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Top Three NEMA Midgets at Thompson World
Series: L to R:
Jeff Horn #A1, 3rd; Winner Randy
Cabral #47; & Russ Stoehr #45, 2nd. |
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Cabral World Series Winner |
Thompson, CT – Randy Cabral got away on a
restart with six laps left and went on to capture the
Northeastern Midget Association 25-lap feature Sunday at
Thompson Speedway’s World Series. It was the third win
of the campaign for the Cabral/Bertrand #47 team which
takes a commanding 88 point lead into this weekend’s
season finale at Lee USA Speedway’s Ocktoberfest.
The fourth and last caution put an end to a classic
Cabral/Russ Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire 45) duel that
highlighted the middle of the race. Stoehr held on for
second with Jeff Horn (Horn A1) claiming a hard-earned
third. Mike Horn (Horn 93x) emerged from a battle with
Jim Miller (Miller 3m) to claim forth.
It was the
tenth career Thompson NEMA victory for Cabral.
Using the bottom, Cabral, coming from the 14th s
starting spot, took the lead on the first restart from
pole sitter Anthony Marvuglio with 12 laps gone. Two
laps later yellow showed again and Stoehr, coming from
12th, went around both Miller and Marvuglio to take
second on the ensuing restart. By the next lap, Cabral
and Stoehr were side by side.
Stoehr did get the
jump on the third restart. “I was settled in for
second,” said Cabral. “The 45 takes off so fast on
restarts. I was lucky I guess.”
“The car was
pushing off the pedal on the last restart,” said Stoehr,
pointing out “I didn’t want to run into him so I had to
let him go.” Cabral did open up a five-car gap quickly
and went on to win by eight tenths of a second despite
Stoehr turning an 18.234 on lap 23.
Cabral said
he used the same line employed by close friend Dave
Richardi en route to winning the Pro 4 feature on
Saturday night over the final circuits. His fastest lap
(18.113), however, came on the fourth circuit, part of a
rush to the front. He passed Jeff Horn for third on lap
three. After a three lap side-by-side battle with Miller
he claimed second on lap 10. The second fastest lap of
the race, an 18.170, belonged to Miller and it came
during the battle with Cabral.
When the first
caution showed, Cabral was seven car lengths behind
Marvuglio.
Battling a tight car, Jeff Horn turned
in a heroic effort running through the leaders
throughout. He made a bid for second before finishing a
second behind Stoehr in third. |
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NEMA MIDGETS -THOMPSON -
10/14/12 |
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Pos.
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#
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Driver |
Hometown
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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 |
A1 |
Jeff Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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4 |
93x |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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5 |
3m |
Jim Miller |
Weymouth,
MA |
Jim Miller |
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6 |
26b |
Greg Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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7 |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Louisville, KY |
John Zych Sr. |
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8 |
2 |
Lee Bundy |
Kennebunkport,
ME |
Lee Bundy |
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9 |
26bx |
Bethany
Stoehr |
Bridgewater,
MA |
MCI Racing/
Greg Stoehr |
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10 |
81 |
Andy Barrows |
New Ipswitch, NH |
Dustin Anderson |
11
DNF |
78 |
Brian Cleveland |
Billerica, MA |
Linda Cleveland |
12
DNF |
7ny |
Bobby Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Allan Cantor |
13
DNF |
4x |
Keith Botelho |
No. Attleboro, MA |
MCI Racing/
Greg Stoehr |
14
DNF |
99 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Susan Santa
Maria |
15
DNF |
38 |
Anthony
Marvuglio |
E.
