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SATURDAY, JUNE
10th, 2023
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www.shanehammondfoundation.org
The 15th Annual
HAMMOND
MEMORIAL |
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RANDY CABRAL #74 |
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Photos by
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NEMA MIDGETS Heats >> |
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NEMA MIDGETS - NLWS
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6/10/23 |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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2 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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3 |
49 |
Dylan Rock |
Enfield, NH |
Dan Rock |
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4 |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
John Zych
Sr. |
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5 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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6 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Matt O'Brien |
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7 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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8 |
A1 |
Derek Robbie |
Bellingham, MA |
Mike Horn |
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9 |
50 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete Pernesiglio
Sr. |
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10 |
83 |
Ryan Tidman |
Southhampton, PA |
Ryan Tidman |
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DNS |
93 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Mike Horn |
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Heat 1: 9, 39, 49, 87, 93 |
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Heat 2: 30, 74, A1, 16 |
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CHASE LOCKE #1 |
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NEMA LITES Heats >> |
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NEMA LITES - LEE USA -
5/27/23 |
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Pos.
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
Chase Locke |
Chester, NH |
Matt
Seymour |
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2 |
20 |
Alby Ovitt |
St. Johnsbury, VT |
Jackie
Parker |
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3 |
53 |
Dylan Coutu |
Hopeville, CT |
Ron Coutu |
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4 |
48 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Todd
Bertrand |
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5 |
28 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete Pernesiglio
Sr. |
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6 |
9 |
Ben Mikitarian |
Northborough, MA |
John
Mikitarian |
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7 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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8 |
29 |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Matt
Seymour |
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9 |
16 |
Dan Cugini |
Marshfield, MA |
Dennis
O/Brien |
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10 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Randy
Cabral |
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11 |
35 |
Jacob Perry |
Stonington, CT
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Glen
Cabral |
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12 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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13 |
10 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Jackie
Parker |
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14 |
59 |
Brayden Egan |
Ashford, CT |
Eric Egan |
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8 |
Ethan Dion |
Oakdale, CT |
Stephen
Dion |
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16 |
3 |
Christopher Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Christopher Vose |
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17 |
99 |
Kyle Ferrucci |
Woodbury, CT |
Robert
Ferrucci |
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18 |
23 |
Jeremy Utley |
Carver, MA |
Jeremy Utley |
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19 |
55 |
Drew Eldridge |
No. Chelmsford, MA |
Drew
Eldridge |
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20 |
21 |
Joe Bailey |
Monroe, NJ |
Mike
Scrivani |
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Heat 1: 53, 16, 29, 28, 20, 9, 3,
55, 21, 99 |
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Heat 2: 47, 94, 1, 48, 35, 10, 17,
23, 59, 8 |
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The
Waterford 15th Annual
Shane Hammond Memorial Race
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Waterford, CT -- For racers, numbers are
just as significant as words, for many, lives are built
around these numbers, for the memories, stories, laughs,
cries, and encouragement.
For Deb Marvuglio, Shane
Hammond's mother, the number 37 commemorates just this, "To
me, it's not just a Midget that was transformed over the
years from black and white to yellow and blue. The 37 was a
dream that became a reality for my son, Shane. A young man
who had an infectious smile and bright blue eyes. Shane
learned about risk and reward and much more by 15. An
amazing karter whether it was dirt or asphalt, he had a
handle on it."
To this, there is no better place to
celebrate Shane's Memorial Race than where it all first
began. Their NEMA journey started at Waterford where Glen
and Randy Cabral gave Shane his first ride in a midget. Deb
commented, "I remember it like it was yesterday. He crawled
out of that car BEAMING!!"
This past Saturday, both
the NEMA Midgets and LITES celebrated the 15th Annual Shane
Hammond Memorial Race at the New London- Waterford
Speedbowl.
NEMA Announcer Pete Falconi announced the
stars and cars of the NEMA LITES division, as the drivers
lined up and saluted their fans for the famous four-wide
parade lap.
The drivers realigned to their starting
positions as Tiana Kibbe in the Kibbe Racing #94 led the
field to green flag racing for 25 fast laps. Kibbe would
lead the first two laps as Mike Pernesiglio in the Ventotto
Properties #28, Chase Locke in the Matt Seymour Racing #1,
Alby Ovitt in the Parker Brother's Racing #20 were all in a
tight pack for positions two through four. Then on lap three
going into turn one, Pernesiglio chose the low line to take
the lead.
On lap 5, Locke would take the lead over
Pernesiglio going into turn three. Over the stretch of the
next four laps, Locke began to stretch his lead to half a
straight away and on lap 9, Ovitt took over the second
position followed by Pernesiglio, Randy Cabral in the #47,
and Dylan Coutu in the Redline Motorsports #53.
Going into turn one on lap 10, Coutu took the low line to
take the 4th position over Cabral and then began to close
the gap between him and Pernesiglio.
On lap 13,
Coutu and Pernesiglio began to race side by side one another
for third until Coutu pulled away on lap 15.
As the
front of the field began to spread out, Todd Bertrand in the
Todd Bertrand Racing #48, who started in the 11th place
starting position, began to close the gap between him and
5th place Cabral. On lap 16, Bertrand took over the 5th
position and was on the move to track down the 4th position
of Pernesiglio. A few laps later, Bertrand closed the gap
and was on the back bumper of Pernesiglio. On lap 21,
Bertrand took over the 4th position going into turn one.
