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| SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
9th |
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| CUGINI - COY - LOCKE |
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NEMA LITES - WATERFORD - 9/9/17 |
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Pos.
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
19 |
Richard Coy |
Haskell, NJ |
Richard Coy |
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2 |
41 |
Meg CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
Glenn Cugini |
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3 |
38 |
Ryan Locke |
Raymond, NH |
Ken Locke |
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4 |
13 |
Ryan Bigelow |
East Berlin, CT |
Randy Bigelow |
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5 |
51 |
Dan CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
Dan Cugini |
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6 |
14 |
Chad Labastie |
Uxbridge, MA |
Chad Labastie |
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7 |
45 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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8 |
9 |
Ben Mikitarian |
Northborough, MA |
John Mikitarian |
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9 |
12 |
Alan Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Jim Chambers |
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10 |
7 |
Jim Cataldo |
Sterling, MA |
Jim Cataldo |
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11 |
68 |
Danny Gamache |
No. Smithfield, RI |
Cheryl Gamache |
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12 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul Scally |
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13 |
3 |
Chris Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Chris Vose |
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14 |
52 |
Tyler Rivard |
Woonsocket, RI |
Kevin Park |
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Richie Coy Continues Coy
Legacy
with Speedbowl NEMA Lites Victory |
Richie Coy turned a disappointing start to the
season into a cinderella story this past Saturday evening at
the Waterford Speedbowl, as he took down his first ever NEMA
Lites victory, extending the Coy legacy into NEMA's record
books.
Coy's father, Johnny, retired from racing in
1992, after driving for the late Carl Kibbe - and had two
NEMA wins to his credit. His uncle, Joey Coy, had three NEMA
championships and fifteen NEMA wins throughout the years.
Coy bested an impressive field at the New London Waterford
Speedbowl enroute to his first victory.
When the
feature took the track, Coy and Jim Cataldo brought the
field to the green flag. Coy blasted out into the lead,
setting a pace in the low 14 second bracket in the early
stages of the race. Further back, Meg Cugini moved into
second, and for a number of laps appeared to be closing the
gap on Coy, running the second best time in the feature
event of 14.179 seconds. At the halfway point, Cugini
trailed Coy by .9/00th's of a second.
One of the most
impressive runs of the feature was the young Ryan Locke,
running a feature best 14.034, as he was moving through the
field. As the laps wound down, the green to checkered run
continued, Coy, Cugini and Locke staying evenly spaced, and
the feature wound finish in that order. Cugini would end up
second, followed by Locke, Ryan Bigelow, Dan Cugini, Chad
Labastie, Todd Bertrand, Ben Mikitarian, Alan Chambers and
Jim Cataldo.
"This year has been a roller-coaster,
we started at Thompson - terrible, probably worse race day
I've ever had. From then on we have slowly rebuilt the car
piece by piece. Every week we found another and would fix
it. We even remounted the seat after Seekonk. Then we
started finishing races and learning. We continued to make
changes to the car and get better. It's been a long season,"
said Coy. "Last night was awesome. I'm not sure anyone was
more surprised than we were. We were shooting for another
top 5, to win was unbelievable," he said.
"When we
took the green, Jim jumped out first down the front stretch
and I drove down into 1 knowing that if I wanted a good
finish I needed to pass him. So I drove it in hard and it
stuck and I came out of 2 leading. From that part I drove
the race thinking everyone was 3 wide behind me looking for
me to make a mistake. The race went quick, first thing I
noticed was half way. Then I caught some lap cars, one of
them almost spun in front of me. The next thing I see is 2
to go... Then it was, no way!!! I'm still leading, don't
screw up these next 2 laps. I guess I did ok and when I saw
the checkered i couldn't believe it, probably the most
excited I've been for a win in a long time... I got my first
ever feature win at Waterford in a tq back in 1994," said
Coy.
The NEMA Lites pick back up their schedule with
a 65 lap special feature at Wiscassett on September 23rd in
Wiscassett, Maine. |
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