Bridgewater, MA |
Tammy Bourbeau |
16
DNF |
50 |
Derek Pernisiglio |
Charlotte, NC |
Peter Pernisiglio Sr. |
17
DNF |
39b |
Todd Bertrand |
Suffield, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
18
DNF |
4 |
Anthony Nocella |
Woburn, MA |
Bobby Seymour |
19
DNF |
33 |
Phl DiMario |
Glen Cove, NY |
Allan Cantor |
20
DNF |
44 |
Joey Payne |
Fairlawn, NJ |
Ed Breault |
21
DNF |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul Scally |
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HEAT 1:
7ny-99-4-3m-2-4x-26b-76-78-81-26bx(dnf)-47b(dns) |
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HEAT 2:
44-38-A1-45-93x-9-47-33-50-12-30(dnf) |
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Heat #1 |
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Heat #2 |
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Photos by John Dadalt |
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Russ Stoehr Eyes Two
Straight
At Thompson World Series |
Brockton, MA – The Northeastern Midget
Association has now run 20 straight races without a
back-to-back winner. Russ Stoehr, who checkered at
Waterford Speedbowl’s Finale last Sunday, aims to end
that this weekend when NEMA makes its annual visit to
Thompson Speedway’s World Series. Qualifying is part of
the Saturday agenda while the 30-lap feature is tabbed
for Sunday.
NEMA comes to the World Series with
11 winners in 12 races, making the 2012 campaign one of
the most competitive in the club’s 60-year history.
There has not been a back-to-back winner since Russ
Stoehr won the first three races of 2011.
Point
leader Randy Cabral, working on a streak of six straight
top-fives, leads NEMA into Thompson. The only two-time
winner this season, he is NEMA’s all-time winner at
Thompson.
The Stoehr threat will be three deep.
In addition to Russ (Dumo’s Desire 45) and Greg (Stoehr
26b) Keith Botelho will be driving the #4 the Stoehr
family recently purchased from Mike and Lu Jarret. All
three are familiar with Thompson’s demands. “Passing
cars at 125 plus miles per hour, you’ve got your hands
full,” says Russ, last year’s World Series winner.
It is speed at Thompson. Cabral, en route to a
second last year, turned a 18.076 lap which converts to
129.453 mph. Stoehr’s best lap (18.163) was only a tick
off.
Greg sees it as a “mental wrestling match
from mid straightaway into the turns,” pointing out to
be successful “you have to pretty much keep your foot in
it deep into the corner.”
Botelho, who has been
successful in the past in Stoehr equipment, will be
steering the car Nokie Fornoro drove to victory in the
2010 World Series – the last win in the legendary
driver’s career.
The return of the Jarret car
enhances what has been an extraordinary year competition
wise. “There is good equipment everywhere and passing
cars is not that easy anymore,” explains Cabral who had
a couple of seconds last year at Thompson.
Veteran Jim Miller (first at Oswego and third behind
Mike Horn at Stafford) has been impressive on the “big
tracks” this summer and earns contender status at
Thompson. Horn, a Thomson winner last year, runs a setup
very similar to that of Bertrand Racing teammates Cabral
and Todd Bertrand.
In addition to the Stoehrs,
Cabral, Horn and Miller, 2012 winners include Bertrand,
John Zych Jr., Adam Cantor, Anthony Marvuglio, rookie
Seth Carlson and Anthony Nocella.
Counting out
Joey Payne and Jeff Horn, both Thompson winners in the
past, would be a ----serious mistake as well. |
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Derek
Pernesiglio Files Entry
For Thompson World Series
NASCAR
on SPEED Reporter to Drive Family Ride |
By Chris Reed - Charlotte, NC - Thompson
International Speedway has always held a special place
in Derek Pernesiglio’s heart. He started attending races
there as a little boy, he pit reported his very first
NASACR race there and served as a track announcer
ultimately springborading him to a motorsports
television career. When the NASCAR on SPEED reporter
isn’t traveling around the country talking about
racecars, he’s driving them. In two week’s Pernesiglio
will climb back behind the wheel of a winged NEMA Midget
for this years Northeastern Midget Association portion
of the Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing at the
Thompson International Speedway in Thompson,
Connecticut.
Pernesiglio will drive for legendary
NEMA car owner, and father “Mazda” Pete Pernesiglio. It
will be the first time he’s driven a family owned ride
in twelve years.
“I drove Paul Lugelle’s Lite car
in last years World Series and the thrill of running
Thompson rushed right back in again. said Pernesiglio.
This year we’re coming back with a full-up midget and
I’m excited about getting to drive.” The Sunoco World
Series falls on October, 12th, 13th and 14th. but in the
months preceding, Pernesiglio has been sticking to his
open-wheel roots racing in the Mini Outlaw Series close
to his Charlotte, North Carolina home. “The Mini Outlaws
are fun, said Pernesiglio. “They have a hundred
horsepower and weigh about three hundred and fifty
pounds. They’re light, snappy little cars like a midget
and we race on dirt. I really feel racing on dirt lately
will help me on pavement.”
