SEPT. 24TH - FAST
FRIDAY RACE
Photo by Roger Prata
- www.actiontrackphotos.us |
Jim Santa Maria a First
Time
Lites Winner on 9/24 |
Fifteen year old Jim Santa
Maria, from Burlington CT, driving the #99 Hawk/Ford Focus
owned by Susan Santa Maria came from sixth starting spot to score
his first NEMA Lites feature win at the Cement Palace on
Friday September 24th.
After battling with NEMA
champ Randy Cabral and chasing pole starter Lanson
Fornoro (who was outstanding in the Luggelle #00,
leading the first 19 laps), Santa Maria made a bold move
to the inside of Fornoro as they approached heavy lap
traffic in the final corner.
When the checkard
flag fell Santa Maria came out on top with Fornoro an
impressive, but disapointing 2nd. Young NY high school
basketball standout Michael Muldoon squeezed by Cabral
for third. Cabral and Russ Wood jr. rounded out the top
5.
The two heat race winners were Ryan Bigelow
and Jim Santa Maria.
 T.Q. midget stand-out Ian
Cummens was impressive in his first Nema Lites race
turning in 11.9 laps in practice.
Alison Cumens, last year's
T.Q. Champion, rebounded from a practice crash to finish
a respectable 9th for the Penn State student.
The
Bertrand team rebuild the front end on her #48 to make
the feature.
Josh Parker debuted his new
ride, the former Cabral #47, with an 11th place finish.
Kudos to D.J. Moniz for
finding the right combination after a devistating crash
at Waterford in July. DJ ran in the top 5 for most of
the race, finally scoring a seventh. |
|
Lites Feature - Seekonk - Fri., Sept. 24th |
|
Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
|
1 |
99 |
Jim Santa
Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Susan Santa Maria |
|
2 |
00 |
Lanson
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Paul Luggelle |
|
3 |
50m |
Mike
Muldoon |
Balwinsville, NY |
Mike Muldoon |
|
4 |
4 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Paul Scally |
|
5 |
51 |
Russ
Wood Jr.
|
Pelham,
NH |
Russ Wood |
|
6 |
29 |
Ian Cumens |
Lyndell, PA |
Matt Seymour |
|
7 |
18d |
David
Moniz |
Fairhaven, MA |
David Moniz |
| 8 |
50c |
Carl Medeiros, Jr. |
Westport, MA |
Carl Medeiros |
| 9 |
48 |
Alison Cumens |
Lyndell, PA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
| 10 |
31 |
Paul Bigelow |
Berlin, CT |
Randy Bigelow |
|
11 |
47 |
Josh Parker |
Cranston, RI |
Julia Parker |
|
12 |
7x |
Jack McKeon |
- |
Jack McKeon |
|
13 |
13 |
Ryan Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Randy Bigelow |
14
DNF |
23 |
Stephanie Doty |
Millbury, MA |
Bobby Seymour |
15
DNF |
28 |
Paul Luggelle |
Holbrook, MA |
Paul Luggelle |
16
DNF |
81 |
Andy Barrows |
New Ipswich, NH |
Bobby Seymour |
|
HEAT 1 - 13 - 18d - 4 - 50m - 23 - 81 dnf -
28 dnf - 48 dns |
|
HEAT 2 - 99 - 29 - 51 - 00 - 50c - 31 -7x -
47 |
|
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