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Heat 1

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1 - 45 - Payne
2 - 76 - Buonomo
3 - 81 - Heath
4 - 50 - Persiglio
5 - 91 - D. Fornoro
6 - 12 - Carpenter
7 - 17 - Seitz
8 - 10c - Caisse
9 - 8 - E. Santos
10 - 57 - Bradbury
11 - 16 - O'Brien
12 - 00- Cleveleand
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1 - 47 - Bertrand
2 - 15 - Dolan
3 - 62 - Morton
4 - 2 - Bumpus
5 - 29 - B. Santos
6 - 22 - Cleveleand
7 - 44 - Breault
8 - 36 - R. Cabral
9 - 7ny - Cantor
10 - 77 - Lugelle
11 - 3 - Spada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 





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Star Summerfest

June 21, 2003

Feature

1 45 Joey Payne -
2 15 Ryan Dolan -
3 50 Pete Pernesiglio -
4 29 Bobby Santos III -
5 2 Howie Bumpus -
6 17 Ben Seitz -
7 44 Ed Breault -
8 77 Mike Lugelle -
9 16 Matt O'Brien Hard
Charger
10 87 Doug Cleveland -
11 57 Bob Bradbury -
12 8 Erica Santos -
13 12 Kyle Carpenter -
14 81 Tim Heath -
15 76 Mark Buonomo -
16 36 Randy Cabral -
17 7ny Adam Cantor -
18 62 Chuck Morton -
19 3 Tommy Spada -
20 91 Drew Fornoro -
21 10c Sean Caisse DNS
22 00 Brian Cleveland DNS
23 47 Tim Bertrand DQ

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Payne NEMA Winner At Star
After Bertrand Loses To Tape

Joey Payne Jr. wound up the Northeastern Midget Association winner Saturday night at Star Speedway’s Summerfest after Tim Bertrand’s car proved too wide in tech. It was the second time this season the apparent winner has lost to the tape measure.

Payne and Bertrand thrilled the crowd over the final 12 laps, Bertrand leading by less than a yard at the checker. “I don’t like winning race like that,” said Payne, who how has sixth career NEMA wins, all but one of them at Star. “Tim drove a great race and he handled everything I threw at him.”

The victory puts Payne and owner Gene Angelillo into their respective points leads heading into the July 3 (Thursday Night) show at Thompson Speedway.

The Bertrand-Payne duel began on a restart following a lengthy red on lap 13. A Mark Buonomo spin just short of the line started a multi-car incident that included a fire. Adam Cantor was taken to the hospital with minor burns but returned to the track.

The red flag stopped a Bertrand-Pernesiglio battle. Starting 10th, Payne has worked his way to third when the incident occurred. The first two drivers running in a pack immediately behind Buonomo got by but there was no escape for Chuck Morton, Kyle Carpenter, Randy Cabral (who flipped) and Cantor.

Cantor’s car caught fire (ruptured fuel cell). Quick work by NEMA president/starter Steve Grant was instrumental in limiting Cantor’s injuries.

On the green, Payne, who started 10th, grabbed second from Pernesiglio and immediately began pressuring Bertrand. It went to the checkered with Ryan Dolan watching several car lengths behind. “I got under him three or four times and Tim drove a defensive race,” said Payne. “I wound rather finish second than spin us both out going for the lead. He was driving like a winner.”

Dolan wound up second with Pernesiglio, Bobby Santos III and Howie Bumpus filling out the top five. Bertrand and Payne were heat winners while Matt O’Brien, who finished ninth, was the Hard Charger.

“It was the best race I’ve ever been in,” said Bertrand. “Joey was up and down and we banged a couple times, one pretty good and Joey apologized. Beating him on the race track is quite an accomplishment. After the race, well, it was very controversial; very disappointing.”

Payne didn’t know he had won until after the Supermodified race. “Bobby Seymour congratulated me,” explained Payne. “I said ‘second is OK’ and he said ‘No, the #47 was too wide.’ I hated hearing that.”

Earlier this year, Bobby Santos, in the Seymour #29, suffered the same fate at Thompson’s Icebreaker.

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