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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd - 2:00 PM
NEMA
MIDGETS & NEMA LITES |
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NEMA MIDGETS - #17 - BEN SEITZ |
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NEMA MIDGETS - LEE
OKTOBERFEST - 10/3 |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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17 |
Ben Seitz |
Bourne, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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2 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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3 |
74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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4 |
48 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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5 |
47 |
Chase Dowling |
Roxbury, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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6 |
8 |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Mike Trainor |
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7 |
A1 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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8 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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9 |
69 |
Matt Merry |
Plaistow, NH |
Matt Merry |
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10 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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11 |
50 |
Lanson Fornoro |
Brockton, MA |
Pete Pernesiglio Sr. |
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12 |
7 |
Alan Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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13 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Matt O'Brien |
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HEAT 1:
48, A1, 30, 47, 7, 50 |
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HEAT 2:
69, 17,8,74,39,87 |
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NEMA LITES - #1 - RANDY CABRAL |
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NEMA LITES - LEE
OKTOBERFEST -
10/3 |
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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 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Seymour
Performance |
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2 |
11 |
PJ Stergios |
Candia, NH |
Bill
Stergios |
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3 |
21 |
Joe Bailey |
Monroe, NJ |
Mike
Scrivani |
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4 |
19 |
Richie Coy |
Haskell, NJ |
Richie Coy |
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5 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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6 |
88 |
Chase Locke |
Chester, NH |
Jeff Locke |
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7 |
18 |
DJ Moniz |
New Bedford, MA |
Dave Moniz |
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8 |
55 |
Drew Eldridge |
No. Chelmsford, MA |
Drew
Eldridge |
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9 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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10 |
97 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, Ct |
Jim Santa Maria |
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11 |
35 |
Lanson Fornoro |
Brockton, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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12 |
16 |
Matt Seavey |
Pittsfield, NH |
Christopher Butterweck |
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13 |
44 |
Jordan Eldridge |
Merrimack, NH |
Jordan Eldridge |
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14 |
00 |
Bradley Osgood |
Claremont, NH |
Bradley Osgood |
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HEAT 1:
31, 21, 16, 19, 18, 44, 94 |
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HEAT 2:
97, 11, 88, 17, 35, 55 |
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Seitz, Cabral Take
NEMA
Oktoberfest Wins |
The Northeastern Midget Association rolled into the
Wrenn family's LEE USA Speedway this past Saturday for the
annual Oktoberfest event. A packed racing card highlighted
NEMA and the NEMA Lites as the stars of the evening. In the
Lites, seven time champion Randy Cabral came from eighth
place to win the Lites division, after Jim Santa Maria
suffered a heartbreaker in lapped traffic. In the NEMA
division, four time champion Ben Seitz, returning to
competition for Bertrand Motorsports, came from fifth place
and beat back a late race restart against teammate Avery
Stoehr to take down his sixteenth NEMA victory, moving him
into eighteenth on the all time win list.
In the
Lites feature event, Jim Santa Maria jumped out into the
lead from his pole starting position. Santa Maria started
clicking off consistent laps, with NJ's Richie Coy in tow.
Further back, eighth place starter Randy Cabral, driving the
BNR/Seymour #1 was charging to the front, as was PJ
Stergios, and Joe Bailey in the Scrivani 21. As the laps
progressed, Cabral moved into second past Coy, and it was
Santa Maria, Cabral and Coy at the front. Cabral started to
reel in Santa Maria, as the duo was approaching lapped
traffic, and Stergios moved past Coy into second on lap
fifteen. As Santa Maria approached a lapped car on lap 23,
he made contact, and the caution flag flew. Santa Maria
retired his car for the evening, and on the restart, Cabral
would out duel Stergios and go on to take down the victory.
Stergios was second, followed by Bailey, Coy, Kyle Valeri,
Chase Locke, DJ Moniz, Drew Eldridge, Tiani Kibbe, and Santa
Maria.
"It feels great to be back in victory lane at
LEE, and with the Seymour's," said Cabral. "Driving three
cars this evening was a huge advantage for me, I was really
able to keep up with the track. The whole LEE team did a
great job putting on another awesome Oktoberfest," said
Cabral.
In the NEMA feature, Mike Horn jumped out
into the lead from the start. Behind Horn, four time
Champion Ben Seitz was on the move, coming from the fifth
starting position. By lap four, Seitz was second, and on lap
five the caution lap flew for Todd Bertrand. Bertrand pitted
to inspect his machine and returned at the rear of the
field. On the restart, Horn got the jump, but Seitz battled
around him headed into turn two. Further back, 2019 champion
Avery Stoehr bolted into second, and began to hunt down
Seitz. Stoehr came within a carlength of Seitz, and the
caution would fly on lap eighteen for a Jake Trainor flat
tire. On the restart, Seitz would pull ahead of Stoehr and
go unchallenged and on to victory. Stoehr was second,
followed by Randy Cabral, Todd Bertrand, Chase Dowling, Jake
Trainor, Mike Horn, Paul Scally, Matt Merry and Doug
Cleveland.
"It's really sentimental to get back to
victory lane with NEMA in a #17, the number I won four
championships with back in the early 2000 era," said Seitz.
"We've worked hard on this car the last few events to dial
it in, and I'm really excited to finish out the year strong.
I think we'll be a real contender in the remaining events,"
said Seitz.
NEMA heads to the World Series of Racing
at Thompson Speedway this coming weekend. |
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