star, his first in a winged
midget.
The Lites owner's championship trophy will go
to Scott Bigelow. Though he won three features during the
season in his own car, the extra owner points came
compliments of his brother Ryan, who subbed for him and won
at a Lites stand-alone race at Star in May.
Bigelow
was able to squeak by Krachun's RKR Enterprises to claim
first place in the owners points.
There was no
shortage of Bigelows in victory lane this season. Besides
the aforementioned Scott Bigelow wins, brother Paul had a
Lite win and brother Ryan had both a Lite and NEMA Midget
win.
Beyond the champion awards, trophies are handed
out to the top fifteen in both divisions, perfect
attendance, mechanic of the year, rookie of the year and
several prestigious memorial awards.
The big night
begins with a social hour at 6:00, followed by dinner,
awards and dancing.
This is the first year that the
banquet is being held at the Royal Plaza in Marlborough,
site of the annual wintertime Racer's Expo. Back in the
60's, the NEMA banquet was held just up the road at the
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| NEMA Vintage Slide Show on DVD |
Once again, the
Northeastern Midget Association is making available the NEMA
Vintage Slideshow DVD just in time for Christmas. 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. On the DVD: 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.
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2014 NEMA Midgets Driver and Owner Champions &
World Series Race Winner: Randy Cabral & Tim Bertrand |
CABRAL WINS AT THOMPSON,
CLINCHES
CHAMPIONSHIPS |
October 19,2014 - Randy Cabral didn't need to win on
Sunday to notch another NEMA championship, but you wouldn't
have guessed it the way he raced through the field and took
the lead in the 25 lap feature at Thompson's World Series.
It was his sixth win of 2014. He also added to his record 10
wins at the Connecticut oval, while winning his fifth
championship in 7 years.
Cabral, of Kingston, MA. led
a Bertrand Motorsports assault, with his teammates finishing
second and fifth.
Cabral could have clinched the
championship with a decent finish in qualifying, but heats
for the midgets were cancelled on Saturday due to a lengthy
rain delay. NEMA started Sunday with a 20 minute warm-up
session.
It only took Cabral 8 laps to run down and
pass early leader John Zych of Mendon, MA. Zych stayed
within a few car lengths of Cabral. When the caution came
out on lap 14 for a spin by Jim Santa Maria of Burlington,
CT, it allowed Zych the opportunity to restart alongside
Cabral.
Zych regained the lead until another caution
3 laps later. This one for a slowing Bethany Stoehr of
Bridgewater, MA, who had a solid top 5 run going until the
car broke. On the restart, Zych's car bobbled and shot to
the infield entering turn 1. He slid back up onto the track
in the middle of traffic. Everyone was able to get by, but
Zych was done due to steering problems, retiring to pit
road.
Cabral then opened a comfortable lead, but that
was negated by the final caution on lap 21 for an incident
involving Scott Bigelow of E. Hampton, CT that landed him
against the inside retaining wall just out of turn 4.
The single file restart put second place driver and
Cabral teammate for the day Cole Carter right on Cabral's
bumper. Carter stayed with Cabral through the first and
second turn, but Randy turned up the heat on the backstretch
and cruised to victory.
Carter finished second,
followed by Danny Cugini of Marshfield, MA in third, Jim
Chambers of Atkinson, NH fourth and Cabral teammate Todd
Bertrand fifth.
Cabral wins his fifth NEMA
championship in 7 seasons, all of which accomplished by
driving equipment owned by Tim Bertrand. After starting the
season with 2 DNF's, he rarely finished out of the top 3,
picking up 5 wins.
He had been point battling
another consistent finisher, Avery Stoehr of Lakeville, MA.
Stoehr had never finished out of the top 10 all season until
Sunday - 7 of those were top 5s with 2 wins along the way.
