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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
21st
WHITE'S OF WESTPORT
Westport, MA
Cocktails at 6 PM - Dinner at 7 PM sharp - Awards & Dancing
follow
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"Hospitality Room" will be open after the awards
at the Hampton Inn for all to use. BYOB and snacks. |
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Tickets are $40.00 (same as last year)
Send check made out to NEMA to Lucille Jarret
386 Wrentham Rd., Bellingham, MA 02019
This Saturday, November 14th
is the Deadline for Reservations
Any questions - Call Lu at 1-508-883-4899 or e-mail
mjlj386@comcast.net
Tables of 8, 9, or 10 may be reserved.
The Hampton Inn is next to White's - 1-508-675-8500
NEMA Banquet rate is still $84.00 plus tax.
Use block code NMA when making reservations to get this rate.
Donations for the Raffle can be given to Pete Persiglio Sr.
or Deb Marvuglio. Gift cards are great. |
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2010 LITES MEETING
Tuesday, November 17th |
From 7-9 PM at the
Courtyard by Marriot
in Marlboro, MA |
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Will be discussing
next year's tracks,
dates, rules, and much more. |
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6th
- NOON
THOMPSON CLUBHOUSE
Thompson, CT |
Our 2009 Annual Meeting will
be held Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Thompson Clubhouse,
Thompson International Speedway.
Lunch will be available at noon, with the meeting starting
promptly at 1 PM.
Pursuant to Rule 2.10, all
nominations for officers and Board
positions, as well as any
rule change proposals (technical or
non-technical), must be received
by COB
Thursday, NOVEMBER 5,
2009. Please send all nominations and/or proposals to secretary@nemaracing.com
or mail to 266 Kelly Road, Middlebury, CT. If you choose to use
US mail, please confirm receipt or send with a tracking ability.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND express mail or other signature required mail
- there is no one available during business hours to sign.
A detailed agenda will them be assembled and e-mailed to all
current voting members no later than November 21.
Remember, this is your club and this is your opportunity to make
a difference with your nominee selection and rules proposals. Please
consider your submissions thoughtfully and consider their impact
on the club as a whole - it will make all the difference. |
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SANTOS LEADS FINAL LAP TO WIN “COPPER WORLD” MIDGET FEATURE |
Phoenix, Ariz……..Bobby
Santos III of Franklin, Mass. emerged the winner of Thursday
night’s 25-mile USAC National/Western Midget race at the 34th
“Copper World Classic” at Phoenix International Raceway. Santos
wrested the lead from Bryan Clauson on lap 23, then slipped
behind Clauson at the white flag. On the final lap Clauson slid
high in turn three and Santos went on to the win in his Santos
Motorsports Beast/Esslinger Ford.
Pole starter Bobby East finished second ahead of Alex Bowman,
Brad Kuhn and Cole Whitt. Kuhn extended his National point lead
to 40 points over Brad Sweet, who finished 14th, while Western
Midget point leader Garrett Hansen finished 24th in Thursday’s
race. East led the first seven laps and Clauson led the next 15
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Bertrand, Carter
Team At Phoenix for Copper World Classic Nov. 12th |
Bertrand Motorsports, the
2009 Northeastern Midget Association owner champion, and driver
Cole Carter will team up for next Thursday’s 25-lap USAC Midget
race at Phoenix International Speedway’s Copper World Classic.
Carter’s Beast will be powered by Bertrand’s Circle Performance
built Esslinger motor. Bertrand and his wife Cara will be
providing some sponsorship as well.
The Carters took the motor out of Bertrand’s #47 after the NEMA
final race at Thompson Speedway. The motor, which carried both
driver Randy Cabral and Bertrand to their second straight
respective championships, did not suffer a single breakdown
throughout the season.
“Cole qualified sixth and finished third in last year’s race and
he did that with average equipment from an engine perspective,”
said Bertrand. ”We are excited about being with the Carter
family again especially on this level.”
Carter was part of the Bertrand’s “guest driver” program in 2009
earning two top fives, including a second, in three starts.
Sprint Cup star Ryan Newman and NASCAR Modified standout Ted
Christopher also drove for Bertrand over the season.
Follow the USAC
action and Cole Carter's progress at:
www.twitter.com/bertrandracing
RACE UPDATE: Cole in his #7
qualified 19th & finished 27th |
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Cabral Celebrates
NEMA Driving Title |
Brockton, MA - Randy Cabral
isn’t about to give the 2009 Northeastern Midget Association
driving championship, the second in a row for him and car owner
Tim Bertrand, back. “I’ll take them anyway I can get them,” he
admits.
Bertrand, a one-time driver, and Cabral, who followed his dad
Glen into NEMA, “took” their respective championships with
consistency. They won five times but it was the 11 top-five (in
14 races) that made the difference. They’ll top the honorees at
the NEMA Awards Banquet Saturday night Nov. 21 at White’s of
Westport in Westport, MA.
Cabral, a school teacher, won with an 84-point bulge on
runner-up three-time winner Nokie Fornoro, who missed a race,
and a 211 edge on third-place Adam Cantor, a two-time winner and
“twice a victim of circumstances.” NEMA had seven winners in all
– Jeff Horn, Jeff Abold, Russ Stoehr and Greg Stoehr each
getting one.
