Two-for-two so far with a couple of victories at Waterford Speedbowl, Randy Cabral is still not ready to declare himself a contender for the Northeastern Midget Association championship. He is, however, the driver to watch when NEMA pulls into Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, May 24.
Monadnock is one of the “trickiest” venues on the NEMA schedule. The club returned there last year after a 10-year hiatus and it was a trio of veterans - Greg Stoehr, Jeff Horn and Nokie Fornoro - that filled the podium. Nokie, a winner back in 1981, is the only other current NEMA driver with a Monadnock win.
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Waterford, CT — For the second time in just over a month, the New England Midget Association, visited the Waterford Speedbowl. The weather on these two visits loomed with threatening skies and the infield was full of puddles. However, shortly after getting the cars unloaded and race ready, the grey sky turned blue and was replaced with bright, warm sunshine. Randy was still getting words of encouragement from fans that watched him run to a touching victory on April 10th. He was hoping that his luck would hold out and he would once again claim the checkers.
It was around 5:30 when the first green flag fell for the qualifying heats for NEMA. The first heat pitted the 77 of Shawn Torrey and the 9 of John Zych Jr. in the front row with Chris Leonard’s 22 and Greg Stoehr’s 26b making up the second. Sixth place starter, Randy Cabral’s 47 dove to the inside and grabbed the top spot quickly bringing Stoehr and fifth place starter, 98 of Bobby Santos III with him. Stoehr took over the lead from Cabral, after a caution was shown for Abby Martino, as a fuel pump broke on the 88 and shortened the night run for the car. Shortly afterwards, with a daring first turn move, Santos, III ducked under Cabral grabbing second. Randy claimed third as he crossed the line in front of the 4 of Nokie Fornoro to finish the qualifier. The second heat put Mike Horn (p30) and Erica Santos (44) in the first two spots with Jeremy Frankoski’s 63 and Joey Payne’s 45 in the second row. Miss Santos proved to be the fastest off of the line and once in the lead, she never looked back while Horn, Frankoski, and Payne fought for second. Payne finished second by powering by the 63 and then the p30. Frankoski claimed third and Horn rallied for forth.
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Idle the past three weeks, the Northeastern Midget Association returns to Waterford Speedbowl Saturday night. Rain washed out Seekonk Speedway’s opener last weekend but it failed to cool the ambitions of the NEMA drivers.
A trio of announced championship contenders - veterans Joey Payne Jr., Nokie Fornoro and Greg Stoehr - are anxious to continue their bids on what many consider the premier Midget track in the east. Payne and Stoehr were second and third at the Speedbowl back at the Modified Nationals on April 12th in the only feature NEMA has run so far this season.
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