Champion Cabral and NEMA Lite champion Ryan Krachun of
Neshanic Station, NJ will be honored at the annual awards
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim
Bertrand |
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2 |
74 |
Cole Carterr |
Indianapolis, IN |
Tim Bertrand |
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3 |
51 |
Danny Cugini |
Marshfield, MA |
D. Cugini |
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4 |
21 |
Jim Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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5 |
39 |
Todd Bertrand |
Sufield, CT |
Todd Bertrand |
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6 |
44 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Ed Breault |
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7 |
54 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Susan Santa
Maria |
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8 |
46 |
Kenney Johnson |
Bethany, CT |
Jeff Johnson |
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9 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul Scally |
10
DNF |
32 |
Scott Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Scott
Bigelow |
11
DNF |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon,MA |
John Zych
Sr. |
12
DNF |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug
Cleveland |
13
DNF |
44b |
Bethany
Stoehr |
Bridgewater,
MA |
Ed Breault |
14
DNF |
35 |
Andy Schlatz |
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Glen Cabral |
15
DNF |
71 |
Seth Carlson |
Brimfield, CT |
Gene
Feigel |
16
DNF |
99 |
Ryan Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Joe Santa
Maria |
17
DNS |
15a |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Russ Stoehr |
18
DNS |
50 |
Kevin Park |
Foxboro, MA |
Pete Pernisiglio,
Sr. |
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WORLD SERIES MEET &
GREET
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10:30 AM Sunday morning (Oct. 19) behind the grandstands at
the fan entrance.
-Top 10 in
points in NEMA, ISMA, and Thompson
Sunoco Modifieds have
been invited to participate.
-Free give-a-ways for
kids and adults. |
Current Top 5s
Top 10s
from each
division
expected. |
NEMA
Randy Cabral
Avery Stoehr
Seth Carlson
Todd Bertrand
John Zych Jr. |
ISMA
Jon
McKennedy
Ben Seitz
Rob Summers
Jeff Locke
Mark Sammut |
Modifieds
Ryan Preece
Keith Rocco
Todd
Ceravolo
Keith
McDermott
Kerry Malone |
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| Cabral Leads NEMA
Field to World Series |
The Northeastern Midget
Association has long considered Connecticut's Thompson
Speedway the ultimate "separate the men from the boys"
facility. While any Thompson checkered is a treasure, the
World Series is definitely the biggest plum.
Four
time champion and current point leader Randy Cabral of
Plymouth looms as the man to beat when NEMA makes its annual
appearance at the Thompson World Series on Oct. 18/19.
Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday Oct. 18 with the 25-lap
feature part of the busy Sunday, Oct. 19 agenda.
Ten
victories, including five World Series triumphs, make Cabral
the all-time Thompson maestro. Last year, Cabral charged to
second place, then made a surprise pit stop for an
adjustment before the halfway point, and then made a heroic
run to the front again but fell short to John Zych and Bobby
Santos. Zych’s historic run capped a brilliant championship
season for the JZ Motorsports team.
This year,
Cabral enters the World Series with a 101 point lead over
the young Avery Stoehr. If Cabral is able to start both the
heat and feature events, he will wrap up the 2014
Championship.
Thompson’s long Midget history,
however, is filled with surprises. Considering the last few
years have been some of the most competitive seasons
in NEMA’s 60+ year history, it is safe to consider the
possibility of another surprise. Cabral’s teammate Todd
Bertrand (Bertrand 39), Seth Carlson (Feigel 71), Paul
Scally (Scally 30), Avery Stoehr (Stoehr 15B), Zych (Zych
9), Jim Santa Maria (Santa Maria 54) and last week’s winner
Ryan Bigelow (SantaMaria 99) are all coming to Thompson with
high hopes.
NEMA and Thompson have a relationship
that goes back to 1960 when the legendary Dutch Schaefer was
the winner. Since then, Thompson has helped write a ton of
NEMA history and a credible part of that is World Series
related.
Greg Stoehr, driving for John Zahar, passed
brother Russ in the closing laps to win in 1994. In 2001,
Joey Payne, who like Greg Stoehr started last, passed the
same Russ Stoehr on the final lap en route to the checkered.
The latter was Gene Angelillo’s 100th NEMA win. A Nokie
Fornoro romp in 2010 proved to be the last Midget ride for
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| Cole Carter in NEMA
World Series Field |
Brockton, MA – Cole Carter,
a USAC open-cockpit mainstay and a member of one of
America’s premier racing families, will be in the
Northeastern Midget Association field at Thompson Speedway
Motorsports Park for the World Series of Racing on October
18th and 19th.
