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SATURDAY, JULY 20th,
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NEMA LITES: 40 LAPS
NEMA MIDGETS: 30 LAPS |
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www.monadnockspeedway.com |
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1st - Randy Cabral #74
2nd - Avery Stoehr #39
3rd - Derek Robie #A1
108th
win for Bertrand Motorsports |
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Photos by John DaDalt |
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NEMA MIDGETS - MONADNOCK
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7/20/24 |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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2 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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3 |
A1 |
Derek Robbie |
Bellingham, MA |
Mike Horn |
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4 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Matt O'Brien |
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5 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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6 |
49 |
Dylan Rock |
Enfield, NH |
Dan Rock |
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7 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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8 |
94 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Dave Shore |
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9 |
93 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Mike Horn |
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10 |
6 |
Seth Carson |
Stafford, CT |
Skip Matczek |
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Heat 1
- 16, 74, A1, 30, 6 |
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Heat 2
- 39, 49, 93, 87, 94 |
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1st - Trent Goodrow #44
2nd - Kyle Valeri #17
3rd - Paul Scally #30 |
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NEMA LITES - MONADNOCK
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7/20/24 |
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Pos.
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
44 |
Trent Goodrow |
Carver, MA |
William Keller |
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2 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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3 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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4 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Randy
Cabral |
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5 |
2 |
Joe Bailey |
Monroe, NJ |
Matt Seymour |
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6 |
28 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete
Penesiglio Sr. |
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7 |
53 |
Dylan Coutu |
Griswold, CT |
Ron Coutu |
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8 |
59 |
Brayden Egan |
Ashford, CT |
Eric Egan |
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9 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Macungle, PA |
Curt Kibbe |
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10 |
3 |
Christopher Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Christopher Vose |
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11 |
88 |
Tyson Adamik |
Salem, CT |
Tom Adamik |
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12 |
99 |
Kyle Ferrucci |
Woodburry, CT |
Robert
Ferrucci |
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13 |
2 |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Nick Poe |
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Heat 1
- 44, 2, 53, 3, 88, 99, 17 |
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Heat 2
- 94, 47, 1, 30, 59, 28 |
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Cabral Wins The NEMA MIDGETS
Iron Mike Scrivani Memorial.
Goodrow
Wins The NEMA LITES
Jim "Chippy" Susi Memorial.
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Winchester, NH - NEMA visited Monadnock
Speedway on Saturday, 7/20 for the prestigious Iron Mike
Scrivani Memorial. This race commemorates long time NEMA
supporter and charter club member, Mike Scrivani Sr., owner
of Mike's Truck Stop. Scrivani's car-owning career began in
the 1930s with the Big Cars and included a successful run
with the Modifieds in the late 1960s and early '70s, but the
mighty Midgets were his first love. On Memorial Day in 1953,
Jerry Russo drove the Scrivani midget in NEMA's first race
at Seekonk Speedway.
In the
NEMA MIDGETS division, Seth Carlson was welcomed back
as he piloted the Skip Matczek powered #6, while current
NEMA LITES point leader, Kyle Valeri, made his debut in Dave
Shore's #94.
In the first feature of the evening,
Derek Robbie in the #A1 alongside Doug Cleveland in the #87
led the field to 30 green flag laps in memory of Iron Mike
Scrivani. Robbie leaped to the lead going into turn one over
Cleveland, while going down the backstretch, Paul Scally in
the #30 and Matt O'Brien in the JIm O'Brien and Son's
Engineering #16 drove up on either side of Cleveland to go
three wide into turn three. While coming out of turn four,
Scally took over second followed by O'Brien.
On lap
three, going into turn one, Randy Cabral in the Bertrand
Motorsports #74 took the low line to take fourth over
Cleveland. On the following lap, coming out of turn four, on
the move from his eighth place starting position, Avery
Stoehr in the Bertrand Motorsports #39, drove up alongside
Cleveland to take over fifth going into turn one.
On
lap 5, as Robbie continued to lead over Scally, Cabral took
the low line coming out of four to take third over O'Brien.
Over the next several laps, Scally worked to close
the gap between him and leader, Robbie. At the halfway point
in the race, when the leaders started to encounter lapped
traffic, this allowed Robbie to recreate a couple of car
lengths lead over Scally.
