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Santos’
Family Prevails
at NEMA’s 900th |
| Scarborough, ME -
Following a mid-race side-by-side battle with sister
Erica, Bobby Santos III moved into the lead and went on
to win the 900th feature in Northeastern Midget
Association history Saturday at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway. Santos came from the eight starting spot.
Matt Bettencourt bested
Anthony Marvuglio and Russ Wood Jr. in the accompanying
NEMA Lites feature. Mike Ordway Jr. was the early leader
in the Bertrand 48 and dropped out due to over heating.
Russ Wood Jr. had been the leader when a multi car pile
up took him out along with all but Bettencourt and
Marvuglio.
It was the fourth win of the season for the Santos #98
team and put Bob Santos Jr. into the owners point lead
by 13 points.
The Santos siblings duel followed the second restart.
"It was fun racing Erica," said Bobby. "I think my car
was a little better than hers. Her car (Breault #44) got
a little tight on her. I was on the outside and I
finally got by her."
Bobby had "checked out" when the final yellow set up a
green-white-checkered finish. Joey Payne, who took
second with seven laps left, wound up six car lengths
behind at the checkered. Jeff Abold (Seymour #29), Adam
Cantor (Cantor 7ny) and Erica completed the top five.
Starting in the second row, Erica had the lead three
laps in. Bobby was running second when the first yellow
showed and fell in behind his sister when racing
resumed. He was still there when the second yellow came
out.
It was a tough day for the Randy Cabral driven-Bertrand
#47. Going into the day with an 87-point lead in the
owner standings, the car suffered ignition problems all
day. Owner Tim Bertrand finally shelved it in favor of
the #39 which also had trouble in the feature.
"Honestly with what we were doing I didn't think a lot
about it being
NEMA's 900th race," said Bobby following his 12th career
win. "We were petty busy with my car and Erica's car.
Now, it's pretty neat. Any NEMA win means a lot so this
is special."
One of the oldest Midget sanctioning bodies in the
country, NEMA began at Seekonk Speedway on May 30, 1953.
Fred Meeker was the winner.
"I think it's pretty exciting," countered Bob who
received a plaque
commemorating the event. "I think it's pretty big and
speaks to NEMA's position."
It was the 13th feature of the season for NEMA which
will be part of
Twin State Speedway's "Open Wheel Sunday" this weekend
on Sunday, September 28th. The Lites are headed for the
Claremont, NH third-mile as well.
NEMA NOTES:
“Everybody enjoyed the side-by-side battle between Erica
and Bobby, everybody but me,” deadpanned Bob Jr. who
works on both cars…The car Cabral, who continues to lead
in driver points, drove in the feature is the one Ryan
Newman was to drive at the rained out show at Lee USA a
week earlier. |
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Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway - 9/20/08 |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
98 |
Bobby Santos III |
Franklin, MA |
Robert
Santos Jr. |
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2 |
45 |
Joey
Payne |
Fairlawn,
NJ |
Gene
Angelillo |
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3 |
29 |
Jeff Abold |
Pennellville, NY |
Bobby Seymour |
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4 |
7ny |
Adam
Cantor |
Dix
Hills, NY |
Cantor
Racing |
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5 |
44 |
Erica
Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed
Breault |
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6 |
47b |
Jeremy
Frankoski |
Huntington, NY |
Tim
Bertrand |
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7 |
26b |
Greg
Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg
Stoehr |
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8 |
99 |
Aaron Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Power
Point
Race Cars |
|
9 |
4 |
Nokie
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Mike
Jarret |
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10 |
21 |
Barry
Kittredge |
Marlboro, MA |
Barry
Kittredge |
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11 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug
Cleveland |
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12 |
11 |
Howie
Bumpus |
Lakeville, MA |
Charles Camosse |
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13 |
9 |
John Zych
Jr. |
Mendon,
MA |
John Zych |
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14 |
88 |
Abby
Martino |
Norfolk,
MA |
Joan
Martino |
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15 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Jim O'Brien |
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16 |
2 |
Lee
Bundy |
Kennebunkport, ME |
Lee
Bundy |
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17 |
77m |
Mike Luggelle |
Hull, MA |
Mike Luggelle |
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18 |
5 |
William
Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Wall
Motorsports LLC |
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19 |
28 |
Paul
Luggelle |
Holbrook, MA |
Paul
Luggelle |
20
DNF |
78 |
Brian Cleveland |
Billerica, MA |
Linda
Cleveland |
21
DNF |
39 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim
Bertrand |
22
DNF |
77 |
Shawn Torrey |
Marshfield, MA |
Mike Luggelle |
23
DNF |
63 |
Mike
Keeler |
Danbury,
CT |
TSR
Motorsports Inc. |
24
DNF |
30 |
Paul
Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul
Scally |
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Lites - Beech Ridge Motor Speedway - 9/20/08 |
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Pos. |
Car # |
Driver |
Owner |
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1 |
10 |
Matt
Bettencourt |
F.
