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Cabral Back to Victory
Lane in
Lites Speedbowl Action |
Waterford, CT – Randy Cabral ended a long, multi
year dry streak at the New London Waterford Speedbowl this
past Saturday night, taking down the win in the NEMA Lite
class in their “solo act” performance during the Bowl’s
Saturday night program. Cabral is NEMA’s all time winner at
the Speedbowl, with 8 NEMA wins at 2 Lites wins, for a total
of 10.
Cabral won his heat race, running laps down
in the high 13’s, only seven tenths off of the typical NEMA
top five. He started the race from the third position, and
was quickly pursued by the family “dynamic duo” of Meg
Cugini and brother, Danny. One caution halted the event, but
when it went back to green, it was all Cabral to the finish.
Danny Cugini ended up besting sister Meg, but both ended up
on the podium – a first for the family. Current points
leader Scott Bigelow finished fourth, followed by Jim
Chambers.
The winner of the last event, Anthony
Payne, finished sixth, followed by Dennis Potter, Paul
Bigelow, long time Speedbowl supporter and multi time
champion, Tom Fox making a rare appearance, and Dennis
O’Brien rounded out the top ten.
“This was one of the
first times at the Speedbowl in recent years that I had a
car that literally handled the same all day. The car was
fantastic. I’d like to thank Bruce Bemer, Shawn Monahan and
the Staff at the Speedbowl, as well as all of the fans that
came out to the race,” said a very happy Cabral after the
feature event.
Cabral’s car is Todd Bertrand’s
former #39 Drinan chassis, also driven at LEE USA Speedway
in 2009 by NASCAR star Ryan Newman. It is powered by a 1992
QUAD 4 engine.
The NEMA and NEMA Lite classes take to
the main stage again this coming weekend for some extreme
action, at Wiscasset Speedway in Wiscasset Maine. Last year,
track records were broken, with Randy Cabral coming from
last to win the feature event and undoubtedly fast times
will be the goal of all of the competitors this coming
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NEMA LITES - NL-W SPEEDBOWL -
6/6/15 |
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Pos.
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
35 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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2 |
51 |
Danny CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
D. Cugini |
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3 |
41 |
Megan CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
D. Cugini |
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4 |
32 |
Scott
Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Scott
Bigelow |
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5 |
21w |
Jim Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Jim Chambers |
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6 |
21 |
Anthony Payne |
Fairlawn, NJ |
Jennifer Scrivani |
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7 |
03 |
Dennis Potter |
New Boston, NH |
Dennis Potter |
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8 |
31 |
Paul Bigelow |
Kensington, CT |
Paul
Bigelow |
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9 |
15a |
Tom Fox |
- |
Russ Stoehr |
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10 |
16 |
Dennis O'Brien |
Deerfield, NH |
Chris O'Brien |
11
DNF |
30b |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
12
DNF |
52 |
Kevin Park |
Foxboro, MA |
Kevin Park |
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| Bigelow Leads NEMA
Lites to Speedbowl |
Waterford, CT - There are
no secrets left for the Northeastern Midget Association
(NEMA) at the New London Waterford Speedbowl. A tight points
race amongst the Lites between Scott Bigelow, Danny Cugini
and Anthony Payne will highlight the night as NEMA's Lite
class performs a solo show back at the 'Bowl Saturday night,
the 25-lap feature part of the traditional Saturday evening
program.
Bigelow, who won at Thompson earlier this
year, knows that there are not many secrets left amongst the
competitors at the Speedbowl. Between open practices, and
many years of history between the Speedbowl and NEMA, it
tends to be a place where most of the competition run their
best.
"It is a pedal to the metal place," says long
time NEMA member Joey Payne, father of last week's winner -
Anthony Payne, who has run many laps in the high 12 seconds
bracket at the Speedbowl. "You don't get to relax at the
Speedbowl."
Payne's son, Anthony, took down his first
NEMA Lite win at Evans Mills Speedway, the last time the
Lites took the track. He drives for the famed Scrivani
family, with help from long time NEMA supporters Mike and Lu
Jarrett.
"The Speedbowl's geography makes it one of
the best Midget tracks in the East," says NEMA President
Russ Stoehr. "The surface is great and there's just enough
straightaway. You can go three, four wide no problem."
Danny Cugini, regular NEMA competitor, has produced some
strong runs so far, and only trails bigelow by 30 points, or
roughly four spots in a NEMA Lite feature. He comes prepared
to win this Saturday night, similar to Paul Scally with his
new Lites ride, Cugini's sister Meg, and Bigelow's brother,
Paul.
Randy Cabral, who ranks amongst the top of
NEMA's all time winners at the Bowl also plans to attend
Saturday night. Cabral has not visited victory lane in a
long time at the Speedbowl, and a victory there is high on
his priority list.
The Lites will run a 25 lap
feature, as a compliment to the Mini Stock's, SK Lights,
Late Models, SK Modifieds, the NEMST and the Limited
Sportsman. |
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