2012 NEMA BANQUET
Saturday,
November 17th
White's of Westport
Westport, MA
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| 2012 NEMA Midgets
Owner and Driver Champions - Bertrand Motorsports
and Randy Cabral |
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| Randy Cabral & Ian
Cumens |
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The Jim O’Brien Memorial
Award for outstanding contributions to family
and racing was presented by the O'Brien family to
Doug Cleveland |
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50/50 |
Push Truck
Appreciation Awards |
LITES Perfect
Attendance
Awards |
NEMA Perfect
Attendance
Awards |
Up and Coming Young Driver Award - Dylan Duhamie |
Mechanics of the Year
LITES - Jeff Johnson
NEMA - Mike Horn |
Pat
Thibodeau Youth and Determination Awards:
LITES - Dylan Duhamie
NEMA - Jim Santa Maria |
Joe Csiki
Memorial Most Improved Drivers:
LITES - Jake Smith
LITES - Bethany Stoehr |
LITES:
11th to 15th |
NEMA:
11th to 15th |
Ed Clotheir
Rookies of the Year:
LITES - Avery Stoehr
NEMA - Seth
Carlson |
Hard Luck Award:
LITES - Dustin Anderson
& Andy Barrows |
Associate Member
Never Say
Die Award:
LITES - Bigelow Family |
Ray Roberts
Memorial Award:
LITES - Christian Briggs |
LITES:
6th
to 10th |
NEMA:
6th
to 10th |
Ralph Miller Memorial Award for Outstanding and
Continuing Perseverance - Jeff Horn
(Accepted by Mike
Horn) |
Wen Kelley Memorial
Award:
Bob Blanchette |
Ken Schrader
Racing-sponsored Hard Charger Award:
LITES - Carl Medierios Jr.
with Steve Grant |
LITES:
5th
to 2nd |
NEMA:
5th
to 2nd |
Evans/Thrall Top
Owner/Driver:
Jim Miller |
Marilyn and Gene Angelillo Memorial Award
for
Outstanding Performance:
Jennifer Scrivani |
Shane Hammond
Sportsmanship Awards:
LITES - Danny Cugini
NEMA -
Anthony Mavruglio |
Johnny Thomson
Memorial Award |
Johnny Thomson
Memorial Award:
Joe Fiore
(accepted by Russ Stoehr) |
Jim O’Brien Memorial Award
Introduced by the O'Brien
Sons: Matt, Dennis & Chris |
Jim O’Brien
Memorial Award:
Doug Cleveland |
Ian Cumens |
Hoosier Tire LITES Challenge:
1st - Ian Cumens |
Randy Cabral |
Tim Bertrand |
NEMA Champions
Tim Bertrand & Randy
Cabral |
NEMA Champions
Tim Bertrand & Randy
Cabral |
Randy Cabral & Ian Cumens |
Jim O’Brien
Memorial Award:
Doug Cleveland & Family |
2012 NEMA Midgets
Owner and Driver Champions - Bertrand Motorsports
and Randy Cabral |
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Photos by Norm Marx |
| Prizes Aplenty at
NEMA Banquet |
Westport, MA – Drivers
Randy Cabral and Ian Cumens and owners Tim Bertrand and
Bobby Seymour carried off the biggest trophies Saturday
night at the Northeastern Midget Association’s Awards
Banquet at White’s of Westport. It ended NEMA’s 60th
season.
Cabral and Bertrand celebrated their
second straight and fourth championship in five seasons.
The Bertrand #47 was the only multiple winner in a
campaign that saw 11 drivers capture checkered flags.
Cumens, who often traveled seven hours from his
Pennsylvania home, and Seymour captured the NEMA Lites
Hoosier Tire Challenge title. It was a six-race series
that included the Oswego Speedway race that Cumens won
in the Seymour #9
“I’m looking forward to racing
with you next year,” Bertrand told the gathering, a
perfect ending to the awards-filled program. In addition
to honoring the top 15 owners and drivers in each
division, there were a host of award presentations, many
honoring key figures in NEMA’s history.
Joe
Fiore, a long-time member of the Dumo’s Desire crew, won
the coveted Johnny Thomson Memorial Award.