The son of the legendary “Pancho”
Carter, Cole will be a teammate of former series champion
and current point leader Randy Cabral in Bertrand
Motorsports entries. He’ll steer the #74 driven on occasion
this season by 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion and
current point leader, Doug Coby. After switching engines for
the Waterford Speedbowl finale, Coby looked strong in
Sunday's shortened practice session but was unfortunately
side lined in a first lap crash when Bethany Stoehr's engine
expired.
Carter will join a strong field led by
Cabral, the all-time NEMA winner at Thompson, that includes
Bertrand Motorsports teammate, Todd Bertrand - who was
leading last year's World Series until mechanical failure
side lined him, 2013 Champion John Zych, Avery Stoehr, Seth
Carlson and Paul Scally.
Among current competitors,
Russ Stoehr and Zych are the other previous Thompson winners
scheduled to be on hand in the field.
Cole Carter’s
racing genes include both grandfathers – Duane Carter and
Carl Forberg – and an uncle – the late Dana Carter – as well
as his dad Poncho who, in addition to many Midget and Sprint
successes, had 17 Indianapolis 500 starts.
Cole has
been running USAC periodically over the last fourteen years,
climbing to as high as fourth in the 2005 USAC standings. He
has also driven Sprints, Silver Crown and Infiniti Pro
Series cars. His last start for Bertrand Motorsports
resulted in a runner up effort to Cabral in 2010 at the
World Series, and podium finishes earlier that season at
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NEMA MIDGETS - WATERFORD - 10/5/14 |
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Pos.
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#
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
99 |
Ryan Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Joe Santa
Maria |
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2 |
39 |
Todd Bertrand |
Sufield, CT |
Todd Bertrand |
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3 |
15a |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Russ Stoehr |
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4 |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon,MA |
John Zych
Sr. |
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5 |
71 |
Seth Carlson |
Brimfield, CT |
Gene
Feigel |
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6 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim
Bertrand |
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7 |
51 |
Danny Cugini |
Marshfield, MA |
D. Cugini |
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8 |
21 |
Jim Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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9 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul Scally |
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10 |
54 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Susan Santa
Maria |
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11 |
80 |
Pete Pernisiglio,
Jr. |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete Pernisiglio, Sr. |
12
DNF |
44 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Ed Breault |
13
DNF |
7 |
Alan Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
14
DNF |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug
Cleveland |
15
DNF |
50 |
Kevin Park |
Foxboro, MA |
Pete Pernisiglio,
Sr. |
16
DNF |
79 |
Ian Cumens |
Lydell, PA |
Ian Cumens |
17
DNF |
46 |
Kenney Johnson |
Bethany, CT |
Jeff Johnson |
18
DNF |
5b |
Bethany
Stoehr |
Bridgewater,
MA |
MCI Racing/
Greg Stoehr |
19
DNF |
74 |
Doug Coby |
Wethersfield, CT |
Tim Bertrand |
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NEMA LITES DRIVER CHAMPION RYAN KRACHUN & FAMILY |
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NEMA LITES - WATERFORD -
10/5/14 |
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Pos.
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#
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
51 |
Danny Cugini |
Marshfield, MA |
D. Cugini |
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2 |
9 |
Matt Swanson |
Acton, ME |
Matt Seymour |
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3 |
94 |
Logan Rayvals |
Brockville, ON, CA |
Craig Rayvals |
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4 |
25 |
Richie Morrocco |
Plainville, MA |
Richard Morrocco |
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5 |
32 |
Scott Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Scott
Bigelow |
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6 |
29 |
Ryan Krachun |
Neshanic Station, NJ |
Mike Krachun |
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7 |
15a |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Russ Stoehr |
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8 |
18 |
DJ Moniz |
Fairhaven, MA |
David Moniz |
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9 |
21 |
Anthony Payne |
Fairlawn, NJ |
Jennifer Scrivani |
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10 |
35 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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11 |
41 |
Megan CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
D. Cugini |
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12 |
16 |
Dennis O'Brien |
Deerfield, NH |
Chris O'Brien |
13
DNF |
52 |
RJ Gage |
- |
Kevin Park |
14
DNF |
42 |
Juris Kupris |
Williamsburg, NY |
Charles Thomas
Motorsports |
15
DNF |
31 |
Paul Bigelow |
Kensington, CT |
Paul
Bigelow |
16
DNF |
45 |
Brandon Igo |
Enfield, CT |
David Igo |
17
DNF |
39 |
RJ Tufano |
West Haven, CT |
RJ Tufano |
18
DNF |
44 |
Christian Briggs |
Mattapoisett, MA |
Charles
Thomas Motorsports |
19
DNF |
03 |
Dennis Potter |
New Boston, NH |
Dennis Potter |
20
DNF |
46x |
Andy Barrows |
New Ipswitch, NH |
Jeff Johnson |
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WATERFORD FINALE PRODUCES
FIRST
TIME NEMA MIDGETS WINNER &
FIRST TIME CHAMPION FOR NEMA LITES |
October 5, 2014 - Some lines were added to the NEMA
history book on Sunday when the midgets ran at the Waterford
Speedbowl's Fall Finale. Ryan Bigelow of E. Hampton, CT.
