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FRIDAY, JUNE 25th
NASCAR Weekly Series Plus NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites presented
by "The Mill 96.5" |
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| Midgets Winner Adam Cantor |
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NEMA Feature - Lee USA - Fri. June 25th |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
7ny |
Adam Cantor |
Dix Hills, NY |
Cantor Racing |
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2 |
8 |
Barry Kittredge |
Marlboro, MA |
Barry Kittredge |
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3 |
45 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Dumo's Desire
Racing |
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4 |
26b |
Greg Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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5 |
44 |
Bobby Santos
III |
Franklin, MA |
Ed Breault |
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6 |
75 |
Chris deRitis |
Philadelphia, PA |
Dan deRitis |
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7 |
3m |
Jim Miller |
Weymouth, MA |
Jim Miller |
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8 |
A1 |
Jeff Horn |
Ashaland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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9 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim Bertrand |
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10 |
39 |
Mike Ordway Jr. |
- |
Tim Bertrand |
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11 |
22 |
Chris Leonard |
Pelham, NH |
Dave Leonard |
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12 |
85 |
Michael
Barnes |
Mexico, NY |
Michael
Barnes |
13
DNF |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
14
DNF |
9 |
John Zych, Jr. |
Liverpool, NY |
John Zych, Sr. |
15
DNF |
2 |
Lee Bundy |
Kennebunkport,
ME |
Lee Bundy |
16
DNF |
29 |
Jeff Abold |
Pennellville,
NY |
Bobby Seymour |
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| Adam Cantor Conquers Lee |
Lee, NH – Adam Cantor was the
Northeastern Midget Association’s third winner in as many starts
Friday night at Lee USA Speedway. Starting eighth, Cantor took
control on lap 19 and went on to a convincing 25-lap victory.
It was the fifth career victory for Cantor (Cantor #7ny) who
passed Barry Kittredge, the only other leader, exiting lap two.
Only a restart three laps later delayed his run.
Kittredge (Kittredge #8) finished second with Russ Stoehr
(Dumo’s Desire #45) , Greg Stoehr (Stoehr #26b) and Bobby Santos
III, subbing for sister Erica in the Breault #44, fifth.
By the time Cantor cleared a battle for third with Jim Miller
and Greg Stoehr, front- row starter Kittredge and Russ Stoehr
were a straightaway ahead. “ I knew once I got by Greg I could
get away,” said Cantor. “I got a look at the scoreboard and
realized I still had half the race left.” He began a calculated
pursuit “trying to save my tires.“
He passed Russ Stoehr
out of four with 17 gone. Noticing Kittredge “appeared to be
smoking” (overheating) and that he “couldn’t get the car down,”
Cantor took the inside route into the lead out of two.
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was a great run for Kittredge, his best finish since winning at
Waterford several years ago. After a brief early battle with
Russ Stoehr, he opening up a several car length lead by lap
seven.
“I just got loose at the end,” understated
Kittredge.
Santos, who started seventh, passed Miller
just after the restart to earn a top five finish.
“Every
win is special,” Cantor explained, but admitted “coming from
eighth to win was awesome.” He knew from the second practice the
car was “fantastic.”
Miller and Kittredge were the heat
winners.
NEMA moves to Thompson Speedway Thursday night.
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Lites Winner Eddie LeClerc Jr. |
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Lites Feature - Lee USA - Fri. June 25th |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
12 |
Eddie LeClerc
Jr. |
Taunton, MA |
Eddie LeClerc St. |
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2 |
99 |
Jim Santa
Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Susan Santa Maria |
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3 |
48 |
Todd
Bertrand |
Suffield, CT |
Tim Bertrand |
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4 |
36 |
Eric Cabral |
Manchester, NH |
Glen Cabral |
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5 |
81 |
Andy Barrows |
New Ipswich, NH |
Bobby Seymour |
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6 |
51 |
Russ Wood Jr.