“Nokie and Adam are the two guys I’m most comfortable with,”
said Cabral. “We take nothing away from each other. It doesn’t
matter where we are.”
Winning the first three of the first four races (he was second
in the other), Cabral, never trailed in the drivers points race.
With 13 wins over the last two years, he has moved to seventh
place on NEMA’s all-time win list. Eighteen have come in the
four years with Bertrand.
Acknowledging Bertrand “gives me the best equipment possible,”
Cabral says the objective is to “do the best we can” and that is
especially so when “we don’t have a car that is capable of
winning.” The season-ending World Series at Thompson is a case
in point, Cabral’s third place “just enough” to get the
championship for Bertrand by four points over Mike Jarret.
The relationship between the families, tempered by both joy and
sorrow, is, Cabral insists “not about championships but about
friendship. We were friends before we were owner/driver. If Tim
called up tomorrow and said he is putting somebody else in the
car we’d still be friends.”
The biggest 2009 win came at Twin State in September. “My
grandfather Henry died that week,” Cabral explains. “We had the
funeral on Friday and Friday night we were getting ready to go
racing. This is what we do, go racing. If I missed a race
because of his funeral, my grandfather would have climbed out of
the grave and kicked my butt.
“Ryan Newman was one of his favorites,” continues Cabral. “When
I beat him up at Lee (Newman was also in a Bertrand car) I
called by grandfather and said ‘Hey, I beat your boy.’ He
laughed and he was proud. He would call every Sunday morning and
ask how I did whether we raced or not. It was tough when I
didn’t get that call.”
Hitting the wall at Waterford was the low point “There was
nothing wrong with the car,” he says. “I made a mistake. It was
strange, the only DNF we had all year was at a track I really
love to race on.”
Cabral says “growing up all I thought about was driving
Midgets.” He would be “more than happy” to try a Supermodified
or a Modified but presently is more than content. “Right now, I
see myself driving for Tim Bertrand until he fires me,” he says.
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2009 NEMA Points:
Full Points Page Here
Drivers: 1. Randy Cabral 1683; 2.
Nokie Fornoro 1599;
3. Adam Cantor 1472; 4. Russ Stoehr 1304; 5. Chris DeRitis 1119;
6. Greg Stoehr 1075; 7. Erica Santos 1017; 8. Jim Miller 964;
9. Abby Martino 954; 10. John Zych Jr. 945; 11. Jeff Horn 915;
12. Lee Bundy 909; 13. Paul Scally 740; 14. William Wall 560;
15. Doug Cleveland 524.
Owners: 1. Tim Bertrand (47) 1683;
2. Mike Jarret (4) 1679;
3. Cantor Racing (7ny) 1472; 4. Gene Angelillo (45) 1334;
5. Jim Miller (3m) 1072; 6. Ed Breault (44) 982),
7. John Martino (21a) 954; 8. John Zych Sr. (9) 945;
9. Lee Bundy (2) 909; 10. Greg Stoehr (26b) 839;
11. Power Point Racing (99) 831; 12. Paul Scally (30) 740;
13. Bobby Seymour (29) 649; 14. Wall Motorsports (5) 648;
15. Jeff Horn (A1) 639. |
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Bertrand Prevails
In Unique
NEMA Owners Race |
Brockton, MA – Tim Bertrand
is doubly proud of his second straight Northeastern Midget
Association owners championship. In a battle that came down to
the final laps of the final feature (at Thompson Speedway’s
World Series), Bertrand nipped Mike Jarret by a scant four
points.
Randy Cabral’s third (in the Bertrand 47) behind winner Nokie
Fornoro (in the Jarret 4) left little room to spare for
Bertrand. While he doesn’t deny the joy in winning, he takes
special delight in the battle.
“We had no mechanical dnfs all year,” Bertrand says. “That is
almost unheard of in Midgets. The fact that the Jarret car had
no dnfs at all is incredible. We should have won the owners
title by 200 points, instead the #4 gave us as good a run for
the championship as perhaps NEMA has ever seen. The top two cars
had one dnf between them (Cabral crashed at Waterford) and no
mechanical dnfs.”
Bertrand, who also maintained a NEMA Lites car, has high praise
for Jarret and his wife Lu, both as competitors and friends, who
retired as owners following the last race.
The second championship comes in the fourth year of the
partnership between Bertrand, a former driver, and Cabral. The
team has 18 wins, five coming in 2009.
“Part of [our success] is the work Randy and his dad Glen do
during the week. Part of it is also a midseason switch to Jon
Andruk (Circle Performance) regarding the motor,” Bertrand
continues. Andruk, he adds, made the Esslinger motor “more
reliable, insuring a lack of problems.”
Bertrand Motorsports pretty much dominated in 2008 with eight
wins in 17 races. “What we had was a great driver and we had the
set up perfect a number of times,” Bertrand says. “We proved
it’s not about the motor, not about the ignition box, not about
the number of rpms; - it’s about the set up.”
Others proved that as well this year – Adam Cantor, Jeff Abold,
Jeff Horn, in addition to Fornoro, had excellent runs.
The two Bertrand championship seasons are similar. In ‘08 the
team did it with wins (8); this year with top-five finishes. The
car was out of the top five only once over the last eight races
including five podium spots. “We proved when we were right on we
could win and we proved when we were not right on we were still
competitive,” Bertrand boasts.