Bettencourt Trucking |
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2 |
35 |
Anthony Marvuglio |
Glen Cabral |
3
DNF |
51 |
Russ Wood Jr. |
Russ Wood |
4
DNF |
11 |
Jake
Stergios |
Bill Stergios |
5
DNF |
18 |
Jesse State |
Jim State |
6
DNF |
33 |
Shawn Torrey |
Shawn Torrey |
7
DNF |
09 |
Stephanie Doty |
Ronald Doty |
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8 |
52 |
Kevin Park |
Kevin Park |
9
DNF |
28 |
Paul Luggelle |
Paul Luggelle |
10
DNF |
48 |
Mike Ordway
Jr. |
Tim Bertrand |
11
DNF |
57 |
P.J.
Stergios |
Bill Stergios |
12
DNS |
5c |
Joey Chick |
Bob Chick |
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1601 Portland Road
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NEMA Takes 900th
Race
To Maine’s Beech Ridge |
Scarborough, ME - The
Northeastern Midget Association moves on to Maine’s Beech Ridge
Motor Speedway Saturday to take part in The PASS 400 Weekend at
the historic facility. It will be the 20th race at Beech Ridge
and 900th feature for the 56 year old club.
Driver Randy Cabral and owner Tim Bertrand will take the point
leads into the unique afternoon race. Cabral has a 217-point
edge on Joey Payne Jr. while Bertrand leads Bob Santos Jr. by 87
as the season heads into the stretch drive.
The racing action will start at noon.
Jeremy Frankoski, now a Cabral teammate, will be looking for two
straight at Beech Ridge. He beat Aaron Wall and Joey Payne last
year in the Power Point #99 car. Jeff Horn (1993) and Payne
(2004) are the only other active drivers with wins at “The
Ridge.”
A five-way battle rages behind Cabral and Payne for the
lucrative top-five spots in the final driver standings. Bobby
Santos III ( Santos 98), Adam Cantor (Cantor 7ny), Erica Santos
(Breault 44), Greg Stoehr (Stoehr) and Frankoski are all
involved. All have won or flirted with victory this year.
The third-mile Beech Ridge, one of the premier short tracks in
the country, replaces All-Star Speedway on the NEMA schedule.
“When things didn’t work out at All-Star, Beech Ridge called and
asked if NEMA would like to be part of PASS weekend,” said club
Vice President Tim Bertrand. “It was a great opportunity for
us.”
Rain last week at Lee pushes up the 900th feature celebration.
Beech Ridge has been part of NEMA since 1955 when George Tilton
won on the dirt.
Four races will remain for NEMA following Beech Ridge – Open
Wheel Sunday at Twin State on Sept 28, The Finale at Waterford
Speedbowl on Oct. 4-5, and the DAV at Seekonk Speedway on Oct.
11-12 and the World Series at Thompson Speedway on Oct. 18-19.
