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www.leeusaspeedway.com |
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ZYCH #9 |
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NEMA MIDGETS -
LEE OKTOBERFEST
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9/30/23 |
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Pos. |
#
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
9 |
John Zych, Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
John Zych, Sr. |
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2 |
49 |
Dylan Rock |
Enfield, NH |
Dan Rock |
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3 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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4 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Matt O'Brien |
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5 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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6 |
93 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Mike Horn |
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7 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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8 |
50 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete Pernesiglio
Sr. |
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9 |
53L |
Dylan Coutu |
Griswold, CT |
Ron Coutu |
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10 |
61L |
Ryan Locke |
Chester, NH |
Dennis
O/Brien |
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11 |
35L |
Ryan Tidman |
Southhampton, PA |
Glen Cabral |
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12 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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13 |
A1 |
Derek Robbie |
Bellingham, MA |
Mike Horn |
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Heat 1
- 16, 49, 50, 47, 30, 83 |
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Heat 2
- 39, 93, 87, 9, A1 |
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OVITT #20 |
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NEMA LITES -
LEE OKTOBERFEST
- 9/30/23 |
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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 |
20 |
Alby Ovitt |
St. Johnsbury, VT |
Jackie
Parker |
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2 |
44 |
Trent Goodrow |
Carver, MA |
William Keller |
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3 |
10 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Jackie
Parker |
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4 |
53 |
Dylan Coutu |
Griswold, CT |
Ron Coutu |
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5 |
16 |
Dan Cugini |
Marshfield, MA |
Dennis
O/Brien |
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6 |
21 |
Joe Bailey |
Monroe, NJ |
Mike
Scrivani |
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7 |
1 |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Matt
Seymour |
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8 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Randy
Cabral |
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9 |
48 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Todd Bertrand |
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10 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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11 |
61 |
Ryan Locke |
Chester, NH |
Dennis
O/Brien |
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12 |
29 |
Chase Locke |
Chester, NH |
Matt
Seymour |
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13 |
3 |
Christopher Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Christopher Vose |
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14 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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15 |
55 |
Drew Eldridge |
No. Chelmsford, MA |
Drew
Eldgridge |
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16 |
59 |
Brayden Egan |
Ashford, CT |
Eric Egan |
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17 |
35 |
Ryan Tidman |
Southhampton, PA |
Glen
Cabral |
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18 |
28 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete
Penesiglio Sr. |
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18 |
26 |
Kyle Taraska |
Brick, NJ |
Glan Cabral |
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20 |
99 |
Kyle Ferruci |
Woodbury, CT |
Robert Ferruci |
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Heat 1
- 20, 10, 1. 53, 44, 16, 55, 61, 29, 28 |
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Heat 2
- 21, 94, 48, 3, 47, 17, 59, 35, 26, 99 |
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Zych & Ovitt Take Lee’s Oktoberfest
While
Stoehr Earns Season Honors |
Lee, NH -- The NEMA Midgets and LITES
traveled to Lee USA Speedway t Saturday 9/30 for Russ
Conway's Oktoberfest for the final time this season. In a
day of tight points battle racing, NEMA saw many triumphs
and celebrations. Not only one but two first time winners at
this track in the NEMA LITES and Midgets divisions, as Alby
Ovitt and John Zych Jr. took home the wins at New
Hampshire's Center of Speed. In the NEMA LITES, in an
additional challenging feat, all 20 cars who started the
race, completed and took the checkered flag. Trent Goodrow
and Dylan Rock also went on to have a season best finish of
2nd in each feature. While Avery Stoehr and Bertrand
Motorsports took home the 2023 NEMA Midget Driver and Owner
Championships.
The NEMA LITES took the track as
Trent Goodrow in the Keller Motorsports #44 alongside Chris
Vose in the Vose Motorsports #3 led the field to the green
flag. Going into turn one, Goodrow took the lead over team
cars, Alby Ovitt #20 and Avery Stoehr #10 in the Parker
Brothers' Racing.
With just four laps into the race,
the top five settled into single file, Goodrow extended his
lead by a couple of car lengths over Ovitt, Stoehr, Joey
Bailey in the Scrivani Racing #21 and Dylan Coutu in the
Redline Motorsports #53.
On lap 9, the leaders began
to encounter lapped traffic, which allowed Ovitt to close
the gap between him and leader Goodrow.
While on lap
12, Ovitt was now on the back bumper of Goodrow. Ovitt moved
down to the low line and attempted to take the lead, but
Goodrow was able to keep momentum into turn two to maintain
the lead.
On lap 15, Ovitt remained within striking
distance of Goodrow and again went to make the pass for the
lead going down the front stretch but Goodrow drove back by
Ovitt going into turn one. As the leaders strategically
navigated through lapped traffic, Goodrow was able to create
a couple car lengths lead between him and Ovitt once again.
Going down the backstretch on lap 17, Ovitt got a
run off of turn two and drove up alongside Goodrow but
Goodrow was able to take the low line away from Ovitt to
maintain the race lead. While on the following lap, going
into turn one, Goodrow took the high groove, which allowed
for Ovitt to take the low line and drive up along Goodrow
down the backstretch. Goodrow and Ovitt raced side by side
going into turn three and four but coming out of turn four,
Ovitt was able to take over the race lead on lap 19.