While on lap 17, we saw a
tight battle for fifth between Stoehr and Dylan Rock in the
Rock Racing #49 was on Stoehr's back bumper and showed him
his nose coming out of turn four. But Stoehr was able to get
a drive out of four to drive away and hold onto fifth.
On lap 20, Robbie continued to lead over Scally, and
Cabral. O'Brien worked to close the gap and was now on the
back bumper of Cabral looking to take back third. While on
lap 25, after working the outside lane for the past five
laps, O'Brien was able to drive up alongside Cabral on the
front stretch and into turn one where he was able to get a
drive coming out to turn two to take third over Cabral. But
on the following lap, coming out of turn four, Cabral was
able to retake fourth over O'Brien.
While on lap 27,
a three car battle for third occurred as Stoehr had worked
to close the gap and was now the back bumper of Cabral and
O'Brien who were racing side by side. Unfortunately, the one
thing that Robbie did not want to see as he had led the race
from the drop of the green flag, was a caution, but on lap
27, a caution waved on the field. As the caution lights
flashed on the track, second place, Scally, took to the pit
area for a flat right rear. Luckily, he was able to get this
changed in time and was able to rejoin the tail of the field
before the drop of the green flag.
As the drivers
restacked and racked, Robbie alongside Cabral led the field
back to the green flag. From his outside pole position,
while going into turn one, Cabral was able to take the lead
followed by Stoehr and Robbie. While going down the
backstretch, Cabral and Stoehr raced side by side, but
Cabral was able to get a drive into three to take the lead.
With two laps remaining, going into turn one, Stoehr
looked to the outside once again of Cabral but was unable to
make the pass, but Stoehr remained on Cabral's back bumper.
As the checkered flag was flown for Cabral on lap
30, this marked his third year in a row winning the Iron
Mike Memorial and win #108 for team Bertrand Motorsports.
Followed by Stoehr and Robbie to round out the podium.
In victory lane, Randy Cabral, commented on his win,
"The race wasn't mine to win. It was either the A1 (Derek
Robbie), 30 (Paul Scally), or the 16 (Jim O'Brien). They
were the best cars on the track but the caution fell at the
right time for me. It's a win I needed to end the racing
chapter with Chuck Welling the way it was meant to be. He
did so much for me not only in racing but in life and I owe
him a lot. The first win and the last win here are dedicated
to Chuck, a guy who gave a kid a shot at a dream to try and
drive a Midget car."
The Top 10 were strong finishes
by: Randy Cabral #74, Avery Stoehr #39, Derek Robbie #A1,
Matt O'Brien #16, Doug Cleveland #87, Dylan Rock #49, Paul
Scally #30, Kyle Valeri #94, Mike Horn #93, Seth Carson #6.
The NEMA LITES took
the track a few features later as Chris Vose in the #3
alongside Brayden Egan in the Egan Motorsports #59, led the
field to 40 green flag laps in honor of Jim "Chippy" Susi.
Going into turn one, Egan jumped to the lead, but on the
backstretch, Vose fought back as the two raced side by side.
On the following lap, the two raced side by side
once again, but going into turn three, Egan took the lead
over Vose, followed by Tiana Kibbe in the Kibbe Racing #94,
Trent Goodrow in the Keller Motorsports #44, and Jake
Trainor in the Matt Seymour Racing #2. While going down the
backstretch, Goodrow was able to take the low line to take
second over Vose. As the inside row was on the move, Trainor
and Randy Cabral in the #47 was able to take over the third
and fourth position. While on the next lap, going into turn
one, Paul Scally in the #30, was able to take the low line
to take fifth over Vose.
On lap 5, on the front
stretch, Goodrow drove up alongside Egan, and was able to
take the low line going into turn one to take the lead going
down the backstretch. At the same time, this allowed Cabral
to drive up alongside Egan to take the low line into turn
three to take over second.
Over the next several
laps, as Goodrow continued to lead, Cabral was right on his
back bumper, where he looked to take the inside line but was
unable to make the pass. While on lap 8, Cabral looked to
the high side of Goodrow, and tried to cross him over going
into turn three, but Goodrow was able to continue his lead.
