Brockton, MA — The Northeastern Midget Association heads “North” in June. A visit to Twin State Speedway (Claremont, NH) on Saturday night, June 11, precedes a return to Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Sunday afternoon, June 19.
The NEMA LITES are on both dates as well. Ryan Bigelow, who scored his first-ever Lites win a few weeks back at Waterford Speedbowl, leads the club into two of Northern New England’s most historic ovals.
Randy Cabral and the Bertrand team aim to make it three straight at Twin State. “A demanding place,” offers Cabral who bested Adam Cantor in two of those wins. Now a car owner, Cantor, who was also second to Bobby Santos III back in ’08, will no doubt have some advice for driver Jeremy Frankoski.
Seekonk, MA — Mighty Mike Brightman of Acushnet roared up behind Warwick driver Tom Scully, Sr. in both the heat and feature races to wrest victory from the latter in the waning laps by half a car in both events. In the feature, the final three laps was a door-to-door duel that had the crowd on its feet in delight at the action. Neither driver gave an inch, unwilling to relinquish victory. In the end, Brightman, running the outside groove, earned his sweat equity with a .049 second edge. The feature win was Brightman’s first in three years on the Pro Stock circuit after winning rookie of the year honors upon his entry. The duo had engaged in a similar battle after Scully took the lead in their heat race on the second lap. Brightman rambled up behind him, then went to the outside for a pass on lap 9 of the 12-lapper, winning the heat by .117 seconds.
The senior Scully leapt off the pole at the green and quickly disappeared from polesitter, Jason Ferreira’s view screen. Somerset’s Kevin Casper went to second from his position on the outside of the second row, while Jake Vanada came around Ferreira for third. Spencer immediately dived under Ferreira and Scott Dion for a big three-wide, coming out in fourth. Tom Scully, Jr. also made his way underneath and into fifth.
Brightman, meanwhile, was coming around Rob Murphy, who was making his first divisional start of the season. There was momentary contact between the two, but neither car wavered and Brightman moved ahead.