became a first time winner in the NEMA Midgets and Ryan
Krachun of Neshanic Station, NJ became a first time champion
in the Lites.
After all events were rained out on
Saturday, NEMA's weekend schedule was whittled down to
features only on Sunday. The midgets shared the day with a
dozen other divisions of race cars.
As it has many
times in the past, The Speedbowl produced a first time
winner in the NEMA Midgets. Ryan Bigelow cruised to victory
in the 25 lap main. Bigelow, a winner in the NEMA Lites
earlier in the season was filling the seat normally occupied
by Jim Santa Maria of Burlington, CT. Santa Maria was
competing in a new ride and was the early leader of the race
after starting on the pole.
The race started with
drama when Bridgewater, MA driver Bethany Stoehr's car
started smoking and spewing fluid just after the drop of the
initial green flag. She piled into the first turn wall and
collected CT's Doug Coby, driving a Bertrand Motorsports
entry on the way in. Both cars ended up on the hook.
Stoehr's car had to be towed from the front and back.
Neither driver was injured.
The complete restart saw
Santa Maria jump into the lead ahead of Doug Cleveland of
Sudbury, MA., Bigelow and Paul Scally of Raynham, MA. After
a few laps, Santa Maria was in a comfortable lead with
Bigelow in second.
At the halfway mark Santa Maria's
car had a suspension issue that caused him to spin coming
out of turn 2 and relinquish the lead to Bigelow.
It
was all Ryan Bigelow after the restart.
Todd Bertrand
of Suffield, CT was slicing through the field and after
battling teammate Randy Cabral of Kingston, MA, as well as
Lakeville's Avery Stoehr near the front, he set sail to run
down leader Bigelow.
Without another caution the laps
ran out and Bertrand settled for second, finishing 1.5
seconds behind Bigelow. Avery Stoehr finished third,
followed by John Zych of Mendon, MA and Seth Carlson of
Brimfield, MA. Point leader Randy Cabral, who had worked
into the top 3 earlier ended up in sixth.
In victory
lane, an elated Bigelow thanked his crew and family for the
support and noted that early in the race he worked as a
"blocker" for Jim Santa Maria, who was the first half leader
of the race and previous driver of Bigelow's winning car.
Bigelow turned in the fastest lap of the race at 13.16,
for a average speed of 106 mph.
The NEMA Lites
finished their season at Waterford's Fall Finale on Sunday.
Danny Cugini of Marshfield, MA won the battle, but young
Ryan Krachun won the overall war by claiming the
championship. Krachun had been exchanging the point lead
with Cugini over the second half of the season.
Cugini dominated the field, leading the event at one point
by a straightaway. At the checkeredflag, he finished almost
3 seconds ahead of Matt Swanson of Acton, MA. It was
Cugini's second win of the season, the first coming at
Waterford as well.
Swanson finished 3 seconds ahead
of Logan Rayvals of Brockville, Ontario. Richie
Morrocco
of Plainville, MA was fourth, followed by Scott Bigelow of
E. Hampton, CT in fifth.
Krachun finished sixth, but
it was good enough to claim the drivers' championship. It
was his first full year in the NEMA Lites. In the post race
interview he said that "though it was a goal at the
beginning of the year, he didn't think that they would end
up winning it all."
