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FRIDAY, JULY 19 |
| NEMA MIDGETS & NEMA
LITES |
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| THE BUTCH WALSH
MEMORIAL |
| NEMA pays tribute to
one of this club's truest racers and most influential
leaders. Butch was not only a champion driver, he was a
fantastic mechanic, and a courageous President who's
leadership changed NEMA forever. |
See Butch's page at
the NEMA History site:
www.nemahistory.com/butch-walsh.html |
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Butch
in the Bien Badger leading the Badgers
of Dave Humphrey
and Johnny Evans |
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NEMA LITES TOP THREE - L TO R:
RYAN LOCKE #3, 3RD; WINNER
RANDY CABRAL #76;
AND RICHIE COY #19, 2ND |
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NEMA LITES - LEE USA -
7/19/19 |
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At Lee USA Speedway on 7/19 the #76 car won its
3rd race of the season. The car was impounded and brought
to our official Dyno facility per the current rule. The car
was on the Dyno on 7/24 and has passed. Therefore the
results from Lee are official. |
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Pos.
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
76 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Frank
Manafort |
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2 |
38 |
Ryan Locke |
Chester, NH |
Ken Locke |
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3 |
19 |
Richie Coy |
Haskell, NJ |
Richie Coy |
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4 |
8t |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Mike Trainor |
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5 |
35 |
Anthony Marvuglio |
Bridgewater, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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6 |
69 |
Matt Merry |
Plaistow, NH |
Matt Merry |
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7 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter
Valeri |
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8 |
7 |
Jim Cataldo |
Sterling, MA |
Jim Cataldo |
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9 |
39 |
Dominic Elicone |
Mendon, MA |
Steve Elicone |
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10 |
88 |
Chase Locke |
Chester, NH |
Ken Locke |
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11 |
3 |
Chris Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Chris Vose |
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12 |
55 |
Drew Eldridge |
No Chelmsford, MA |
Drew
Eldridge |
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13 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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14 |
11 |
PJ Stergois |
Candia, NH |
Bill
Stergios |
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15 |
41 |
Meg Cugini |
Marshfield, MA |
Glenn
Cugini |
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16 |
12 |
Alan Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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HEAT 1:
41, 76, 38, 3, 69, 17, 11, 35 |
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HEAT 2:
12, 19, 7, 88, 55, 39, 8t, 94 |
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NEMA MIDGETS TOP THREE - L TO
R:
PAUL SCALLY #30, 3RD; WINNER
JIM CHAMBERS #21,
AND RANDY CABRAL #74, 2ND. |
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NEMA MIDGETS - LEE USA -
7/19/19 |
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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 |
21 |
Jim Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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2 |
74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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3 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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4 |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
John Zych Sr. |
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5 |
47 |
Alby Ovitt |
Barrington, NH |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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6 |
48 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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7 |
50 |
Lanson Fornoro |
Brockton, MA |
Pete Pernesiglio Sr. |
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8 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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9 |
A1 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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10 |
18 |
Andy Lunt |
Marion, MA |
Christian Briggs |
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11 |
99 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Jim Santa Maria |
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12 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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DNS |
51 |
Dan CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
Dan CuginI |
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DNS |
00 |
Rob Spino |
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Rob Spino |
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HEAT 1:
74, 9, 30, 50, 18, 99 |
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HEAT 2:
21, 47, 39, 48, A1, 87 |
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J. Chambers, Cabral Take Down
Butch
Walsh Memorial Honors
at LEE USA Speedway |
Jim Chambers ended a season plagued with
demons in the Butch Walsh Memorial at the LEE USA
Speedway this past Friday to take down an exciting
victory over 7 time NEMA Champion Randy Cabral.
Chambers was flawless enroute to victory. In the
LItes race, it was all Cabral, as he used the high
line to take command of the lead early, and never
looked back.
In the NEMA feature event,
Chambers, by virtue of the club's handicap system
and a series of DNF's in 2019, started near the
front and had the lead at the end of lap one.
Chambers was flawless, as lap by lap he hit his
marks. As the race wore on, Randy Cabral broke free
of traffic, and Paul Scally was in tow.
Cabral managed to close the gap as Chambers
approached lapped traffic, and Scally caught the
Chambers/Cabral duo to set up a very exciting ending
to the race. With five to go, Cabral looked low, but
Chambers closed the door, and used lapped traffic to
his advantage to again pull away from Cabral.
Chambers would cross the line a carlength ahead of
Cabral, and following Chambers, was Cabral, Paul
Scally, John Zych, Alby Ovitt, Todd Bertrand, Lanson
Fornoro, Avery Stoehr, Mike Horn and Andy Lunt.
"The win at Lee was a turn around our team
needed after a really rough start with some gremlins
that took weeks to find. The setup was good all day,
but our night didn't start great with a broken U
joint in practice. We had to thrash to get ready for
the heat race to keep a good starting spot for the
feature. We can't thank Glen Cabral enough for the
spare parts and for working with us on a hot day. In
the feature, I knew we just needed to hit our marks
and stay consistent and it worked out well," said
Chambers.
In the Lites race, ninth place
starter Cabral wasted no time, blasting into the
fifth spot by the end of lap one, and a lap later
was in the lead. Cabral used his patented moves on
the outside, but behind him, Ryan Locke was also on
the move. Locke went from the tenth spot, to eight,
to third all in the first four laps of the event.
As the laps rolled on, there was no catching
Cabral, as he took the Frank Manafort powered #76 to
victory lane. Locke finished an impressive run in
second, followed by the hard charging Richie Coy,
Jake Trainor, Anthony Marvuglio, Matthew Merry, Kyle
Valeri, Jim Cataldo, Domenic Elicone, and Chase
Locke.
"Started 9th the car was working
really good high or low it was just a matter of me
not screwing up around other cars. During the week
you always think about the fast cars and how fast
they are and if you have a chance to run with them
like Jake, Ryan or Richie pretty much everyone out
there. Got to thank Frank Manafort for giving me a
chance in his race car and believing in me when we
struggled for the last couple of races. Matt and
Bobby Seymour work on that car till it's perfect we
work really well just like I do with the Bertrand
team and we have the same thoughts on adjustment so
it just makes for a good combination," said Cabral.
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