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2019 NEMA Banquet - 11-9-19
Race
10 - Thompson SMP -
10-12&13-19
Race
9 - Lee USA Speedway - 10-5-19
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
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LITES
Race - Thompson SMP -
4-6-19
2018
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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
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- 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
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LITES
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LITES
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NEMA NUMBERS
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NEMA DRIVER WINS
AT TRACKS
PDF HERE |
Members of the NEMA
Dick Gallagher Memorial
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VINTAGE MIDGET RACING
www.vintagemidgetracing.com |
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
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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
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"Tires Designed for
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RI's most
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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
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CHECK THE
MEMBERS ALERTS PAGE
FOR THE LATEST HANDICAPS,
COMPETITION ADDENDA,
RACE PROCEDURES, & NEMA FORMS
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General Membership Meeting
@ Thompson Clubhouse,
December 15th @
noon.
Questions:
Richiecoy@gmail.com |
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NEMA Releases
2020
Schedules |
NEMA Midgets Schedule HERE
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NEMA Lites Schedule HERE |
On Saturday, December 8th,
Northeastern Midget Association President, Tim Bertrand,
released the club's 2020 schedules to the membership and
press. Fourteen NEMA Midgets shows and seventeen Lites shows, with
thirteen combined NEMA Midgets/NEMA Lites shows highlight a season
that brings NEMA back to many of its familiar, historic
"haunts."
"We plan to play off of the success that we
had over the last couple of seasons, as a club. We had
strong car counts in the 30 car range every week, with a
season high of nearly 40 cars at the Boston Louie event,"
said club President, Bertrand. "I see us only continuing to
gain momentum for 2020. We've got a number of new teams
coming into the Lite series, have at least three new full
time teams in the NEMA division, with 3-4 others returning
for 2020," said Bertrand.
The Northeastern Midget
Association will play part in nearly all of the Northeast's
most prestigious races: The Thompson ICEBREAKER, The Star
Classic, The Boston Louie Memorial, Seekonk's Open Wheel
Wednesday, LEE's Open Wheel Opener & Oktoberfest,
Waterford's 4 Cylinder Frenzy, and Thompson's World Series
of Racing.
NEMA starts its season at Thompson
Speedway Motorsports Park's annual ICEBREAKER event, with a
Lites only race. The club will visit Thompson on two other
occasions, one with the Whelen Modified Tour in August, and
the World Series in October.
"Thompson Speedway
Motorsports Park has enjoyed its great partnership with with
the Northeastern Midget Association. For the past several
seasons, they have provided some of the most exciting
competition at Thompson and we are delighted to welcome them
back in 2020," said GM of the Thompson Speedway Motorsports
Park, Terry Eames.
The club will return to Star
Speedway with two combined shows and two Lites Only shows
this season. The highlight on the schedule is a return to
the Star Classic, one of the biggest open wheel races in the
Country.
"NEMA did a great job for us last year at
the Star Classic, and is a great addition to our race card," said
Star Speedway GM & owner Bobby Webber Jr. "We are excited to
have them return a number of times this year, and continue
our over sixty year tradition here at Star Speedway," he
said.
A big highlight on the schedule this year is
two trips to Seekonk Speedway, one with the Lites only at
Open Wheel Wednesday and the other, the prestigious Boston
Louie Memorial, at Seekonk with the International
Supermodified Association in August.
NEMA will also
return to two tracks this year, one in Claremont Motorsports
Park
for the opening event, to accompany the Granite State Pro
Stocks, and one at Hudson Speedway, where NEMA has not
competed at in nearly twenty years.
Three shows at
LEE USA Speedway are on the docket, after NEMA re-kindled
its relationship with the speedway after the change of
ownership last season. The last time NEMA visited the
Speedway, Sammy Swindell took down a victory, to extend his
49 year winning streak. Swindell is slated to compete with
NEMA on a handful of occasions again in 2020.
Always
favorites, NEMA returns to Wiscassett, Monadnock, and will
be back at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl this season after troubles kept the
track opening last season.
"The Speedbowl is
extremely excited to have NEMA headline our Inaugural 4
Cylinder Frenzy show, on Saturday September 12th, 2020. The
NEMA midgets always provide the most exciting side by side
action and down to the wire finishes! This will be the
premier 4 cylinder show in the Northeast and will be one of
our biggest events of 2020," said Speedbowl GM Mike Serluca.
