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SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd |
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NEMA MIDGETS: CABRAL - ZYCH - J. CHAMBERS |
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NEMA MIDGETS - WISCASSET -
6/2/18 |
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Pos.
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
John Zych Sr. |
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2 |
74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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3 |
21 |
Jim Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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4 |
47 |
Lou Ciconni |
Aston, PA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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5 |
7 |
Alan Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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6 |
A1 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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7 |
5b |
Bethany Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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8 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul Scally |
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9 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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10 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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DNS |
99 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Jim Santa Maria |
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NEMA LITES: J. CHAMBERS |
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NEMA LITES - WISCASSET -
6/2/18 |
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Pos.
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#
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
12 |
Jim Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Jim Chambers |
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2 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul Scally |
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3 |
51 |
Dan CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
Dan Cugini |
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4 |
38 |
Ryan Locke |
Raymond, NH |
Ken Locke |
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5 |
21 |
Avery Stoehr |
Lakeville, MA |
Mike Scrivani |
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6 |
9 |
Ben Mikitarian |
Northborough, MA |
John Mikitarian |
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7 |
19 |
Richie Coy |
Haskell, NJ |
Richie Coy |
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8 |
35 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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9 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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10 |
41 |
Meg CuginI |
Marshfield, MA |
Glenn Cugini |
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11 |
52 |
Kevin Park |
Plainville, MA |
Kevin Park |
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DNS |
3 |
Christopher Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Christopher Vose |
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DQ |
5 |
Jim Cataldo |
Sterling, MA |
Jim Cataldo |
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DQ |
76 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
Frant Manafort |
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Zych, J. Chambers Storm to
Wiscasset NEMA
Victories |
Wiscasset, ME - John Zych ended a multi
race dry spell, as the Mendon, MA racer beat back 2017
champion, Randy Cabral, on a late race restart to take down
his third victory in a row at Wiscasset Speedway. In the
Lites division, Jim Chambers came from deep in the field to
beat a strong field of competitors, with a late race pass on
Jim Cataldo.
In the NEMA feature, Doug Cleveland and
Bethany Stoehr brought the field to the green flag. Quickly,
fourth place starter John Zych drove his JZ Motorsports
entry to the top of the track and stormed into the lead.
Further back, Avery Stoehr moved from his sixth place
starting spot into second by lap three and set his sights on
Zych. Over next ten laps, the distance between Zych and
Stoehr stayed marginal, while further back, Cabral was on
the hunt moving into the third spot, with Jim Chambers in
tow.
On lap fifteen, disaster struck for Stoehr, as
the rear axle failed, rocketing the car into the turn three
wall. Stoehr was able to walk away from the incident, with a
badly damaged race car.
On the restart, Zych and
Cabral would line up side by side, and Cabral would make a
valiant effort to stay with Zych on the outside. A lap
later, Zych darted out into the lead again, and went on to
take down the victory, unchallenged. Cabral would finish
second followed by Jim Chambers, Lou Cicconi who returned
after many years away from NEMA in the Bertrand 47, Alan
Chambers, Mike Horn, Bethany Stoehr, Paul Scally, Doug
Cleveland and Avery Stoehr.
"We have been chasing a
gremlin since the end of last year that was battery related.
Seems like we found the issue and corrected. We have been
very fortunate at Wiscasset to have some success. I think
our car performs well there and it is a track that I really
like. Couldn't ask for a better facility, ownership, staff
and fans than those at Wiscasset. They are fantastic. We got
off to a strong start and had to stay out front and try to
save my tires as much as I could for the first half of the
race," said Zych. "The caution came out halfway and I was
hoping the laps we ran early conserved enough of the tires
to run hard knowing it was going to be really hard to stay
out front. Once we restarted I knew it was going to be a
battle with Randy who was starting second. We battled a
little right after the restart and luckily I ran some of my
fastest laps right after half way which allowed us to
maintain a lead. The rest of the way I was just trying to
run as fast and as consistent as possible knowing Randy was
going to be there if I made any mistakes," concluded Zych.
In the Lites event, it appeared that Jim Cataldo was on
his way to a career first win, as he took an early lead and
ran a number of flawless laps early in the event. As the
laps wound on, Jim Chambers, John Zych, Paul Scally and
Danny Cugini broke free of traffic, and gave hunt to
Cataldo.
As the leaders were approaching lapped
traffic, Cataldo looked low, then high, and Chambers was
able to capitalize, making a masterful move to the front of
the field. Zych was able to move by Cataldo for second, and
would finish the race there.
Chambers would take
down the victory, followed by Zych, Cataldo, Scally, Cugini,
Ryan Locke, Avery Stoehr, Ben Mikitarian, Richie Coy, Randy
Cabral and Kyle Valeri - however post race inspections found
Cataldo to be over width and subsequently disqualified. The
#76 has also been disqualified.
"The car was good all day long and the track was
really racey. We made a small adjustment to the car for the
feature and it ended up being perfect. I can't thank
Wiscasset and their crew enough, we always love to come up
here, and the improvements they continue to make to their
already awesome facility," said Chambers.
NEMA picks
back up its schedule this coming weekend at the Riverhead
Raceway on Long Island. |
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