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2010
NEMA Champions
Russ Stoehr and
Dumo's Desire Racing |
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World
Series Winner
Randy Cabral and Bertrand
Racing |
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NEMA Feature - World Series - Sun., Oct. 17th |
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Pos. |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim Bertrand |
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2 |
39 |
Cole Carter |
Indianapolis, IN |
Tim Bertrand |
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3 |
45 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Dumo's Desire
Racing |
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4 |
7ny |
Adam Cantor |
Dix Hills, NY |
Cantor Racing |
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5 |
26b |
Greg Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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6 |
3m |
Jim Miller |
Weymouth, MA |
Jim Miller |
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7 |
93x |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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8 |
9 |
John Zych, Jr. |
Liverpool, NY |
John Zych, Sr. |
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9 |
44 |
Erica Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed Breault |
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10 |
50 |
Anthony Marvuglio |
E. Bridgewater, MA |
Pete
Pernisiglio,Sr |
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11 |
2 |
Lee Bundy |
Kennebunkport,
ME |
Lee Bundy |
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12 |
25 |
Keith Botelho |
Attleboro, MA |
Russ Stoehr |
13
DNF |
88 |
Lanson Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Andy Anderson |
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14 |
28 |
Paul Luggelle |
Holbrook, MA |
Paul Luggelle |
15
DNF |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
16
DNF |
75 |
Chris deRitis |
Philadelphia, PA |
Ciconni/deRitis |
17
DNF |
78 |
Brian Cleveland |
Billerica, MA |
Linda Cleveland |
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Randy Cabral Thompson
Winner;
Russ Stoehr NEMA 2010 Champion |
Thompson, CT – Leading all but two laps, Randy
Cabral, in the Bertrand Motorsports #47, ended the 2010
Northeastern Midget Association season Sunday, winning
the 25-lap feature at Thompson Speedway’s World Series.
Cabral held off teammate Cole Carter (Bertrand #39) over
the final 15 laps to collect his fourth win of the
season and his club-record ninth at Thompson.
Russ Stoehr’s third place was more than enough to clinch
championships for him and Laura Kibbe’s Dumo’s Desire
#45. It was the sixth championship for Stoehr who
dedicated it to the late Gene and Marilyn Angelillo and
to the crew that carried on following Gene’s death in
March.
Adam Cantor (#7ny) was fourth ahead of a
Greg Stoehr (#26b)-Jim Miller (#3m) battle for fifth
that went to the former. Greg Stoehr wound up third in
the final driver and owner standings.
“We wanted
to win the race, that was our only objective,” said
Cabral who came from the tenth starting spot. After a
brief battle with Jim Miller, he grabbed the lead in the
backstretch. Carter, meanwhile, took second from Miller
on lap six and by lap nine had closed on the leader.
When the second yellow showed on lap 12, Cabral and
Carter had a seven car advantage on a Miller-Stoehr
tussle for third.
Following the restart, Carter
appeared to grab the lead momentarily out of two but
Cabral beat him into three. It was the only time Cabral
“saw” his teammate although the one-time USAC driver did
make two other determined moves out of two before
settling into a run on the leader’s tail. Cabral said he
was “surprised” it was Cole, “expecting somebody else
like Russ.” Still, he felt “if I didn’t screw up I was
going to be OK.”
Russ Stoehr, who went into the
feature with a 50-point edge, said he became aware he
had nothing after “trying to take on” the leaders on the
restart. He did get third from Miller but became aware
“there was no purpose in trying to win.” He ran by
himself in third almost a half straightaway behind over
the last 10 laps. Stoehr, who took “a good whack” in a
first lap altercation that eliminated Chris deRitis and
Brian Cleveland, “played it safe.”
Cabral, eager
“to redeem himself” after over-aggression proved so
costly at Seekonk’s DAV, was cautious on the initial
start, determined “to let things settle out.” On the
second green, realizing “how fast everybody was going”
he moved to the outside and “went for it.”
 The
championship, said Russ Stoehr, is “just as huge” as the
year (1997) that Bruce Beane retired. Four of Stoehr’s
championships have come with Angelillo. It is the 15th
owner’s title for the Angelillo team.
Cabral said
driving a Pro4 Modified for the Ricardi family on
Saturday (he came from last to 11th) was a confidence
builder. He continues to make NEMA history, his 30th
career moving him past the legendary Johnny Mann on
NEMA’s all-time win list.
Cole Carter was
three-for-three in podium finishes driving for Bertrand
Motorsports this year, the World Series result besting
the thirds he had at Stafford and Thompson.
Cabral admitted
a third championship would have been nice but “having to
back them up every year is a pain.” |
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HEAT 1- Saturday at the World Series
3m-45-39-30-9-25-2-26b-28
(3m running the spare 7ny wing) |
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HEAT 1- Saturday at the World Series
75-44-47-93x-7ny-88-78-50 |
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NEMA Midgets Point Battle
Ends
at World Series |
Brockton, MA – Once again,
the Northeastern Midget Association champions will be
crowned at Thompson Speedway’s World Series. Russ Stoehr
and the Dumo’s Desire team take a 50-point edge on Randy
Cabral and Bertrand Motorsports into the scheduled
25-lap feature that will bring NEMA’s 58th season to a
close.
“Thompson has always favored the
veterans,” says NEMA President Mike Scrivani Jr. “It is
a very fast place, the fastest track we visit. And,
there’s so much history there.”
Both Cabral and
Stoehr know their way around the ultra quick
five-eighths oval. Cabral has eight Thompson wins
including three World Series and a one earlier this
year. His and owner Tim Bertrand’s 2008 and 2009 titles
were secured at the World Series.
Second earlier
this season, Stoehr has written much NEMA/World Series
history, his battle with brother Greg in 1990 and with
teammate Joey Payne Jr. in 2000 now folklore. He has won
three times at Thompson including the ’94 World Series.
Championships aside, a World Series win is a jewel
in itself and a number of contenders including Cole
Carter in the Bertrand #39 are taking aim. Carter, a
one-time USAC standout, has two straight top five
Thompson finishes including a third earlier this year.
He was fourth at last year’s World Series.
The
World Series will end a NEMA season filled with
surprises, the latest coming last weekend with Keith
Botelho’s upset win at Seekonk’s DAV. He was the ninth
winner of the campaign, the list including, in addition
to Stoehr and Cabral, World Series entries Chris
Leonard, Chris deRitis and Adam Cantor.
Greg
Stoehr, John Zych Jr., coming off strong DAV
performances hope to join the list. Other contenders
include Jim Miller, Erica Santos and Mike Horn, the
latter fourth earlier this year at Thompson. Miller and
Santos had season-best seconds this year.
Anthony “Bug” Marvuglio will be driving the Pernesiglio
#50. |
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