2020 NEMA Events:
4/4 - Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
- ICEBREAKER (Lites Only)
4/25 - Claremont
Motorsports Park -
Marvin Rifchin Memorial (NEMA & Lites)
5/2 - Star
Speedway (Lites Only)
5/16 - Lee USA Speedway - "Open
Wheel Opener" (NEMA & Lites)
6/6 - Wiscassett
Speedway - Ames True Value Night (NEMA & Lites)
6/20
- Star Speedway - Butch Walsh Memorial (NEMA & Lites)
6/21 - Hudson Speedway (NEMA & Lites)
7/1 -
Seekonk Speedway - Open Wheel Wednesday (Lites Only)
7/18 - Lee USA Speedway - Gene & Marilyn Angelillo Memorial
(NEMA & Lites)
7/25 - Monadnock Speedway - Iron Mike
Scrivani Memorial (NEMA & Lites)
8/1 - Star Speedway
(Lites Only)
8/12 - Seekonk Speedway - Boston Louie
Memorial (NEMA & Lites) - Wednesday
8/19 - Thompson
Speedway Motorsports Park (NEMA Only) - Wednesday
9/12 - New London-Waterford Speedbowl - 4 Cylinder Frenzy (NEMA &
Lites)
9/19 - Star Speedway - Star Classic - Jim
O'Brien Memorial (NEMA & Lites)
10/3 - LEE USA
Speedway - Oktoberfest (NEMA & Lites)
10/10-11 -
Thompson Speedway - World Series - Shane Hammond Memorial
(NEMA - Sat., Lites - Sunday)
10/25 - New London-Waterford
Speedbowl - Closer (NEMA & Lites) - Sunday |
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SAT.-SUN., OCT. 12th-13th
NEMA MIDGETS & NEMA LITES |
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BEN SEITZ
BERTRAND RACING NEMA MIDGET #47 |
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AVERY STOEHR #39 -
2019 NEMA DRIVER CHAMPION
BERTRAND MOTORSPORTS #39 - 2019 NEMA OWNER CHAMPION |
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NEMA MIDGETS - WORLD SERIES -
10/12/19 |
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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47 |
Ben Seitz |
Bourne, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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48 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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4 |
A1 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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5 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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50 |
Lanson Fornoro |
Brockton, MA |
Peter Pernisiglio Sr. |
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36 |
Jeff Champagne |
Westfield, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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68 |
Danny Gamache Jr. |
No. Smithfield, RI |
Danny Gamache Jr. |
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9 |
5B |
Bethany Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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17 |
Alby Ovitt |
Somersworth, NH |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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11 |
74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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11 |
8t |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Mike Trainor |
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12 |
35 |
Anthony Marvuglio |
Bridgewater, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
John Zych Sr. |
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DNS |
18 |
Andy Lunt |
Marion, MA |
Christian Briggs |
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A1, 48, 47, 39, 5B, 18 |
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74, 30, 50, 9 |
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RANDY CABRAL
MANAFORT RACING NEMA LITES #76 |
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RYAN LOCKE # 38 - 2019
NEMA LITES DRIVER CHAMPION |
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FRANK
MANAFORT #76 - 2019 NEMA LITES
OWNER CHAMPION |
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10/13/19 |
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
76 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Frank
Manafort |
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2 |
35 |
Anthony Marvuglio |
Bridgewater, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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3 |
11 |
PJ Stergios |
Candia, NH |
Bill
Stergios |
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4 |
8t |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Mike Trainor |
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5 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter
Valeri |
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6 |
38 |
Ryan Locke |
Chester, NH |
Ken Locke |
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7 |
19 |
Richie Coy |
Haskell, NJ |
Richie Coy |
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8 |
3 |
Chris Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Chris Vose |
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9 |
36 |
Jeff Champagne |
Westfield, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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68 |
Danny Gamache Jr. |
No. Smithfield, RI |
Danny Gamache Jr. |
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11 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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12 |
21 |
Anthony Payne |
Fairlawn, NJ |
Mike
Scrivani |
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13 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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14 |
5 |
Jim Cataldo |
Sterling, MA |
Jim Cataldo |
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DNS |
55 |
Drew Eldridge |
No Chelmsford, MA |
Drew
Eldridge |
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8t, 21, 19, 38, 35, 36, 94, 5 |
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HEAT 2: 76,
30, 17, 11, 3, 68, 55 |
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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. |
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NEMA's 1000th Race - Star Speedway - 8/23/14 |
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CARLSON - CABRAL - ZYCH |
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Recognizing
Some
NEMA Milestones
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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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