For the event
Pernesiglio will carry sponsorship from No Regrets
Tattooing and “TV” Tim Productions. “I can’t thank Dave
Shore and “TV” Tim Deroin enough, said the excited pit
reporter. Dave has always been great to my family and
helped Dad before. Tim Deroin is the director of our
NASCAR K&N Pro Series races on SPEED and he’s also raced
Modifieds at Riverside Park and part time on the Tour
back in the day, he’s a racer so he get’s it.”
When asked about his performance in the event, the pit
reporter/part-time driver sounded confident. “The big
difference this year is that I’ve been racing weekly,”
said Pernesiglio. “Last year I hopped in the car cold, I
hadn’t driven a midget in ten years...this year I feel
better prepared.”
Known as the “Indianapolis of
the East” the Sunoco World Series falls on October 12th,
13th and 14th and has been the grand fall finale of
racing events in the Northeast hosting sixteen divisions
of racing from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and
International Supermodified Association to the NEMA
Midgets, Pro 4 Modifieds and stock cars. The NASCAR K&N
Pro Series races can be seen every Thursday at 3pm
Eastern standard time, 12pm noon Pacific on SPEED
Channel. |
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Cabral NEMA’s
Thompson Maestro |
Brockton, MA – The
Northeastern Midget Association has long considered
Thompson Speedway the ultimate “separate the men from
the boys” facility. While any Thompson checkered is a
treasure, the World Series is definitely the biggest
plum.
Three-time champion and current point
leader Randy Cabral looms as the man to beat when NEMA
makes its annual appearance at the Thompson World Series
Oct. 12-13-14. Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday Oct.
13 with the 25-lap feature part of the busy Sunday, Oct.
14 agenda.
Nine victories, including four World
Series triumphs, make Cabral the all-time Thompson
maestro. He left no doubt about his mastery of the
five-eighths oval last fall with a blistering 18.076 lap
(129.453 mph) en route to a championship-clinching
second place behind Russ Stoehr. It was Stoehr’s fourth
career Thompson win.
Another Cabral (Bertrand
Motorsports #47) – Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire 45) battle is a
definite possibility. Both teams are old hands at
Thompson, Dumo’s Desire (formally Team Angelillo) owning
over a dozen victories. Stoehr’s fastest lap – 18.163 –
was only a tick off Cabral’s last year.
Thompson’s long Midget history, however, is filled with
surprises. Considering 2012 has been one of the most
competitive seasons in NEMA’s 60-year history (ten
winners in the first 11 races), it is safe to consider
the possibility of another surprise.
Cabral’s
teammate Todd Bertrand (Bertrand 99), John Zych Jr.
(Zych 9), Mike Horn (Horn 93x), Eric Cantor (Cantor 33),
Jim Miller (Miller 3m), Greg Stoehr (Stoehr 26b),
Anthony Marvuglio (Boubeau 38), rookie Seth Carlson
(Feigel 71) and Anthony Nocella (Seymour 9) will all
come to Thompson with a 2012 win. Horn and Greg have won
in the past at Thompson.
Ageless Jeff Horn (Horn
A1) and Joey Payne (Breault 44) are other contenders.
Paul Scally (Scally 30), Lee Bundy (Bundy 2), Brian and
Doug Cleveland, the family 78 and 87 cars, Jim
SantaMaria (SantaMaria 99) and Matt O’Brien (O’Brien 16)
are other hopefuls.
NEMA and Thompson have a
relationship that goes back to 1960, the legendary Dutch
Schaefer the winner. Since then, Thompson has helped
write a ton of NEMA history and a credible part of that
is World Series related.
Greg Stoehr, driving for
John Zahar, passed brother Russ in the closing laps to
win in 1994. In 2001, Joey Payne, who like Greg Stoehr
started last, passed the same Russ Stoehr on the final
lap en route to the checkered. The latter was Gene
Angelillo’s 100th NEMA win. A Nokie Fornoro romp in 2010
proved to be the last Midget ride for one of the sport’s
greatest competitors. |
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