The championship was in doubt until, on lap 16, Cabral passed
Cole Carter, who was also driving a Bertrand entry, for third.
“I was nervous, sick to my stomach,” says Bertrand, freely
admitting he was thinking points at that point.
Bertrand could be even busier in 2010, heading up a team that
could also include one or two other cars. The “guest program”
which this year included, in addition to Carter, Sprint Cup star
Ryan Newman and Modified ace Ted Christopher, will most likely
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NEMA Feature - World Series - Sun. Oct. 25th |
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Pos. |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
4 |
Nokie
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Mike
Jarret |
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2 |
A1 |
Jeff
Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff
Horn |
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3 |
47 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim
Bertrand |
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4 |
39 |
Cole Carter |
Indianapolis, IN |
Tim
Bertrand |
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5 |
3m |
Jim
Miller |
Weymouth,
MA |
Jim
Miller |
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6 |
P30 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland,
MA |
Mike Horn |
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7 |
99 |
Chris deRitis |
Philadelphia, PA |
Power
Point
Race Cars |
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8 |
8w |
Rich
Gerbe |
Franklin Sq.,
NY |
Lee
Gerbe |
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9 |
21 |
Abby
Martino |
Norfolk,
MA |
Joan Martino |
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10 |
9 |
John Zych
Jr. |
Mendon,
MA |
John
Zych |
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11 |
2 |
Lee
Bundy |
Kennebunkport, ME |
Lee
Bundy |
12
DNF |
44 |
Erica
Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed
Breault |
13
DNF |
45 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Gene
Angelillo |
14
DNF |
7ny |
Adam
Cantor |
Dix
Hills, NY |
Cantor
Racing |
15
DNF |
36 |
Corey
Cleary |
Plymouth, MA |
Glen
Cabral |
16
DNF |
47 |
Lanson
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Glen
Cabral |
17
DNF |
29 |
Bobby Santos III |
Franklin, MA |
Bobby
Seymour |
18
DNF |
77 |
Doug
Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Mike Luggelle
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Nokie Fornoro
Takes Rifchin Trophy;
Cabral, Bertrand are Driver and
Owner Champions |
Thompson, CT – Taking
control on a lap 16 restart, Nokie Fornoro captured the 25-lap
Northeastern Midget Association feature Sunday at Thompson
Speedway’s World Series. The Marvin Rifchin Trophy Race was the
final outing for Fornoro’s owner Mike Jarret.
Rifchin Trophy Story
Below
The season finale, it was the 110th career Midget victory for
Fornoro, 45 of them in NEMA including three this year.
A second straight driving championship all but secured going in,
five-time winner Randy Cabral gave Tim Bertrand his second
straight owners title with a third place finish. Bertrand
finished with a four-point bulge on Jarret.
Fornoro beat leader Jeff Horn into the first turn on the
restart. Cabral secured third on the restart as well, falling in
behind Horn. The top three ran to the checkered followed by
Cabral’s teammate Cole Carter (Bertrand #39) and Jimmy Miller
(Miller #3m).
“It is an emotional win,” said Fornoro, pointing out his
relationship with Jarrett “is a lot deeper than a owner/driver
thing. I wanted this for him.” He said he was ”focused” on
“getting the car to run the way I like it here. You have to go
really hard in the corner to make it turn right.”
“You live by the yellow and you die by the yellow,” offered Horn
who had a half-a-straightaway advantage when yellowed appeared.
Running hot, he said the car “bogged down on the restart. I was
a dead beat. It came back but it was too late.”
Fornoro, who was also having motor problems (“there was smoke in
the cockpit”) said he was not happy with the yellow either. In
the end, he added, it came down to just how fast the restart
would be. It was pretty fast and I just took it in very hard.
The car was set up for the middle and the top.”
“It was the only time I went into one and the car actually
stuck,” said Cabral on the pass for third that wound up giving
Bertrand the owner crown. “Once I realized how bad my car was
and how good he was, I knew I had to keep Nokie in view.”
Horn was the second leader. Russ Stoehr (Angelillo #45), who
started sixth, had the lead before the race was a lap old.
Stopped by a broken hose clamp, he gave up the lead to Horn on
lap seven, the latter jumping out to a sizable lead.
Boxed in early, Fornoro actually dropped back from his seventh
starting spot. “Once I got it up the race track I knew I could
catch Russ and Jeff,” he said. It didn’t take him long to
realize “I had the best car.”
After a spirited three-lap battle with Miller, Fornoro moved
into second on lap 12. He confident he'd catch Horn "maybe with
two or three laps left." |
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NEMA’s Owners
Crown To Be
Decided At World Series |
The owners championship is
still a question mark as the Northeastern Midget Association
brings the 2009 season to a finish at Thompson Speedway’s
rescheduled World Series this weekend, Oct. 24-25. Defending
champion Tim Bertrand (47) takes a 26-point edge on Mike Jarret
(4) into Sunday’s 25-lap feature.
NEMA has a long relationship with the World Series that was
rained out last weekend. Championship battles ending at the
traditional season-ending event are hardly unique. It will be
NEMA’s only visit to Thompson this season.
