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-2019
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Race 8 - Wiscasset Speedway - 9-21-19

Race 7 - Star Speedway- 9-7-19

Race 6 - Lee USA Speedway - 8-16-19

NEMA Race - Thompson SMP - 8-14-19

Race 5 - Monadnock Speedway - 7-27-19

Race 4 - Lee USA Speedway - 7-19-19

Race 3 - Boston Louie - Seekonk - 6-26-19-

LITES Race - Star Speedway- 6-15-19

Race 2 - Wiscasset Speedway - 6-8-19

Race 1 - Lee USA - 5-18-19

LITES Race - Thompson SMP - 4-6-19

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Race 12 - NL-W Speedbowl - 10-20-18

Race 11 - Thompson SMP - 10-13&14-18-

Race 10 - NL-W Speedbowl - 10-6-18

Race 9 - Monadnock Speedway - 9-22-18

Race 8 - Monadnock Speedway - 9-15-18

Race 7 - Wiscasset Speedway - 9-8-18

LITES Race - Star Speedway- 9-1-18

NEMA Race - Thompson SMP - 8-8-18

LITES Race - NL-W Speedbowl - 7-28-18

Race 6 - Star Speedway - 7-21-18

Race 5 - Boston Louie - Seekonk - 6-27-18

Race 4 - Star Speedway - 6-16-18

LITES Race - Thompson SMP - 6-14-18

Race 3 - Riverhead Raceway - 6-9-18

Race 2 - Wiscasset Speedway - 6-2-18

Race 1 - NL-W Speedbowl - 5-5-18

LITES Race - Thompson SMP - 4-7-17

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NEMA and Hoosier Tire
Ink Exclusive 3 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.

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The 67th Annual
NEMA AWARDS BANQUET
Saturday November 9, 2019
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General Membership Meeting
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December 15th @ noon.
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SAT.-SUN., OCT. 12th-13th
NEMA MIDGETS & NEMA LITES

BEN SEITZ
BERTRAND RACING NEMA MIDGET #47

AVERY STOEHR #39 - 2019 NEMA DRIVER CHAMPION
BERTRAND MOTORSPORTS #39 - 2019 NEMA OWNER CHAMPION

			Photos by John DaDalt

*NEMA MIDGETS - WORLD SERIES - 10/12/19*
Pos.	#	Driver	Hometown	Owner
1	47	Ben Seitz	Bourne, MA	Bertrand Motorsports
2	48	*Todd Bertrand*	*Danielson, CT*	Bertrand Motorsports
3	39	*Avery Stoehr*	*Lakeville, MA*	Bertrand Motorsports
4	A1	Mike Horn	Ashland, MA	Jeff Horn
5	30	*Paul Scally*	*Raynham, MA*	Paul Scally
6	50	Lanson Fornoro	Brockton, MA	Peter Pernisiglio Sr.
7	36	Jeff Champagne	Westfield, MA	Glen Cabral
8	68	Danny Gamache Jr.	No. Smithfield, RI	Danny Gamache Jr.
9	5B	Bethany Stoehr	Bridgewater, MA	Greg Stoehr
10	17	*Alby Ovitt*	*Somersworth, NH*	Bertrand Motorsports
11	74	Randy Cabral	Kingston, MA	Bertrand Motorsports
11	8t	Jake Trainor	Medway, MA	Mike Trainor
12	35	*Anthony Marvuglio*	*Bridgewater, MA*	*Glen Cabral*
13	9	John Zych Jr.	Mendon, MA	John Zych Sr.
DNS	18	Andy Lunt	Marion, MA	Christian Briggs
*HEAT 1: A1, 48, 47, 39, 5B, 18*
HEAT 2: 17, 74, 30, 50, 9

