Milestones Possible at Lee USA
Several milestones are possible when the Northeastern Midget Association visits Lee USA Speedway Friday night. It will be the 25th Lee USA result going back to Walter Gale’s win on June 12, 1966.
Tim Bertrand and Randy Cabral take 22-point leads over Gene Angelillo and Joey Payne Jr. in the respective driver and owner standings. Greg Stoehr and Erica Santos are tied for third in the driver standings with rookie William Wall fifth.
Cabral will be after his third win of the campaign while Payne will be looking to make it two in a row.
Cabral made special notice of his tying Joey Coy on the Northeastern Midget Association’s all-time win list. Cabral, who has already won twice this season, can pass not only Coy but also Mike Favulli and Al Pillion, both Hall of Famers, with his next victory. All have 15.
Two active drivers – Payne and Jeff Horn – can hit the 20-career win mark at Lee. Twenty career wins is a magic mark for NEMA. Already in the “club” are Drew Fornoro (82), Dave Humphrey (72), Nokie Fornoro (45), Russ Stoehr (39), Johnny Mann (28), Billy Eldridge (27), Bobby Seymour (23), Joe Csiki (21) and Lee Smith (21).
Drew Fornoro is the all-time NEMA winner at Lee with six. Among active drivers, Jeff Horn has three, Nokie Fornoro two and Joey Payne one. Ben Seitz was the last winner at Lee in 2004, finishing ahead of Payne and Cabral.
Sources:Pete Zanardi/NEMA PR