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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th
NEMA MIDGETS & NEMA LITES |
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Marvin Rifchin
Memorial |
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NEMA MIDGETS
1) RANDY CABRAL #74
2) TODD BERTRAND #48
3) MIKE HORN #A1 |
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NEMA MIDGETS - CLAREMONT - 10/17 |
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Pos. |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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2 |
48 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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3 |
A1 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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4 |
8 |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Mike Trainor |
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5 |
47 |
Sammy Swindell |
Germantown, TN |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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6 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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7 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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8 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Matt O'Brien |
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9 |
21 |
Joe Bailey |
Monroe, NJ |
Mike
Scrivani |
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10 |
19 |
Richie Coy |
Haskell, NJ |
Richie Coy |
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11 |
97 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, Ct |
Jim Santa Maria |
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12 |
7 |
Alan Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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13 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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14 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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DNS |
17 |
Ben Seitz |
Bourne, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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Heat 1: 48, 87,
A1, 8,7,47 |
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Heat 2:
74, 39, 30, 16, 17 |
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NEMA LITES
1) PJ STERGIOS #11
2) JIM SANTA MARIA #97
3) JOE BAILEY #21 |
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NEMA LITES - CLAREMONT -
10/17 |
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Pos.
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#
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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11 |
PJ Stergios |
Candia, NH |
Bill
Stergios |
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2 |
97 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, Ct |
Jim Santa Maria |
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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 |
35 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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6 |
88 |
Chase Locke |
Chester, NH |
Jeff Locke |
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7 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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8 |
55 |
Drew Eldridge |
No. Chelmsford, MA |
Drew
Eldridge |
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9 |
16 |
Matt Seavy |
Pittsfied.NH |
Christopher Butterweck |
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10 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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11 |
00 |
Bradley Osgood |
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Bradley Osgood |
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Heat 1: 21, 17,
35, 16, 94, 55 |
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Heat 2:
11, 19, 97, 88, 00 |
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Cabral, Stergios Take
NEMA/
Rifchin Memorial Prize at Claremont |
NEMA returned to the Claremont Motorsports Park for
the first time in five years this past Saturday. Randy
Cabral pulled off a "hail mary" pass with seven laps
remaining in the NEMA feature, passing Todd Bertrand and
leader Mike Horn to take down his third win of the season.
In the Lites feature, PJ Stergios passed leader Jim Santa
Maria with five laps remaining to take down the victory.
The race celebrated Marvin Rifchin, who was a long time
supporter of NEMA. Marvin's contributions to the industry
have been nationally recognized. In 1999, he was inducted
into the NEAR Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into
the SEMA Hall of Fame. Throughout the 60′s, 70′s, 80′s, and
into the 90′s, Marvin's tires helped deliver countless NEMA
victories and championships with guys like Russ Stoehr, Bill
Eldridge, Al Pillion, Dave Humphrey, Lee Smith, Joey Coy,
and Drew Fornoro just to name a few.
In the NEMA
feature, pole sitter Mike Horn jumped out into the lead from
the start. Horn set a torrid pace at the front, while
further back veteran Doug Cleveland and Todd Bertrand
followed. Bertrand would make a pass on Cleveland for second
on lap eight, and begin to set his sights on Horn.
Cleveland, having an excellent season, held off seven time
champion Randy Cabral, until Cabral made a pass on lap ten
and moved into the third spot. Cabral would begin to close
the gap on Bertrand and Horn as the laps wound down. With
seven laps to go, Bertrand looked high on Horn, and Cabral
saw the opening, passing both cars, into the grass and over
the rumble strips. Contact with Horn got both cars sideways,
but both emerged unscathed. Cabral would go on to take down
the victory over Horn, Jake Trainor, Sammy Swindell, Doug
Cleveland, Paul Scally, Matt Obrien, Joe Bailey and Richie
Coy.
"I felt bad that Mike and I had some contact,"
said Cabral. "I got a huge run off of four, and saw the hole
and went for it," he said. "It feels great to win for Marvin
and NEMA's return to Claremont."
"Good hard racing,"
said Horn. "This is a short track and there's going to be
some contact, I had a lot of fun racing with Randy," he
said.
In the Lites feature, it was again Jim Santa
Maria at the front. Santa Maria has led the majority of the
laps in the last three NEMA lites events, but came up a
little short this past Saturday. He jumped out into the lead
from the front of the pack, and looked to be distancing
himself from the field in the early stages. Behind him,
Richie Coy was making a run as was Joe Bailey in the
Scrivani 21. As the laps wound down, PJ Stergios had worked
his way into third. He passed Coy for second, and then began
running down leader Santa Maria. Stergios would look to the
bottom and then to the top, eventually passing Santa Maria
into turn two with five laps left in the books. Bailey would
pass Coy for third, and that's the way they would end up.
Stergios took down the victory, followed by Santa Maria,
Bailey, Coy, Avery Stoehr, Chase Locke, Kyle Valeri, Drew
Eldridge, Matt Seavy, and Tiana Kibbe.
NEMA concludes
its season at the Waterford Speedbowl this coming weekened,
where championships will be decided. Todd Bertrand holds a
slim margin over teammate Randy Cabral entering the event.
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