RANDY CABRAL
MANAFORT RACING NEMA LITES #76

RYAN LOCKE # 38 - 2019 NEMA LITES DRIVER CHAMPION

FRANK MANAFORT #76 - 2019 NEMA LITES OWNER CHAMPION





*Photos by John DaDalt*

NEMA LITES - WORLD SERIES - 10/13/19

Pos.	#	Driver	Hometown	Owner
1	76	Randy Cabral	Kingston, MA	*Frank Manafort*
2	35	*Anthony Marvuglio*	*Bridgewater, MA*	*Glen Cabral*
3	11	*PJ Stergios*	*Candia, NH*	*Bill Stergios*
4	8t	Jake Trainor	Medway, MA	Mike Trainor
5	17	*Kyle Valeri*	*Monument Beach, MA*	*Peter Valeri*
6	38	*Ryan Locke*	*Chester, NH*	*Ken Locke*
7	19	Richie Coy	Haskell, NJ	Richie Coy
8	3	*Chris Vose*	*Gloversville, NY*	*Chris Vose*
9	36	Jeff Champagne	Westfield, MA	Glen Cabral
10	68	Danny Gamache Jr.	No. Smithfield, RI	Danny Gamache Jr.
11	94	Tiana Kibbe	Fairfield, CT	Curt Kibbe
12	21	*Anthony Payne*	*Fairlawn, NJ*	Mike Scrivani
13	30	*Paul Scally*	*Raynham, MA*	Paul Scally
14	5	Jim Cataldo	Sterling, MA	Jim Cataldo
DNS	55	*Drew Eldridge*	*No Chelmsford, MA*	*Drew Eldridge*
*HEAT 1: 8t, 21, 19, 38, 35, 36, 94, 5*
HEAT 2: 76, 30, 17, 11, 3, 68, 55

Seitz, Cabral Score Hammond
Memorial Victories at Thompson’s
World Series of Racing;
Stoehr, Locke Are 2019 Champions

Thompson, CT - The Northeastern Midget Association rolled into the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for one of New England's largest racing events of the season, the Sunoco World Series of Racing and annual Shane Hammond Memorial. Ben Seitz came out victorious after an epic nine lap side by side battle with teammate Todd Bertrand in the NEMA race, while Randy Cabral ran away and hid in the Lites portion of the event.

At the end of the day, Avery Stoehr #39 was crowned the 2019 NEMA driver's champion and Tim Bertrand # 39 the owner's champion, his eighth series owner's championship. In the Lites, youngster Ryan Locke #38 capped off a tremendous 2019 season to take down the driver's championship, with Frank Manafort #76 winning the owner's championship.

Each year, NEMA celebrates the life of the young Hammond, who lost his life in a NEMA Midget at Thompson in 2008. Since that point, his mother, Deb Marvuglio, has been a devout supporter of the club through the Shane Hammond Memorial Foundation, and her support of the annual event, memorializing Hammond. The racing action this year was no disappointment for the Hammond family, featuring side by side action in both events.

In the NEMA race, a tale of two races unfolded as it appeared that teammates Randy Cabral and Alby Ovitt would be battling for the win, when disaster struck Cabral's machine taking both out. On the green flag, Cabral rocketed from his sixth starting spot into the lead by lap three. Quickly, teammate Alby Ovitt was into second and ran down Cabral by lap seven. The two were in a heated side by side battle, when Cabral's machine lost a rear end on the front stretch, and Ovitt had nowhere to go, making contact and ending his night with a broken steering rod.

On the restart, Todd Bertrand would take the lead, with teammate Ben Seitz in second. It appeared that Bertrand would pull away, when the caution flew for Bethany Stoehr on the front stretch on lap eleven. On the restart, Seitz and Bertand drove deep into turn one, coming out even off of turn two. The two would put on a spectacular side by side battle over the remaining nine laps, with Seitz winning by a car length at the finish line. Bertrand would finish second, followed by 2019 Champion Avery Stoehr, Mike Horn, Paul Scally, Lanson Fornoro, Jeff Champagne, Danny Gamache, Bethany Stoehr, and Ovitt.

"It's great to come back and run the midgets, they are a lot of fun," said 4 time NEMA Champion, Seitz. "To return to victory lane in NEMA is great, I need to thank Tim and his whole team for letting me run their cars," he said.