The 25 lap NEMA Lite feature was
marred by a first lap crash when third place runner Andy
Barrows of New Ipswich, NH spun sideways out of the fourth
turn and collected 5 other cars. Barrows, Christian Briggs
of Mattapoisett, MA, RJ Trufano of West Haven, CT and Dennis
Potter of New Boston, NH all went off on the hook. None were
injured. Anthony Payne of Fairlawn, NJ and Richie Morrocco
were able to rejoin the field after being involved.
The NEMA Midgets finish their season and crown a champion at
Thompson Motorsport Park's World Series of Racing in two
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NEMA GOES INTO WATERFORD AND COMES OUT WITH A
CHAMPION |
The Northeastern Midget Association will come out of
the Waterford Speedbowl this weekend with one champion and
only one race away from crowning another. The midgets make
their annual appearance at the Speedbowl's Fall Finale this
Saturday and Sunday.
It's the final race of the 2014
season for the NEMA Lites. Ryan Krachun of Neshanic
Station, NJ leads the drivers' standings by 110 points over
Danny Cugini of Marshfield, MA. Both were winners in the
division, coming in consecutive events in August. Cugini won
at Waterford and Krachun at Star.
The owners' points
are a different story.
Thanks to multiple victories
and a couple of strong runs by brother Ryan subbing in his
car, owner/driver Scott Bigelow of E. Hampton, Ct. trails
Krachun's RKR Enterprises by only 1 point. Its very possible
that the Lites could have different driver and owner
champions in 2014. Bigelow currently sits fourth in drivers'
points. He can advance his position, but not win the
championship as a driver.
Cugini has a shot at both
the owners' and drivers' championships with a good showing
at the Waterford Finale. But, a decent run by Krachun will
clinch the drivers' championship. A feat that would be
accomplished in his first full season with the NEMA Lites.
The points are close enough that plenty of spots in the
the top 10 of the Lites can
change hands this weekend
before putting the cap on their season.
The NEMA
Midgets have two more races to run, this weekend at
Waterford and the season ender at Thompson in two weeks.
Randy Cabral of Kingston, MA sits atop the standings. He
leads Lakeville's Avery Stoehr by 123 points going into
Waterford. Cabral won the last race at Oswego with a last
lap, last turn pass to claim is fifth of the season. He is
eyeing his fifth NEMA championship.
But, Cabral has
been absent from Waterford's Victory Lane for a frustrating
long time and Stoehr has already won there this season, as
well as 2 top 5's in the other Speedbowl races. This will be
a battle to watch. Cabral has been flawless since 2 DNF's to
start the season. He hasn't finished out of the top 5 since
those early season hiccups. Stoehr's record has
rollercoasted throughout the year.
Though Avery has a
shot at winning the championship, he's got to keep an eye on
the surging Seth Carlson of Brimfield, MA who is only 16
points back in third. Like Stoehr, Carlson has a pair of
wins this season, one of which came at Waterford for both.
Those top 3 in points have a good lead over the rest of
the field, but its tight from
fourth on back.
The
owners' points are another story. Cabral's car owner Tim
Bertrand has an even stronger lead over Avery's car owner
and father Russ Stoehr. A third place finish at Evans Mills
with brother Todd Bertrand in the car assured Tim a
comfortable owners' points lead. Cabral was in the Breault
44 that day and had one of his two DNF's.
The NEMA
Lites run their qualifying heats and feature event on
Saturday, while the NEMA Midgets qualify Saturday and run
their feature as the first race on Sunday. |
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NEMA Lites "Allstar" Awards
from Allstar Performance |
The NEMA midget
association is proud to announce a new corporate partner for
their NEMA Lites Series - Allstar Performance out of
Watervliet, Michigan.
NEMA has established a new
contingency award that will recognize the outstanding
efforts of NEMA LITES drivers both on and off the track. At
each event the Allstar Performance “ Allstar of The Race”
will receive a $100 dollar Allstar Performance gift
certificate.
Additionally 9 winners will be picked at
the 2014 NEMA Banquet to receive an “Allstar of the Season”
award. These are open to the NEMA Lites drivers, car owners,
and any associate members. These awards will be chosen for
outstanding performance both on and off the track.
Allstar Performance recognizes NEMA as having a successful
62 year history and is proud to support the organization
with these awards. |
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