Saturday,
November 19th
White's of Westport
Westport, MA
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| 2011 NEMA Midgets
Owner and Driver Champions - Bertrand Motorsports
and Randy Cabral |
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The Jim O’Brien Memorial
Award for outstanding contributions to
family
and racing was presented by the O'Brien family to
Glen Cabral |
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Perfect
Attendance
Awards |
Appreciation Awad:
Paul Luggelle |
Push Truck
Appreciation Awards |
Longest Tows:
Cantor Racing, BJ MacDonald,
& Jake
Smith |
Top Gun Pit Crew Awards |
Paul Scally
Special Awards |
Wild Child
Designs
Best Appearing Cars:
Carl Medeiros #50 LITE
& Paul Scally #30
Midget |
Appreciation Awards:
Pete Zanardi, Bobby
Seymour,
Tara Stoehr, & Tom
Fox |
First Time
LITES Winners |
First Time
NEMA Winners |
Lifetime
Memberships:
Doug Cleveland & Pete Zanardi |
LITES:
11th to 15th |
LITES:
11th to 15th |
NEMA:
11th to 15th |
Mechanics
of the Year:
Kathryn & Greg Stoehr |
Youngest LITES
Driver:
Kenny Johnson |
Joe Csiki
Memorial Most Improved Drivers:
Mike Horn, NEMA
James Santa Maria, LITES |
Pat
Thibodeau Youth and Determination Awards:
Anthony Nocella, NEMA
Bethany Stoehr, LITES |
Ed Clothier
Rookies of the Year:
Seth Carlson, LITES
Todd Bertrand, NEMA |
LITES:
6th
to 10th |
NEMA:
6th
to 10th |
Jim O’Brien Memorial Award
Introduced by the O'Brien
Sons: Matt, Dennis & Chris |
Jim O’Brien Memorial Award
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Jim O’Brien Memorial Award
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Jim O’Brien Memorial Award:
Glen Cabral |
Brian
Caruso Hard Charger
Award: Bethany Stoehr |
Johnny Thomson Memorial Award |
Johnny Thomson Memorial Award: Greg Stoehr |
Ralph Miller Memorial Award for Outstanding and
Continuing Perseverance |
Ralph Miller
Memorial Award:
Dave Leonard |
Dick Gallagher
Hall of Fame:
Driver Ben Seitz &
Owner Peter Valer |
Dick Gallagher
Hall of Fame |
The
Angelillo Memorial Award, honoring the “Woman behind the
Man” to Tara Stoehr |
Hard Luck
Award:
Randy Bigelow |
Associate Member
Never Say
Die Award:
John Zych |
Shane Hammond
Sportsmanship Awards presented by
Deb Marvuglio |
Shane Hammond
Sportsmanship Awards: Christian Briggs & Keith Botelho (with
2010 recipients
Anthony Nocella & Jim Miller
in back) |
Ray Roberts
Memorial Award:
Lee Bundy
(accepted by Cara Cabral)
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Evans/Thrall Top
Owner/Driver:
Russ Stoehr |
Wen Kelley
Memorial Award:
Glen Cabral |
LITES 5th Place:
Paul Luggelle |
LITES 4th Place:
Carl Medeiros &
Carl Medeiros Jr. |
LITES 3rd Place:
Anthony Nocella &
Matt Seymour |
LITES 2nd Place:
Bobby Seymour &
Andy Barrows |
NEMA 5th Place:
Jeff Abold (accepted
by Matt Seymour)
&
Greg Stoehr |
NEMA 4th Place:
Russ Stohr (accepted by
Karl Kibbe) & Keith
Botelho |
NEMA 3rd Place:
Cantor Racing |
NEMA 3rd Place:
Greg Stoehr |
NEMA 2nd Place:
Dumo's Desire Racing &
Russ Stoehr |
LITES 1st Place:
Gene Feigel &
Seth Carlson |
NEMA Driver
Champion:
Randy Cabral |
NEMA
Champions:
Randy Cabral &
Tim Bertrand |
2011 NEMA Midgets
Owner and Driver Champions: Bertrand Motorsports & Randy Cabral |
The Jim O’Brien Memorial
Award was presented by the O'Brien family to Glen Cabral |
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Photos by Norm Marx |
| Hardware Harvest at NEMA
Banquet |
Westport, MA – “I can’t
wait to come back next year,” champion Randy Cabral told
the 200-plus at the Northeastern Midget Association
Awards banquet Saturday night at White of Westport. It
was the third championship in four years for Cabral and
owner Tim Bertrand.
The NEMA Lites, led by
“champions” Gene Feigel and Seth Carlson, shared in the
traditional harvest of hardware
Cabral, who
dedicated the season to the late car owner Jim O’Brien
and super fan Jim Parsons, carried off the biggest
trophy as the top 15 owners and drivers in each division
were recognized.