In the Lites feature, Shane Hammond's brother, Anthony Marvuglio, in the Cabral 36, would blast into the lead on lap two in what would set up a Cinderella story for the Hammond and Cabral families. Marvuglio, looking strong, would lead until lap seven, when behind him, Cabral in the FMR #76 would break free of traffic and run down Marvuglio.

Cabral, Hammond's best friend, would run side by side in a great duel with Marvuglio, with Cabral coming out on top.

Once in command, Cabral would distance himself from the field, winning the feature by over a straightaway. Marvuglio would finish second in the 27 lap feature, for a Cabral/Marvuglio victory lane celebration. PJ Stergios put on a great run, coming from deep in the field to finish third, his second podium finish in a row. Jake Trainor would finish fourth, followed by Kyle Valeri, Ryan Locke, Richie Coy, Chris Vose, Jeff Champagne, and Danny Gamache.

"Our car started to skip toward the end, I wasn't even sure we would finish," said Cabral. "I think it was Shane riding with me, maybe even playing some tricks on me. Its just great to win this race for Shane and his family, and also for my car owner, Frank Manafort," said Cabral.

SATURDAY, OCT. 5th
NEMA MIDGETS & NEMA LITES

SAMMY SWINDELL - BERTRAND #47

			Photos by Norm Marx

NEMA MIDGETS - OKTOBERFEST - 10/5/19

Pos.

Driver

Hometown

Owner

Sammy Swindell

Germantown, TN

Bertrand Motorsports

Avery Stoehr

Lakeville, MA

Bertrand Motorsports

Alby Ovitt

Somersworth, NH

Bertrand Motorsports

Todd Bertrand

Danielson, CT

Bertrand Motorsports

Jim Chanbers

Atkinson, NH

Jim Chambers

Randy Cabral

Kingston, MA

Bertrand Motorsports

Paul Scally

Raynham, MA

Paul Scally

Alan Chambers

Atkinson, NH

Mike Chambers

Andy Lunt

Marion, MA

Christian Briggs

Lanson Fornoro

Brockton, MA

Peter Pernisiglio Sr.

Eddie LeClerc Jr.

Taunton, MA

Mike Luggelle

DNS

John Zych Jr.

Mendon, MA

John Zych Sr.

DNS

Mike Horn

Ashland, MA

Jeff Horn

HEAT 1: 48, 74, 7, 21, 50, 77

HEAT 2: 47, 17, 30, 18, 39

IT'S A BOY!
Rowan Lawrence Lunt

PJ STERGIOS - #11 LITES

MERRY - STERGIOS - COY

NEMA LITES - OKTOBERFEST - 10/5/19

Pos.	#	Driver	Hometown	Owner
1	11	*PJ Stergios*	*Candia, NH*	*Bill Stergios*
2	19	Richie Coy	Haskell, NJ	Richie Coy
3	38	*Ryan Locke*	*Chester, NH*	*Ken Locke*
4	35	*Anthony Marvuglio*	*Bridgewater, MA*	*Glen Cabral*
5	30	*Paul Scally*	*Raynham, MA*	Paul Scally
6	3	*Chris Vose*	*Gloversville, NY*	*Chris Vose*
7	99	*Jim Santa Maria*	*Burlington, Ct*	Jim Santa Maria
8	17	*Kyle Valeri*	*Monument Beach, MA*	*Peter Valeri*
9	5	Jim Cataldo	Sterling, MA	Jim Cataldo
10	16	Dennis O'Brien	Deerfield, NH	Christopher Butterweck
11	55	*Drew Eldridge*	*No Chelmsford, MA*	*Drew Eldridge*
12	8t	Jake Trainor	Medway, MA	Mike Trainor
13	94	Tiana Kibbe	Fairfield, CT	Curt Kibbe
14	18	DJ Moniz	New Bedford, MA	Dave Moniz
15	88	*Chase Locke*	*Chester, NH*	Ken Locke
16	76	Randy Cabral	Kingston, MA	*Frank Manafort*
DQ	69	*Matt Merry*	*Plaistow, NH*	*Matt Merry*

Swindell Keeps 49 Year Win Streak
Alive with NEMA Win at LEE USA’s
Oktoberfest; Stergios Takes Lites

Three time World of Outlaws champion Sammy Swindell invaded the Northeastern Midget Association this past Saturday night at the LEE USA Speedway to take down the NEMA portion of the event in convincing style, winning by nearly 4 seconds over teammate and points leader Avery Stoehr. Swindell kept what is to believed to be the longest winning streak of any American race car driver alive, with a win in 49 consecutive seasons. In the Lites portion of the event, PJ Stergios took down the victory.