Coming to the final continuous green flag laps, all cars
and drivers that took the green flag went on to finish the
race, Locke had just over a one second lead over Ovitt in
second followed by Coutu in third.
Locke commented on
his first NEMA LITES win of the 2023 season, "I got loose
and almost spun out early on in the race and then once I got
in the lead, I just kept running the top hard and just ran
it as best I could from there."
Matt Seymour, car
owner of the #1, commented on Locke's win, "He has been
working hard in the garage all week and this is just the
beginning of him winning some races."
To round out
the top 10 in the NEMA LITES were strong finishes by Locke
#1, Ovitt #20, Coutu #53, Bertrand #48, Pernesiglio #28, Ben
Mikitarian #9, Kyle Valeri #17, Jake Trainor #29, Dan
Cuigini #16, Randy Cabral #47.
In the NEMA Midget
feature, we saw two MRS Modified drivers; Dylan Rock in the
#49, NEMA's 2022 Rookie of the Year, Derek Robbie in the #A1
and ATQMRA driver, Ryan Tidman in the #83 take the green
flag. Rock led the field of drivers to the green flag where
Paul Scally in the #30 would take the lead going into turn
one. While on lap 2, Randy Cabral in the Bertrand
Motorsports #74, starting from his 6th place starting
position, took the lead and began to pull away from Scally
and Rock.
As the field began to spread out, on lap
4, John Zych Jr. in the #9 would settle into the 4th place
position over Matt O'Brien in Jim O'Brien & Son's
Engineering #16. While on lap 6, Avery Stoehr in the
Bertrand Motorsports #39 would take the 5th place position
over O'Brien.
Once Cabral took the lead on lap 2, he
set a blistering pace and did not look back. Over the
remainder of the 23 green to checkered laps, Cabral went on
to win with a 6 second lead over Scally followed by Rock.
Cabral reminisced with a few memories on his first
NEMA win of the 2023 season, "I came across a photo of me
sleeping in my old 35 car before going out in the feature
that my crew chief at the time, Jeremy Decourcy took and of
course I fell asleep again tonight before the feature.
Tonight they waved his flags as I crossed the finish line.
Also, I was leaving my driveway today and I saw a cardinal
fly across my driveway, which I never see, and immediately
thought this must be Shane."
To round out the top 10
in the NEMA were strong finishes by Cabral #74, Scally #30,
Rock #49, Zych Jr. #9, Stoehr #39, O'Brien #16, Doug
Cleveland #87, Robbie #A1, Mike Pernesiglio #50, and Tidman
#83.
The NEMA LITES are back in action this coming
Saturday and Sunday, at Star Speedway on June 17th and
Hudson Speedway on June 18th for the 9th Annual Jim O'Brien
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Hi racers, friends & fans,
How do I
begin..... It's around the corner, The 15th Annual Shane
Memorial Race, it takes my breath away. Some days it feels
like 15 seconds, 15 minutes, 15 hours but not 15 years. He's
missed so much.
Many of you know the story but we
have new members & fans so please share your Shane stories.
Our NEMA journey started at Waterford and that's why this is
so special to me and my family. Glen & Randy Cabral gave
Shane his first ride in a midget. I remember it like it was
yesterday. He crawled out of that car BEAMING!!
It
was quite a journey after having to give up his karting
career due to the G force after emergency brain & spine
surgery at 15 due to a tumor. It was amazing to watch him
race again and put the wind back into all our sails and the
rest is history. Shane was a good shoe in a low budget team
and he was grateful every time he could climb into a car and
race. He loved the sport of racing, the drivers, and the
NEMA family. In his 27 years he touched many as many touched
his young life. We need to create EXCITEMENT about honoring
his legacy and the mission to keep all drivers, staff and
tracks as safe as possible.
Since the start of The
Shane Hammond Believe Foundation, we have changed the way
drivers, clubs & tracks think about safety. Restraints,
helmets on staffers, full containment seats, extra cushion
in the walls just to name a few. We have drivers that have
testified that these changes saved their lives. We must
continue to spread the message, SAFETY FIRST!
Pits
open at 2pm on Saturday and I ask that you all stop by the
Shane booth on the Midway. We will have some merchandise on
sale, great raffle items. Again this year thanks to Bill
VanSlyke we will have a kids bicycle raffle. I am very
fortunate to have selfless family of volunteers to help make
this event happen every year.
Thanks to all of you
who have sponsored laps, with only a few still left. The lap
board for both divisions is on the
NEMA facebook
page. I am looking for the Hard Charger Awards
sponsorship. Please reach out to me if you are interested
being a race or lap sponsor or would like to make a donation
to SHBF which helps racers with safety issues.
In
closing I want to thank all of you who have supported me, my
family and the SHBF for the past 15 years. I want to thank
Reverend Don Rivers and his team at Racing with Jesus
Ministries which keeps us in prayer all over the country. We
are one of the few sports that still BELIEVES. Race hard and
have fun, see you Saturday!
With heart felt
gratitude,
Deb Glockner Marvuglio - Shane and
Anthony's mom
Shane Hammond Believe Foundation
164
Anna Drive, East Bridgewater, MA 02333
508-245-0689 -
www.shanehammond.org |
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