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Cabral Continues
Speedbowl Mastery |
Waterford, CT - Taking command
on the only restart on lap 11, Randy Cabral continued his
mastery at Waterford Speedbowl winning the 25-lap Northeastern
Midget Association’s segment of Saturday night’s Racing Against
Cancer Wings and Wheels presented by Foxwoods and Kool 101.
It was his seventh career Speedbowl win and the third in four
starts this season in the Bertrand #47. It was his second
straight and fifth overall win of “a dream season” and the 17th
of his career.
Cabral actually gained a spot on the restart. William Wall, who
had led the first 10 laps, was put back to third for jumping the
initial start. Cabral moved up outside Mike Keeler (Seamon 63).
He then powered around Keeler through one and two jumping into a
commanding lead. The fastest lap (a 12.947) came on the 15th
circuit.
Keeler held on for second followed by Joey Payne (Angelillo 45),
Greg Stoehr (Stoehr 26b) and Wall (Wall 5).
“I knew I had a good car and it was working on the outside way
better than usual,” Cabral said. It must have been all the
rubber the Modifieds put down.” After battling Keeler for
several laps before the yellow, Cabral “knew the #63 was fast. I
knew I needed something like the restart.”
“[The Bertrand] crew has really got their stuff together,” said
Keeler in the understatement of the night. It was Keeler’s best
finish yet in the Seamon car.
“I’ve been asked a lot this week ‘what is your secret at the
Speedbowl’” Cabral said from Victory Lane. “I honestly didn’t
know but now I do. It’s my crew and I don’t mind telling anybody
because nobody can steal my crew.”
The #47 lost an oil line in the second practice. While his crew
worked on the motor – “actually checking the lower end” – Cabral
was part of a group trying to get Erica Santos back in business.
Erica, who suffered a bent value in the second heat, had to
eventually abandon the Breault #44 replacing brother Bobby in
the family #98. She wound up eighth behind Jeff Abold (Seymour
29) and Adam Cantor (Cantor 7ny).
NEMA gets a weekend off before returning to action Saturday
night, Aug. 30 at Monadnock Speedway.
NEMA
NOTES – Jeremy
Frankoski drove the Luggelle 77m to ninth…Lee Bundy was back in
his own #2 … Cabral is only the second Boston Louie winner
(joining Russ Stoehr) to capture the next race…”Every time I see
the Speedbowl on the schedule I just smile,” he said after
passing Drew Fornoro as the club’s all-time winner on the third
mile…Cabral was a key factor in the Speedbowl’s all-out media
blitz for the event generally acknowledged to have drawn the
largest crowd in many years. Cabral was featured in both New
London Day and Norwich Bulletin stories and was on Kool 101
radio. |
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Waterford - Wings and Wheels - 8/16/08 |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
47 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim
Bertrand |
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2 |
63 |
Mike
Keeler |
Danbury,
CT |
TSR
Motorsports Inc. |
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3 |
45 |
Joey
Payne |
Fairlawn, NJ |
Gene
Angelillo |
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4 |
26b |
Greg
Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg
Stoehr |
|
5 |
5 |
William
Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Wall
Motorsports LLC |
|
6 |
29 |
Jeff Abold |
Pennellville, NY |
Bobby Seymour |
|
7 |
7ny |
Adam
Cantor |
Dix
Hills, NY |
Cantor
Racing |
|
8 |
98 |
Erica
Santos |
Franklin,
MA |
Robert
Santos Jr. |
|
9 |
77m |
Jeremy
Frankoski |
Huntington, NY |
Mike Luggelle |
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10 |
9 |
John Zych
Jr. |
Mendon,
MA |
John Zych |
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11 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug
Cleveland |
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12 |
88 |
Abby
Martino |
Norfolk,
MA |
Joan
Martino |
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13 |
2 |
Lee
Bundy |
Kennebunkport, ME |
Lee
Bundy |
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14 |
11 |
Howie
Bumpus |
Lakeville, MA |
Charles Camosse |
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15 |
78 |
Brian Cleveland |
Billerica, MA |
Linda
Cleveland |
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16 |
28 |
Paul
Luggelle |
Holbrook, MA |
Paul
Luggelle |
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17 |
2k |
Kelly
Ferrell |
Chaplin,
CT |
John
Ferrell |
18
DNF |
94 |
Jim
Peruto |
Doylestown, PA |
Jim
Peruto |
19
DNF |
30 |
Paul
Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul
Scally |
20
DNF |
99 |
Lou Cicconi Jr. |
Aston, PA |
Power
Point
Race Cars |
21
DNS |
49 |
B.J.
MacDonald |
Dublin, PA |
B.J.
MacDonald |
22
DNS |
44 |
Erica
Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed
Breault |
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The
Racing Against Cancer Wings & Wheels presented by Foxwoods and
Kool 101
Set For Speedbowl Aug. 16 |
(WATERFORD, CT) Three of
New England’s fastest divisions will be coming to Waterford
Speedbowl Aug. 16 when Saturday Night Fever becomes The Racing
Against Cancer Wings and Wheels presented by Foxwoods and Kool
101.
The International Supermodified Association (ISMA), the TrueValue Modified Series (TVMS) and the Northeastern Midget
Association (NEMA) will be joined by the Speedbowl’s SK-Modifieds.
One hundred mile per hour speeds will be commonplace in one of
the most attractive offerings in the Speedbowl’s 58-year
history.
The gates open at 3:30 PM and
racing begins at 5.
The True Values will go 100 laps, the Supers 50, the SKs 35 and
the Midgets 25. All will qualify via heats and consis (starting
at 5 pm) that guarantee some hectic action.
