NEMA Returns to Lee USA Speedway Sept. 18th
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH – 7:15 PM
Brockton, MA – Owner Tim Bertrand and driver Randy Cabral don’t want to talk about point. “This season were coming to the races with the intent of winning the feature,” says Bertrand.
Cabral says he would prefer it if points were not compiled until the send of the season.
Nonetheless, the respective defending champions hold the point leads as the Northeastern Midget Association returns to Lee USA Speedway Friday night. They will, in fact, be looking to make it two straight at the New Hampshire oval.
The NEMA Lites will be part of the Lee agenda as well.
With a first and second two weekends ago, Bertrand has edged back atop the owner standings with a 26-point edge on Mike Jarret.
Veteran Nokie Fornoro would like nothing better than to put Jarret back in front.
There have been six winners in 10 races. Cabral has four and Fornoro two while Adam Cantor, Jeff Abold, Russ Stoehr and Greg Stoehr have one apiece.
Drew Fornoro is NEMA’s all-time win leader at Lee with six. Among active drivers, Jeff Horn has three, Russ Stoehr and Nokie Fornoro two and Randy Cabral one.
NEMA Nuggets
- Mike Ordway Jr. will be in the Bertrand Lites car at Lee.
- Randy Cabral has moved past Bobby Seymour on the all-time win list. Cabral’s 25 victories puts him seventh behind Drew Fornoro, Dave Humphrey, Nokie Fornoro, Billy Eldridge and Johnny Mann.
- NEMA’s top two sibling combinations – Drew and Nokie Fornoro and Russ and Greg Stoehr – were big parts of the Marilyn’s Passion Race. Bobby and Mike Seymour – they rank third – were also on hand. Other sibling combos on the all-time NEMA list include Bobby III and Erica Santos, Bob and Lou Cicconi and Joey and Johnny Coy Jr.
- The Stergois brothers – Jake and P.J. each own two NEMA Lites wins this year. Anthony Nocella, who drives a Seymour car, is the win leader with three. Anthony Marvuglio and William Wall have also won.
- Marvuglio is in excellent company. He took the Bertrand 74 out at Twin State and joined a group that includes Jeff Horn, Cole Carter and Ted Christopher who have driven the car this season.
- Since 1999, Cabral is “Mr. October” with six wins in the tenth month including four of the last six. NEMA has October shows at Twin State, Seekonk, Thompson and Lee.