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Pelham,
NH |
Russ Wood |
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7 |
20
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Chris Haskell |
S. Hampton, MA |
Andy Shlatz |
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28 |
Paul Luggelle |
Holbrook, MA |
Paul Luggelle |
| 9 |
18 |
David
Moniz |
Fairhaven, MA |
David Moniz |
| 10 |
52
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Kevin Park |
Foxboro,
MA |
Kevin Park |
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11 |
00 |
Lanson
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Paul Luggelle |
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12 |
13 |
Ryan Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Randy Bigelow |
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13 |
5c |
Joey Chick |
Hubbardston, MA |
Bob Chick |
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14 |
31 |
Paul Bigelow |
Berlin, CT |
Randy Bigelow |
15
DNF |
4 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Bobby Seymour |
16
DNF |
47 |
Jay Diamond |
- |
Glen Cabral |
17
DNF |
29 |
Anthony Nocella |
Woburn,
MA |
Matt Seymour |
18
DNF |
11w |
David Rose Jr. |
Keene, NH |
David
Rose Sr. |
19
DNF |
7m |
Dickie Cale |
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| LeClerc Lites Winner at Lee |
Lee, NH – A daring move exiting
turn four on lap 19 gave Eddie LeClerc Jr. the lead. A lap later
he claimed victory in the 20-lap NEMA Lites feature at Lee USA
Speedway.
LeClerc appeared to be “dirt tracking” taking
the lead from Jim Santamaria. The season’s first two-time
winner, he called his run from the 13th starting spot “sweet.”
Santamaria wound up second followed by Todd Bertrand (who
scored his fifth top five of the season), Eric Cabral and Andy
Barrows.
“I was pushing hard coming through traffic and I
burned up my right rear a little bit,” explain LeClerc who was
almost sideways on the winning pass. Time, he explained was
“running out.”
Santamaria took the lead on lap seven from
pole sitter Kevin Park. After a brief battle with Eric Cabral,
he took command, his 14.997 lap 10 the fastest of the race.
He lost the lead on the only restart (lap 13) when Cabral
went around him through one and two. He got it back a lap
latter, slipping under Cabral coming out of two.
LeClerc
had climbed to sixth when the yellow flew. Following the
restart, he won battles with Barrows, Cabral and Bertrand before
the clinching move.
“The car got away from me and Eddie
got around me,” said Santamaria after his best run so far.
Chris Haskell and Russ Wood Jr. were the heat winners. |
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| Looking Back: NEMA At Lee |
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Walter Gale of Norwich, CT drove
the Secondo Offy to victory in the Northeastern Midget
Association’s first visit to Lee USA Speedway on June 12, 1966.
It was still the third-mile tri-oval layout that was
replaced by the current three-eights mile.
The Friday
night, June 26th visit will be NEMA’s 26th at Lee. Veteran Jeff
Horn will be looking to make it two straight.
Among
active competitors, Horn is the NEMA win leader at Lee with
four, two behind all-time pace setter Drew Fornoro.
Russ
Stoehr (2), Randy Cabral and Bobby Santos III are also on the
active driver Lee win list.
Gale headed up a podium that
included Dave Humphrey and Bill Stofer. It was one of 14 wins
Gale, the 1964 champion, collected between 1964 and 1968. He is
tied for 14th on the all-time NEMA win list. |
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Lee USA
NEMA Ride
For Bobby Santos III |
Brockton, MA – Bobby Santos
III will return to the Northeastern Midget Association Friday
night (June 25) at Lee USA Speedway replacing his sister Erica
in the Breault #44. Santos is one of the country’s top open
wheel racers.
“I’m looking forward to it,” says owner Ed Breault, explaining
Erica has a previous commitment. “The kid has so much talent. It
is so exciting to watch him race.”
It
will be a busy weekend for Santos, the current NASCAR Whelen
Modified Series point leader. He’ll be after a fourth win in
five tries (he also as a second) at New Hampshire International
Speedway on Saturday.
“This will be Bobby’s first time in our car but we think he can
get the job done,” understates Breault.
Santos, who has 13 NEMA career wins including one at Lee, will
be rekindling some old rivalries in the 25-lap feature.
Defending two-time champion Randy Cabral, Jeff Horn, Adam Cantor
and Russ and Greg Stoehr are committed.
Jeff Abold, who had the fastest feature lap at Lee last season,
will be making his season debut. The NEMA Lites are also on the
docket.
Earlier this season Santos won at Iowa, adding to a USAC Midget
resume that includes checkereds at the Turkey Night Grand Prix,
the Copper World Classic and the Night Before the 500. He has
also won in USAC Sprint and Silver Crown action.
In
addition to the NASCAR Modifieds, Santos has also won in ISMA
action. |
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Jeff Horn
Leads NEMA
Back To Lee USA
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Brockton, MA – Jeff Horn, who will
turn 65 on July 6, can’t get away from the age question. While
he admits “the state of readiness is a little harder to
maintain,” his desire remains strong.
