NEMA - NorthEastern Midget Association

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1st, 2024

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1st: PAUL SCALLY #30
2nd: RANDY CABRAL #47
3rd: KYLE VALERII #17









*DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS*

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NEMA LITES - WISCASSET - 6/1/24

Pos.	#	Driver	Hometown	Owner
1	30	Paul Scally	Raynham, MA	Paul Scally
2	47	Randy Cabral	Kingston, MA	*Randy Cabral*
3	17	Kyle Valeri	Monument Beach, MA	Peter Valeri
4	2	*Joe Bailey*	*Monroe, NJ*	*Nick Poe*
5	53	Dylan Coutu	Griswold, CT	*Ron Coutu*
6	8	Ethan Dion	Oakdale, CT	*Stephen, Dion*
7	59	Brayden Egan	Ashford, CT	*Eric Egan*
8	28	*Mike Pernesiglio*	*Ronkonkoma, NY*	*Pete Penesiglio Sr.*
9	94	Tiana Kibbe	Macungle, PA	*Curt Kibbe*
10	88	Tyson Adamik	Salem, CT	Tom Adamik
11	44	Trent Goodrow	Carver, MA	*William Keller*
12	35	Glen Cabral	Plymouth, MA	*Glen Cabral*
*Heat 1 - 17, 8, 94, 44, 53, 35*
*Heat 2 - 30, 2, 47, 59, 28, 88*

Scally Wins the Ames True Value
NEMA Night at Wiscasset Speedway

Wiscasset, ME - The past weekend, the NEMA LITES traveled to the biggest and fastest track in Maine, Wiscasset Speedway for the Ames True Value NEMA Night. Drivers, owners, and members of the club were greeted with welcoming and friendly smiles from track owners, Vanessa and Richard Jordan as well their entire staff.

When the cars and stars took the track on Saturday afternoon for their heat races, the winners, Kyle Valeri in the Valeri Motorsports #17 and Paul Scally in the #30 were awarded an additional $100 courtesy of Seymour Performance Products. In addition, we saw Glenn Cabral, the 1990 NEMA rookie of the year return behind the seat to pilot the #35.

Before the drivers belted into their cars for the spotlight event of 60 laps, drivers were introduced by NEMA's own announcer, Pete Falconi, in victory lane for outside driver introductions.

Ethan Dion in the #8 alongside Brayden Egan in the Egan Motorsports #59 led the field to 60 green flag laps. Going into turn one, Dion, led the field while Tiana Kibbe in the Kibbe Racing #94 and Egan battled for second as the two raced side by side going down the backstretch and into turn three. But coming to the front stretch and into turn one, Kibbe took over second but Egan remained close on her back bumper.

On the following lap going down the front stretch, Paul Scally in the #30, looked to the outside of Egan and remained on his back corner until turn three where Scally was able to make the pass for third over Egan. Scally now had his eyes set on second place Kibbe while Dion continued to lead the field by nearly five car lengths.

Coming down the front stretch on lap 4, a battle for second between Kibbe and Scally occurred as Scally once again took the highline going into one and would drive up alongside Kibbe going into turn three but Kibbe was able to hold off Scally. As Scally ducked back behind Kibbe going down the backstretch, just as 3 car battle for second occurred between Kibbe, Scally, and Randy Cabral in the #74. While on lap 7, Scally was able to take the high line coming out of turn two to take second. On the same lap, Cabral was able to get a run going out of turn three to take over third from Kibbe going down the front stretch.

Over the next several laps, Scally was on the chase to close the gap between him and first place Dion. On lap 11, Scally on the move, was able to work the high groove and was on the back bumper of Dion attempting to take over first. But Dion was able to continue his run and hold Scally off and regain a four car lengths gap between the two.

While Dion continued to lead over Scally, Cabral, and Kibbe. On lap 12, we saw a battle occur for fifth place between Egan and Kyle Valeri in the Valeri Motorsports #17. While going into turn three, Valeri took the high groove to drive up alongside Egan going down the front stretch where Valeri was able to take over fifth going into turn one. Valeri, now on the move, looked to the outside of Kibbe to make the pass on lap 16 and on the following lap, going into turn one, Valeri was able to take over the fourth position.

As several laps passed, Dion continued to lead the pack followed by Scally and Cabral and on lap 21, Scally once again worked up to the back bumper of Dion. On the following lap, going down the backstretch Scally drove up alongside Dion, to take the low line going into turn three to take the lead going down the front stretch to lead lap 23.

Once Scally took the lead, he began to drive away, Dion was now in a battle for second between him and Cabral. As Cabral took the low line going into turn one on the following lap, to take second over Dion. Cabral, now set his eyes on closing the half a straightaway gap between him and first place Scally.

Over the next few laps, as Scally continued to lead over Cabral, Dion, and Valeri, we saw a tight battle for the fifth through eighth positions from Kibbe, Egan, Joey Bailey in the #2, and Dylan Coutu in the Redline Motorsports #53 as they all raced nose to tail.

As the field spread out amongst themselves, on lap 30, Scally extended his lead to nearly a straightway over Cabral and Dion, as Valeri was on the move and tracking down Dion.

On lap 33, going down the backstretch, Bailey took the low line away from Egan going into turn three to take over the sixth position and was now on the move to break into the top five over Kibbe. While on the next lap, Coutu was able to take the low line going into turn one to take over seventh over Egan.

While on lap 38, Valeri had now worked his way to the back bumper of third place, Dion, and going down the backstretch, drove up alongside Dion where the two raced side by side, but going down the front stretch, Valeri took over third by his front nose.

As Scally held nearly a four second lead over Cabral, Valeri worked to close the distance between him and second place.

Over the next several laps, we saw a tight battle once again for fifth between Kibbe and Bailey, as Bailey was on the back bumper of Kibbe and eventually on lap 43, Bailey was able to take the low line coming out of turn two to take over the fifth position.

While on lap 45, Coutu was able to get a run going into turn one, to drive up alongside Kibbe for sixth, where the two raced side by side going down the backstretch, but Coutu was able to continue his run to take over sixth.

On lap 50, Scally continued to drive away while navigating through lapped traffic to maintain his straightaway lead over Cabral and Valeri. While on lap 52, Bailey raced his way to the back bumper of Dion to make the pass to take over the fourth position.

While on lap 56, going down the backstretch, Coutu drove up alongside Dion to break into the top 5.

As the checkered flag flew for Scally on lap 60, he ran away from the rest of the field, leading the pack by nearly half a lap, followed by Cabral, and Valeri to round out the top 3.

In a post-race interview, Scally commented on his win, "It is such an honor to win at this track. The Jordans, Vanessa and Richard, work so hard to give us a great facility and it's first class. It is truly an honor to win here."

In victory lane, the outstanding performance award was given to Randy Cabral for his drive to finish in 2nd from his 9th place starting position. In addition, a gift certificate to Bentley's Saloon was given to a lucky fan.

To round out the top 10 where strong finishes by Paul Scally #30, Randy Cabral #47, Kyle Valeri #17, Joey Bailey #2, Dylan Coutu #53, Ethan Dion #8, Brayden Egan #59, Mike Pernesiglio #28, Tiana Kibbe #94, and Tyson Adamik #88.

The NEMA LITES take the next weekend off, but look forward to their double header race weekend at Star Speedway on Saturday, June 15th and Hudson Speedway for the Jim O'Brien Memorial at Hudson Speedway on Sunday, June 16th. This action packed race weekend is not one you will want to miss! We hope to see you there!