Once Ovitt took the lead, he was able to drive away and
create a straightaway lead over Goodrow and Stoehr. While
going down the backstretch on the 22nd lap, a battle for the
4th position occurred between Bailey and Coutu. Coutu took
the low line going into turn three and drove up alongside
Bailey to take over the 4th position.
On lap 25, the
checkered flag waved for Ovitt, winning his first NEMA LITES
race of the season, over Goodrow and Stoehr to round out the
victory lane podium.
In a victory lane interview,
Alby commented on his win, "I really wanted this win more
for my team than myself. This is my home track, so getting
this win here is pretty special."
The top 10 saw
strong finishes by Alby Ovitt #20, Trent Goodrow #44, Avery
Stoehr #10, Dylan Coutu #53, Dan Cuigni #16, Joey Bailey
#21, Jake Trainor #1, Randy Cabral #47, Todd Bertrand #48,
and Kyle Valeri #17.
The NEMA Midgets took the track
for last time of the 2023 season, Mike Pernesiglio #50
alongside Doug Cleveland #87 led the field to the green flag
for 25 fast laps around New Hampshire's Center of Speed.
Going into turn one, Pernesiglio took the low line while
Matt O'Brien in the Jim O'Brien and Son's Engineering #16
jumped to the outside groove and took the lead going down
the backstretch. While going into turn three, John Zych Jr.
#9 took the high line to take second over Pernesiglio.
On lap 2, O'Brien and Zych began to pull away from the
rest of the pack and created half a straight away lead over
Cleveland, Dylan Rock #49, and Avery Stoehr in the Bertrand
Motorsports #39 rounding out the top 5.
Over the
next two laps, Zych closed the gap between him and O'Brien
and was soon on O'Brien's back bumper. While going down the
backstretch on lap 4, Zych took the race lead. While a tight
battle for third occurred between Cleveland and Rock coming
out of turn four and down the frontstretch, but coming to
the line, by nearly half a nose, Rock was able to take over
third. Going into turn one on the following lap, Stoehr took
the high groove to take over fourth and was now working to
close the gap between him and 3rd place, Rock. While on the
same lap, going into turn three, Randy Cabral in the
Bertrand Motorsports #47 took the high groove over Cleveland
to take over fifth.
By lap 10, Zych had created half
a straightaway lead over the rest of the pack and was
navigating through lapped traffic while a mid pack race for
2nd through 5th occurred between O'Brien, Rock, Stoehr, and
Cabral. Over the next several laps, Cabral, on the back
bumper of Stoehr, was looking to make a move for fourth but
Stoehr was able to continue to hold off Cabral.
On
lap 15, going down the backstretch, Stoehr drove up
alongside Rock but Rock drove back by Stoehr going into turn
three. A few laps later, Cabral was again on the back bumper
of Stoehr and went down to the inside groove of Stoehr but
Stoehr was able to drive away and hold onto fourth.
While on lap 22, coming out of turn two, Rock drove up
alongside O'Brien as the two raced side by side until going
down the front stretch, where Rock was able to take over
second. On the following lap, coming out of turn two, Stoehr
was able to set up O'Brin to take the low groove, where he
then drove up alongside him and going into turn three,
Stoehr was able to take over third.
On lap 25, the
checkered flag flew for Zych, winning his second NEMA Midget
race of the season, over Rock and Stoehr to round out
victory lane.
In a victory lane interview with John
Zych, he commented on his win, "We have raced here a lot but
have never won here, so to check this one off the list feels
great. The car was awesome tonight, I drove every lap as
fast and hard as I possibly could like a qualifying lap but
it feels great to get this win and especially a great way to
end the season for us."
To round out the top 10,
were strong finishes by John Zych, Jr. #9, Dylan Rock #49,
Avery Stoehr #39, Matt O'Brien #16, Randy Cabral #47, Mike
Horn #93, Doug Cleveland #87, Mike Pernesiglio #50, Dylan
Coutu #53L, Ryan Locke #61L.
In a tight points
battle for the 2023 NEMA Championship, Avery Stoehr's pass
for third with two laps remaining in the NEMA feature,
Stoehr solidified his championship run over teammate Randy
Cabral. "It was a very tight points race this year. Avery,
Paul and Randy all did an incredible job. I think it was one
of the first years in a long time where the points came down
to a toss up between all three drivers headed into the last
race. Avery's pass on (Matt) O'Brien with 2 to go for third,
actually won him the championship. That's pretty
incredible," said Tim Bertrand, 2023 Owner Champion. "We are
honored to have won our 12th NEMA championship, and plan to
come back and compete again with 2-3 full time cars in
2024!"
The final race of 2023 season for the NEMA
LITES occurs this weekend on Sunday, for the World Series at
Thompson Speedway. Current points leader, Alby Ovitt in the
Parker Brothers' Racing #20, leads Danny Cuigini in the Jim
O'Brien and Sons Engineering #16 by 15 total points and 29
total points over teammate Avery Stoehr in the Parker
Brothers' Racing #10. Who will drive away as the 2023 NEMA
LITES Champion? Will NEMA crown a new champion, Alby Ovitt?
Will it be 2018 NEMA LITES Champion, Danny Cugini? Will it
be the 2023 NEMA Midget Champion, Avery Stoehr? You won't
want to miss out on the action packed weekend of racing. See
you at Thompson, let's go racing! |
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