Horn, a winner at
Lee USA Speedway last September, returns to the Granite State
third mile Friday night (June 25) “full of hope, prepared to do
the best I can.” The last race at Lee “means nothing.”
The NEMA Lites are on schedule as well in NEMA’s only visit to
Lee this year. Bethany Viets will be looking to make it two
straight Lites wins.
With the addition of Bobby Santos
III (in the Breault 44), Jeff Abold (in an Abold/Seymour effort)
and Mike Ordway Jr. (in a Bertrand car) , an especially strong
field is expected. “Lee is not an especially hard or an
especially easy track,” says Horn, “but is a very fast one.”
It follows that it is a very competitive one as well. Two
times defending champ Randy Cabral, the winner of the last
outing at Twin State, takes the point lead to Lee. Russ and Greg
Stoehr along with Adam Cantor are determined not to let the
Cabral/Bertrand team get too far out in front.
Abold’s
13.521 was the fastest feature lap at Lee last year. A victim of
mechanical problems, the second generation racer no doubt
returns with some vengeance in mind.
A racer since the
mid 1960s in Vermont, Horn was in the first race on the current
Lee layout back in 1983. “There was no wall on the back chute,”
he recalls. “It was that new.”
Among active drivers, Horn
is the Lee NEMA win leader with four going back to 1987. “That
doesn’t mean much either,” he insists Cabral, Russ Stoehr and
Santos, who will spell sister Erica in the Breault 44, have also
won at Lee.
The Lites have yet to have a double winner in
five races. Viets joined Todd Bertrand, Eddie LeClerc Jr.,
Anthony Nocella and Paul Luggelle on the 2010 win list.
 Cabral’s victory
at Twin State gives him at least one win in 11 straight seasons.
Only Dave Humphrey, with 16, is better.
Russ Stoehr had a second and a
third at Lee in 2009.
Stoehr leads a quartet that
includes Cabral, Jeff Horn and Bobby Santos III that has 100
NEMA wins among them. |
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Ordway
Jr. Joins
Lee USA NEMA Field |
Brockton, MA – Mike Ordway Jr. will
be in the Bertrand #39 for Friday night’s Northeastern Midget
Association event at Lee USA Speedway. Ordway brings a strong
resume to the ride.
Pointing out the 2005 350-Super
champion “studies Lee USA Speedway like a quintessential
student,” owner Tim Bertrand called the second generation driver
“a great choice.”
The NEMA Lites will be on hand as well
in what will be the club’s only visit to Lee this season.
Ordway will be a teammate of two-time defending champion
Randy Cabral and Chris DeRitis in what has become NEMA’s busiest
pit. USAC standout Cole Carter and Sprint Cup regular Ryan
Newman drove the car to runner up finishes last year.
Equipped with a new Esslinger engine out of Circle Performance
in Brockton, MA, the 2006 ISMA Rookie of the Year joins a field
bolstered by the season debut of Jeff Abold (in a joint effort
by the Abold and Seymour families) and Bobby Santos III (who is
subbing for sister Erica in the Breault 44).
Jeff Horn, a
Lee winner last September, leads a NEMA rush to the third mile
that includes, in addition to Cabral and DeRitis, Adam Cantor,
Jim Miller, Lee Bundy, Barry Kittredge and Greg and Russ Stoehr.
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| Jeff Abold Returns To NEMA at
Lee |
Brockton, MA – Jeff Abold,
one of the area’s most promising open-cockpit racers, will
return to Northeastern Midget Association action Friday night,
June 26 at Lee USA Speedway. The 21-year old will drive a
Gaerte-powered Hawk, a joint effort between the Abold and
Seymour families.
Abold has a case if he believes the tricky Lee layout owes him.
Driving the Seymour 29, the son of Pat Abold was well on his way
to victory last year when he lost a rocker arm. He did turn the
fastest feature lap (13.521) at Lee last year.
Defending champion and current point leader Randy Cabral, coming
off a win at Twin State leads NEMA into Lee. Jeff Horn, a winner
at Lee last year, Adam Cantor, Russ and Greg Stoehr, Chris
DeRitis and Jim Miller are other threats.
The NEMA Lites will be on hand as
well. Paul Luggelle was the Lee Lites winner last year.
The
new team figures on making most of the remaining NEMA events as
well as some USAC shows in July and August.
Abold burst on the NEMA scene with the Seymours in 2008, scoring
a win at Seekonk. He added to his resume with a Boston Louie
success last summer. |
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