Avery
Stoehr (Lites) and Seth Carlson (NEMA) were the Ed
Clotheir Rookies of the Year; Mike Horn (NEMA) and Jeff
Johnson (Lites) the Mechanics of the Year and Jack Smith
(Lites), Bethany Stoehr (Lites) and John Zych Jr. the
Joe Csiki Most Improved Drivers.
The Pat
Thibodeau Youth and Determination winners were James
Santa Maria (NEMA) and Dylan Duhaime (Lites). Brandon
Martinez and Dylan Duhaime were recognized with Up and
Coming Awards. The Hard Luck hardware went to Lites
competitor Andy Barrows.
Official Bob Blanchette
(Wen Kelley Memorial), ageless Jeff Horn (Ralph Miller
Memorial Award for Outstanding and Continuing
Perseverance), Christian Briggs (Ray Roberts Memorial)
and Jim Miller (Evans/Thrall top Owner/Driver) captured
NEMA traditional awards.
The three-car deep
Bigelow family took away the Associate Member Never Say
Die Award. The Marilyn and Gene Angelillo Memorial Award
for Outstanding Performance went to Jennifer Scrivani.
Doug Cleveland won the Jim O’Brien Outstanding
Contribution to Family and Racing Award and Dan Cugini
(Lites) and Anthony Mavuglio (NEMA) were the Shane
Hammond Sportsmanship Award recipients.
The Ken
Schrader Racing-sponsored Hard Charger prize went to
four-time Lites winner Carl Medeiros Jr.
Recognized for perfect attendance were the Bob Seymour #
9, the Stoehr # 26b, the Stoehr #15a, the Cabral #35,
the Medeiros #50 and the Cugini #51 Lites cars and the
Dumo’s Desire #45, Bertrand #47, Miller #3m, Scally #30
and Santa Maria #99 NEMA cars.
Also recognized
were push truck operators Pete Pernesiglio, Glen Cabral,
Steve Cleveland, Kurt Kiermont, Dave Shore, Chuck Hill
and Jackie Giannini.
FINAL POINTS
NEMA MIDGETS
Owners: 1. Tim Bertrand
#47, 2. Dumo’s Desire #45, 3. Jim Miller #3m, 4. Jeff
Horn #93x,
5. Greg Stoehr #26b, 6. Paul Scally #30,
7. John Zych Sr. #9, 8. Tammy Bourbeau #38,
9. Susan
Santa Maria #99, 10. Ed Breault #44, 11. Bertrand
Motorsports #39, 12. Lee Bundy #2,
13. Gene Feigel
#71, 14. Bobby Seymour #4, 15. Jeff Horn #A1.
Drivers: 1. Randy Cabral,
2. Russ Stoehr, 3. Jim Miller, 4. Greg Stoehr, 5. Mike
Horn, 6. Todd Bertrand, 7. Paul Scally, 8. John Zych, 9.
Anthony Marvuglio, 10. James Santa Maria, 11. Seth
Carlson,
12. Jeff Horn, 13. Lee Bundy, 14. Anthony
Nocella, 15. Adam Cantor.
HOOSIER TIRE LITES
CHALLENGE
Owners:
1. Bob Seymour #9, 2. MC Racing #15a, 3. ShaWn Duhaime
#57, 4. MCI Racing #26b,
5. Glen Cabral #35, 6.
Donald Cugini #51, 7. Carl Medeiros #50, 8. Christian
Briggs #44,
9. Dave Igo #45, 10. Paul Scally #4, 11.
Randy Bigelow #33, 12. Jeff Johnson #46;
13. Ted
Smith #93, 14. Michael Chambers #11w, 15. Lou Martinez
#12.
Drivers: 1.
Ian Cumens, 2. Avery Stoehr, 3. Dylan Duhaime, 4.
Bethany Stoehr, 5. Randy Cabral,
6. Carl Medeiros
Jr., 7. Danny Cugini, 8. Christian Briggs, 9. Logan
Rayvals, 10. Ryan Bigelow,
11. Kenney Johnson, 12.
Brandon Igo, 13. R.J. Tufano, 14. Jake Smith, 15.
Brandon Martinez. |
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