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| SATURDAY, JUNE 26th, 2021 |
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NEMA
Midgets - L to R: Avery Stoehr #39, 2nd;
Winner John Zych Jr. #9; & Ronnie
Williams #17, 3rd |
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NEMA MIDGETS - WISCASSET -
6/26/21 |
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Pos. |
#
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
John Zych Sr. |
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2 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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3 |
17 |
Ronnie Williams |
Ellington, CT |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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4 |
69 |
Matt Merry |
Plaistow, NH |
Matt Merry |
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5 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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6 |
74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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7 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Matt O'Brien |
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8 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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9 |
18 |
Andy Lunt |
Marion, MA |
Christian Briggs |
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10 |
7 |
Alan Chambers |
Atkinson, NH |
Mike Chambers |
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Heat 1: 39, 18, 7,
74, 16 |
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Heat 2:
9, 87, 30, 69, 17 |
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NEMA MIDGETS |
Seymour Performance
Products
$50 Certificate
Feature
Winner:
John Zych #9 |
Seymour Performance
Products
$50 Certificate
2nd in
Feature:
Avery
Stoehr #39 (at left) |
Hard
Charger Award
$50 DMI Certificate
Ronnie
Williams #17 |
Seymour Performance
Products
$50 Certificate
9th in
Feature:
Andy Lunt
#18 |
Five
Gallons of
Sunoco Racing Fuel
Heat
Winners:
Avery
Stoehr #39 (at left)/John Zych Jr. #9 |
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Photos by Tiana Kibbe |
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NEMA
LITES - L to R: Jake Trainor #29, 2nd;
Winner Randy
Cabral #35; & Jim Santa Maria #97, 3rd |
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NEMA LITES - WISCASSET -
6/26/21 |
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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 |
35 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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2 |
29 |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Matt
Seymour |
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3 |
97 |
Jim Santa Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Jim Santa
Maria |
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4 |
3 |
Christopher Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Christopher Vose |
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5 |
28 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete Pernesiglio
Sr. |
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6 |
21 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Mike
Scrivani |
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7 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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8 |
19 |
Richie Coy |
Haskell, NJ |
Richie Coy |
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9 |
26 |
Connor Souza |
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Randy
Cabral |
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10 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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11 |
53 |
Dylan Coutu |
Hopeville, CT |
Ron Coutu |
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12 |
08 |
Ethan Dion |
Oakdale, CT |
Steve Dion |
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13 |
16 |
Dennis O'Brien |
Deerfield, NH |
Dennis O'Brien |
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14 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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HEAT #1:
94, 29, 17, 30, 3, 08 |
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HEAT #2:
35, 28, 21, 26, 16, 19, 53, 97 |
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NEMA LITES |
Seymour Performance
Products
$50 Certificate
Feature
Winner:
Randy Cabral #35 |
Seymour Performance
Products
$50 Certificate
2nd in
Feature:
Jake
Trainor #29 |
Friends
of Mike Rivard
$50 Award
3rd in
Feature:
Paul
Scally #30 |
Five
Gallons of
Sunoco Racing Fuel
Heat
Winners:
Tianna Kibbe #94/Randy
Cabral #35 |
Friends
of Mike Rivard
$50 Award
7th in
Feature:
Kyle Valeri #17 |
Seymour Performance
Products
$50 Certificate
9th
in Feature:
Connor Souza #26 |
Hard
Charger Award
$50 DMI Certificate
Jake Trainor #29 |
Future
Star
$50 from Seymour Performance
Mike
Pernesiglio #28 |
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Photos by Tiana Kibbe |
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Zych, Cabral Take Wins on
AMES
True Value NEMA Night
at Wiscasset Speedway |
On Saturday evening June 26th,
the Northeastern Midget Association rolled into one of its
favorite stops of the yea, at the Wiscasset Speedway.
Multi-time champion John Zych Jr. beat back a brief
challenge from 2019 champion Avery Stoehr to take down the
NEMA portion of the show under threatening skies, and Randy
Cabral took down the LITES portion of the event in his
family owned #35.
In the NEMA Midgets heat races,
Avery Stoehr took down the first heat, setting a new track
record as recorded on the Wiscasset Speedway MyLaps system
of 12.875 seconds, over Andy Lunt. John Zych Jr. won heat 2
over Doug Cleveland.
In the LITES division, Tiana
Kibbe took down her first ever heat race win in an
impressive victory over Jake Trainor. Randy Cabral won heat
2 over Mikey Pernesiglio.
In the feature events, Doug
Cleveland and Andy Lunt led the NEMA Midgets field to the
green flag. Rain was lightly falling, creating a slick
racing surface, but the NEMA cars roared to the green flag.