Bertrand’s driver Randy Cabral already has his second straight
championship in hand. Jarret’s driver Nokie Fornoro is assured
of second place in the final standings. Both are seasoned-hands
on the ultra-quick fifth mile, totaling 11 victories between
them.
Cabral, the “unofficial “ record holder with a 17.620 lap turned
at last year’s World Series, is the club’s all-time Thompson
winner with seven. Fornoro has been winning at Thompson since
1982. Russ and Greg Stoehr have both been involved in classic
season ending-races at Thompson in the past as well.
Clearly the fastest place NEMA visits, a victory at Thompson is
a perfect ending. Adam Cantor, the winner a couple weeks back at
Twin State, makes no secret of his desire to end a strong
campaign in Thompson’s Victory Lane.
Other possibilities for the Marvin Rifchin Trophy are Jeff Horn,
Erica Santos and Jim Miller. Chris DeRitis, NEMA’s top rookie,
Abby Martino and John Zych Jr. are among the drivers seeking to
protect top-10 spots in the driver and owner standings.
Rifchin Trophy Story
Below
Cabral, who doesn’t like talking about points, had five wins
among ten top-fives in 13 starts en route to the drivers
championship. He comes to the World Series in pursuit of his
27th career win, all of them coming in the past 10 campaigns.
In one less start, Fornoro had a couple wins among 10 tops 10s.
He’ll be after his 45th NEMA checkered. |
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Thompson Always A
Test For NEMA |
Pointing out Thompson
Speedway “separates the men from the boys” is both a “true” and
a “tired” observation. It has been so for over half a century.
It will continue when the Northeastern Midget Association’s
25-lap Marvin Rifchin Trophy Race joins World Series festivities
Oct. 24-25 with a 25-lap feature.
En route to victory in last fall’s World Series, Randy Cabral
had a fast lap of 17.620 in the Bertrand 47. How far have the
speeds increased over the years at Thompson? In the fall of 1974
Dave Humphrey’s 21.428 seconds qualifying run had everybody
buzzing.
The race honors Rifchin, the tire manufacturer (M&H) who was a
long-time contributor to NEMA.
Rifchin Trophy Story
Below
Cabral, defending driver champion and current point leader, will
be looking for his eighth career win at Thompson (five in
Bertrand equipment). He has won the past two World Series and
three of the last six. The owners point race, however, holds the
spotlight as Mike Jarret (and driver Nokie Fornoro) hopes to
chase down Cabral’s owner Tim Bertrand.
Although there have been exceptions, Thompson tends to favor the
veteran competitors. Cabral, the all-time Thompson NEMA winner
with seven, can also expect plenty of competition from Greg and
Russ Stoehr, Adam Cantor and Jeff Horn, all winners this year.
USAC veteran Cole Carter, second at the Boston Louie, returns to
the Bertrand stable. Carter will be in the car Ryan Newman drove
to a second earlier this year at Lee USA Speedway.
“Thompson is a stand on it place,” Tim Bertrand, “a test of both
driver and car.” Straightaway speeds are over 125 mph.
“You have to challenge the place but you have to show it the
utmost respect too,” says Fornoro, a four-time Thompson winner.
The Thompson NEMA win list, going back to a victory by Dutch
Schaefer in 1960, is one of the most impressive in NEMA. “The
good drivers have always looked forward to Thompson,” says NEMA
President Mike Scrivani Jr. “A Midget victory at Thompson looks
very good on the resume.”
Dave Humphrey, Hank Rogers Jr., Gene Bergin and Nokie Fornoro
won at Thompson in cars owned and prepped by Mike Jr. and his
legendary father.
Like the Scrivani family, the Stoehr brothers have a long
Thompson history. Greg Stoehr’s Thompson win, in the Zahar car
back in 1993, came after a late-race pass of brother Russ. The
brothers have not raced each other at Thompson since that day.
Gene Angelillo, Russ Stoehr’s current owner, grabbed his 100th
NEMA win at Thompson in 2000. Joey Payne Jr., in a backup car,
passed Russ Stoehr with two to go.
NEMA
Winners at Thompson
No. Driver - First Last
7 Randy Cabral - 2001 2008
6 Johnny Mann - 1972 1978
5 Drew Fornoro - 1985 2003
4 Johnny Coy Sr. - 1969 1981
4 Nokie Fornoro - 1982 2005
4 Armond Holley - 1976 1977
3 Bob Cicconi - 1978 1987
3 Ben Seitz - 2005 2007
3 Russ Stoehr - 1994 2002
2 Mark Buonomo - 2001 2004
2 Dave Humphrey - 1970 1971
2 Russ Klar - 1969 1972
2 Hank Rogers - 1980 1980
2 Bobby White - 1979 1979
One-time Thompson winners: Gene
Bergin (1969), Lennie Boyd (1979), Kyle Carpenter (2002), Joey
Coy (1992), Johnny Coy Jr. (1981),
Ryan Dolan (2002), Leigh Earnshaw (1979), Ronnie Evans (1970),
Mike Favulli (1989), George Ferguson Jr. (1978), Walt Gale
(1968), George Monsen (1978), Joey Payne Jr. (2000), Bobby
Santos III (2003)Dutch Schaefer (1960), Greg Stoehr (1993),
Butch Walsh (1986),
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Cole Carter Back
For Thompson |
Cole Carter, a USAC Midget,
Sprint Car & Silver Crown driver and part of one of American's
greatest auto racing families, will return to the Northeastern
\Midget Association at Thompson Speedway's World Series (Oct.