NEMA NOTES: Last week’s
rain washed away the opportunity to see NASCAR Sprint Cup driver
Ryan Newman in a Bertrand Midget. The Bertrand team, reports
however, they plan on getting together again with Newman perhaps
this Fall in Arizona and then next summer when Newman returns to
New Hampshire International Speedway …Beech Ridge winds up
hosting the 13th feature of the year. Nokie Fornoro and Dave
Humphrey have each won the 13th race five times. Cabral won the
13th in 2002 and again last year. Santos won it in ’03. |
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Stancill, Clark Lead PASS National Championship Challengers to
The Ridge |
Naples Maine – This week’s
PASS 400 Weekend at Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway will offer up the widest variety of circle track racing
anywhere in Maine this year. But for two Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) super late model competitors, the big 300 lap go on
Sunday September 21st could prove pivotal in their individual
quests for the inaugural PASS National Championship.
15-year old John Stancill will be seeing Beech Ridge for the
first time, but the National Championship point leader has
teamed up with veteran PASS car owner Jay Cushman for PASS 400
Weekend, and Cushman’s’ experience at the The Ridge will make
Stancill’s learning curve much easier. Stancill hasn’t visited
victory lane as of yet, but his third and fourth place finishes
at Hickory and Orange County in the first two National
Championship events give him a two point lead over Cassius Clark
in the standings. Like Stancill, Clark has yet to visit PASS
victory lane in 2008 but he ran eighth at Hickory and came close
at Orange County Speedway, finishing second to Trevor Sanborn in
the Orange Blossom Special.
The National Championship Series was designed to give race fans
from both regions an opportunity to see the top teams in both
series go head to head, and a solid contingent of PASS South
racers are planning to make the trip to Beech Ridge. In addition
to Stancill, Floridian Perry Brown, Kyle Busch Racing
development driver Alex Haase, John Batten and Tennessean Heath
Hindman are among those expected to be on hand, as is PASS South
point leader Corey Williams.
PASS 400 Weekend actually kicks off on Thursday September 18th
with racing for 350’s 305’s, four cylinders, mini trucks and
outlaw trucks. Heat racing gets the green at 5:45 P.M.
Friday is a practice day for all PASS 400 Weekend divisions,
from noon until six in the evening. The grandstands will be open
to the public free of charge.
The action heats up on Saturday, September 20th with qualifying
races for all divisions, including the PASS super late models,
PASS Mods and Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman.
Saturday’s card will be highlighted by the winged warriors of
the Northeastern Midget Association, making their first
appearance with the Pro All Stars Series. Plus there are
features for the Roadrunners, Wildcats and NEMA Lite open
wheelers on tap too.
Then on Sunday September 21st, it’s the 300 for the PASS Super
Late Models, a 100 lap PASS Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman
feature and 50 laps for the PASS Mod division. |
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NEMA Midgets Highlight Saturday Action on PASS 400 Weekend |
Naples ME - The
fourth annual Pro All Stars Series (PASS) 400 weekend at Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway is only two weeks away and series President
Tom Mayberry is pleased to announce the addition of the NEMA
midgets to Saturday’s racing card.
Said Mayberry, “I’m excited that we’ve been able to add the NEMA
midgets to the Saturday September 20th schedule for PASS 400
weekend. It’s their first appearance on the same card with the
Pro All Stars, and I know they will put on a great show. They’ll
give our fans yet another reason to make it a racing weekend at
Beech Ridge on September 20th and 21st!" .
In addition to the NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lite Series on
Saturday, there’ll be qualifying races and features for the Road
Runners and the Wildcats. The PASS Pluffybilt Racing Tractors
Sportsman, PASS Mods, and PASS North Super Late Models will set
their respective fields for Sunday’s action.
On Sunday September 21st its’ all feature racing; 100 laps for
the PASS Sportsman, 50 laps for the PASS Mods and the big one,
300 laps and $10,000.00 to win for the PASS North super late
models. Look for a strong contingent of PASS South drivers to
make their way to Beech Ridge for round three of the four-race
PASS National Championship series. Ayden North Carolina teenager
John Stancill leads Mainer Cassius Clark by just two points in
the National standings. The entry list already features drivers
from North Carolina, Tennessee, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Vermont and New Brunswick Canada.
Gates open at 10:00 AM and the first green flag waves at 12:00
sharp on both Saturday and Sunday. |
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