$2 of every ticket will go to Racing Against Cancer. Over
the past half dozen years, RAC had contributed over a half
million dollars to the battle against cancer. Adult grandstand
tickets are $32.00.
All four divisions are open ‘wheel’ divisions. The Supers and
Midgets are “winged” as well.
It is 210 feature laps – 100 for the True Values, 50 for the
Supers, 35 for the SKs and 25 for the Midgets – on New England’s
most competitive track. The ‘Bowl’s famous outside groove has
been a factor all season, producing a record number of winners.
All divisions will qualify via heats, guaranteeing excitement.
Billed as “Saturday Night Fever” over the past weeks, Wings and
Wheels promises blisteringly hot speeds. Chris Perley, who’ll be
after a third straight Speedbowl win, turned an incredible
12.489 seconds lap (107-mph plus) last May. It was, however,
just a few “ticks” better than Randy Cabral’s 12.848 (105-plus)
in the Bertrand Midget set a few weeks before. Cabral will be
after a third straight Speedbowl win as well.
Lowering the existing standard is now a major objective with
each visit for both divisions. Nobody is betting against it. The
Speedbowl has featured quickness throughout the season. ISMA, in
fact, continues to talk about an 11 seconds lap.
Dwight Jarvis’ 14.075 lap and many SK times in the 14.150 range
are testimony that the True Value and SK Modifieds are
surpassing the century mark as well.
Bowl fans have their favorites in the touring divisions starting
with ISMA’s Rob Summers, the one-time SK champion who’ll be
coming with a TrueValue car as well. Summers would like nothing
better than adding a ISMA checkered to his Speedbowl resume.
Ted Christopher will be returning in the Czarnecki #20. TC would
like to add to a Speedbowl resume that includes, in addition to
33 SK wins, successes in the NASCAR Modifieds, NEMA Midgets and
Pro4 Modifieds.
Wings and Wheels will bring incredible talent to the Bowl
including local favorites Rob Summers, who may see action in a
modified as well as a Super, Chris Pasteryak, Ed Dachenhausen
and Mike Holdridge. The latter three are TVMS standouts.
Jeff Abold, 19-year old son of ISMA great Pat, is another double
duty possibility in both a Midget and Super.
In addition to Summers, Jeff Holbrook, Russ Wood, Dave McKnight,
Mike Ordway Jr. and Mike Lichty hope to add to their ISMA resume
by stopping Perley’s Speedbowl streak. Cabral is the target for
the likes of Jeff Horn, Nokie Fornoro, Bobby Santos III, Joey
Payne and Greg Stoehr.
David Pinkham, Les Hinckley, Kirk Alexander and Jean-Paul Cyr
joint Jarvis on the TVMS scorecard. |
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NEMA Back To The Bowl;
Record Lap Probable |
Although he insists, “lap
times are never first priority,” point leader Randy Cabral
admits, “they get a lot of attention.” His 12.74 seconds lap
could “definitely be bested” when the Northeastern Midget
Association returns to Waterford Speedbowl Saturday night for
the Racing Against Cancer Wings & Wheels presented by Foxwoods
and Kool 101.
Making its fourth Speedbowl visit of the season, NEMA shares the
program with the International Supermodified Association, the
True Value Modifieds and the SK-Modifieds.
Through 10 races, NEMA has had five winners, Bobby Santos III
(3), Joey Payne, Greg Stoehr and Jeff Abold joining Cabral (4).
. Consistent finishes by Payne and Santos have prevented Cabral
and car owner Tim Bertrand from pulling away in their respective
point races.
Coming off a victory in the Boston Louie at Seekonk, Cabral
believes there are plenty of candidates to turn a 12.6 lap. Greg
Stoehr, the winner the last time NEMA visited Waterford, Erica
and Bobby Santos and Abold are all strong possibilities.
Despite his six career Speedbowl wins including two this year,
Cabral refuses to see himself as the favorite. “Everybody says
the goal is to catch me,” he says. “Well, they didn’t have any
trouble catching me last time at the Speedbowl. There are a lot
of potential winners every time.”
The Speedbowl, he adds, “is where everybody seems to run their
best.”
NEMA has been in record territory all season. “Everyone is
really up on their game, paying attention to what’s going on,”
Cabral says. “The technology, the motors, the tires, everything
is getting better. You need those times to say competitive.”
Lap times have always been of special importance to open cockpit
racers. “A lot of people always want to get in the record
books,” says Cabral. “I am a little different. I’m happy as long
as we’re faster than the second place car.”
NEMA NOTES
– Way back in the Speedbowl’s first season, 1951, Indiana driver
George Tichenor set fast time for an AAA 100 lapper with a 17.92
seconds run. Art Cross won the October race which was held in
near freezing temperatures…Sharing the program with the
Supermodifieds always pumps up the NEMA fraternity. Lou Cicconi
Jr. is the only driver to win in both at the Speedbowl. Jeff
Abold has driven both with success this season…After a strong
top-five at the Boston Louie, Jeremy Frankoski will be back in
the second Bertrand car this weekend. .......Mike Keeler,
another who has driven in both ISMA and NEMA this year, is in
Frankoski’s old ride, the Seamon #63 and will also be running
his #56 ISMA Super. Keeler has a NEMA Speedbowl win…Only once
has a Boston Louie winner won the next race as well. Russ Stoehr
did it in 1997, the first year the Louie ran…There have been 41
different winners in the 78 NEMA features at the Speedbowl since
1951 and its probable that 15 will be on hand this weekend in
some capacity. |
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