24-25).
Carter, the son of Midget legend Pancho Carter, will again be
part of the Bertrand Motorsports stable. He had a second at
Seekonk Speedway's Boston Louie in August. This time he will
drive the No. 39 car that Ryan Newman drove to a second place at
Lee earlier this year.
"He was really impressed with the winged Midgets and told us he
would like to return," said owner Tim Bertrand. "We've been
working on it ever sense." Carter led the first half of the
Seekonk race.
The Carter and Bertrand families will "team up" for a trip to
Phoenix International Speedway's Copper Classic in November.
Carter, who finished third in Phoenix a year ago, will drive his
own Beast chassis powered by one of Bertrand's engines.
The team, currently ahead in both the driver (Randy Cabral) and
owner standings, has been busy throughout the season with
"guest" drivers, the list also including Pete Skias and Teddy
Christopher. |
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Tribute To
A Legend
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Marvin Rifchin
at "We Did It for
Love"
The
Worlds
Largest
Drag
Racing
Photo
&
History
Website |
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Tribute to Marvin at Thompson in July of 2006 |
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Rifchin Trophy
Awaits
NEMA Thompson Winner |
Brockton, MA –
The winner of the 25-lap Northeastern Midget Association feature
at Thompson Speedway’s World Series (Oct. 17-18) will come away
with the inaugural Marvin Rifchin Memorial Trophy. The trophy
race, originally scheduled for July 2 (a rain out), honors
Rifchin, owner of M&H Tire and an integral part of NEMA from its
inception in 1953. Rifchin died on June 3 at age 93.
“Everybody would like to have this one,” says NEMA President
Mike Scrivani Jr. “The number of people he touched directly, the
influence he had on our club over the years is immense.”
Defending champion and current point leader Randy Cabral leads
NEMA into what is the club’s first 2009 visit. Other contenders
include Nokie Fornoro, Adam Cantor, Russ and Greg Stoehr and
Jeff Horn. Cabral was the winner of the “Marvin Rifchin
Appreciation event in 2006.
“We want to thank Thompson Speedway promoter Donald Hoenig for
his participation in honoring Marvin,” adds Scrivani.
Midgets and, soon after, stock cars, captured Rifchin’s
attention in the immediate post World War II era. Joining his
father Harry in the tire recapping business, M&H (the H stands
for Harry) became one of the first companies to make tires
specifically for racecars.
More than willing to take on the tire-making giants (notably
Goodyear and Firestone), Rifchin’s influence throughout
motorsports grew to epic proportions over some five decades. His
association with legend Don Garlits is part of drag racing
folklore. He played a major role in the Modified glory days of
the 1960s and 70s.
Rifchin’s contributions are evidenced by his membership in four
Halls of Fame including NEMA’s. He is in the National Hot Rod
Association, the New England Auto Racing and the Specialty
Equipment Manufactures Association (SEMA) halls as well.
“Still,” says long-time NEMA car owner and official Bruce Beane,
“Marvin stayed close to NEMA. He was part of the family. The M&H
logo was part of NEMA’s image for many years for many very good
reasons.”
Beane points out Rifchin was outgoing not only with his product
but also with his time and his intelligence.
“Over the years a lot of guys raced because of Marvin’s
generosity,” sums up 13-time owner champion Gene Angelillo. “He
really had a special place in his heart for the competitor. Near
the end of his life he was at a lot of our races and that was
really good for NEMA. The guy loved the Midgets.” |
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NEMA Feature - Seekonk DAV - Sun. Oct. 11th |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
7ny |
Adam
Cantor |
Dix
Hills, NY |
Cantor
Racing |
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2 |
5 |
William
Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Wall
Motorsports LLC |
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3 |
55w |
Aaron
Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Wall
Motorsports LLC |
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4 |
4 |
Nokie
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Mike
Jarret |
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5 |
44 |
Erica
Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed
Breault |
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6 |
47 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim
Bertrand |
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7 |
29 |
Jeff Abold |
Pennellville, NY |
Bobby
Seymour |
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8 |
26b |
Greg
Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg
Stoehr |
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9 |
45 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Gene
Angelillo |
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10 |
8 |
Barry
Kittredge |
Marlboro, MA |
Barry
Kittredge |
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11 |
P30 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland,
MA |
Mike Horn |
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12 |
3m |
Jim
Miller |
Weymouth,
MA |
Jim
Miller |
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13 |
22 |
Chris
Leonard |
Pelham,
NH |
Dave
Leonard |
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14 |
16 |
Matt
O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Jim
O'Brien |
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15 |
21 |
Abby
Martino |
Norfolk,
MA |
Joan Martino |
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16 |
99 |
Chris deRitis |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Point
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17 |
8w |
Rich
Gerbe |
Franklin Sq.,
NY |
Lee
Gerbe |
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18 |
2 |
Lee
Bundy |
Kennebunkport, ME |
Lee
Bundy |
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DNS |
30 |
Paul
Scally |
Raynham,
MA |
Paul
Scally |
20
DNS |
9 |
John Zych
Jr. |
Mendon,
MA |
John
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Win “Biggest Ever”
Nocella Scores 2nd Seekonk Lites Win |
Seekonk, MA – Calling it “the
biggest win of my career,” Adam Cantor won the 25-lap
Northeastern Midget Association 25 lap feature Sunday at Seekonk
Speedway’s DAV Memorial. It was the second win of the season for
Cantor who beat back a persistent William Wall over the final
nine laps.