In the NEMA feature, an oiled down track made for a difficult first lap as the cars headed into turn one. Alan Chambers shot into the lead off of turn two, and fourth place starter Sammy Swindell followed him in tow, with teammate Todd Bertrand following around the outside.

On lap three, Swindell drove to the outside of Chambers in turns three and four, and completed the pass entering turns one and two. A lap later, Bertrand would take second, and the chase was on. As the field neared the halfway point, the smooth and consistent Swindell opened up his lead to nearly a straightaway over Bertrand.

With five to go, Swindell had opened up his lead to nearly a half track over the field, and Bertrand was fading, after having to pit before the green flag with a flat tire, and fighting stagger issues. Swindell would go on to take down the well celebrated vitroy, over teammates Avery Stoehr, Alby Ovitt and Bertrand. Jim Chambers finished fifth, followed by Randy Cabral, Paul Scally, Alan Chambers, Andy Lunt and Lanson Fornoro.

"Wow, I really need to thank Tim and the Bertrand crew for tonight. We had it all going perfect tonight, and its just great to win here at LEE and keep the win streak alive," said Swindell. "This is a fun, racy place and we had come here a few weeks back so it was nice to be able to come back and finish it off. Thanks to the track for having us," he said.

In the Lites feature, Chase Locke jumped out from the pole into the lead. Locke began to set a torrid pace, after setting the Lites track record of 13.7 earlier in the evening. Disaster struck for Locke on lap eight, as the came into contact with the turn two wall, ending his night. Locke had the fastest lap of the feature, at 13.9 seconds.

When the green flag flew, PJ Stergios vaulted into the lead, with Richie Coy in tow. As the laps counted down, Stergios poured on the heat, pulling away from the field. Stergios, consistently running laps in the 14.0 second range, would go on to take down the victory over Coy by a margin of 4 seconds.

Following them across the line were Matt Merry, who was later determined to fail a width inspection, Ryan Locke, Anthony Marvuglio, Paul Scally, Chris Vose, Kyle Valeri, Jim Cataldo and Drew Eldridge.

"With the weather so cold, we made some major adjustments to the car before the feature event and it worked out really well to get the Oktoberfest monkey off our back. I hated to see Chase get into the wall. I'd rather finish second than to win this way. He was real fast," said Stergios.

NEMA conludes its season this coming weekend at the Thompson Speedway World Series of Racing

The 67th Annual
NEMA AWARDS BANQUET

Saturday November 9, 2019

White’s of Westport
66 State Road, Westport, MA

Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres at 6:00 PM
Dinner & Awards at 7:00 PM
Dancing around 10:00 PM

EVENT TIMETABLE

September 27 to October 4th
Nominations for special awards:
Pat Thibodeau Memorial Award for Youth & Determination
Associate Member Never Say Die Award
Brian Caruso Hard Charger
Joe Csiki Memorial Award for Most Improved Driver
Up and Coming Driver Award
Hard Luck Award
Mechanic of the Year Award

October 5th to 15th
Voting by members for those awards.

September 27 to October 4th
Nominations for special awards:
Marilyn and Gene Angelillo Memorial - "Women
Behind the Man" Award
Ray Roberts Memorial Award - dedicated member,
character and sportsmanship
Wen Kelley Memorial Award - dedicated official,
officer, board member over a long period

October 5th to 15th
Voting by Board for above awards

October 5th to November 1st
Banquet Tickets on Sale - see order form
or contact Dennis O'Brien goracer16@gmail.com

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September 27 to October 22nd
Reservations taken at the Hampton Inn, see
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November 9th
Banquet!

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.

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