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William Wall Wins Lites Season Debut |
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Todd Bertrand, 3rd; Winner William Wall; & Jake Stergois, 2nd. |
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Lites
Feature - Seekonk Speedway - Fri. June 19th |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
09 |
William
Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Ron Doty |
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2 |
11 |
Jake
Stergios |
Candia,
NH |
Bill
Stergios |
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3 |
48 |
Todd
Bertrand |
Suffield,
CT |
Tim
Bertrand |
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4 |
51 |
Russ Wood
Jr. |
Pelham,
NH |
Russ Wood |
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5 |
22 |
Rick Hart |
Nassau,
NY |
Rick Hart |
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6 |
47 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth,
MA |
Glen
Cabral |
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7 |
4 |
Anthony
Marvuglio |
E.
Bridgewater, MA |
Bobby
Seymour |
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8 |
28 |
Paul
Luggelle |
Holbrook,
MA |
Paul
Luggelle |
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9 |
29 |
Anthony
Nocella |
Woburn,
MA |
Matt
Seymour |
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10 |
12 |
Edward
LeClerc Jr. |
Taunton,
MA |
Edward
LeClerc Sr. |
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11 |
9 |
Joe
Mikitarian |
Northboro,
MA |
John
Mikitarian |
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12 |
36 |
Eric
Cabral |
Manchester, NH |
Glen
Cabral |
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13 |
35 |
Glen
Cabral |
Plymouth,
MA |
Glen
Cabral |
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14 |
93 |
Jake
Smith |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Ted Smith |
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15 |
52 |
Kevin
Park |
Foxboro,
MA |
Kevin
Park |
16
DNS |
00 |
Josh
Woollam |
Buzzards
Bay, MA |
Paul
Luggelle |
17
DNS |
5c |
Joey
Chick |
Hubbardston, MA |
Bob Chick |
18
DNS |
33 |
Shawn
Torrey |
Marshfield, MA |
Shawn
Torrey |
19
DNS |
11w |
David
Rose Jr. |
Keene, NH |
David
Rose Sr. |
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William Wall Wins
Lites Season Debut |
The 2009 NEMA Lites season got
underway at the June 19th "Fast Friday" night at Seekonk
Speedway with William Wall taking the feature in Ron Doty’s #09
Hawk/Focus.
The second campaign for the “Lites” opened with an impressive 19
cars on hand.
Coming from the fourth starting spot, Wall made an early pass
around Randy Cabral, who was driving father Glen Cabral's #47
Stewart/Quad4. Contact with a lapped car with six laps remaining
enabled rookie Eddie Leclerc to sneak into the lead. Wall then
got the lead back when Leclerc spun into the infield with a lap
remaining. Wall claimed his first-ever NEMA checkered.
Jake Stergios, who came from deep in the field, and Todd
Bertrand, who recovered from an early spin, filled out the
podium. Russ Wood Jr. and Rick Hart were fourth and fifth with
Cabral holding on for sixth.
The Northeastern Midget
Association’s “Lites” division continues Friday night 6/26,
joining their “older brothers” at Lee USA Speedway. |
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Historic Seekonk
Hosts Lites Opener |
Brockton, Ma - Seekonk, which
hosted the first Northeastern Midget Association race in 1953,
has a glorious history. In July of 1985, the USAC Midgets
visited the “Cement Palace. Bobby Grim captured the pole with a
14.27 seconds run.
The NEMA Lites season opens Friday night at Seekonk and the
times will be in the low 12 seconds. The “Lites” are part of the
Fast Friday agenda.
Jake Stergios, Kevin Park, Todd Bertrand, Anthony Marvuglio,
William Wall, Anthony Nocella, Chris Haskell and Russ Wood Jr.
all figure to be on hand for the opener. Eddie LeClaire, a Whip
City product, and Jake Smith from Reeders, PA are part of the
newcomer class.
Designed as an economical avenue into NEMA, the Lites are
powered by Ford Focus, Quad 4 or Honda motors. The Lites are tad
over a second off the times of the full-powered NEMA cars at
Seekonk. |
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Lites Return to
Seekonk for Opener |
Brockton, MA – It’s the
same time, the same place but two weeks later. Rained out June
5th, the Northeastern Midget Association “Lites” division
now will
kick off the 2009 campaign Friday night
June 19th at Seekonk Speedway.
Starting its second season, the “Lites” will be part of
Seekonk’s “Fast Friday" cast.
“There has been considerable interest in the Lites over the
winter and we expect a pretty good car count,” says NEMA
President Mike Scrivani Jr. “We got a number of competitors
returning and we’ve got some new teams joining. It’s a good
combination.“
The “Lites” are designed to provide a more economical entry into
NEMA. Ford Focus, Quad 4 or Honda motors power the cars.
Jake and P.J. Stergios, Kevin Park, Todd Bertrand, Anthony
Marvuglio, Stephanie Doty and Russ Wood Jr. are among the
returnees. Eddie LeClaire, a Whip City product, is part of the
newcomer class.
Seekonk is the first race on a schedule that has already grown
with the addition of Monadnock on Aug. 1.
Scrivani points to several factors responsible for the success
of the division not the least of which is the participation of
experienced hands including the Bertrand, Cabral and Seymour
families. Shawn Torrey is another who has added his expertise to
the division.
The Lites made three stops at Seekonk last season, Jesse State
(2), and Shawn Gosselin getting away with victories. |
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NEMA "Lites" Set
For Second Season |
Brockton, MA - The second
season for the Northeastern Midget
Association's "Lites" division will begin Friday night, June 5.
The
Lites will be on the agenda of Seekonk's first "Fast Friday"
race.
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June 5th - Seekonk Speedway
NEMA LITES
CANCELED DUE TO RAIN
- Lites Return to Seekonk on Fri. July 19th - |
"A great place to open," says NEMA President Mike Scrivani Jr.
who
continues Lites' praises. "Seekonk is one of the top Midget
tracks in
the country and people go there with a lot of set-up knowledge."
The
division, continues Scrivani, "was designed to provide a
less-expensive
way for competitors to stay or get into open cockpit racing," he
says.
"It has been very successful to date."
The Lites are less powerful and "a little heavier" than the full
blown
NEMA midgets. The Honda joins the Ford Focus and Oldsmobile Quad
4 on the allowed engine list.
Seekonk is the first of 15 dates on the schedule that, according
to
Scrivani, is likely to grow.
Jake Stergios, a winner in last year's finale at Twin State,
will be
looking to start the way he finished. Others expected to return
are
brother P.J. Stergios, Stephanie Doty, Russ Wood Jr, Kevin Park,
Shawn Torrey, Anthony Marvuglio, Todd Bertrand in a Bertrand
Motorsports car, and Paul Luggelle. Eddie LeClaire leads the
rookie class.
Doty, a one-time Whip City Speedway competitor, is a classic "Lites"
competitor. After a season of "getting used to the asphalt,"
she's
"excited" about returning in the Camosse Masonry Supply #09 car.
"Last year was such a big change," says Doty, who began in Go
Karts at age 7. Still, she learned to "be comfortable" at the
speedy Seekonk. It is, she insists, "a fun track."
Her best finish was a second at Waterford Speedbowl's Finale, a
race
won by Todd Bertrand, youngest brother of 2008 NEMA championship
car owner, Tim Bertrand.
"The goal is for some of the teams and drivers to become full
time NEMA drivers," continues Scrivani. "That's going to happen
down the road. Right now, in these difficult economic times, we
are very pleased with what's happening." |
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