The Wall family celebrated nonetheless, brothers Will (Wall #5)
and Aaron (Wall #55) capturing second and third respectively.
Nokie Fornoro (Jarret #4) and Erica Santos (Breault #44)
completed the top five.
Anthony Nocella won the 25-lap NEMA Lites feature on Saturday.
Cantor, who took the lead on lap six, faced a William Wall
restart challenge with 16 laps remaining. He got the jump but
couldn’t get away from the youngster. Loose off, Cantor said he
“tried babying in into three, but when I did it I could hear
Will out there. I had to stay on it.”
“The right rear gave up the last couple of laps,” said Wall. “I
couldn’t keep it on the outside. I needed a little more car.”
Cantor, who had troubles on Saturday, did get more car on Sunday
morning. “It seems we changed everything but the steering wheel
and the driver,” said Cantor’s dad Alan.
Although he fell in behind Santos on the initial green, Cantor
“knew I had a good car immediately. I went in pretty deep and it
stuck.”
The first yellow ended two battles – Santos and Cantor and
William Wall and Nokie Fornoro.
“Erica got me on the restart big time,” said Cantor. “I pride
myself on restart ability so I said some not-so-nice things
about myself. Still, I felt if I could get up to her left rear
off two I could go around her.” He took the lead out of four.
William Wall won the battle with Fornoro, moved past Santos for
second 10 laps in and was dogging Cantor when the second yellow
showed. Aaron Wall, who started ninth, was fourth by that time
and moved past Santos on the restart.
Point leader Randy Cabral (Bertrand 47) was sixth and Jeff Abold
(Seymour 29), who started 20th because of a driver change, was
seventh.
Nocella, winning for the second time at Seekonk this year, got
by Ed LeClerc Jr. after the only restart in the Lites event.
LeClerc had built a sizable edge before the yellow on lap 13.
Five lengths behind the leader, Joe Mikitarian, LeClerc and
Anthony Marvuglio finished second through fourth in a tight
bunch. Randy Cabral was fifth.
NEMA’s grand slam finish continues this weekend at
Thompson Speedway’s
World Series.
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was Cantor’s fourth career win but his first at Seekonk.
Cantor
had the fastest lap in the feature (11.329) while Nocella’s
11.907 was best in the Lites run.
In
spite of two cautions, the feature was run in nine minutes, a
credit to starter Steve Grant. |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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29 |
Anthony
Nocella |
Woburn,
MA |
Matt
Seymour |
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9 |
Joe
Mikitarian |
Northboro,
MA |
John
Mikitarian |
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3 |
12 |
Edward
LeClerc Jr. |
Taunton,
MA |
Edward
LeClerc Sr. |
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4 |
09 |
Anthony
Marvuglio |
E.
Bridgewater, MA |
Ronald Doty |
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5 |
4 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth,
MA |
Bobby
Seymour |
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6 |
5c |
Joey
Chick |
Hubbardston, MA |
Bob Chick |
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7 |
48 |
Pete
Skias |
PA |
Tim
Bertrand |
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8 |
36 |
Eric
Cabral |
Manchester, NH |
Glen
Cabral |
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9 |
00 |
Josh
Woollam |
Buzzards
Bay, MA |
Paul
Luggelle |
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10 |
47 |
Jay
Diamond |
Somerset,
MA |
Glen
Cabral |
11
DNF |
52 |
Kevin
Park |
Foxboro,
MA |
Kevin
Park |
12
DNS |
28 |
Paul
Luggelle |
Holbrook,
MA |
Paul
Luggelle |
13
DNS |
93 |
Jake
Smith |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Ted Smith |
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Lites Heat
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A
BIT OF SEEKONK HISTORY:
THE FIRST FEATURE RACE IN 1946 |
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Ferrara (tallest) with car owner
John Givans and driver Johnny Kay circa 1967. |
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Ferrara Named to
NEAR Hall of Fame |
Frank Ferrara, the
Northeastern Midget Association starter for seven years
(1965-71) and currently the co-owner of Whip City Speedway is
part of the New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame’s Class of
2010.
Ferrara, already a member of the NEMA Hall of Fame, will be part
of the 13th annual induction banquet on Sunday, Jan 31, 2010 at
the LaRenaissance Banquet Hall in East Windsor, CT.
Starting as an owner/mechanic Springfield, MA native Ferrara has
served New England motorsports for well over 50 years. A
stockcar owner at Riverside Park in the early 1950s, he became
involved with Midgets following military service. He was also a
starter at Stafford Motor Speedway and a race sponsor through
the family business (Ferrara Spring) before becoming part of the
Whip City operation.
A number of NEMA and NEMA Lites drivers have come through Whip
City.