Traditional trophies went to
Greg Stoehr (the coveted Johnny Thomson Memorial), Greg
and Kathryn Stoehr (Mechanic of the Year), Glen Cabral
(Wen Kelley Memorial), Lee Bundy (Ray Roberts Memorial)
Todd Bertrand and Seth Carlson (NEMA and Lites Ed
Clotheir Rookies of the Year), Mike Horn and James Santa
Maria (NEMA and Lites Joe Csiki Memorial Most Improved
Drivers), Russ Stoehr (Evans/Thrall Top Owner/Driver)
and Anthony Nocella and Bethany Stoehr (the NEMA and
Lites Pat Thibodeau Youth, Determination and Talent
Award winners).
Sons Matt, Dennis and Chris
introduced the Jim O’Brien Memorial Award for
outstanding contributions to family and racing and
presented it to Glen Cabral. On the tenth anniversary of
his passing, Brian Caruso was memorialized with a hard
charger award that went to Bethany Stoehr. Tara Stoehr
accepted the Angelillo Memorial, honoring the “woman
behind the man.”
Keith Botelho (NEMA) and
Christian Briggs (Lites) won the Shane Hammond
Sportsmanship Awards.
Dave Leonard (Ralph Miller
Memorial Award for Outstanding and Continuing
Perseverance), John Zych Jr. (Associate Member Never Say
Die Award) and Randy Bigelow (Hard Luck Award) were
recognized.
Lifetime Memberships went to Doug
Cleveland and Pete Zanardi.
Driver Ben Seitz and
owner Peter Valeri, the dominant team between 2004 and
2007, were inducted into the Dick Gallagher Hall of
Fame.
First time NEMA feature winners Mike Horn,
Todd Bertrand, Anthony Nocela were recognized as were
first-time Lites winners Seth Carlson, Randy Bigelow,
Andy Barrows, Ian Cumens, D.J. Moniz. The Scally #30
(NEMA) and the Mederios #50 were the Wild Child Designs
best appearing cars. Ted Smith, Cantor Racing of Long
Island and Pennsylvania’s BJ MacDonald shared the Long
Haul award.
Collecting perfect attendance Awards
trophies were the Dumo’s Desire #45, the Bertrand
Motorsports #47, the Russ Stoehr #25, The Cantor Racing
#7ny, the Scally Racing #30, Lee Bundy’s #2 along with
Gene Feigel #71, Paul Luggelle’s #28 and the Bobby
Seymour/Andy Barrows #81, the latter three Lites
entries.
The Mazda Motorsports Top Gun Pit Crew
Awards went to #45 Dumo’s Desire (April), #13 Randy
Bigelow (May), #28 Paul Luggelle (June), #93X Mike Horn
(July), #39 Bertrand Motorsports (August),
#9
Seymour Racing (September) and #71 Gene Feigel (October)
NEMA – Top 15
Owners: 1. #47
Tim Bertrand, 2. #45 Dumo’ Desire, 3. #7ny Allan Cantor,
4. #25 Russ Stoehr,
5. #26b Greg Stoehr, 6. #30 Paul
Scally, 7. #93X Mike Horn, 8. #2 Lee Bundy, 9. #29 Jeff
Abold,
10. #9 John Zyck, 11. #22 Dave Leonard, 12.
#39 Tim Bertrand, #13. #49 BJ MacDonald,
14. #44 Ed
Breault, 15. #3m Jim Miller.
Drivers: 1. Randy Cabral,
2. Russ Stoehr, 3. Greg Stoehr, 4. Keith Botelho, 5.
Jeff Abold,
6. Paul Scally, 7. Mike Horn, 8. Jeremy
Frankoski, 9. Lee Bundy, 10. Todd Bertrand,
11.
Chris Leonard, 12. John Zych, 13. BJ MacDonald, 14.
Anthony Nocella, 15. Doug Cleveland.
NEMA LITES – Top 15
Owners: 1. #71
Gene Feigel, 2. #81 Bob Seymour, 3. #29 Matt Seymour, 4.
#50 Carl Mederios,
5. #28 Paul Luggelle, 6. #26b
Greg Stoehr, 7. #13 Randy Bigelow, 8. #99 Susan Santa
Maria,
9. #48 David Igo, 10. #9 Bob Seymour, 11.
#18. DJ Moniz, 12. #4 Paul Scally,
13. #21 Jennifer
Scrivani, 14. #44 Christian Briggs, 15. #3 Randy
Bigelow.
Drivers: 1.
Seth Carlson, 2. Andy Barrows, 3. Anthony Nocella, 4.
Carl Mederios Jr., 5. Paul Luggelle,
6. Ryan
Bigelow, 7. Bethany Stoehr, 8. Brandon Igo, 9. Anthony
Marvuglio, 10. James Santa Maria, 11. DJ Moniz, 12.
Randy Cabral, 13. Christian Briggs, 14. Paul Bigelow,
15. Lanson Fornoro. |
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