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Epping, NH - After a five-year absence, the
much-anticipated return of the Mighty NEMA Midgets to
Star Speedway brought some exciting wheel-to-wheel
action on the tight quarter-mile Saturday night, with
Randy Cabral outrunning a strong field of entries to
pick up the win.
A first-lap incident found nearly half the field in
trouble after Paul Scally spun his mount in turn three,
but most were able to make repairs and rejoin the field
for the restart. Seth Carlson led the way in the early
going, but Cabral put a quick move on him between three
and four to take over the point before halfway.
It was all but over from there, with Cabral racing away
to score the win by a comfortable margin.
Finishing position, car number, driver, hometown, owner:
1 47 Randy Cabral Plymouth, MA Tim Bertrand 2 A1 Jeff
Horn Ashland, MA Jeff Horn 3 45 Russ Stoehr Bridgewater,
MA Dumo's Desire Racing 4 26b Greg Stoehr Bridgewater,
MA Greg Stoehr 5 4 Anthony Nocella Woburn, MA Bobby
Seymour 6 22 Chris Leonard Pelham, NH Dave Leonard 7 9
John Zych Jr. Louisville, KY John Zych Sr. 8 44 Erica
Santos Franklin, MA Ed Breault 9 3m Jim Miller
Weymouth, MA Jim Miller 10 16 Matt O'Brien Wilmington,
MA Jim O'Brien & Sons Engineering.
The NEMA Lites were on hand as well, with 15-year-old
Carl Medeiros, Jr. continuing his hot streak by posting
his third consecutive victory in the feature event.
Bethany Stoehr and Dylan Duhaime filled out the podium
after finishing second and third, respectively.
Finishing position, car number, driver, hometown, owner:
Finishing position, car number, driver, hometown, owner:
1 50 Carl Medeiros, Jr. Westport, MA Carl Medeiros 2 26b
Bethany Stoehr Bridgewater, MA MCI Racing/Greg Stoehr 3
57 Dylan Duhaime Loudon, NH Shawn Duhaime 4 35 Randy
Cabral Plymouth, MA Glen Cabral 5 51 Danny Cugini
Marshfield, MA D. Cugini 6 81 Andy Barrows New Ipswich,
NH Dustin Anderson 7 9 Jon McKennedy Chelmsford, MA
Bobby Seymour 8 4 Paul Scally Raynham, MA Paul Scally 9
12 Brandon Martinez North Kingston, RI Lou Martinez 10
52 Kevin Park Foxboro, MA Kevin Park.
The Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Outlaw Late Models
once again drew a strong field of entries for their
35-lap feature event, with rookie competitor Billy Ryder
setting the pace for the first several laps before
yielding to the high-flying Joe Squeglia, Jr.
Once out front, Squeglia was not to be denied, and he
pulled away to lead the field to the stripe by several
car lengths. Mitch Wendell, Jimmy Renfrew, Gary
Beauregard, Ryder, Shaun Waites, Rob MacRae, Barry
Raymond, Steve “Pinball” Wilmot, and Sandy Lee were the
rest of the top ten.
Chris Kingsley captured his first checkered flag of the
2012 season in the Woody’s Auto Strictly Stocks, holding
off all comers to score the win. Chris Augevich grabbed
second, with Matt Kawejsza, Sammy Peabody, Steve
Douphinette, Bret Culleton, Billy Clement, Jr., Russ
Douphinette, Tony Kawejsza, and John Cashman the rest of
the top ten.
After surviving a close call when he got tangled up with
Lance Barthelemy while battling for the lead, young
Jarrod Soucy went on to collect his third Roadrunner win
of the season. Ken McIlvaine posted runner-up, with
Jason Plouffe, Steve Nichols, and Emil Maroun rounding
out the top five. |
