Thursday, July 1st |
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Marvin
Rifchin
Trophy
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For more on Marvin see the 2009 race page HERE |
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John DaDalt Photo
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| Photos by Norm Marx |
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NEMA Feature - Thompson - Thurs. July 1st |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim Bertrand |
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2 |
45 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Dumo's Desire
Racing |
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3 |
39 |
Cole Carter |
Indianapolis, IN |
Tim Bertrand |
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4 |
93x |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Mike Horn |
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5 |
A1 |
Jeff Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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6 |
26b |
Greg Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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7 |
3m |
Jim Miller |
Weymouth, MA |
Jim Miller |
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8 |
9 |
John Zych, Jr. |
Liverpool, NY |
John Zych, Sr. |
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9 |
7ny |
Adam Cantor |
Dix Hills, NY |
Cantor Racing |
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10 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
11
DNF |
2 |
Lee Bundy |
Kennebunkport,
ME |
Lee Bundy |
12
DNF |
44 |
Erica Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed Breault |
13
DNF |
75 |
Chris deRitis |
Philadelphia, PA |
Dan deRitis |
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Cabral By Inches At Thompson |
Thompson, CT – Randy Cabral withstood a late challenge
from Russ Stoehr and won the Northeastern Midget Association’s
25-lap Marvin Rifchin Trophy race by a foot Thursday night at
Thompson Speedway.
The leader since lap 15, Cabral
(Bertrand #47) survived a last-lap counterattack that began in
turn three and fell inches short at the line.
It was the
second win of the season (and the eighth career Thompson
triumph) for Cabral and a big night for Bertrand Motorsports,
visiting Cole Carter claiming third. Early leader Mike Horn and
his dad Jeff Horn filled the top five.
Losing his brakes
(and battling heating woes) soon after taking the lead, Cabral
“couldn’t enter the turns like I wanted too.” He decided “if
anybody is going to get by me, it will be on the outside.”
“I have complete faith in Randy,” explained Stoehr who got
even with Cabral in the middle of three and fourth and then lost
the drag race to the checkered.
Cabral said he was not
aware of the threat “until I looked down at my gages and saw
Russ out there. That’s why I never look at my gages.”
The
only caution on lap eight wiped away Mike Horn’s wide lead.
Starting third, he moved to the lead immediately and when yellow
showed was almost a half straightaway in front of a
Carter-Stoehr battle for second.
Stoehr grabbed the lead
from Horn with an outside move into three on lap nine, leaving
Cabral to battle teammate Cole several lengths behind. Cabral
quickly erased the advantage, taking the lead with an inside
move heading into on lap 15.
Carter had “a great run,”
emerging the winner of a battle with Mike Horn over the final
five laps.
Midweek action continues for NEMA with
CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday at Stafford Speedway.
Cabral moved back to Esslinger for the race after
experiencing problems with the Honda at Lee.
“The kind of finish Marvin would have enjoyed,” offered
Stoehr. Cabral also acknowledged the late tire maker who for
many years was a mainstay of NEMA.
Mike Horn ran with a Bertrand set-up, the “same as Randy
has,” offered Tim Bertrand.
”Any time you can get along side of Randy on the last lap
at Thompson you’re doing something,” said Russ Stoehr after his
fourth top five this year. |
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| NEMA Takes Show To
Thompson |
Brockton, MA – The
Northeastern Midget Association comes to Thompson Speedway
Thursday night with three winners in as many events.
Chris Leonard, defending two-time champion Randy Cabral and Adam
Cantor have been victorious. Russ Stoehr, however, has been the
most consistent. He is the only driver with top-fives in all
three events.
Cabral, the all-time NEMA winner at
Thompson with seven, Cantor, a winner last week at Lee USA
Speedway, and the crafty Stoehr are all very much in the
championship picture. All agree, a Thompson win can do wonders
when it comes to confidence.
“Everybody wants a Thompson
victory,” says NEMA president Mike Scrivani Jr. “It is very
fast, very demanding and coming prepared is a must.”
Stoehr would like nothing better than putting the late Gene
Angelillo’s Dumo’s Desire #45 in victory lane. Stoehr’s third
and last Thompson win came in an Angelillo car back in 2002.
Usually the fastest stop on the NEMA schedule, Cabral’s
Bertrand Motorsports hopes to put the #47 in victory lane there.
They are determined to put a poor finish at Lee behind them.
The Bertrand stables, which also includes contender Chris
deRitis (nothing below sixth this year) will be joined by Cole
Carter, the USAC stalwart slated to drive the Bertrand #39.
Absolutely “hooked up” at Lee, Cantor aims to carry the
momentum over to Thompson.
Other contenders heading into
Thompson include Greg Stoehr, a Thompson winner back in 1993,
Jeff Horn, second at last year’s World Series, Barry Kittredge,
coming off a very impressive second-place run at Lee, Jim Miller
and Erica Santos.
Back in 1974, Dave Humphrey toured the the five/eights
Thompson in a record 21.428 seconds. Nokie Fornoro’s 18.198 was
the fastest feature lap in 2010.
Cabral set the “unofficial” Thompson standard (17.630)
two years ago.
There have been different motors in Victory Lane – Chris
Leonard’s Autocraft at Waterford, Cabral’s Honda at Twin State
and Cantor’s Mopar at Lee. |
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Cole Carter Returns To Bertrand Midget |
Brockton, MA -
The Cole Carter-Bertrand Motorsports relationship continues when
Carter drives the Bertrand #39 in Northeastern Midget
Association action at Thompson (Thursday night, July 1) and
Stafford (Tuesday, July 6).
Carter, part of one of open wheel racing’s most storied
families, collected a fourth at last year’s Thompson World
Series for Bertrand. He was also second at Seekonk Speedway’s
Boston Louie.
He’ll be part of NEMA’s
busiest pit, a teammate of both Randy Cabral and Chris DeRitis.
Following grandfather (Duane) and
father (Pancho), Carter has been driving family-owned equipment
since 2000. He was fourth in the 2005 national standings.
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Crew chief Don
Mardirosian, right, joins John McCarthy and
Dave Humphrey in
photo taken at Thompson. |
| NEMA Looks Back At
Thompson Speedway |
Dave Humphrey drove
John McCarthy’s #47 Chevy II-powered upright to countless
victories including a conquest of Len Thrall and Russ Klar, both
in Offys, at Thompson Speedway on Sept. 19, 1971.
NEMA’s
long association with Thompson dates back to 1960 and continues
Thursday night (July 1). Then as now, it is usually the fastest
venue on the NEMA schedule.
Humphrey, driving McCarthy’s
Badger, turned a then record 21.428 seconds lap at Thompson. |
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