Other members of the Class of 2010 include drivers Geoff Bodine,
Mike Murphy, George Savory and Pete Fiandaca and car owners
Billy Simons, Bob Garbarino and Vic Miller
Ticket forms will be on the New England Antique Racers website (www.Near1.com)
in the near future. |
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| RPM
RULING |
In order for the Technical
Committee to continue to collect additional data - Rule 7.9 (w)
for the next FOUR NEMA competition events
(starting 7/31) will read as follows: No engine may turn more
than 9,800 RPM. The technical inspector reserves the right to
check the car’s gear ratio/rear end ratio, engine tachometer
and/or rev limit within the ignition system to verify that no
engine turns more than 9,800 RPM at any time during a NEMA
Competition Event. |
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| Escapes
- The New York Times |
| July 24, 2009 - By Dana
Jennings |
Celebrating Machines That
Drink Methanol |
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"STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn.— Despite a morning of hard rain, by 3
o’clock on a recent Tuesday afternoon the back 40 at Stafford
Motor Speedway had been transformed into a sunny village of
R.V.’s, campers and four-wheel-drive vehicles, complemented by
tents, wobbly lawn chairs and even-wobblier awnings. It was a
kind of Hooverville devoted to the pleasures of high velocity." |
| "This
is grass-roots racing at its essence. There are no ISMA dads, no
ISMA Nation, no television contracts, just fans addicted to
speed, unpredictable racing action and, just maybe, the smell of
methanol. Their hard-driving heroes, most of whom hold down day
jobs, are men like Chris Perley, the Rowley Rocket, from
Massachusetts.; Bentley Warren from Kennebunkport, Me., who
turns 69 this year; and Liquid Lou Cicconi from Aston, Pa." |
FULL STORY from the TRAVEL Section on
ISMA & NEMA at 2009 Stafford Extreme Tuesday |
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SLIDE SHOW HERE with the NEMA #4 and #44. |
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safetysolutions.com
Full Info Here
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At the Seekonk "Open Wheel Wednesday" NEMA
event, Deb Mavuglio of the Shane Hammond
Believe Foundation and Paul Boeske from
Safety
Solutions presented Nokie Fornoro with a composite Hybrid
Pro Head and Neck Restraint as the top finishing driver without
one.
In association with the
Hammond Foundation Safety Solutions will also award a Hybrid Pro
at the NEMA 2009 Awards Banquet on November 21st at White's of
Westport.
In addition, Safety Solutions through it's dealer
The Race
Depot is offering the discounted price of $599.00 on the
composite Hybrid Pro Head and Neck Restraints to NEMA
competitors. NEMA will require SFI 38.1 restraints in 2010 for
all drivers. |
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PREVIOUS 2009 STORIES on the
2009 NEWS PAGE HERE |
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HELPING HANDS RETURNS AS
2009 CORPORATE SPONSOR |
BROCKTON, MA- Mike Jarret
will not commit himself nor driver Nokie Fornoro as 2009
Northeastern Midget Association championship contenders. The
17-race NEMA schedule opens Saturday night, May 23 at Monadnock
Speedway.
“Who knows what’s going to happen,” says Jarret. “Right now we
plan on making every race.” There is a back-up car in place. It
is, however, much too early to think about anything past that.
Jarret is NEMA’s “corporate sponsor.” Although the club uses the
logo of Jarret’s “Helping Hands of America” company, it is, he
says, “pretty much a personal thing using the allowance my wife
(Lu) gives me.” Lu Jarret is very involved with the club as
well.
While his duel role of sponsor/car owner leads to “worrying
about people getting the wrong idea” he has become content with
the latter position. “The team is four guys, my brothers Roger
and Guy and a friend Don Lanoue,” says Jarret. “We’re all senior
citizens, all over 65 and we love it. The wives come along.
We’re cooking up things in the pits and having fun.”
Fornoro, midway through his third decade in Midgets, is 51.
“Nokie had some physical problems last year and says he took
care of them over the winter,” Jarret says. “He remains a great
driver.”
MJ Motorsports comes off “an up and down year,” a strong second
at Thompson’s World Series the highlight. With four top threes,
Jarrett and Fornoro wound up eighth in their respective
standings.
Mike Scrivani Jr., NEMA’s president, is a “consultant,” but
Jarret and his fellow senior citizens “maintain the car and
transport the car.” The shop is at Jarret’s home.
Jarret went from a sponsor to an owner inside of a year. He
sponsored a car that Fornoro drove in 2004. When Fornoro lost
that ride the next season, Jarret began putting together a car
with the help of Peter Valeri, a summer neighbor on Cape Cod.
The car won the World Series and the next year wound up second
in points, 16 behind Valeri.
The relationship with NEMA and Fornoro goes back some 30 years.
Jarret was the business manager of the legendary Mike’s Truck
Stop in the late 1970s and early 80s. Mike Scrivani Sr.
campaigned some of the strongest cars in Midget history out of
that place, Mike Jr. doing much of the wrenching. “I used to run
the business so Mike Sr. and Mike Jr. could take care of the
Midgets,” Jarrett recalls.
The Scrivani/Fornoro team won 10 of 21 races in 1981, still one
of the most dominating seasons in NEMA history.
Jarret went off to do other things – primarily a junk yard and
then, after declaring himself “semi retired,” forming Helping
Hands with a partner in 2000. A few years later company
headquarters wound up next door to where Mike’s Truck Stop once
stood in Wrentham, MA.
