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Thursday - July 3rd
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Thompson Winner
Cabral
Acknowledges Fallen Friend |
THOMPSON, CT-Randy Cabral
made it to Victory Lane Thursday night at Thompson Speedway. The
Bertrand #47 didn’t. It was parked against the wall in turn
three.
It was the third Northeastern Midget Association win of the
campaign for Cabral. He took the lead shortly before the midway
point and romped to victory. He then left the car near the spot
where Shane Hammond suffered fatal injuries at the Icebreaker.
“I had to do that for Shane,” said Cabral. “That was the last
place I saw my buddy. It’s a tough, tough night.”
Pointing out the car was “bad all day,” Cabral, who had a flat
in his heat, told the crowd Hammond ” helped me again. He was
with me like he is every race.”
Coming from the tenth starting spot, Cabral was sitting third
when the only caution showed on lap 10. After a brief battle
with Nokie Fornoro, he took the lead from Erica Santos, the only
other leader, with an inside move heading into one with 12 gone.
He went on to finish with almost half-a-straightaway on Bobby
Santos III (Santos #98). Erica Santos (Breault #45) held on for
third followed by Fornoro (Jarret #4) and Joey Payne Jr (Angelillo
#45). It was the 16th career victory for Cabral who passed Al
Pillion, Mike Favulli and Joey Coy, all Hall of Famers, on the
NEMA all-time win list. It was his sixth Thompson Speedway win,
tying him with Johnny Mann atop that list.
Starting third, Erica Santos had the lead before the field hit
turn one. Fornoro, who started fifth, and Jeremy Frankoski
followed. A half straight behind the leader in fourth four laps
in, Cabral took third away from Frankoski coming out of two on
lap seven and was battling Fornoro for third when the yellow
showed.
Bobby Santos III moved into fourth on the restart, took third
from Fornoro on lap 13 and passed his sister in the backstretch
with 10 laps remaining.
Cabral and Bertrand take a “comfortable” edge in the respective
point standings into Tuesday’s Open Wheel Extravaganza at
Stafford Speedbowl. |
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Thompson Int'l Speedway -
7/3/08 |
| Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
47 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim
Bertrand |
| 2 |
98 |
Bobby Santos
III |
Franklin, MA |
Robert Santos Jr. |
| 3 |
44 |
Erica Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed Breault |
| 4 |
4 |
Nokie
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg,
PA |
Mike
Jarret |
| 5 |
45 |
Joey Payne |
Fairlawn, NJ |
Gene Angelillo |
| 6 |
63 |
Jeremy
Frankoski |
Huntingon
Station, NY |
TSR
Motorsports Inc. |
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7 |
7ny |
Adam Cantor |
Dix Hills, NY |
Cantor Racing |
| 8 |
A1 |
Jeff Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
| 9 |
P30 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Mike Horn |
| 10 |
9 |
John Zych
Jr. |
Mendon,
MA |
John Zych |
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11 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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12 |
2 |
Lee Bundy |
Kennebunkport, ME |
Lee Bundy |
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13 |
14 |
Kevin
Park |
Foxboro, MA |
Paul
Holmstrand |
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14 |
26b |
Greg Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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15 |
28 |
Paul Luggelle |
Holbrook, MA |
Paul Luggelle |
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16 |
11 |
Mark Irving |
Worcester, MA |
Charles Camosse |
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17 |
50 |
Neil
Blatt |
Holbrook,
NY |
A&P Motorsports |
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