Quickly, John Zych Jr blasted from his sixth starting spot
into second, and then past Lunt into the lead on lap four.
Lunt continued to run impressively in second, until a spin
on lap eight put him to the rear of the field.
When
the green flew again, Zych lined up against Randy Cabral.
Cabral, having engine issues, would fall back on the
restart, and Avery Stoher would move into second behind
Zych. Stoehr would hound Zych, but never muster up the steam
to pull even with him.
Further back, NASCAR modified
star Ronnie Williams, making his NEMA debut in the Bertrand
#17, had come from last on the starting grid to move into
the third spot. Over the final laps, Zych would pull 4
carlengths away from Stoehr to take down the win. Williams
was third, Matt Merry fourth, followed by Paul Scally and
Randy Cabral. Matt O'Brien, Doug Cleveland, Andy Lunt, and
Alan Chambers rounded out the top ten.
"As much as it
was raining, I was really surprised that we were able to
race. I was wiping my visor off under caution laps. My
strategy was to take any opportunity that I had. I got a
good start and tried to get out front as soon as I could,"
said Zych. "From the middle of the race to the last 10 laps,
I was trying to keep the car as straight as possible and
save some tires. Then car was starting to tighten up at the
and then at that point just trying to be as fast as possible
knowing there were fast cars behind me. I was happy to be
back at Wiscasset. A great track and even better people.
Want to thank everyone there for having us," said Zych.
In the NEMA LITES feature, Dennis O'Brien got the jump
off of turn four on the initial green, but Chris Vose
quickly moved into the lead. Vose set the pace for the first
four laps of the race. Randy Cabral, in his family-owned
#35, quickly used the outside groove to move into the lead
on lap five. Cabral was setting the pace with Vose in
second, but further back, Jake Trainor in the Seymour #29,
and Jim Santa Maria #97 were moving through the field, with
Mikey Pernesiglio #28 also hanging in the top five.
As the laps wound down, Cabral would go on to take the win
over Trainor by .4 second. Jim Santa Maria, Chris Vose, Mike
Pernesiglio, Avery Stoehr, Kyle Valeri, Richie Coy, Conner
Souza, and Tiana Kibbe rounded out the top ten.
"I
wasn't too worried about the rain since the track was warm
so it was drying. I knew once the green was out I needed to
get to the front but fell back to about 6th and was able to
get back up to the front. I knew the #30 and #29 were coming
cause I saw them on the scoreboard. I also saw the #97
coming so I knew in lap traffic that I could lose to any of
them. I was hoping for no caution as the laps were closing
because I knew I didn't have the car to win if that
happened," said Cabral. |
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| NEMA Returns to
Wiscasset |
Another great racing event
that was scrubbed in 2020, now back for 2021 is set to roll
this weekend as Maine's Fastest Oval welcomes back one of
the Northeast's fastest classes of racecars. Since 2015,
Wiscasset Speedway has become a go-to stop for the winged
warriors of the Northeastern Midget Association, with both
the NEMA Midgets and NEMA LITES wowing the race fans in the
Pine Tree State.
With the aforementioned one year
absence behind them, the NEMA Midgets and LITES are heading
to their northernmost venue for the first of two visits on
the racing season this coming Saturday, June 26. Race fans
who can't make it to the Maine Coast will be able to enjoy
not just the two NEMA divisions, but Wiscasset's home guard
on Speed51.TV.
This will also be the second time this
June the NEMA Midgets and Lites will take the spotlight on
Speed51.TV, with both classes fresh off their annual marquee
event, the Boston Louie Memorial at Seekonk Speedway down in
Massachusetts. Paul Scally collected the honors in the
29-lap NEMA Midget feature, finally winning the race that
had eluded him throughout years. The NEMA LITES wowed the
audience, with their 50-lap feature coming down to a
thriller between one of their own, Jake Trainor holding off
one of America's best, Ken Schrader for the checkered flag.
Last time NEMA made it up to Wiscasset in September of
2019, it was seven-time NEMA Midget champion Randy Cabral
taking the trophy in the Midget class, while Ryan Locke's
win in the LITES helped to secure himself the 2019 NEMA
LITES title at season's end.
Also for the second time
in June, Wiscasset's own racers will be in the spotlight
following the Coastal 200 just two weeks prior. Late Models,
Modifieds, and Strictly Streets will all be in action this
Saturday night alongside the NEMA Midgets and LITES.
Post time for Saturday's racing is 5pm ET, the same time
Speed51's cameras will go live.
Speed51.TV yearly and monthly subscribers can see all of
this week's action from Wiscasset.
-Story by:
Connor Sullivan, Speed51 Northeast Correspondent - Twitter:
@Connor51CT |
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