On the same lap, Trainor was able to take third over Egan.
While on lap 11, Goodrow held a car lengths lead
over Cabral, followed by Trainor and Scally. Kyle Valeri in
the Valeri Motorsports #17 worked his way from the tail of
the field into the fifth position.
On lap 12, Cabral
was once again on the back bumper of Goodrow as the two
started to encounter lapped traffic. As the leaders
skillfully raced through lapped traffic over the next
several laps, Goodrow continued to lead over Cabral and
Trainor. Over the next several laps, Scally and Valeri
worked to close the gap between them and third place
Trainor.
As the cross flags were thrown for Goodrow,
he now held a couple of car lengths lead over Cabral and
Trainor. While on lap 24, Scally worked to the back bumper
of Trainor. A few laps later, Cabral was once again on the
back bumper of Goodrow, Scally was able to get by Trainor to
take over third. While on lap 28, going down the
backstretch, Valeri was able to take fourth over Trainor.
Over the next several laps, as Goodrow continued to
lead over Cabral, a tight battle for third occurred between
Scally and Valeri as the two raced side by side.
Unfortunately, on lap 33, there was a caution thrown on the
track for fifth place, Trainor. As the field realigned in a
double file line-up. In almost a deja-vu moment from the
NEMA feature, Cabral lined up on the outside pole position
alongside Goodrow to lead the field back to the green flag.
Goodrow jumped to the lead going into turn one, while Valeri
took the low line to drive up alongside Cabral where the two
raced side by side going down the backstretch. But going
into turn three, Cabral was able to get a run going to take
second coming out of turn four.
On lap 35, going
down the backstretch, Goodrow, Cabral, and Valeri all raced
nose to tail. While going into turn three, Valeri took the
low line and showed Cabral his nose, but Cabral was able to
hold onto second. While coming out of four, Valeri took the
low line to drive up alongside Cabral on the front stretch
to take the second spot away from Cabral.
With three
laps remaining, Goodrow held a car length lead over Valeri,
followed by Cabral. But coming out of turn four, Scally took
the low line, to take third over Cabral.
As the
checkered flag flew for the first time in his NEMA LITES
career, Goodrow won followed by Valeri and Scally to round
out the podium.
In a victory lane interview, Goodrow
commented on his win, "I got a little nervous, when the
caution came out, we've shown speed this entire year but
we've had some rough races and to finally get it done is
such a weight off my chest. I just can't thank everyone
enough for their hard work and this opportunity."
The Top 10 were strong finishes by: Trent Goodrow #44, Kyle
Valeri #17, Paul Scally #30, Randy Cabral #47, Joe Bailey
#1, Mike Pernesiglio #28, Dylan Coutu #53, Brayden Egan #59,
Tiana Kibbe #94, Christopher Vose #3.
NEMA will take
the next few weekends off, but NEMA LITES will be back in
action at the New London Waterford Speedbowl on August 17th.
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Iron Mike Scrivani Memorial |
Out of a truck stop in Wrentham, Massachusetts came
midgets that dominated East coast racing with both NEMA and
ARDC. By day "Iron" Mike Scrivani, Sr., ran his truck stop,
and on the weekends he loaded up and headed to wherever NEMA
was racing. With his ever present cigar in his mouth
Scrivani was a fixture in the NEMA pits throughout the
1960's and 70's, fielding meticulous, immaculate cars for
the likes of Noki Fornoro, Butch Walsh, and Dave Humphrey,
all NEMA champions. Truthfully, Iron Mike's midget exploits
were a full time job, with the team racing sometimes in over
50 NEMA and ARDC events per year.
While he lived up
to his nickname, Iron Mike never hesitated to help a fellow
racer in need. Have a tough night? Need some parts? Iron
Mike would tell you to show up at the Truck Stop on Sunday
morning. There are probably guys who still have his parts in
their garage.
Iron Mike passed in 1983, and was
inducted into the NEAR Hall of Fame in 2007. His place in
NEMA and midget history is secure, and son Mike Scrivani,
Jr. continues the Iron Mike legacy, fielding championship
cars in both NEMA and NEMA LITES. The old man would be
proud. |
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