STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TUESDAY, JULY 6TH
NEMA MIDGETS - ISMA SUPERS
& PRO-4 MODIFIEDS |
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NEMA Feature - Stafford - Tues. July 6th |
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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 |
3m |
Jim Miller |
Weymouth, MA |
Jim Miller |
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3 |
39 |
Cole Carter |
Indianapolis, IN |
Tim Bertrand |
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4 |
75 |
Chris deRitis |
Philadelphia, PA |
Dan deRitis |
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5 |
44 |
Erica Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed Breault |
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6 |
45 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Dumo's Desire
Racing |
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7 |
29 |
Jeff Abold |
Pennellville,
NY |
Bobby Seymour |
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8 |
A1 |
Jeff Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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9 |
85 |
Michael Barnes |
Mexico, NY |
Michael Barnes |
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10 |
9 |
John Zych, Jr. |
Liverpool, NY |
John Zych, Sr. |
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11 |
98 |
Mike
Roselli, Jr. |
Brodheadsville, PA |
Mike
Roselli, Sr. |
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12 |
2 |
Lee Bundy |
Kennebunkport,
ME |
Lee Bundy |
13
DNF |
26b |
Greg Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
14
DNF |
7ny |
Adam Cantor |
Dix Hills, NY |
Cantor Racing |
15
DNF |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
16
DNF |
93x |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Mike Horn |
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Cabral Adds Stafford to Win List |
Stafford Springs, CT – Using lapped cars to take the
lead, Randy Cabral won the 30-lap segment of CARQUEST Extreme
Tuesday at Stafford Speedway.
After eight laps of a
classic battle, Cabral (Bertrand #47) passed Jim Miller (Miller
#3m), the only other leader, in turn two on lap 26. He found all
the room he needed on the bottom when Miller, who had thwarted
several Cabral challenges, ran into traffic.
It was the
first-ever Stafford win for Cabral, a runner-up in the two
previous visits. It was his third win of the season, the second
in a row.
Cole Carter (Bertrand #39) nipped Chris deRitis
(DeRitis #75) to claim third. Erica Santos (Breault #44) was
fifth.
“I was actually sitting in second place rooting
for him,” said Cabral of Miller. In a car that “was maybe better
than perfect on the bottom” Cabral was inside Miller often but
could not make any of the attempts “stick.”
“They were
racing,” Miller said of the lapped cars he approached heading
into one. Trapped behind them, Cabral slipped by.
“I
probably could have done it without the lapped cars,” Cabral
told the media. Miller was doubtful, pointing out he “always had
enough” to beat back every pass. “Randy did what he had to do,”
Miller added.
Coming from eighth, Cabral, now tied for
sixth with Johnny Mann on NEMA’s all-win list with 29, made
almost identical passes in turn three to claim third (from
deRitis on lap 10) and second (from Greg Stoehr on lap 15).
Miller, who battled Stoehr briefly in the beginning, had a
half straightaway edge when Cabral moved into second.
Seekonk Speedway’s Open Wheel Wednesday July 21 is next for
NEMA.
Cabral, who kissed the groud in victory lane, was racing
with a barrel valve borrowed from the Angelillo crew....It was
his second straight hard-fought victory following the battle
with Russ Stoehr at Thompson. He downplayed tying Mann on the
all-time win list, claiming “I am not yet a Johnny Mann.”
Heat winner Cole Carter
posted his second straight third in the Bertrand #39. He had “a
lot of fun” on a facility “I’ve always heard so much about.
Cabral’s 17.842 was the fastest feature lap. |
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NEMA Midgets Battle Moves to Stafford |
Brockton, MA – Russ Stoehr takes a slim 536-530 point
lead over Randy Cabral into the Northeastern Midget
Association’s 30-lap feature at Stafford Motor Speedway’s
CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday.
Coming off an epic battle last
Thursday at Thompson – Cabral beat Stoehr by a foot – both will
be looking for their first-even wins on the ultra-quick half
mile.
Erica Santos and Jeff Horn may well be the only
former Stafford winners in the field. Santos became NEMA’s first
even female winner at Stafford back in 2007. The ageless Horn,
who will turn 65 on Tuesday, won back in 2005.
Two-time
defending champion Cabral, after his 29th career NEMA win has
had two straight seconds at Stafford. He chased Nokie Fornoro
home last year and Bobby Santos III in ’08. Third back in 2005,
Cabral would very much like to include the half mile on his
conquered list.
Five-time Stoehr, who has driven the
Angelillo 45 to four straight top fives, would also like to put
his Stafford woes to rest.
Lap times in the mid 17
seconds are competitive at Stafford, meaning speeds well in
excess of 120 mph. “It’s not for the timid,” says NEMA President
Mike Scrivani Jr.
Adam Cantor, third a year ago, comes to
Stafford sitting fourth in points with 498. Other threats
include Jim Miller and Greg Stoehr, the latter on his way to a
Stafford win in ’07 when he ran out of gas.
USAC
competitor Cole Carter, off a strong third in the Bertrand #39
at Thompson, will get his look at Stafford. Carter, part of one
of racing’s most famous families, clearly loves the “speed
tracks.”
Although a “charter member” of NEMA, the club returned to
Stafford in 2004 after a long layoff.
Nokie Fornoro’s 17.625 was the quickest lap in last
year’s feature run.
Bobby Santos III, the Spring Sizzler winner this year,
has three Stafford Midget wins.
The next win will put Randy Cabral into a tie with Johnny
Mann on the all-time NEMA win list. |
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NEMA Looks Back at Stafford Speedway |
John DeLeo, driving the Anderson
Brothers #22, won NEMA’s first visit to Stafford Speedway on
Sept. 13, 1953. A New Britain native, DeLeo, defeated Bill
Bichteman and Bert Brooks on the fifth-mile paved oval that was
inside the half-mile dirt.
CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday will mark the 33rd NEMA visit to
Stafford.
“A damn fine car,” DeLeo
says of the Ford V60 car owned by a Springfield, MA family that
built truck bodies. “The thing about the small tracks,”
continued DeLeo, 84, “if you got into the groove, it was
difficult for the others to get by you.” The well-traveled DeLeo
also won that year at the quarter mile in Manchester, NH. A
World War II veteran (Marines), DeLeo raced from 1948 through
1953, retiring when he became a father. |
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