It is not, he says, difficult to “rekindle memories” and while
he admits to enjoying doing that, he’s still very much into the
present. |
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Fast Track
MEDICAL RESPONSE
SYSTEMS, LLC
The
long awaited answer to the unpredictable environment of a race
track
Computer chip with vital
medical information in a lightweight bracelet
www.fasttrackmrs.com
Note Free Membership for NEMA members below
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Happy New Year fellow
racers! We would like to make you aware that your 2008 Fast
Track Medical Response membership has expired. Your black or red
bracelets are no longer active. With the tremendous growth of
Fast Track and its members, we are encouraging everyone to renew
your memberships for 2009 as soon as possible! This will make
things easier for yourself and your supporting tracks.
Hello NEMA Members,
This is a friendly announcment for anyone who may be having
problems renewing your Fast Track membership. Please do not
hesitate to contact us for assistance. We want to assure you
that your transaction will go smoothly. If you are having issues
with your renewal, you can either call us at (860)818-1957 or
email us at ---sales@fasttrackmrs.com---
Just to review the renewal process:
1) Go to www.fasttrackmrs.com click the --Sign-Up-- tab, and
then click on your group's tab.
2) Your User Name and Password will be the same that you have
been using.
3) If you are a member but forgot your password, click on the
--Forgot Password-- tab.
4) If you are signing up for the first time or changing groups
click on the --Register Here-- tab.
5) When on the Fast Track Medical Response Systems web sites
payment screen enter the following in the
promotional code section:
VIP-nema (your last
name)
Example:
Vip-nemamarvuglio
(See the Shane Hammond Believe Foundation
note below)6) If you still need help , click on the --Need Help?-- tab.
Otherwise review and make any changes if needed to your
profiles. After you complete the sign-up procedure you will be
ready to purchase your 2009 membership. Again, if you are still
having a problem please contact us.
Thank you - Fast Track Medical Response
Systems |
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Fast Track
MEDICAL RESPONSE
SYSTEMS, LLC |
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Hello NEMA
Family,
The
Shane Hammond Believe Foundation
has received a very generous contribution
from Fast Track Medical
Response Systems.
NEMA members will receive the 2009
membership free. Safety is the foundations focus & Fast
Track medical bracelets provide all the information needed in
the event of a medical emergency.
Please
review the procedure to get your free 2009 membership:
When on the
Fast Track Medical Response Systems web sites payment screen
enter the following in the promotional code section.
VIP-nema (your last name)
Example:
Vip-nemamarvuglio
Thank you
Fast Track for supporting the Shane Hammond Believe Foundation
to provide continued safety options for NEMA members.
Drive fast,
think faster.
Deb
Marvuglio |
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Celebration of
Life Service for
Shane's Anniversary on
Sunday, April 5th |
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Thank you for your love & support through this difficult year
Deb & Family & The Shane Hammond Believe Foundation |
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Previous Stories on
the News Pages HERE
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2008-9 YEARBOOK
- $ 3.00 |
Hats in Several
Styles & Colors |
Shirts in Several
Designs & Colors |
NEMA Merchandise
Mike Jarret
386 Wrentham Rd.
Bellingham, MA 02019
508-883-4899 |
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2008-9
NEMA Yearbook
$
3.00
Mike Jarret
508-883-4899
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Shirts, Hats, &
Sweat Shirts
Mike Jarret
508-883-4899
2009
12 - Twin State
11 - Lee USA
10 - Marilyn's
Passion
9 - Twin State
8 - Wings & Wheels
7 - Boston Louie
6 - Monadnock
5 - Speedbowl
4 -
Seekonk
3
- Stafford
2 - Lee USA
1 - Monadnock
2009 Lites
11 - Twin State
10 - Lee USA
9 - Marilyn's
Passion
8 - Twin State
7 - Boston Louie
6 - Monadnock
5 - Speedbowl
4 -
Seekonk
3 - Lee USA
2 - Lee USA
1 - Seekonk
2008
18 - Twin State
17 - Thompson
16 - Seekonk
15 - Waterford
14 - Beech Ridge
13 - Monadnock
12 - Waterford
11 - Boston Louie
10 - Waterford
9 - Monadnock
8 -
Seekonk
7 -
Stafford
6 -
Thompson
5 -
Lee USA
4 -
Monadnock
3 - Waterford
2 - Waterford
1 - Thompson
2007
15 - Thompson
14 - Seekonk
13 - Waterford
12 - Seekonk
11 - All-Star
10 - Monadnock
9 - Seekonk
8 - Boston
Louie
7
- Waterford
6 -
Beech
5 -
Stafford
4
- Thompson
3
- Waterford
x - Monadnock
2 -
All-Star
1 - Waterford
Race Results
and Photos
from
2002,
2003
2004, 2005
& 2006
HERE
2009 President:
Mike Scrivani
day:
781-356-1445
night:
508-584-7748
The NEMA Tracks
Waterford
Thompson
Star
First Time Wins
Stories on
NEMA RACERS
from
MAGAZINE
HERE
2003
Issue of
Trackside:
NEMA
Evolution
Full Story
July 2002
Issue of
Trackside:
Boston Louie
Special for
Barry
Kittredge
Full
Story
May 2002
Issue of
Trackside:
NEMA History:
Celebrating its 50th
birthday, the Northeastern
Midget Association
has never been
healthier.
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